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1.
Allerhand so lehr- als geist-reiche Brief/ Schrifften und Reis-Beschreibungen/ welche von denen

Creator:
Jesuits. Letters from missions
Published / Created:
1726-58.
Call Number:
1975 +157
Image Count:
17
Alternative Title:
Neuer Welt-Bott and Neuen Welt-Botts
Description:
BEIN 1975 +157: Imperfect: pt. 9-11 in duplicate; t.-p. of v.1 wanting., BEIN 1976 +337: 33 cm. Imperfect: last leaf (Tabula erratorum) mutilated., BEIN 1998 +75: Imperfect: v. 3 (pts. 21-24) only. 33 cm., Title varies., Vol. 3 (pts. 21-24) has title: Neuer Welt-Bott. Das ist, Allerhand so lehr-als geist-reiche Brief ..., Imprint varies. Title-page to v.4 and to parts 26-36 have imprint: Wien, L.J. Kaliwoda., Each pt. has separate t.-p. and paging, except pts. 21-22 and 23-24, which are double pts., The work is also divided into five tomes, tome 1-4 with independent t.-p.'s. Tome 1 comprising pts. 1-8, tome 2: pts. 9-16, tome 3: pts. 17-24, tome 4: pts. 25-32, tome 5: pts. 33-36. Tome 5 has half-title: Des neuen Welt-Botts tomus V. Erste Halbscheid, it is apparently not known whether there was a second pt. to it., "Mostly taken from unpublished manuscripts. Only the smaller part has been translated from the "Lettres edifiantes." -- cf. Sabin 52376., and Compiled after Stöcklein's death by Peter Probst and Franciscus Keller.
Publisher:
Verlegts Philipp/ Martin/ und Johann Veith seel. erben
Subject (Name):
Jesuits
Subject (Topic):
Missions
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Allerhand so lehr- als geist-reiche Brief/ Schrifften und Reis-Beschreibungen/ welche von denen Missionariis der Gesellschafft Jesu aus beyden Indien/ und andern über Meer gelegenen Ländern/ seit Anno 1652. biss 1726. in Europa angelangt synd

2.
Coronica moralizada del Orden de San Avgvstin en el Perv, con svcesos egenplares [sic] en esta

Creator:
Calancha, Antonio de la, 1584-1654
Published / Created:
1638.
Image Count:
1
Description:
BEIN 1971 +120: Extra illustrated with parts from a duplicate added t.-p., cut out and mounted., Added t.-p., engr.; (38 x 28 cm. fold. to 32 cm.), Signatures: *⁶ **⁸ A-Kkkk⁶ Llll⁸., and "A second ... volume of this work was printed at Lima in 1653 [or 1654] but was never published, owing probably to certain obnoxious passages contained in it. It is a smaller volume than the first, and is of very rare occurrence." -- Stevens, Hist. nuggets, v.2, 1862, p. 108. this second volume was written in part by Bernardo de Torres, whose "Cronica de la provincia pervana del Orden de los ermitaños de S. Avgvstin," Lima, 1657, was also published as a supplementary volume to the first volume of Calancha's work and included an epitome of it. cf. Rene-Moreno, Bolivia y Perú; notas hist. y bibl., 1905, p. [1]-9; Bibl. peruana, t.1, 1896, nos. 404, 412; Medina, Bibl. hisp.-amer., t.2, 1900 no. 977.
Publisher:
P. Lacavalleria
Subject (Geographic):
Peru. and Peru
Subject (Name):
Augustinians
Subject (Topic):
History, Indians of South America, and Missions
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Coronica moralizada del Orden de San Avgvstin en el Perv, con svcesos egenplares [sic] en esta monarqvia ...

3.
Invitation

Creator:
Spencer, Orson, 1802-1855, author
Published / Created:
[1847?]
Call Number:
BrSide4o Zc66 G5 847sp
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Dear Friend, Being commissioned by Jesus Christ, I take the liberty to call your attention to the following momentous and marvellous truths, to be illustrated and proved to the entire satisfaction of every honest mind ...
Description:
BEIN BrSide4o Zc66 G5 847sp: From the library of Levi Richards. and "Numerous publications ... may be had at No. 39, Torbock Street, Liverpool; also at [blank] Your friend and servant of the Living God, separated by the Holy Ghost, under the hands of twelve apostles, to preside over the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, Orson Spencer."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Liverpool.
Subject (Name):
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Subject (Topic):
Missions, Doctrines, and Latter Day Saint churches
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Invitation

4.
Jonathan Edwards correspondence relating to his mission at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1752-1756

