Philip II letter, 1578 Dec. 2.
ALS, written in Madrid, to Pedro Moya de Contreras, Archbishop of Mexico. Philip II complains to the Archbishop of Mexico City about his practice of appointing monolingual priests to Indian benefices. Philip ha... more
Thomas Jefferson, June 21, 1790, Estimated Costs of Proposed United St...
Estimated Costs of Proposed United States Diplomatic Missions
Meeting in behalf of the American board of commissioners for foreign m...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 58, Folder 25.
Missionary map of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands, from the latest an...
Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York." Shows 20 principal missionary stations and ... more
Mission Dolores / Lith. & publ. by Quirot & Co., corner California and...
Pictorial lettersheet shows view of mission; with attached blank leaf. Title from item. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 173. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.14
U.S. Reports: United States v. Ritchie, 58 U.S. (17 How.) 525 (1855)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 58; Howard Volume 17; December Term, 1854; United States, Appellants, v. Archibald, A. Ritchie, The
U.S. Reports: The United States v. Cruz Cervantes, 59 U.S. (18 How.) 5...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 59; Howard Volume 18; December Term, 1855; The United States, Appellants, v. Cruz Cervantes
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[French naval expedition to the Indo-Chinese archipelago: Catholic mis...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 26, p. 341.
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California life illustrated
William Taylor (1821-1902) was a Methodist minister specializing in "street preaching" in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., when the Methodist church sent him to California as a missionary evangelist in 1849. He ... more
U.S. Reports: United States v. Carey Jones, 68 U.S. (1 Wall.) 766 (186...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 68; Wallace Volume 1; December Term, 1863; United States v. Carey Jones
U.S. Reports: United States v. Workman, 68 U.S. (1 Wall.) 745 (1864)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 68; Wallace Volume 1; December Term, 1863; United States v. Workman et al.
Interior view of church of San Xavier
Title transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. No. 226.
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Mission of San Xavier del Bec [i.e., Bac], side view
Title transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. No. 229.
Mission of Tumacacori
Title transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. No. 225.
Mission of Tumacacori - man in foreground
Title transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. No. 243.
Mission house and collegiate Church of the Merciful Saviour, Santee Ag...
Photograph shows the first Church of Our Merciful Savior and mission house, Santee, Nebraska, which was destroyed in a fire in February 1884. Title from item. On mount: "Photographic gems among the Wild Indians... more
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![Front view of San Xavier del Bec [i.e., Bac]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzAvMDEvMDEvZnJvbnQtdmlldy1vZi1zYW4teGF2aWVyLWRlbC1iZWMtaWUtYmFjLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "Front view of San Xavier del Bec [i.e., Bac]")
Christmas card--A gift to the members of the Foreign Missionary Box As...
Thatched roof buildings inside wooden fence in foreground, church, and houses in background, Cavalla, Liberia.
The present chapel of San Juan Capistrano
(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Missions of Alta California," Century, 41:398 (Jan. 1891).
The Mission, Santa Barbara, Cal. / Reed, photo.
34388 U.S. Copyright Office. On verso : "N.H. Reed, Santa Barbara, Cal. Portraits and views." No. 3.
Map of missions in China.
