A Catholic group has received a large grant to restore one of the oldest California missions and to provide a place for tourists to examine the state's religious and cultural history. In February, ...

(RNS) — A $4 million restoration project is expected to be completed in time for the mission’s 250th anniversary this fall. (RNS) — After a difficult year in which the early Californian missionary was ...

Harry Downie was 28, heading south in August 1931 to open a cabinet shop in Santa Barbara when the architectural restorer stopped to visit his boyhood friend, Lawrence Ferrell, in Monterey. Ferrell ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Two clerics, facing away from the ...