COMMISSION FOR CATHOLIC MISSIONS AMONG COLORED PEOPLE AND INDIANS
Record Group 2 of Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records
Commission Diocesan Aid Applications and Reports -- African Americans, 1886-1974 Microfilm

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Commission Historical Notes/Scope and Content

Series Reel Frames Folder Title
5-2 1 0000-0003 Albany, New York, Diocese of, 1969
5-2 1 0004-0318 Alexandria, Louisiana, Diocese of, 1911-1916, 1921-1922, 1924-1974
5-2 1 0319-0332 Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Diocese of, 1925, 1959-1960
5-2 1 0333-0543 Amarillo, Texas, Diocese of, 1943-1974
5-2 1 0544-0550 Arlington, Virginia, Diocese of, 1974
5-2 1 0551-0662 Atlanta, Georgia (Archdiocese of), 1956-1974
5-2 1 0663-0807 Austin, Texas, Archdiocese of, 1948-1974
5-2 - - Baltimore, Maryland, Archdiocese of
5-2 - -
1893, 1900, 1902-1903, 1905-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 1 0808-1107
1909-1916, 1922-1951
5-2 2 0000-0156
1951-1961, 1963-1974

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5-2 2 0157-0288 Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Diocese of), 1962-1974
5-2 2 0289-0343 Beaumont, Texas (Diocese of), 1967-1974
5-2 2 0344-0645 Belleville, Illinois (Diocese of), 1922-1974
5-2 - - Belmont Abbey, North Carolina, 1909, 1914, 1921-1922, 1924-1960 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 2 0646-0677 Birmingham, Alabama (Diocese of), 1970-1974
5-2 2 0678-0690 Boston, Massachusetts (Archdiocese of), 1954, 1974
5-2 2 0691-0718 Brooklyn, New York (Diocese of), 1909, 1923, 1942, 1974
5-2 - - Brownsville, Texas, Vicariate Apostolic of), 1890-1904, 1906-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 2 0719-0991 Buffalo, New York (Diocese of, 1922, 1924-1951, 1953-1974
5-2 2 0992-1263 Camden, New Jersey (Diocese of), 1940-1974
5-2 - - Cap-Haitien and Port-de-Paix, Haiti, Diocese of, 1921-1927, 1931 -- see -- Additions, part 1

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Series Reel Frames Folder Title
5-2 - - Charleston, South Carolina, Diocese of
5-2 - -
1889-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 3 0000-0414
1972-1974
5-2 3 0415-0435 Charlotte, North Carolina (Diocese of), 1972-1974
5-2 - - Chicago, Illinois (Archdiocese of)
5-2 - -
1892-1899, 1901-1906, 1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 3 0436-0475
1910-1916, 1926-1927, 1931, 1933, 1939-1942
5-2 - - Cincinnati, Ohio (Archdiocese/Diocese of)
5-2 - -
1890, 1895, 1905 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 3 0476-0480
1913
5-2 3 0481-0510 Cleveland, Ohio, Diocese of, 1924-1925, 1930-1931, 1933-1935, 1961, 1970

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5-2 3 0511-0530 Columbus, Ohio (Diocese of), 1916, 1926, 1940, 1948, 1974
5-2 3 0531-0777 Corpus Christi, Texas (Diocese of), 1926-1927, 1929-1974
5-2 - - Covington, Kentucky (Diocese of)
5-2 - -
1888-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 3 0778-1105
1900-1916, 1922, 1924-1974
5-2 - - Dallas, Texas (Diocese of)
5-2 - -
1896-1900, 1905, 1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 3 1106-1261
1909-1916, 1922, 1924-1947
5-2 4 0000-0395
1948-1974
5-2 4 0396-0720 Detroit, Michigan, Archdiocese of, 1915-1916, 1922, 1924-1974
5-2 4 0721-0886 Erie, Pennsylvania (Diocese of), 1925, 1948-1974

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Series Reel Frames Folder Title
5-2 4 0887-1056 Evansville, Indiana (Diocese of), 1945-1974
5-2 - - Fall River, Massachusetts (Diocese of), 1906 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 4 1057-1082 Fort Worth, Texas (Diocese of), 1970-1974
5-2 4 1083-1210 Fresno, California (Diocese of), 1941-1942, 1944-1974
5-2 - - Galveston-Houston (Galveston), Texas (Archdiocese/Diocese of)
5-2 - -
1887, 1889-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 5 0000-0453
1909-1916, 1922, 1924-1974
5-2 5 0454-0513 Grand Rapids, Michigan (Diocese of), 1963-1974
5-2 - - Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans), 1925, 1935-1936, 1948-1974 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 - - Indianapolis, Indiana, Archdiocese/Diocese of
5-2 - -
1906, 1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 5 0514-0806
1909, 1911, 1922, 1924-1974

