Oral history interview, Mission San Xavier del Bac, with Bernard Fontana, 1959 Jul. 20.

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Oral history interview, Mission San Xavier del Bac, with Bernard Fontana, 1959 Jul. 20.

Verbatim transcript of interview between Father Bonaventure Oblasser, O.F.M., and Bernard L. Fontana. Oblasser relates his experiences as missionary in the area of Mission San Xavier del Bac from 1910 to 1939.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7336882

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