| The thesis presents a historical bibliography of the books held by the San Gabriel Mission in its Library in 2005. It discusses the domain, scope, level of listing, an item's description, and organization of the Mission Library. The collection that is covered by the thesis has 205 volumes.; Research into these volumes shows that they were used by the priests in evangelism, teaching, and relating to the Indians found in Alta California during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The volumes fall into the broad categories of theological, liturgical, and secular. A detailed listing of titles and authors is given in an appendix. |