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Series Reel Frames Folder Title
5-2 - - Kansas City (Leavenworth), Kansas, Archdiocese/Diocese of
5-2 - -
1887, 1889-1890, 1892-1903, 1905-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 5 0807-1147
1909-1916, 1922, 1924-1974
5-2 - - Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri, Diocese of
5-2 5 1148-1250
1910-1916, 1922, 1924-1938
5-2 6 0000-0237
1939-1946, 1948-1957, 1959-1974
5-2 6 0238-1008 Lafayette, Louisiana (Diocese of), 1921-1922, 1924-1974
5-2 6 1009-1024 Lansing, Michigan (Diocese of), 1971, 1973-1974
5-2 6 1025-1096 Lincoln, Nebraska (Diocese of), 1944-1959
5-2 - - Little Rock, Arkansas, Diocese of
5-2 - -
1889-1890, 1893-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 6 1097-1240
1909-1916, 1922-1942
5-2 7 0000-0221
1943-1974

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Series Reel Frames Folder Title
5-2 7 0222-0390 Los Angeles, California (Archdiocese of), 1926, 1932, 1940-1970
5-2 - - Louisville, Kentucky (Archdiocese/Diocese of)
5-2 - -
1887, 1889-1891, 1894-1902, 1904-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 7 0391-0576
1910, 1913-1915, 1922-1974
5-2 7 0577-0657 Memphis, Tennessee (Diocese of), 1971-1974
5-2 6 0658-0778 Miami, Florida (Archdiocese of), 1959-1974
5-2 6 0779-1097 Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Archdiocese of), 1921-1923, 1925-1974
5-2 - - Mobile, Alabama, Diocese of
5-2 - -
1886-1894, 1898-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 7 1098-1254
1909-1916, 1922, 1924-1940
5-2 8 0000-0484
1940-1974

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Series Reel Frames Folder Title
5-2 - - Nashville, Tennessee, Diocese of
5-2 - -
1888-1893, 1897-1900, 1902-1905, 1907-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 8 0485-0826
1909-1916, 1922-1974
5-2 8 0827-1290 Natchez-Jackson (Natchez), Mississippi (Diocese of), 1909-1916, 1921-1922, 1924-1974
5-2 - - Natchitoches, Louisiana, Diocese of
5-2 - -
1888-1902, 1905-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 9 0000-0009
1909-1910
5-2 9 0010-0741 New Orleans, Louisiana (Archdiocese of)
5-2 - -
1889-1897, 1899-1903, 1906-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 9 0010-0741
1907, 1909-1912, 1914-1916, 1922, 1924-1974

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5-2 9 0742-1277 New York, New York (Archdiocese of)
5-2 - -
1889-1894, 1897-1900, 1902-1906, 1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 - - (For the Bahamas), 1892-1901, 1903-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 9 0742-1277
1909-1915, 1917, 1921-1922, 1924-1963, 1965, 1968-1974
5-2 10 0000-0053 Oakland, California (Diocese of), 1963, 1965-1974
5-2 - - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Archdiocese of)
5-2 - -
1887-1889, 1892-1898, 1901-1903, 1905-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 10 0054-0278
1924-1974
5-2 10 0279-0517 Omaha, Nebraska (Archdiocese of), 1922-1974
5-2 10 0518-0559 Orlando, Florida (Diocese of), 1968-1974
5-2 10 0560-0772 Owensboro, Kentucky (Diocese of), 1940-1974

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Series Reel Frames Folder Title
5-2 10 0773-0776 Paterson, New Jersey (Diocese of), 1944
5-2 10 0777-0787 Peoria, Illinois (Diocese of), 1925, 1930-1932, 1935
5-2 - - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Archdiocese of)
5-2 - -
1890, 1892-1900, 1902 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 10 0788-1300
1909-1915, 1921-1922, 1924-1974
5-2 11 0000-0285 Phoenix, Arizona (Diocese of), 1940-1973
5-2 - - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Diocese of)
5-2 - -
1889-1892, 1894-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 11 0286-0314
1909, 1911-1916
5-2 11 0315-0479 Portland, Oregon (Archdiocese of), 1939-1974

