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Mission Santa Clara - Mission Santa Clara Archives

University Archives

Mission Santa Clara Archives

The University Archives houses the archives and library of Mission Santa Clara. This collection of more than 160 printed volumes and manuscripts includes the Patentes y Inventarios, music manuscripts and choral books, sacramental records, and copies of the Informes (reports) written by the missionaries of Santa Clara. A published inventory of the collection, A History of the Santa Clara Mission Library by Beryl Hoskin, is available.

Mission Santa Clara Sacramental Records: These records are available on microfilm and in hardcopy in the University Archives. An index by name is available. A subset of the Sacramental Records are also available in the University Library on microfilm.

Baptisms (1777-1863)
Confirmations (1779-1896)
Marriages (1778-1903)
Burials (1777-1894)

Mission Santa Clara Library
Mission Santa Clara Map Collection

Microfilm copies of selected other California missions are also available in the Archives.

Finding Aids

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