GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Michigan: MI-28

Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Archives
610 West Elm Street
Monroe, MI 48162

Phone: 734-240-9838
Email: See website

 

Open: See website 

Access: Some restrictions apply  

Copying facilities: Yes

 

History: Founded in 1845, the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Monroe, Michigan, have self-identified with the post-nominal initials, “I.H.M.,” and have served at the following Native Americans missions and schools.

1974-present	Red Cloud Indian School/ Holy Rosary Mission School (Oglala Lakota), Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota
1974-1980s	St. Stephen Mission School, (Arapaho, Shoshoni), St. Stephens, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
1975-1980s	St. Patrick Mission School (Apache, Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Wichita), Anadarko, Oklahoma
1979-1982	St. Agnes Mission (Oglala Lakota), Manderson, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: 1972-ongoing

Volume: .6 cubic foot

Description: Within 4 series.

 

/1 "Chronicles"

Inclusive dates: 1974-1982

Volume: .4 cubic foot

Description: Include daily entries and sometimes correspondence, photographs, pamphlets and clippings. 

A. Holy Rosary Mission, Pine Ridge, South Dakota, 1977-1982, 1 folder

B. Red Cloud Indian School, Pine Ridge, South Dakota, 1974-1976, 1 folder

C. St. Agnes Mission, Manderson, South Dakota, 1979-1982, 1 folder

D. St. Patrick Mission School, Anadarko, Oklahoma, 1975-1980, 4 folders

E. St. Stephen Mission School, St. Stephens, Wyoming, 1974-1980, 8 folders: Includes clippings and a copy of the 1979-1980 "Weekly Staff Newsletter"

 

/2 "Membership"

Inclusive dates: 1974-1980 

Volume: .1 cubic foot

Description: Includes occasional letters from sisters at Indian missions and schools to friends and relatives, and clippings about the activities of the sisters.

 

/3 "Administration"

Inclusive dates: 1972-1976

Volume: 1 folder

Description: Includes a folder entitled "American Indian Fund."

 

/4 Photographs

Inclusive dates: 1970s

Volume: 54 prints 

Description: St. Stephen Mission and School and Arapaho and Shoshoni Indians of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming.

 

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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