GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Pennsylvania: PA-1
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia
Our Lady of Angels Convent
609 South Convent Road
Aston, PA 19014
Phone: 610-459-4125
Email: See website
Hours: See website
Access: See website
Copying facilities: Yes
History: Founded in Philadelphia, 1855, the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia self-identify with the post-nominal initials, “O.S.F.” and staffed the following Native American schools:
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1887-1949 |
St. Louis Girls Boarding School (Osage), Pawhuska, Oklahoma; destroyed by fire, 1889, and reopened the same year |
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1888-1970s (transferred to community corporation) |
St. Ann School (Umatilla), Umatilla Reservation, Pendleton, Oregon |
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1888-1948 |
St. Elizabeth Boarding School (Chickasaw, Choctaw), Purcell, Oklahoma |
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1888-1907 |
St. John School (Osage), Gray Horse, Osage Reservation, Oklahoma |
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1892-1964 (closed) |
St. Patrick Mission School (Kiowa, Comanche, Caddo, Apache), Anadarko, Oklahoma |
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1892-1975 (transferred to St. Stephens Indian Education Association) |
St. Stephen’s Mission School (Arapaho, Shoshoni), St. Stephens, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming |
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1899-ca. 1940 (no longer Native) |
St. Joseph School (Chickasaw), Chickasha, Oklahoma |
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1901-1948 |
St. Elizabeth Day School (Chickasaw, Choctaw), Purcell, Oklahoma |
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1901-1913 |
St. Louis Day School (Osage), Pawhuska, Osage Reservation, Oklahoma |
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1989-present |
St. Stephen’s Mission (Arapaho, Shoshoni), St. Stephens, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: Unknown.
Unless noted otherwise, the repository named above holds (or held) the records described and not the Marquette University Archives. However, Marquette’s holdings, e.g. Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, include related records about these Native and Catholic groups and places.
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