GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Illinois: IL-5

DePaul University. John T. Richardson Library. Special Collections and Archives
2350 North Kenmore Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614

Phone: 773-325-7864
Email: See website

 

Hours: See website

Access: Some restrictions apply

Copying facilities: Yes

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1812-1843, 1999-ongoing

Volume: Less than 1 cubic foot

Description: The “DeAndreis-Rosati Memorial Archives,” of the Vincentians Midwest and Western Provinces

History: Founded in France, 1625, the Vincentians or Congregation of the Mission, made their first U.S. foundation, 1818, and established its Midwest Province, 1888, and its Western Province, 1975. Thereafter, the Vincentians returned to their missionary focus, withdrew from their well-established parishes and schools, and their Western Province accepted new missionary assignments, which included missions and parishes among Native Americans in Arizona that the Franciscans had founded and administered previously:

1994-2004

St. Jude Mission (Hopi, Navajo), Tuba City, Navajo Reservation, Arizona

1994-2004

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church (Navajo), Page, Arizona

1997-present

St. Joseph Mission (Hopi, Navajo), Keams Canyon, Hopi Reservation, Arizona

1998-present

Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission (Navajo), Kayenta, Navajo Reservation, Arizona

De Paul University became the archival repository for the Midwest Province, 2001, and the Western Province, 2010.

 

/1 Midwest Province

Inclusive dates: 1827-1843, 1953, 1999

Volume: Few items

Description:

  1. “Bishop Joseph Rosati, C.M. (1798-1843) Papers,” 1812-1843, few items within ca. .8 cubic foot; 1827-1843, re: Multiple requests for missionaries from Salish Indian delegations in Montana to Bishop Rosati of St. Louis and their fulfillment by Rev. Pierre-Jean de Smet, S.J., and Jesuits
  2. “Personnel Records” of Rev. John Q. O’Connell, C.M. (1921–1999), 1953, 1999; 1 folder; re: biographical sheet, news clipping, correspondence, photograph, and obituary from his funeral, which noted his pastoral work with Native Americans and the Kateri Circle of Colorado.

 

/2 Western Province: Arizona Missions and Parishes Collection

Volume: Less than 1 cubic foot

Inclusive dates: 1998-ongoing

Description: News clippings, correspondence, photography, and an anniversary booklet pertaining to St. Joseph Mission, Keams Canyon, Arizona.

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.

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