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Series Reel Frames Folder Title
5-2 - - Raleigh, North Carolina (Diocese of)
5-2 - -
1887, 1890-1893 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 11 0480-0922
1925-1970, 1972-1974
5-2 11 0923-0982 Reno, Nevada (Diocese of), 1955, 1963-1974
5-2 - - Richmond, Virginia (Diocese of)
5-2 - -
1889-1890, 1894-1900, 1902, 1904 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 11 0983-1288
1909, 1911-1916, 1922-1957
5-2 12 0000-0104
1958-1974
5-2 12 0105-0107 Rockville Centre, New York (Diocese of), 1974
5-2 12 0108-0169 Sacramento, California (Diocese of), 1972
5-2 12 0170-0172 Saginaw, Michigan (Diocese of), 1972

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Series Reel Frames Folder Title
5-2 - - St. Augustine, Florida (Diocese of)
5-2 - -
1887-1900, 1902-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 12 0173-0549
1909-1916, 1921-1974
5-2 12 0550-0658 St. Joseph, Missouri (Diocese of), 1927-1936, 1947-1955
5-2 - - St. Louis, Missouri (Archdiocese of)
5-2 - -
1887-1890, 1894, 1896, 1898-1903, 1905, 1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 12 0659-1031
1909-1916, 1922, 1924-1945, 1948, 1951-1974
5-2 - - St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota (Archdiocese of)
5-2 - -
1900-1912 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 12 1032-1046
1940, 1972-1974
5-2 12 1047-1093 St. Petersburg, Florida (Diocese of), 1968-1974

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Series Reel Frames Folder Title
5-2 - - San Antonio, Texas, Archdiocese of
5-2 - -
1889-1890, 1892-1895, 1897-1901, 1904-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 12 1094-1268
1909-1916, 1922, 1924-1944
5-2 13 0000-0179
1945-1974
5-2 13 0180-0303 San Diego, California (Diocese of), 1941-1972, 1974
5-2 - - San Francisco, California (Archdiocese of)
5-2 - -
1888, 1893-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 13 0304-0474
1938-1939, 1942-1963, 1969-1974
5-2 - - Savannah, Georgia (Diocese of)
5-2 - -
1887-1897, 1901-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 13 0475-0862
1909-1916, 1922, 1924, 1926-1974

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Series Reel Frames Folder Title
5-2 13 0863-0947 Seattle, Washington (Archdiocese of), 1948-1967
5-2 13 0948-0951 Sioux City, Iowa (Diocese of), 1964
5-2 - - Society of African Missions, 1922, 1924-1926, 1934, 1947-1974 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 - - Society of the Divine Word, St. Augustine's Seminary, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 1923-1936, 1938-1974 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 13 0952-0955 Springfield, Illinois (Diocese of), 1940-1941
5-2 13 0956-1156 Toledo, Ohio (Diocese of), 1935-1964, 1968, 1974
5-2 13 1157-1159 Trenton, New Jersey (Diocese of), 1925
5-2 13 1160-1173 Tulsa, Oklahoma (Diocese of), 1973-1974
5-2 - - Verona Fathers (Comboni Missionaries), 1958-1959, 1962-1974 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 - - Washington, D.C., Archdiocese of
5-2 13 1174-1257
1948-1964
5-2 14 0000-0275
1965-1974

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Series Reel Frames Folder Title
5-2 14 0276-0519 Wichita, Kansas (Diocese of), 1935-1974
5-2 - - Wilmington, Delaware (Diocese of)
5-2 - -
1891-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1
5-2 14 0520-0870
1909-1914, 1916, 1919, 1922, 1924-1974
5-2 14 0871-0946 Youngstown, Ohio (Diocese of), 1945-1958
5-2 - - Additions, part 1 (Additions, part 2: Not included in microfilm edition)
5-2 14 0947-1128 Belmont Abbey, North Carolina, 1909, 1914, 1921-1922, 1924-1960
5-2 14 1129-1200 Cap-Hattien and Port-de-Paix, Haiti, Diocese of, 1921-1927, 1931
5-2 - - Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans)
5-2 14 1201-1262
1925, 1935-1936, 1948-1953
5-2 15 0000-0295
1954-1974
5-2 15 0296-0687 Josephite Fathers, 1909, 1913-1916, 1922, 1924-1974

