GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Oklahoma: OK-37
Benedictines. St. Gregory’s Archabbey
1900 West MacArthur Street
Shawnee, OK 74804
Phone: 405-878-5491
http://www.monksok.org
Hours: By appointment only
Access: Some restrictions apply
Copying facilities: Yes
History: Benedictines from St. Gregory's Abbey/ Sacred Heart Abbey have administered the following missions and parishes among Native Americans. Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
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1875-1892 (no longer Native) |
St. Patrick Church (Choctaw), Atoka |
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1877-present |
Sacred Heart Church (Potawatomi) Konawa/Sacred Heart |
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1884-1887 (no longer Native) |
Our Lady of Good Counsel Mission (Choctaw), Lehigh |
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1886-1888 (no longer Native) |
St. John Mission (Choctaw), McAlester |
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1886-1905 (transferred to Oklahoma City Diocese) |
Our Lady of Victory/ St. Elizabeth Church (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Purcell |
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1887-1893 (transferred to Oklahoma City Diocese) |
Immaculate Conception Church (Osage), Pawhuska, Osage Reservation |
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1887-1898 (closed) |
Sacred Heart Mission (Choctaw), Boggy Depot |
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1889-1895 (transferred to Oklahoma City Diocese) |
St. John Church (Osage), Gray Horse, Osage Reservation
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1889-1905 (transferred to Oklahoma City Diocese) |
St. John the Baptist Mission (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Lexington |
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1891-1895 (transferred to Oklahoma City Diocese) |
Assumption Church (Creek), Muskogee |
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1891-1902 (transferred to Oklahoma City Diocese) |
Blessed Sacrament Mission (Choctaw), Coalgate |
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1891-1974 (transferred to Oklahoma City Diocese) |
St. Patrick Church (Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Caddo, Wichita, Delaware), Anadarko |
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1893-1925 (closed) |
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Mission (Shawnee), Tecumseh |
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1896-1925 (closed) |
St. Gregory Mission (Potawatomi), Eason |
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1896-present |
St. Benedict Church (Shawnee, Potawatomi), Shawnee |
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1897-present |
St. Mary/ Our Lady of Grace Mission (Potawatomi), Wanette |
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1898-1902 (transferred to Oklahoma City Diocese) |
Holy Name Mission (Chickasaw), Chickasha |
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1913-1915 (transferred to Oklahoma City Diocese) |
Sacred Heart Mission (Osage), Fairfax |
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1928-1949 (transferred to Oklahoma City Diocese) |
Immaculate Conception Mission (Apache, Caddo), Cyril |
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1930-1949 (transferred to Oklahoma City Diocese) |
St. Joseph Mission (Osage), Hominy |
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1931-1949 (transferred to Oklahoma City Diocese) |
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary/ St. Margaret Mary Mission (Caddo), Binger |
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1940-1953 (transferred to Oklahoma City Diocese) |
Our Lady of Victory Mission (Kiowa), Carnegie |
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1942-1945 (transferred to Oklahoma City Diocese) |
St. Catherine Mission (Choctaw), Durant |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1876-ongoing, undated
Volume: Approximately 5.3 cubic feet
Description: The records at St. Gregory's Abbey were not organized according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 1980. Consequently, the description is by record type.
/1 "Annals of Sacred Heart Abbey, 1876-1933”
Inclusive dates: Written ca. 1909-1933
Volume: 161 pages
Description: By Rev. Adalbert Haffner, O.S.B. and Rev. Leo Gariador, O.S.B.; include month by month descriptions of major events, arrivals of new recruits and distinguished visitors, deaths, celebrations; entries before ca. 1909 were created from memory or from other records.
/2 Chronicles, St. Gregory's Abbey
Inclusive dates: 1948-1959
Volume: 300 handwritten pages
/3 Minutes of Chapter meetings of Sacred Heart Abbey and St. Gregory's Abbey
Inclusive dates: 1901-1940
Volume: 1 folder
Description: Accounts of discussions, ballotings, and official decisions relating to Native American missions.