"Copyright 1891 by Miss M. Burt." In left lower corner: Moss Eng. Co. (?). Shows longitude east from Greenwich and Washington. Cloth map. Includes text and statistical data. Available also through the Library o... more
Mission San Fernando
Print shows a view of an arcade along a courtyard at the Mission San Fernando, Rey de España in San Fernando, California. AA66756 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. No. 524. Label on verso with title and p... more
San Gabriel Mission, No. 2 by Louis K. Harlow
Print shows a view of arched vaults for bells in the façade at the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel in San Gabriel, California. AA66751 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. No. 519. Label on verso with title and... more
San Juan Capistrano Mission, No. 2
Print shows a view of an arched passageway at the San Juan Capistrano Mission in San Juan Capistrano, California. AA66755 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. No. 523. Label on verso with title and publicati... more
Old Mission, San Diego by Louis K. Harlow
Print shows an exterior view of the "Old Mission" (Mission San Diego de Alcalá) at San Diego, California, showing the general disrepair of the buildings. AA66752 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. No. 520.... more
Mission Dolores, San Francisco by Louis K. Harlow
Print shows a street-level view of the "Mission Dolores" with basilica in San Francisco, California. AA66753 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. No. 521. Label on verso with title and publication statements... more
Santa Barbara Mission, No. 2 by Louis K. Harlow
Print shows a Print shows a monk among the gardens and landscape with view of an arcade and a bell tower at the Santa Barbara Mission in Santa Barbara, California. AA66754 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item... more
Carmel Mission, Monterey by Louis K. Harlow
Print shows an exterior view of the Basilica at the Carmel Mission in Carmel, California. AA66749 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. No. 517. Label on verso with title and publication statements. Printed o... more
Santa Barbara Mission, garden scene Louis K. Harlow
Print shows a monk among the gardens and landscape with views of two buildings at the Santa Barbara Mission in Santa Barbara, California. AA66747 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. From series: Prang's Vie... more
San Luis Rey Mission, No. 2, Oceanside by Louis K. Harlow
Print shows a view of an arcade enclosing a courtyard at the San Luis Rey de Francia Mission in Oceanside, California. AA66750 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. No. 518. Label on verso with title and publ... more
Lambs for the fold--Branch school of the American Mission, Assiout, Eg...
Stereograph showing teachers with female students on rooftop of building, Asyūṭ, Egypt.
Mission San Miguel
Copyright 1898 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title from item. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53025". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at... more
Old Mission, Madeline Island, Bayfield in distance
Jacket title continues: Apostle Islands, Lake Superior. "Copr. Detroit Photographic Co." and "01964" on negative. Sky masked. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01964. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Mission San Antonio, general view
Copyright 1898 by Photochrom Co. Title from item. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53024". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hd... more
Mission Santa Inez
Copyright 1898 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title from item. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53026". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at... more
Mission Dolores, San Francisco, Cal.
Copyright 1898 by Detroit Publishing Co. Title from item. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53020". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... more
Old Mission, Madeline Island, Bayfield in distance
Listed in Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "Detroit Photographic Co." Mounted back to back with "01963. The Sphynx. Apostle Islands. Lake Superior." May have been part of an album. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01964.... more
Mission San Antonio
Copyright 1898 by Photochrom Co. Title from item. Caption for similar image in LOT 9063 (LC-USZ62-44211) lists the location as California. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53023". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Col... more
Mission of San Juan Capistrano
"Detroit Photographic Co." Listed in Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Copyright deposit no. 61200. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 015004. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Brother Odoricus, Mission Santa Barbara, California
Copyright 1899 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title from item. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53070". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at... more
Mission of San Gabriel
"Detroit Photographic Co." Listed in Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Copyright deposit no. 61207. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 015015. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Mission of Santa Barbara, Mission fathers at the fountain
"Detroit Photographic Co." Listed in Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Copyright deposit no. 61211. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 015023. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Mission of Santa Barbara, the garden
"Detroit Photographic Co." Listed in Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Copyright deposit no. 61183. Detroit Publishing Co. no. [015024] Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Mission of Santa Barbara, outer corridors
Listed in Detroit, Catalogue J, pt. 2 supplement (1905). "Detroit Photographic Co." Copyright deposit no. 61209. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 015021. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Mission Santa Barbara, California
Historic Sites
Mission of Santa Barbara, the cemetery
"Detroit Photographic Co." Listed in Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Copyright deposit no. 61210. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 015022. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Mission of San Gabriel
"Detroit Photographic Co." Listed in Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Copyright deposit no. 61206. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 015014. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Episcopal Station on the Koyukuk River, the farthest north mission in ...
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
St. John's Episcopal Mission
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
As the heathen see us - a meeting of the Chinese Foreign Missions Soci...
Caricature showing Chinese taking up collection to "save the foreign devils" (white Americans whose uncivilized acts include, as illustrated, "Kentucky feuds, burning negroes at stake, labor riots, anti-Chinese... more
Children from Holy Cross Mission
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
Children of Holy Cross Mission
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
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Our foreign missions;-- an embarrassment of riches for the heathen / D...