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Series Reel Frames Folder Title
5-2 - - Additions, part 1, continued
5-2 15 0688-0822 Society of African Missions, 1922, 1924-1926, 1934, 1947-1974
5-2 15 0823-1033 Society of the Divine Word, St. Augustine's Seminary, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 1923-1936, 1938-1974
5-2 15 1034-1098 Verona Fathers, 1958-1959, 1962-1974
5-2 16 0003-0030 Baltimore, Maryland (Archdiocese of), 1893, 1900, 1902-1903, 1905-1907
5-2 16 0031-0106 Brownsville, Texas (Vicariate Apostolic of), 1890-1904, 1906-1907
5-2 16 0107-0198 Charleston, South Carolina (Diocese of), 1889-1908
5-2 16 0199-0245 Chicago, Illinois (Archdiocese of), 1892-1899, 1901-1906, 1908
5-2 16 0246-0258 Cincinnati, Ohio (Diocese of), 1890, 1895, 1905
5-2 16 0259-0348 Covington, Kentucky (Diocese of), 1888-1908
5-2 16 0349-0380 Dallas, Texas (Diocese of), 1896-1900, 1905, 1908
5-2 16 0381-0386 Fall River, Massachusetts (Diocese of), 1906

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Series Reel Frames Folder Title
5-2 - - Additions, part 1, continued
5-2 16 0387-0478 Galveston, Texas (Diocese of), 1887, 1889-1908
5-2 16 0479-0488 Indianapolis, Indiana (Diocese of), 1906, 1908
5-2 16 0489-0570 Leavenworth, Kansas (Diocese of), 1887, 1889-1890, 1892-1903, 1905-1908
5-2 16 0571-0642 Little Rock, Arkansas (Diocese of), 1889-1890, 1893-1908
5-2 16 0643-0718 Louisville, Kentucky (Diocese of), 1887, 1889-1891, 1894-1902, 1904-1908
5-2 16 0719-0799 Mobile, Alabama (Diocese of), 1886-1894, 1898-1908
5-2 16 0800-0866 Nashville, Tennessee (Diocese of), 1888-1893, 1897-1900, 1902-1905, 1907-1908
5-2 16 0867-0957 Natchez, Mississippi (Diocese of), 1886-1887, 1889-1907
5-2 17 0002-0080 Natchitoches, Louisiana (Diocese of), 1888-1902, 1905-1908
5-2 17 0081-0168 New Orleans, Louisiana (Diocese of), 1889-1897, 1899-1903, 1906-1907

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Series Reel Frames Folder Title
5-2 - - Additions, part 1, continued
5-2 - - New York, New York (Archdiocese of)
5-2 17 0169-0236
1889-1894, 1897-1900, 1902-1906, 1908
5-2 17 0237-0305
(For the Bahamas), 1892-1901, 1903-1907
5-2 17 0306-0383 Oklahoma, Oklahoma (Diocese of), 1887-1889, 1892-1898, 1901-1903, 1905-1907
5-2 17 0384-0429 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Archdiocese of), 1890, 1892-1900, 1902
5-2 17 0430-0509 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Diocese of), 1889-1892, 1894-1907
5-2 17 0510-0531 Raleigh, North Carolina (Diocese of), 1887, 1890-1893
5-2 17 0532-0581 Richmond, Virginia (Diocese of), 1889-1890, 1894-1900, 1902, 1904
5-2 17 0582-0670 St. Augustine, Florida (Diocese of), 1887-1900, 1902-1908
5-2 17 0671-0733 St. Louis, Missouri (Archdiocese of), 1887-1890, 1894, 1896, 1898-1903, 1905, 1908
5-2 17 0734-0747 St. Paul, Minnesota (Archdiocese of), 1900-1912

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Series Reel Frames Folder Title
5-2 - - Additions, part 1, continued
5-2 17 0748-0814 San Antonio, Texas (Diocese of), 1889-1890, 1892-1895, 1897-1901, 1904-1908
5-2 17 0815-0888 San Francisco, California (Archdiocese of), 1888, 1893-1908
5-2 17 0889-0958 Savannah, Georgia (Diocese of), 1887-1897, 1901-1907
5-2 17 0959-1018 Wilmington, Delaware (Diocese of), 1891-1908