Creator:
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1722
Image Count:
34
Abstract:
Correspondence relating to Jonathan Edwards's mission to Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Includes a letter from Edwards to Elisha Williams stating the reasons why Abigail Williams Sergeant Dwight should not be made headmistress of a Native American female boarding school; a letter to Elijah Williams regarding dissenters in the Stockbridge church; a letter to Ephraim Williams and his family addressing their grievances against the church; and a letter to Joseph Dwight about a Mohawk tribe leaving Stockbridge. Also includes a deposition where Japheth Bush attested that he was assigned to build the Native American female school. Also includes two letters from Elisha Williams to Edwards and two letters from Joseph Dwight to the Stockbridge church discussing Abigail Williams Sergeant Dwight’s involvement with the female school
Description:
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was a theologian and leader of the Great Awakening. He served as minister of the Congregationalist Church at Northampton, Massachusetts from 1726-1750 and became a missionary to the Mahican and Mohawk Indians at Stockbridge, Massachusetts in 1751. and In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Massachusetts, Stockbridge, United States, Massachusetts., and Stockbridge (Mass.)
Subject (Name):
Bush, Japheth, 1705-1758., Dwight, Abigail Williams Sergeant, 1721-1791., Dwight, Joseph, 1702-1765., Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758., Williams, Elijah, 1732-1815., Williams, Elisha, 1694-1755., and Williams, Ephraim, 1691-1754.
Subject (Topic):
Calvinism, Clergy, Dissenters, Religious, Girls' schools, Indians of North America, Education, Missions, Mahican Indians, Missions, American, Mohawk Indians, Off-reservation boarding schools, Stockbridge Indians, Women, Women school principals, and Church history
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jonathan Edwards correspondence relating to his mission at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1752-1756

5.
Main plaza, San Antonio, Texas

Creator:
Pentenrieder, Erhard, 1830-1875, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1856 and 1859?]
Call Number:
WA Prints 446
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A pictorial lettersheet with a large central image at top and smaller images enclosed in vine medallions trailing down the left and right sides, with a large blank space for the message. The central image, bordered by figures of a Native American and a Mexican, shows the main plaza of San Antonio, Texas. On the left are smaller images of Mission San José, Mission Conception, Courthouse, and an untitled image of a man riding a hay-burdened mule. On the right are smaller images of the Alamo, Mission San Juan, an untitled image of a wooden structure (possibly a hacienda), and an untitled image of a horseman lassoing a steer. These vignettes are interspersed with ornamental images of an African-American (?) worker, a bear, a hunter with his dog, and a jaguar
Description:
Title from caption below central image., Edition statement supplied by cataloger. Print is known to exist in two versions. In this multicolored version, the primary images are printed in black, while the ornamental images and decorative vines are printed in green, all on a white sheet. In the monochrome version, all images and ornaments are printed in black on a white sheet., and Pentenrieder & Blersch first offered this distinctive type of pictorial lettersheet for sale in 1856. See the English-language version of Pentenrieder's biography available on the "Haus der bayerischen Geschichte" website, viewed 25 August 2020. http://www.hdbg.de/auswanderung/docs/pentenrieder_bio_e.pdf
Publisher:
Published by Pentenrieder & Blersch
Subject (Geographic):
San Antonio (Tex.), Texas, San Antonio, and Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Subject (Name):
Mission Concepción (San Antonio, Tex.), Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo (San Antonio, Tex.), and Mission San Juan Capistrano (San Antonio, Tex.)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Church buildings, and Missions
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Main plaza, San Antonio, Texas

6.
Main plaza, San Antonio, Texas

Creator:
Pentenrieder, Erhard, 1830-1875, artist
Published / Created:
[1856]
Call Number:
WA Prints 445
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A pictorial lettersheet with a large central image at top and smaller images enclosed in vine medallions trailing down the left and right sides, with a large blank space for the message. The central image, bordered by figures of a Native American and a Mexican, shows the main plaza of San Antonio, Texas. On the left are smaller images of Mission San José, Mission Conception, Courthouse, and an untitled image of a man riding a hay-burdened mule. On the right are smaller images of the Alamo, Mission San Juan, an untitled image of a wooden structure (possibly a hacienda), and an untitled image of a horseman lassoing a steer. These vignettes are interspersed with ornamental images of an African-American (?) worker, a bear, a hunter with his dog, and a jaguar
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 445: With manuscript letter dated April 11, 1856., Title from caption below central image., Edition statement supplied by cataloger. Print is known to exist in two versions. In this monochrome version, all images and ornaments are printed in black on a white sheet. In the multicolored version, the primary images are printed in black, while the ornamental images and decorative vines are printed in green, all on a white sheet., Pentenrieder & Blersch first offered this distinctive type of pictorial lettersheet for sale in 1856. See the English-language version of Pentenrieder's biography available on the "Haus der bayerischen Geschichte" website, viewed 25 August 2020. http://www.hdbg.de/auswanderung/docs/pentenrieder_bio_e.pdf, and Date is no later than 1856, based on Beinecke Library copy that includes a manuscript letter dated April 11, 1856.
Publisher:
Published by Pentenrieder & Blersch
Subject (Geographic):
San Antonio (Tex.), Texas, San Antonio, and Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
Subject (Name):
Mission Concepción (San Antonio, Tex.), Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo (San Antonio, Tex.), and Mission San Juan Capistrano (San Antonio, Tex.)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Church buildings, and Missions
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Main plaza, San Antonio, Texas

