GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Oregon: OR-23
Oregon Historical Society. Research Library
1200 South West Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
Phone: 503-222-1741
Email: See website (Contact)
Alternate website: Archives West
Hours: See website
Access: No restrictions
Copying facilities: Yes
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1834-2000, undated
Volume: Approximately .2 cubic foot
Description: 9 collections include Native Catholic records:
Manuscript Collections
/1 “Francis Norbert Blanchet Letters, Mss 322”
Inclusive dates: 1844-1851, undated
Volume: 1 reel of microfilm Description:
A. Correspondence (some typescripts) by Archbishop Francis Norbert Blanchet, Bishop/Rev. Augustin Magloire Alexandre Blanchet, and others to L’Abbe Auger (Abbey Auger), Paris, France, 1845-1847, 49 letters; re: Archbishop Francis Norbert Blanchet and Catholic Native American missions in Oregon; in French
B. Printed items, 1844-1851, undated, 6 items; includes a map of the Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Oregon
/2 “Center for Columbia River History Oral Histories”
Inclusive dates: 2000
Volume: 6 audiocassettes, in part
Description:
A. “William Skylstad,” 2000, 2 audiocassettes; by Bishop Skylstad, re: includes Native American evangelization within the Yakima and Spokane Dioceses
B. “Anthony Minthorn,” 2000, 4 audiocassettes; re: includes recollections of the Catholic Church by a Nez Perce Indian from the Umatilla Reservation
/3 “Amos Starr Cooke Letters, Mss 1223”
Inclusive dates: Between 1840-1844
Volume: Few items in 1 reel of microfilm
Description: Correspondence to Cook from Methodist missionaries among American Indians in Oregon; re: includes animosity towards Catholic missionaries in Oregon.
/4 “Gustavus Hines Papers, Mss 1215”
Inclusive dates: Between 1845-1846
Volume: Few letters
Description: Correspondence (few typescripts) by a Methodist missionary among Native Americans in Oregon; re: includes comments on Catholic missionaries in Oregon.
/5 “Scrapbook Collection”
Inclusive dates: 1842-ca. 1914
Volume: Scant amounts within 7 volumes
Description: Few clippings.
A. “Scrapbook 40,” 1875-1913, 2 pages; re: Jesuits, Coeur d’Alene Indians, and Catholic missions in Oregon
B. “Scrapbook 54, Oregon Industrial Exposition, 1899,” 1838, 1 page; re: Rev. Francis N. Blanchet and Bishop Modeste Demers, and Catholic Indian missions in Oregon
C. “Scrapbook 70,” 1981-1982, 2 pages; re: Harriet Munnick research on St. Paul Mission, St. Paul (French Prairie/ Willamette Valley), Oregon
D. “Scrapbook 76,” 1842-1847, 10 pages; re: Bishop Augustin M.A. Blanchet, Archbishop Francis N. Blanchet, Cowlitz Indian missions, Bishop Modeste Demers, Rev. Pierre J. de Smet, S.J. [Jesuits], Fort Vancouver Mission, Simon Plamodon, and St. Paul Mission, St. Paul (French Prairie/ Willamette Valley), Oregon
E. “Scrapbook 81,” ca. 1914, 1 page; re: Simon Plamodon and St. Francis Xavier Mission, Toledo (Cowlitz River), Washington
F. “Scrapbook 83,” 1848, 4 pages; re: Rev. Eugene Casimir Chirouse, O.M.I. [Oblates of Mary Immaculate] and St. Joseph Mission, Olympia (Puget Sound), Washington; Ignace LaMouse, Salish Indians, and Bishop Joseph Rosati, C.M. [Vincentians], St. Louis, Missouri; Rev. Francis N. Blanchet, Rev. Modeste Demers, and Fort Vancouver, Washington; St. Francis Xavier Mission, Cowlitz River and St. Paul’s Mission, Willamette Valley, Oregon
G. “Scrapbook 112,” 1862, 1 page; re: St. James Mission, Fort Vancouver, Washington
/6 “Henry Harmon Spalding Papers, Mss 1201”
Inclusive dates: Between 1834-1874
Volume: Few letters
Description: Correspondence by/ to Henry H. Spalding, Eliza Spalding, and Rachel Spalding, Presbyterian missionaries among Native people in Washington; re: includes comments on Catholic missionaries among Native people in Washington.
/7 “Elkanah Walker Papers, Mss 1204”
Inclusive dates: Between 1828-1885
Volume: Few letters and diary entries
Description: Diaries and correspondence (typescript and copies) of Walker and his wife, Congregationalist missionaries among Native people in Washington; re: includes comments on Catholic missionaries among Native people in Washington; from Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.
/8 “Alvan F. Waller Papers, Mss 1210”
Inclusive dates: Between 1839-1873
Volume: Few letters and diary entries
Description: Diaries and correspondence (some typescripts) of a Methodist missionary among Native Americans in Washington; re: includes criticism of counterparts who were Catholic missionaries.
/9 “Marcus Whitman Papers, Mss 1203”
Inclusive dates: Between 1834-1850
Volume: Few letters
Description: Papers of Presbyterian Indian missionaries Marcus Whitman and Narcissa Prentiss Whitman; re: includes criticism of Catholic Indian missionaries.
/10 “Ladder Catechisms”
Inclusive dates: 1840, 1845
Volume: 2 items
Description: The ladder catechisms were mnemonic and pictorial teaching tools created for evangelizing the Native Americans who spoke diverse languages
A. Catholic Ladder by Bishop Francis Norbert Blanchet, 1840
B. Protestant Ladder by Rev. Henry H. and Eliza Spalding, 1845
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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