Use of this site and docent lending library is reserved exclusively for current and former docents of Mission San Luis Obispo. For more information on becoming a docent, see: http://missionsanluisobispo.org for current docent training schedule.
How to use this site? The publications in this library are available to current docents, and can be checked out and returned at the monthly docent meeting (currently the 3rd Saturday of every month at 9:30am). Outside of the monthly docent meetings, Library Books can also be checked out and / or returned to committee chair (currently Tim Waag) at his home in San Luis Obispo by contacting him directly to make arrangements.
Docent Lending Library Books
Books currently in the lending library in acquisition order. Click on the listing for more information on the book.
Book Number - Title - Author - Year - Pages - Purchase Price - Donated by - Available or Checked Out by.
• Book001 - Lullabies From the Earth: Cradles of Native North America - Wheelwright Museum - 1980 - 22 Pages - Donated by AB. AVAILABLE
• Book002 - The California Missions - by Sunset Magazine Editors - 1979 - 320 Pages - Donated by CP. CHECKED OUT BY DGU on 11/16/2019
• Book003 California Missions - By Londie Garcia Padelsky - 2005 - 152 Pages - Donated by CP. AVAILABLE
• Book004 - The Mission Walker - By Edie Littlefield Sundy 2017 - 311 Pages - $3.68. CHECKED OUT BY KF on 11/16/2019
• Book005 - Junipero Serra - California's Founding Father - By Steven W. Hackel - 2013 - 323 pages - $6.97. AVAILABLE
• Book006 - American Colonies - The Settling of North America - Alan Taylor - 2002 - 526 pages - $5.99. AVAILABLE.
• Book007 - Kino A Legacy His Life His Works His Missions His Monuments - by Charles W. Polzer, S. J. - Jesuit Fathers of Southern Arizona - 1998 - 198 pages - $8.20. AVAILABLE.
• Book008 - A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire - by Amy Butler Greenfield - Harper Perennial - 2005 - 338 Pages - $6.62 - Donated by TW. CHECKED OUT BY AB on 1/18/2020.
• Book009 - The Mexican Wars for Independence - by Timothy J. Henderson - Hill and Wang - 2009 - 246 pages - $6.44 - Donated by TW. CHECKED OUT BY HP ON 2/22/2020.
• Book010 - The Great Courses: Francis of Assisi (2 pieces: Book and Audio CD) - by W. R. Cook, Ph.D., & R. B. Herzman, Ph.D. - The Teaching Co. - 2000 - 56 pages - Donated by HP. AVAILABLE.
• Book011 - Two Years Before the Mast: Special Edition - (Copy 1 of 2) - by Richard Hendry Dana, Jr. - Published by his son RHD 76 years later - 197 Pages - Donated by TW. AVAILABLE.
• Book011 - Two Years Before the Mast: Special Edition - (Copy 2 of 2) - by Richard Hendry Dana, Jr. - Published by his son RHD 76 years later - 197 Pages - Donated by TW. AVAILABLE.
• Book12 - A Kino Guide: His Missions, His Monuments - by Charles Polzer, S. J. - Published by Southwestern Mission Research Center - 1968 - 42 Pages - Donated by TW. AVAILABLE.
• Book013 - Island of the Blue Dolphins - by Scott O’Dell - Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - Copyright 1960 - 178 Pages - Donated by TW. AVAILABLE.
• Book014 - Sam Houston & the Alamo Avengers - by Brian Kilmeade - Published by Penguin Random House LLC - 2019 - 272 Pages - Donated by TW. AVAILABLE.
• Book015 - Boletin Journal of the California Missions Foundation - Volume 25, Number 1, 2019 - misc authors - 2019 -108 pages - $10.00 - Donated by TW. AVAILABLE.
www.CaliforniaMissionFoundation.org AVAILABLE
• Book016: Finding the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island - Stansbury Publishing - by R. C. Nidever - 2017 - 186 Pages - $15.00 - Donated by TW. CHECKED OUT BY Petra on 2/22/2020.
• Book017: Vitruvius: The Ten Books on Architecture - Dover Publications, New York - Translated by Morris Hicky Morgan in 1914 - by Vitruvius - 331 Pages - $6.45 - Donated by TW. CHECKED OUT BY Jay on 2/22/2020.
• Book018: A Glorius Defeat: Mexico and Its War with the United States - by Timothy J. Henderson - Hill and Wang - 2007 - 216 Pages - $8.34 - Donated by TW AVAILABLE
• Book019: The Destruction of California Indians 1847 to 1865 - by Robert F. Heizer - University of Nebraska Press- 1974 - 321 Pages - Donated by TW - AVAILABLE
• Book20: Converting California: Indians and Franciscans in the Missions - by James A. Sandos - $15.04 - Donated by TW - AVAILABLE
• Book21: The Road to Assisi: The Essential Biography of St. Francis - 120th Anniversary Edition - by Sabatier, Paul - $6.53 - Donated by TW - AVAILABLE
• Book22: Adopted by Indians: A True Story - Thomas Jefferson Mayfield - $6.55 - Donated by TW - AVAILABLE
• Book23: The Complete Francis of Assisi: His Life, The Complete Writings, and The Little Flowers (Paraclete Giants), Sweeney, Jon M. - $18.36 - Donated by TW - AVAILABLE
• Book24: Cave Paintings Of Baja California: Discovering the Great Murals of an Unknown People, Harry W. Crosby - $10.74 - Donated by TW - AVAILABLE
• Book25: Alta California: From San Diego to San Francisco, A Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State, Neely, Nick - $18.04 - Donated by TW - AVAILABLE
• Book26: Traveler's Guide to Camping Mexico's Baja: Explore Baja and Puerto Peñasco with Your RV or Tent (Traveler's Guide series), Church, Mike - $15.04 - Donated by TW - AVAILABLE
• Book27: Francis - by Bodo Murray - $10.05 - Donated by TW - AVAILABLE
• Book28: Journey to the Sun: Junipero Serra's Dream and the Founding of California - By Gregory Orfalea - $6.81 - Donated by TW - AVAILABLE
• Book29: Massacre at the Yuma Crossing: Spanish Relations with the Quechans, 1779-1782, Santiago, Mark - $7.26 - Donated by TW - AVAILABLE
Book Suggestions
Click on this link for Mission SLO library book suggestions. The prices are being monitored for eventual purchase.
***Please post your suggestions for Book Titles for the Docent Lending Library in the Comments section at the end of this post. Better still, donate some of your favorite California Mission related books that you would like to pass on to others! Thanks!
Questions About Any of This?
• Joan Kunkler - jkunkler@calpoly.edu,
• Angie Bertrand - ambertrand01@yahoo.com
