GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-33

St. Joseph Church
626 Mission Trail
P.O. Box 187
Mescalero, New Mexico 88340

Phone: 505-464-4473

 

History: St. Joseph Church, Mescalero, Mescalero Reservation New Mexico, has been a predominantly Native American (Apache) parish in the Diocese of Las Cruces (Archives: Las Cruces, New Mexico).

1914-1920	Franciscans (Santa Barbara Province) (Archives: Santa Barbara, California) visited the Mescalero Reservation
1920-1939	Rev. Albert Braun, O.F.M., and the Franciscans (Santa Barbara Province) (Archives: Santa Barbara, California) established and administered St. Joseph Mission (Apache), Mescalero, Mescalero Reservation
1910s-present	Franciscans (Santa Barbara Province) have administered St. Joseph Mission
1916-1935	Franciscans at St. Joseph’s attended to students at the Mescalero Government Indian School, Mescalero, Mescalero Reservation

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1914-ongoing

Volume: Ca. 1 cubic foot 

Description: The records at St. Joseph Church were not arranged according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 2006. Consequently, the records are described by record type.

 

/1 Sacramental Records

Inclusive dates: 1914-ongoing

Volume: Several volumes

Description: Baptisms, first communions, confirmations, marriages, and deaths for St. Joseph Mission and students at the Mescalero School. 

 

/2 Various

Inclusive dates: 1914-ongoing

Volume: Several volumes and folders

Description: House chronicles, reports, and photographs.

 

/3 History

Inclusive dates: 1973

Volume: 1 volume

Description: Among the Mescalero Apaches: The Story of Father Albert Braun, O.F.M. by Dorothy Emerson. 

 

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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