Collection Number: MS 443
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The Southwestern Mission Research Center was created in 1965 mainly through the determination of Rev. Charles W. Polzer, S.J. It is a nonprofit organization which was originally set up for the purpose of locating for Father Kino’s grave and to conduct related research on this topic. After the discovery of Father Kino’s gravesite in 1966, the Center became dedicated to promoting, coordinating, and developing research studies pertaining to the Spanish Borderlands.
SMRC began publishing a Spanish colonial newsletter in 1967 to help bridge the gap between anthropologists and historians who were interested in the history of the southwest. In 1974 the Center started to offer tours of the Kino missions which introduced people to the history and culture of the Pimeria Alta, in the Sonora Desert of Mexico and Arizona. SMRC also sponsored the Gran Quivira Conferences from 1972-1988, and the conference of Spanish and Latin American Archivist (SPARCON) from 1984-1986. The center published numerous publications about the history of Pimeria Alta, the most popular being the Kino Guide I and II written by of Rev. Charles W. Polzer, S.J.
The collection include financial records, meeting minutes, projects, SMRC tours information and other materials relating to the daily operation of SMRC. The materials focusing on specific conferences, such as Gran Quivira and SPARCON are contained in the series of the Conference, which includes the planning, invitation, correspondence, and conference schedules. The Board of director meeting minutes, miscellaneous correspondence, history of the center, and business financial records are arranged in the Organization series. The newsletter, books SMRC published and promoted, and newspapers collected by SMRC are under Publication series. Projects and proposals are included in Research series. All information related to tours is contained in Tours.
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Southwest Mission Research Center records (MS 443). Special Collections, University of Arizona, Special Collection.
| Series I: Conference, 1972-1988 | |||||||||||
| Series note: This series is organized by conference title and arranged alphabetically. Each conference contains business correspondence, registration list, conference schedule information, and meeting notes. The first, Gran Quivira, is arranged by conference number then by dates. The SPARCON conference is divided to correspondences, papers and conferences at specific location. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Conference:Gran Quivira I-V 1972-1976 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Conference:Gran Quivira IV-X 1978-1981 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Conference: Gran Quivira XI-XVII 1982-1988 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Conference: Lereto conference on Baja California and symposium 1976 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Conference: SPARCON information 1984-1985 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Conference: SPARCON correspondence 1985-1986 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Conference: SPARCON research paper 1986 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Conference: SPARCON USIA 1986 | |||||||||
| Series II: Organization, 1965-1994 | |||||||||||
| Series note: This series is arranged alphabetically. It contains organization related materials including Arizona Corporation Commission, Board of Director meeting minutes, correspondence, financial documents, historical documents and miscellaneous information. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Organization: Arizona Corporation Commission 1965-1987 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Organization: Board of Director meeting minutes 1987-1993 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Organization: Correspondence 1964-1975 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Organization: Correspondence 1976 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Organization: Correspondence 1977 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Organization: Correspondence 1978 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Organization: Correspondence 1979 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Organization: Correspondence 1980 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Organization: Correspondence 1981-1982 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Organization: Correspondence 1983-1984 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Organization: Correspondence 1985-1986 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Organization: Correspondence 1987-1988 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Organization: Correspondence 1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Organization: Correspondence 1990-1994 | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Organization: Correspondences DRSW-SMRC 1981-1983 | |||||||||
| 2 | 7 | Organization: Financial SMRC expense 1968-1986 | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | Organization: Financial SMRC income and expense 1971-1986 | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Organization: Financial Tax return 1968-1990 | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Organization: Historical document 1965-1993 | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Organization: Miscellaneous | |||||||||
| Series III: Publication 1966-1996 | |||||||||||
| Series note: This series contains the books’ information that SMRC published and promoted, SMRC newsletters related correspondences, drafts and invoices, articles published on newspapers and magazines, and the copyright issue occurred on Kino Guide book 1. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 12 | Publication: Gallardo Affair (Book 1 copyright issue) 1973-1975 | |||||||||
| 2 | 13 | Publication: Cabat book I-III 1979-1983 | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | Publication: Kino Guide I-II 1972-1984 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Publication: Jose Velasquez/Ronald L. Ives 1981-1984 | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Publication: Newspaper article 1974-1983 | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Publication: Newsletter correspondences, draft and invoice 1976-1996 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Publication: Stepchild + Tucson – Old Pueblo + Westerner’s smokes | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Publication: Tumacacori (plant) | |||||||||
| Series IV: Research 1966-1988 | |||||||||||
| Series note: This series contains research related proposals, projects and miscellaneous materials. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Research: Miscellaneous | |||||||||
| 3 | 7 | Research: Projects 1986-1988 | |||||||||
| 3 | 8 | Research: Proposal 1966-1987 | |||||||||
| Series V: Tours 1974-1991 | |||||||||||
| Series note: This series is arranged alphabetically by the tours location. SMRC has conducted annual Kino Mission tour for different groups as well as the tours to different location for different people. This series contains California Baja tour, California Mission Tour, and Kino Mission Tour. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 9 | Tours: California Baja tour 1977-1981 | |||||||||
| 3 | 10 | Tours: California Mission Tour + Miscellaneous 1975-1978 | |||||||||
| 3 | 11 | Tours: Kino Mission tour correspondence 1974-1978 | |||||||||
| 3 | 12 | Tours: Kino Mission tour correspondence 1979-1988 | |||||||||
| 3 | 13 | Tours: Kino Mission tour directories 1978-1987 | |||||||||
| 3 | 14 | Tours: Kino Mission tour financial report 1986-1991 | |||||||||
| 3 | 15 | Tours: Kino Mission tour promotional and newsletters 1977-1981 | |||||||||
| 3 | 16 | Tours: Kino Mission tour St. Benedict’s and SAH 1981-1983 | |||||||||