The University of Texas AUSTIN Hay 30, 1933. M •. Ha r ? .1 lyi • i , x . ixjit • Hotel, lau .Antonio, 9ex:\s. ^ e a ? Mr. Ayre s: I did not get your inquiry o' the loth Inst, until yesterday. I was out for two weeks on my vacation and your letter lust hs ... arrived th day after I left, "his will explain to you the cause for the delay in answering you. There is no index to the Spanish material concerning San Jose Mission or any or? the other missions in San Antonio, hr. Bolton published an index to materials in the Archives of Mexico for the history of the Southwest, which includes many documents related with the history of the mission/'^hmhe lists everything he found in the various archives. But this is merely a list, "o have secured copies, either typewritten or phot tat icj of most of them. To have also a large hyiuher of copies from the archives in Spain. But there are many which have not been copied yet and many that have not been listed either. for example I went over the same materials that Bolton examined and listed and found over 36,000 pages of materi .1 in various archives which he missed. Tot aTl of these are relatedjfto the missions hut there are many items concerning them. As far as T know the library in San Antonio does not have any dccuient."; or copie..- of * c Turnouts; neither has the 'title Museum. I have 'been terribly busy the last month or so, and t-inco my return from the sh.-rt vacation " took,work has stacked up^ii my desk that -./ill keep me busy for the next two months at br/-oak-neck speed. I am unable therefore to try to yet the most pertinent naterial for you concerning San dose. "r would suggest however, that a young student be employed and T will guid^him and direct him to where the materi Is are. He can then list the lost important documents, such as those that give description of San Jose at various times, and aftei sh< cl ing the list, he could proceed to make copies and ?o tr nslate the ;, so that when he is thr ugh you would have copies of the original Spanxyh and translations to check one ; g inst the other. A uo„ with some historical training ind a good com ai 3 of English an< panish can be secured for say xflk .35 (thirty-five ccr.es) nour. In the course of a v/e< k or tv/o, v/c ’king say thr hours he should finish his work for you. Let m know if this arr ge-me it is sati fj jtorj and T ih 11 >e gl id to put i ■ ii