Illustration showing missionaries from various religions appealing to an African man sitting on a throne. Title from item. Illus. in: Puck, v. 47, no. 1211 (1900 May 23), centerfold. Copyright 1900 by Keppler &... more
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions group
H9934 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; American Panoramic View Co.; October 19, 1901; DLC/PP-1901:41475.170.
Glimpses of California and the missions,
Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885) of Amherst, Massachusetts, turned to writing after the death of her first husband in 1863. Her marriage to William Jackson, a wealthy Denver Quaker, brought her to the West in 187... more
San Xavier Mission, Tucson, Arizona
Copyright 1902 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title from item. Title on inventory list: San Xavier Mission, Tucson. Similar image in LOT 9052. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53878". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Co... more
A pleasant retreat from the world - gardens of the old Santa Barbara M...
H15118 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.
Missionary map of the world showing prevailing religions of its variou...
Includes statistics, graph, notes, and grommets for hanging. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Reminders of things which have passed away - tomb and ruined gate, old...
No. 15131. Title from item.
The crucifix, a sign of suffering and sacrifice, among nature's luxuri...
No. 15860. Title from item.
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[Facade of mission, Santa Barbara, California]
H23877 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Henry G. Peabody, Boston.
Muni : Guinea Continental Espańola /
Relief shown by shading. Also shows locations of Catholic churches and indigenous communities. Insets: Islote Elobey Peq́eño -- Angulo Suroeste de Corsico -- Cabo de San Juan y litoral inmediato al norte del mi... more
In the sacred gardens, Santa Barbara, Cal., U.S.A
No. 1515. Title from item.
San Gabriel Mission, Southern California, U.S.A
Copyright 1903, by B.L. Sangley. No. 13555. Title from item.
Mission San Diego, California
Copyright 1904 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title from item. Title on inventory list: Mission San Diego. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53914". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the... more
Puck's inventions / Ehrhart.
Illustration shows John D. Rockefeller standing on a ladder, dumping coins into a "Patent Disinfector" as a member of the clergy opens a slot and coins pour into a bucket labeled "Purified Cash for Missions". A... more
The picturesque old Spanish mission of San Gabriel, California
Copyrighted by T.W. Ingersoll. Title from item.
The gospel according to "St. John" / Keppler.
Illustration shows John D. Rockefeller holding a bag labeled "Foreign $ Missions" close to his side, sitting on millstones labeled "Standard Oil Millstone" grinding or squeezing money from people caught between... more
The Old Mission Church of Monterey, Built by the Franciscan Fathers, C...
No. 6817. Title from item.
Picturesque walls of the historic San Gabriel Mission, California, U.S...
No. 749. Title from item.
Picturesque old Mission (founded 1786) Santa Barbara, California, U.S....
No. 766. Title from item.
A reminder of Spanish rule - quaint Santa Barbara Mission, California,...
No. 765. Title from item.
Interior of the old Spanish mission, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.
H74027 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 767. Copyright by H.C. White Co. Title from item.
Quaint arched bell tower of San Gabriel Mission, California, U.S.A
No. 750. Title from item.
Chimes of San Gabriel Mission, San Gabriel, Cal
Copyright 1906 by C. L. Wasson. No. 20611. Title from item.
San Fernando Mission
H97620 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; August 2, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43305. No. 3504.
San Juan Capistrano Mission
H97621 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; August 2, 1907. No. 3509.
First site of Mission Santa Clara
13 people standing by cross, Santa Clara, California. H98678 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Mrs. Alice Hare, Santa Clara, Calif.
San Juan Capistrano Mission after a painting by Chris Jorgensen
H104902 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; January 6, 1908. No. 3514.
Free coffee at Bowery Mission for unemployed
A line of men along a wall drinking coffee; a long table is covered with cups. Bain News Service photograph. No. 1449-4. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
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Mission, Santa Barbara, California
Title devised by cataloger. "RBL 159" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
St. James Mission and Reading Room
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
