GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Washington: WA-4
Western Washington University. Center for Pacific Northwest Studies. Goltz-Murray Archives
Bellingham, WA 98225
Phone: 360-650-7534
Email: cpnws@wwu.edu
Hours: See website (Visit)
Access: No restrictions
Copying facilities: Yes
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: ca. 1930, 1973, 1980
Volume: Approximately .1 cubic foot
Description: 3 collections include Native Catholic records:
/1 “Ferd Brady Collection”
Inclusive dates: ca. 1930
Volume: 6 photographs
Description: Funeral of a Swinomish Indian war veteran, Sacred Heart Church, La Conner, Tulalip Reservation, Washington.
/2 “Northwest Tribal Indian Oral History Collection”
Inclusive dates: 1973
Volume: Ca. .05 cubic foot
Description: Interviews:
A. “Part II. Quinault, Nina Baumgardner (Quinault), Tape 8,” 1973, 1 audio cassette; re: recollections of sister’s experience (Quinault) at St. John’s Boarding School, between Seattle and Tacoma, Washington [St. John the Baptist Church, Puyallup?]
B. “Louisa George (Quinault?), Sarah James (Quinault?), Ella Reid (Quinault?), Philoemina Solomon (Harry) (Quinault?), Helen Paul (Quinault?), Rosemary Placid (Quinault?), and Ernest Paul (Quinault?), Tape 33,” 1973, 1 audiocassette and transcript; re: recollections of Rev. Eugene C. Chirouse, O.M.I. and other early missionaries
C. “Louisa George (Nooksack), Ella Reid (Nooksack), and Helen Paul (Nooksack) elders, Tape 37,” 1973, 1 audiocassette and transcript; re: includes recollections of reservation mission schools
/3 “Washington Women’s Heritage Project”
Inclusive dates: 1980
Volume: Ca. .05 cubic foot
Description: “Aurellia Celestine,” 1980, 3 audiocassettes and interview summary; re: includes recollections on St. George’s School, [Tacoma, Washington] and Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia (Archives: Ashton, Pennsylvania).
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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