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Descriptive Summary

Title:
La Purisima Mission State Historic Park collection, 1787-2002 (bulk 1934-1975)

Collection number:
Consult repository

Collector:
La Purisima Mission State Historic Park (Lompoc, Calif.)

Extent:
13.25 cubic feet

Repository:
California State Parks. La Purisima Mission State Historic Park (Lompoc, Calif.).
Lompoc, CA 93436

Abstract:
The La Purisima Mission State Historic Park Collection contains correspondence, administrative materials, architectural records, committee documents, news clippings, reports, and financial materials documenting the restoration of the mission beginning in 1934. In addition, the collection includes records of the Citizen's Advisory Committee, a civic group that played a major role in the restoration process along with the personal papers of its key leaders Pearl Chase, M. R. Harrington, Edith Webb, and Glen Main. The collection also contains original mission records, in English and Spanish, including annual and biannual reports, correspondence, inventory lists, and books of confirmations, burials, marriages, and baptisms, ranging from 1787 to 1851. Materials in this collection range from 1787-2002 with the majority dedicated to the mission's existence as a public institution from its initial restoration by the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1933 to 1941, and continued restoration through 1971.

Physical location:
The collection is located at La Purisima Mission State Historic Park, Lompoc, California.

Language:
English.

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