Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions
Record Group 1
Scope and Content: Series 3 Financial Records

The BCIM Financial records include day books, general journals, balance sheets, and income by promoters, which are arranged by type of record and there under chronologically with the "promoters" listed at the end. Between 1977-1980, Marquette University microfilmed Series 3 through 1943, which does not include the records, "Volume 20, Promoters, 1903-1912." Other series within the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records contain additional documentation pertaining to these financial records.

Reformatted records: The microfilm version of the Series 3 Financial Records is available via interlibrary loan within the United States; please follow the Guidelines for Interlibrary Loans.

General Information

These records contain extensive and diverse historical narratives about Native Americans and their communities, and especially Native American Catholics and their Catholic parishes and events. Also detailed are the Catholic missionaries and their evangelization through parishes, schools, and special events. These accounts are especially valuable whenever related historical records have not survived elsewhere.