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photo of Mark Thiel Mark G. Thiel, CA (Certified Archivist), Archivist

E-mail
Phone: (414) 288-5904
Office: Raynor 360 B

Mailing Address:
Raynor Memorial Libraries
Marquette University
P. O. Box 3141
Milwaukee, WI  53201-3141

Education: M.A.T.-History University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
B.A. (Sociology-Anthropology) University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Rank: Assistant Archivist

Responsibilities:

  • Collect, preserve, and service the special collections relating to the Catholic Church and/or Native Americans, which include the records of the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, the Commission for Catholic Missions among Colored People and the Indians (Black and Indian Mission Office), and the Tekakwitha Conference
  • Administer the Raynor Memorial Libraries micrographics program
  • Manage and service the records of the Conrad N. Hilton Fund for Sisters
  • Manage and service the special collections pertaining to Catholic Broadcasting

Web Pages: Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Photographs [digital collection]; Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records [descriptive inventory]; Conrad N. Hilton Fund for Sisters records [descriptive inventory]; Holy Rosary Mission/Red Cloud Indian School Records [descriptive inventory]; The Indian Sentinel [digital collection]; Kateri Our Sister [exhibit]; Tekakwitha Conference Records [descriptive inventory]

Research Starting Points: Christianity and Native America, an introduction to collections at Marquette University; Guides to Catholic-Related Records about Native Americans in the United States, includes over 1,000 repository entries and index about related holdings not at Marquette.

Professional memberships: Academy of Certified Archivists; International Council on Archives (Steering Committee, Church Archives Section, 1997-2007); Midwest Archives Conference; Society of American Archivists (Secretary, Archivists of Religious Collections Section, 1994-1998; International Archival Affairs Committee, 1994-1997; Awards Committee, 2000-2002; Steering Committee, Native American Archives Roundtable, 2008-2009)

Publications and other professional activity (selected): The Crossing of Two Roads, Being Catholic and Native in the United States (Orbis Books, 2003). Guide to Catholic-related Records about Native Americans in the Midwest [electronic resource] (Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries, 2007). Guide to Catholic-related Records about Native Americans in the West [electronic resource] (Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries, 2007). Help Pages and Master Index to the Native Catholic Record Guides [electronic resource] (Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries, 2007). Institute of Museum and Library Services, grants reviewer, 1990-2004, 2006-

University service (selected): Academic Librarians’ Assembly (Chair,1993-1994)

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