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Mission Santa Clara de Asís (1777)

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Santa Clara University: History of Mission Santa Clara de Asis (Official Website)

http://www.scu.edu/visitors/mission/history.cfm

Books

Mission Santa Clara de Asís

Margaret, Amy.
X979.47 MARGARET

Traces the history of this California mission with reference to the Spanish explorers, Franciscan and Jesuit missionaries, Ohlone Indians, and its secularization by the state.

Missions of the San Francisco Bay Area

White, Tekla N.
X979.46 WHITE

Charts the histories of the missions of San Francisco de Assisi, Santa Clara, San Jose, San Rafael Arcangel, and San Francisco Solano, and briefly describes life among the Ohlone and Coast Miwok Indians before the arrival of the Spaniards.