GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Wisconsin: WI-30
Mount Mary University. School Sisters of Notre Dame. North American Province. Archives
Bergstrom Hall, Rm. 86
2900 North Menominee River Parkway
Milwaukee, WI 53222
Phone: 414-930-3437
Email: mmu-archives@mtmary.edu
History: School Sisters of Notre Dame. North American Province Archives, founded 2017, comprises the archival holdings of eight former province archives, two of which contain records pertaining to Native Americans -- the Dallas Province and the Milwaukee Province.
Founded in Bavaria, 1833, the School Sisters of Notre Dame have self-identified with the post-nominal initials, S.S.N.D.” They established their Milwaukee Province, 1850, their Dallas Province, 1961, and staffed and/or administered the following missions, parishes, and schools among Native Americans.
Milwaukee Province:
1886-1986 |
Holy Childhood of Jesus School (Ottawa), Harbor Springs, Michigan |
1891-1995 |
Our Lady of the Sioux Church (Lakota), Oglala, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota |
Ca. 1980-unknown |
Hope Rural School (Maya), Indiantown, Florida |
Dallas Province:
1972-1979 |
Sacred Heart Church (Tohono O’odham), Covered Wells, Tohono O’odham Reservation, Arizona |
1976-1980 |
San Jose Mission (Tohono O’odham), Pisinemo, Tohono O’odham Reservation, Arizona |
1979-1986 |
St. Lucy Mission (Pima), Gila Bend, Arizona |
1980-1984 |
Santa Rosa Mission (Tohono O’odham), Santa Rosa, Tohono O’odham Reservation, Arizona |
1981-present |
St. Francis Mission (Tohono O’odham, Pima), Ak-chin, Ak-chin Reservation, Arizona |
1974-1974 |
Public Health Service Indian Hospital, Fort Defiance, Navajo Reservation, Arizona |
1974-1976 |
Navajo Community College, Tsaile, Navajo Reservation, Arizona |
1990-1992 |
Chinle, Chinle High School, Navajo Reservation, Arizona |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1886-ongoing
Volume: Several folders
Description:
/1 Milwaukee Province
Inclusive dates: 1886-ongoing
Volume: Ca. .1 cubic foot
Description:
A. Convent chronicle, 1886-1996, possibly 2 folders, German with English translations, 1886-ca. 1918; English only thereafter
B. Holy Childhood Church, 150th Anniversary History, 1979?, 1 manuscript
C. “Michigan Indian Ceremonial,” 1951, 1 folder presumed
D. Clippings, dates unknown, volume unknown
E. Personnel files, dates unknown, volume unknown, includes Sister Onesma Josiah (Ottawa, unknown-1987)
/2 Dallas Province
Inclusive dates: 1972-ongoing
Volume: Ca. .1 cubic foot
Description: Chronicles and clippings, re: pastoral ministry among the Pima and Tohono O’odham Indians, Arizona, 1972-present, and nursing education among Navajo Indian students, Chinle High School, Chinle, Arizona, 1990-1992.
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.
New1984/rev2006-2018