GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Oklahoma: OK-1
St. Patrick Church
1115 West Petree Road
P.O. Box 628
Anadarko, OK 73005
Phone: 405-247-5255
Email: stpats@sbcglobal.net
History: St. Patrick Church has been a predominantly non-Native American parish administered by first Benedictines and then Tulsa diocesan priests.
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1877-1888 |
Benedictines from Sacred Heart Church, Sacred Heart (now St. Gregory's Abbey, Shawnee, Oklahoma) attended Anadarko station |
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1888-1891 |
Benedictines from St. Elizabeth's, Purcell, attended Anadarko station |
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1891 |
Rev. Isidore Ricklin, O.S.B. resided at Anadarko |
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1892-1975 (became a parish) |
Benedictines established and administered St. Patrick Church/ Chapel |
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1892-1964 (closed) |
Benedictines established St. Patrick Mission Boarding School (Kiowa, Comanche, Caddo, Apache), which was staffed by Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia (Aston, Pennsylvania) |
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1909 |
Rev. Isidore Ricklin, O.S.B., baptized Geronimo (Apache) at Fort Sill |
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1909, 1911 |
Fire destroyed St. Patrick Chapel and School, which was rebuilt two years later |
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1975-present |
Tulsa diocesan priests have administered St. Patrick’s |
From St. Patrick's, first Benedictines, 1875-1975, and then Tulsa diocesan priests, 1975-present, attended the following missions and stations among Native Americans (e.g. Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Caddo, Wichita, Delaware):
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1891-1922 (closed) |
Fort Sill station |
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1894-1902 (closed) |
Elk Creek station |
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1894-1902 (closed) |
Washita Valley station |
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1894-1904 (transferred to Immaculate Conception, Poteau) (no longer Native) |
Coal Creek station |
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1894-ca. 1905 (closed) |
Boggy Creek station |
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1894-ca. 1910 (closed) |
Quanah Camp station |
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1894-ca. 1926 (closed) |
Little Washita station |
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1894-1939 (closed) |
Rainy Mountain station |
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1898-1902 (became a parish) |
Holy Name Mission, Chickasha |
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1900-ca. 1926 (closed) |
Delaware Creek station |
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1901-ca. 1910 (closed) |
Sugar Creek station |
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ca. 1908-ca. 1932 (closed) |
Apache station |
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1909-ca. 1936 (closed) |
Cache Creek station |
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1911-1940 (closed) |
Fort Cobb station |
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1922-1931 (became a mission) |
Binger station |
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1922-1928 (became a mission) |
Cyril station |
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1928-1949 (transferred to Mother of Sorrows, Apache) |
Immaculate Conception Mission, Cyril |
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1931-1949 (transferred to Sacred Heart, Hinton) |
St. Margaret Mary Mission, Binger |
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1940-1947 (became a mission) |
Carnegie station |
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1943-ca. 1945 (closed) |
Lookeba station |
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1940s-1950s |
Riverside Government Indian School (Wichita, Caddo, Delaware, Kiowa, Navajo), Anadarko |
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1970-present |
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary/ St. Margaret Mary Mission, Binger |
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1947-1953 (transferred to Sacred Heart, Hinton) |
Our Lady of Victory Mission, Carnegie |
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1974-present |
St. Richard/ Our Lady of Victory Mission, Carnegie |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1890-ongoing
Volume: At least 1.5 cubic feet
Description: The records at St. Patrick’s Church are described by record type, since they were not organized according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 1980.
/1 Sacramental records
Inclusive dated: 1890-ongoing
Volume: Many records within at least 8 volumes
Description: Records for Native American parishioners of St. Patrick Church, its Native American missions and stations, and boarding students at Riverside School; baptisms and deaths, 1890-ongoing, marriages, 1896-ongoing, and first communions and confirmations, 1932-ongoing
/2 School records
Inclusive dates: 1890s-1960s
Volume: 1 cubic foot
Description: Records for Native American students of St. Patrick School.
A. Student record cards, 1920s-1960s, .7 cubic foot: arranged alphabetically; cards typically contain the following information: name, address, age, grade, date of enrollment, attendance, grades, and test scores
B. Enrollment books, 1890s-1920s, 1934-1950, 4 volumes: typically include name, dates when entered and left, and grade
/3 Photographs
Inclusive dates: 1910-1940
Volume: ca. 100 prints
Description: St. Patrick’s Church and School, Anadarko.
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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