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Report prepared by missionaries Thomás de la Peña and Joseph Antonio Murguía for Fray Junípero Serra in December of 1777, the year that Mission Santa Clara was founded. The report consists of a detailed description of the first Mission Santa Clara…

The cover page of the booklet that discusses the history of both Mission Santa Clara and Santa Clara University. The cover page has a picture of Mission Santa Clara on it.

Santa Clara University’s Mission Chapel at the center of the Silicon Valley campus.

In 1769, Spanish Franciscan priest, Junipero Serra, was sent by the Spanish to establish a mission in California to extend Spanish hold into "Alta California." The first of 21 coastal missions, Mission San Diego de Alcala was created to establish a…