GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Arizona: AZ-36

Arizona State University. Hayden Library. Distinctive Collections and Archives
P.O. Box 871006
Tempe, AZ 85287

Phone: 855-278-5080
Email (Ask an Archivist): See website
Alternate website: See Arizona Archives Online

 

Hours: See website

Copying facilities: Yes 

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1902-1977, undated

Volume: Ca. 75 cubic feet

Description: 3 collections include Native Catholic records: 

 

/1 “Robert Donohoe Papers, MS 102”

Inclusive dates: 1971, 1977 

Volume: 2 folders

Description: Papers of Monsignor Donohoe (1912- ):

A. Box 15, Folder 6: “The Legend of Our Lady of Guadalupe” with cover letter, undated, 1971

B. Box 20 Folder 11: Miscellaneous, re: St. John School (Apache, Maricopa, Pima, Tohono O’odham), Laveen (Komatke), Arizona, 1977

 

/2 “Simeon Schwemberger Franciscan Southwest Mission Collection, SPC 310”

Inclusive dates: 1902-1909

Volume: Ca. 75 cubic feet

Description: Photography (1,700 prints plus glass plate negatives) by Brother Simeon Schwemberger, O.F.M. [Franciscans]; re: Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni Indians in Arizona and New Mexico. 

 

/3 “Southwest Mission Architecture Collection, SPC 301”

Inclusive dates: 1919 

Volume: At least 45 photographs

Description: Missions in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas.

 

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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