GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Florida: FL-16

Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine, Florida. Motherhouse  
241 St. George Street
P.O. Box 3506
St. Augustine, FL 32085

Phone: 904-824-1752
Email: See website

 

History: The Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine self-identify with the postnominal initials, “S.S.J.” Eight Sisters of St. Joseph left LePuy, France, and founded St. Joseph Academy, St. Augustine, Florida, 1886, and attended to incarcerated Native Americans at Fort Marion, Florida.

1886-1880s

Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine attended to and taught Chihuahua Apache Indians (including 12 children) incarcerated at Fort Marion, now known as Castillo San Marcos National Monument.

 

Holding of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1886-1880s, dates unidentified

Volume: Scant amount

Description: Records about ministering to Apache Indians and teaching their children at Fort Marion.

 

/1 Chronicles (presumed)

Inclusive dated: 1886-1880s

Volume: Few entries

Description: Ministering to Apache Indians and teaching their children at Fort Marion by Sisters of St. Joseph from St. Joseph Academy, St. Augustine.

 

/2 Personnel files: Records of Sisters of St. Joseph who ministered to Apache Indians at Fort Marion, dates unknown:

A. Mother Alypius

B. Sister Jane Francis

C. Sister Mary Albert

D. Others (unidentified)

 

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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