/4 Diaries and journals
Inclusive dates: 1882-1938, undated
Volume: .2 cubic foot
Description:
A. "Recollections of Missionary Trips in 1885," undated, 26 typed pages: written by Rev. Hilary Cassal, O.S.B.
B. "Reminiscences of Brother John Laracy," 1933, 13 handwritten pages: begins in 1879
C. "Journey to Sacred Heart from Belloc, 1888-1889," undated, 8 handwritten pages: written by Rev. Blaise Haritchabalet, O.S.B.
D. "Experience in Indian Territory Just Before The Close of the 19th Century," 1898, 14 handwritten pages: written by Rev. Hippolyte Topet, O.S.B.
E. Rev. Leo Gariador, O.S.B., diaries, journals, notebooks, 1882-1938, undated, 13 volumes; various topics including Native American missions and schools
/5 Correspondence
Inclusive dates: 1876-1932, undated
Volume: .1 cubic foot
Description:
A. Letters (copies) of Rev. Thomas Bergh, O.S.B., Sacred Heart Mission, to Rev. Swithbert Breiken, O.S.B., St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, England, 1885-1886, 1 folder
B. "Robot, Rt. Rev. Isidore, O.S.B., First Prefect Apostolic of Indian Territory, 1876-1886," 1876-1877, 1882, 1885-1886, 9 letters (all but 1 are copies)
C. Rev. Mother (Saint) Katharine Drexel, S.B.S., to Rev. Isidore Ricklin at St. Patrick's Mission, Anadarko, Oklahoma, 1903, 1905, undated, 3 letters
D. Incoming letters to Rev. Thomas Duperou, 1897-1905, undated, 1 volume
E. "Jean, Rt. Rev. Ignatius, O.S.B., Second Prefect Apostolic of Indian Territory," 1886-1890, 1 folder
F. Rev. Leo Gariador, O.S.B., letters, 1909, 1914, 1918, 1920-1922, 1930-1932, 1 folder
/6 School records
Inclusive dates: 1881-1958
Volume: .45 cubic foot
Description:
A. "St. Benedict Industrial School and Sacred Heart College Boarding School," 1881-1927, .35 cubic foot:
1. Lists of students, 1881-1887, 1890, 1898-1918, 1 folder
2. School reports, 1901-1927, .1 cubic foot: quarterly reports submitted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs
3. Catalogs, 1907-1918, 1924-1925, .2 cubic foot
4. Grades, 1906-1908, 1 folder
B. St. Patrick School, Anadarko, 1893-1958, .1 cubic foot: student enrollment books listing name, age, tribe, date entered, and grade
/7 Financial reports
Inclusive dates: 1923-1949
Volume: 3 folders
Description:
A. Sacred Heart Church, Sacred Heart, 1923-1925, 1928-1929, 1933-1949, 1 folder
B. St. Agnes Church, Antlers, 1926, 1929, 1 folder
C. St. Patrick Church, Anadarko, 1924-1929, 1 folder
/8 Deeds and leases
Inclusive dates: 1891-1892, 1898-1914, 1916, 1922
Volume: 2 folders
/9 Indian Advocate
Inclusive dates: 1888-1910
Volume: 21 volumes
Description: Publication of Sacred Heart Abbey; contains substantial information on Native American mission and school activity; first volume, 1888, entitled “Prospectus”
/10 Histories and historical notes
Inclusive dates: 1928-1970s, undated
Volume: ca. 2.15 cubic feet
Description:
A. The Foundation of Oklahoma's Sacred Heart by Abbot Denys Huerre, 1965, 50 typed pages
B. Rev. Joseph F. Murphy, O.S.B., research files, 1930s-1970s, approximately 2 cubic feet: research notes and correspondence (copies) created or compiled for Rev. Murphy's publications, particularly Tenacious Monks; major repositories of original records include St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, England; St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota; the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Marquette University Archives, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; the Abbot General's Office, Rome, Italy; and the Oklahoma Archdiocesan Archives, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
C. Rev. Urban de Hasque's histories and historical notes, 1928, undated, .1 cubic foot: regarding St. Patrick Mission, Anadarko, and Sacred Heart Mission, Sacred Heart
/11 Photographs
Inclusive dates: 1890s-1940s, undated
Volume: 375 prints
Description:
A. "Sacred Heart Mission," 1890s-1910, undated, 155 prints
B. "Sacred Heart College and Abbey," 1910-1940s, 165 prints
C. "St. Patrick's Church, Anadarko," 1890s-1920s, 55 prints
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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