7.
Photograph album of Lakota Indians in southern South Dakota

Creator:
Buechel, Eugene
Published / Created:
ca. 1928-1931.
Call Number:
WA Photos 345
Image Count:
51
Abstract:
Photograph album of images created by Eugene Buechel of Oglala Lakota and Sicangu Lakota people and environs in southern South Dakota, ca. 1928-1931, Informal portraits include individuals, couples, and groups. Specific student groups including a group of young women from Holy Rosary Mission school, the St. Francis Mission marching band, the St. Francis Mission football team, a dance troupe of girls, and a student theatrical group at the St. Francis Mission in costume and wearing blackface makeup. Informal portraits also depict Lakota people wearing modern and traditional costumes, in addition to Anglo American people wearing traditional Lakota costumes. The only identified individual is Peter Scherer, who directed the St. Francis Mission marching band in 1930-1931, Events documented include horseback trips to the White River, a powwow with traditional Lakota costume and dancing, mourners at a cemetery, Lakota women on horseback, and games of football and basketball. Images documenting agricultural events include threshing wheat and castrating calves, and Other images include exterior views of the missions, homes, farms, and oil wells, while interiors views exist of a gymnasium and dining halls at the missions
Description:
A Jesuit priest, Eugene Buechel (1874-1954) served as a superior at the mission schools of Holy Rosary Mission (1908-1916), Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and St. Francis Mission (1916-1923), Rosebud Indian Reservation, afterwards working to document Lakota language and culture in the region until his death., Title devised by cataloger., Photographs in album 8.7 x 14.8 cm. and smaller., and Manuscript captions in German on the verso of several photographs, which are available on photocopies provided with the album.
Subject (Geographic):
South Dakota., Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.), Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.), and South Dakota
Subject (Name):
Buechel, Eugene., Scherer, Peter, band director., Catholic Church, and Jesuits
Subject (Topic):
Missions, Brulé Indians, Cemeteries, Dakota Indians, Indians of North America, Rites and ceremonies, Mission schools, Oglala Indians, and Teton Indians
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photograph album of Lakota Indians in southern South Dakota

8.
Photographs of Alaska

Creator:
Hubbard, Bernard Rosecrans, 1888-1962
Published / Created:
ca. [1931]
Call Number:
WA PHOTOS 295
Image Count:
70
Abstract:
The photographs show the Holy Cross Mission on the Yukon River, including Inuit children and the Sisters of St. Anne; Inuit people not necessarily connected with the mission; a totem pole; dog sleds and dogs; men presumably part of Hubbard's expediton team (one is identfied as "Peterson"); a sea plane in flight; the ship Polar Bear; and trees in the interglacial forest of the Mendenhall glacier. Two photographs show Hubbard alone; he appears in a third image, watching an Inuit man use a fire bow
Description:
Father Hubbard, a Jesuit priest and head of the geology department of Santa Clara University, made annual trips to Alaska beginning in 1927. Called the "Glacier Priest," Hubbard was an avid explorer of Alaska's wilderness, including active volcanos. He described his experiences in popular magazines and in several books., Title devised by cataloger., and Manuscript captions with page references on some photo mounts refer to Hubbard's book, Mush, You Malemutes (New York: The American Press, 1932).
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska, Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska), and Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)
Subject (Name):
Hubbard, Bernard Rosecrans, 1888-1962, Hubbard, Bernard Rosecrans, 1888-1962., Holy Cross Mission (Yukon River, Yukon and Alaska), Sisters of St. Anne, and Polar Bear (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Missions, Inuit, Inuit children, Eskimos, and Sled dogs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of Alaska

9.
Photographs of Texas [graphic].

Published / Created:
ca. 1885.
Call Number:
WA Photos 65
Image Count:
10
Abstract:
Photographs of Texas, including views of homes and the business district of El Paso, the Alamo in San Antonio, artillery drills of Troop H of the 3rd cavalry at Fort McIntosh, the mission at San Jose, a wagon train, and an Apache Camp. In Harrold, Texas, performers pose on the balcony of the Hotel del Teatro and Great Western Theatre
Description:
Manuscript captions accompany many of the photographs, which are mounted on both sides of cardboard mounts.
Subject (Geographic):
Texas, San Antonio (Tex.), El Paso (Tex.), and Ft. McIntosh (Laredo, Tex.)
Subject (Name):
United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Apache Indians, Missions, Wagons, and Theaters
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of Texas [graphic].

10.
Photographs of the Yukon and Alaska gold rush [graphic].

Published / Created:
ca. 1898.
Call Number:
WA Photos 174
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
Photographs of gold mining operations in the Yukon, including views of hydraulic mining, dredging, and the use of steam to thaw the ground. The journey to the Yukon used both steamer and rail travel, and there are views from aboard boat of the shorelines of St. Michaels, Forts Seward and Williams, and the Holy Cross Mission on the lower Yukon River, as well as scenes along the White Pass railroad, including the international boundary at White Pass. There are also several views of Dawson City
Description:
Manuscript captions on versos.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska, Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska), and Dawson (Yukon)
Subject (Name):
White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm)
Subject (Topic):
Fortification, Gold mines and mining, Hydraulic mining, Missions, and Gold discoveries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of the Yukon and Alaska gold rush [graphic].

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