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A painting of Mission San Gabriel in 1832

UCR historian awarded NEH grant to expand Early California Population Project

UC Riverside history professor Steven Hackel has been awarded a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to expand the Early California Population Project (ECPP).
By Sarah Nightingale | | Social Science / Education
History professor Steven Hackel is the lead curator of the new exhibition at Mission San Gabriel Museum in San Gabriel. He walked through the exhibition installation on May 26, 2023. (UCR/Stan Lim)

New, untold history of Indigenous people is now part of revamped Mission San Gabriel Museum exhibition 

History professor Steven Hackel is the exhibition’s lead curator. The museum’s galleries now offer a more comprehensive history surrounding the Catholic mission’s life with the help of baptismal records, textiles, baskets, paintings, and audio recordings.
By Sandra Baltazar Martinez | | Arts / Culture
Pobladores project

Historian’s database offers new view of colonial California

Through his Pobladores Project, Steven Hackel spotlights the non-American Indian settlers and soldiers who lived in California between 1769 and 1850
By Tess Eyrich | | Arts / Culture