GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Colorado: CO-14

Fort Lewis College. Center of Southwest Studies
1000 Rim Drive
Durango, CO 81301

Phone: 970-247-7126
Email: See website (Contact Us)
Alternative website: Rocky Mountain Online Archive

 

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Access: No restrictions 

Copying facilities: Yes 

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: Between 1500-1990s

Volume: At least 0.1 cubic foot 

Description: 10 collections include Native Catholic records:

 

Oral History Collections:

/1 “American Indian Oral History Project at the University of Utah: the Duke Collection, Collections U 008”

Inclusive dates: Ca. 1966-1968

Volume: 3 transcripts

Description: Bound transcripts (copies), abstracts, and catalogue of interviews conducted at the Western Heritage Center, University of Utah; includes an interview of Rev. Emanuel Trockur, O.F.M., and interviews re: St. Anthony Mission (Zuni), Zuni, New Mexico, and St. Michael Mission (Navajo), St. Michaels, Arizona. 

 

/2 “Andrew Gulliford Oral History Collection, Collection U 018”

Inclusive dates: 1992

Volume: 1 audio cassette

Description: Interviews by Guilliford for his book, Sacred Objects and Sacred Places: Preserving Tribal Traditions; Interview 580, Pete George (Wenatchee), 1992, 1 audiocassette, re: experiences as a student at St. Mary School, Omak, Colville Reservation, Washington.    

 

/3 “Southwest Oral History Collection, Collection U 004”

Inclusive dates: 1991, and 1996 Volume: 2 audio recordings and 1 transcript 

Description: Audio cassettes, transcripts, and notes; includes: 

A. Interview 272: Alex Seowtewa (Zuni), 1991, 1 audio cassette; re: restoration and artwork by the Seowtewa family at Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico

B. Interview 481: Teresa Sells Gorman, 1996, 1 audio cassette and 8-page transcript, re: Christianity and Native Americans, in part

 

Photography Collections:

/4 “Blackington Southwest Photographs Collection, Collection P 049” 

Inclusive dates: 1930s

Volume: 10 slides and negatives

Description: Lantern slides and glass-plate and nitrate negatives by photojournalist Alton Blackington; re: San Fernando/ Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Mission, Taos, New Mexico, and San Estevan del Rey Mission, Acoma, New Mexico.     

 

/5 “General Photograph Collection, Collection P 001”

Inclusive dates: 1946

Volume: At least 1 photograph

Description: Arranged by subject area; includes 1 image online of Catholic priests and Ute Indians by an unidentified church. 

 

/6 “Theodore Hetzel Photograph Collection, Collection P 003”

Inclusive dates: Between 1954-1989

Volume: Few photographs

Description: Director of the Indian Rights Association; arranged by location and includes missions, churches, cemeteries, and Native Americans.

 

/7 Southwest Postcards Collection, Collection M 195”

Inclusive dates: Between 1903-1999

Volume: Few postcards

Description: Includes black and white and color postcards of St. Augustine Mission, Isleta, New Mexico. 

 

Microfilm Collections:

/8 “Mexican Archives of New Mexico, Collection I 005”

Inclusive dates: 1821-1846

Volume: Few documents within 43 reels of microfilm

Description: Records of the Mexican Republic in New Mexico; includes Franciscan missions and Native Americans; finding aid available. 

 

/9 “Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Collection I 004”

Inclusive dates: 1621-1821

Volume: Few documents within 22 reels of microfilm

Description: Records of New Spain in New Mexico; includes Franciscan missions and Native Americans; finding aid available.  

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.

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