COMMISSION FOR CATHOLIC MISSIONS AMONG COLORED PEOPLE AND INDIANS
Record Group 2 of Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records
Commission Diocesan Aid Applications and Reports -- African Americans, 1886-1974 Microfilm
Guidelines for Interlibrary Loans
Commission Historical Notes/Scope and Content
| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | 1 | 0000-0003 | Albany, New York, Diocese of, 1969 |
| 5-2 | 1 | 0004-0318 | Alexandria, Louisiana, Diocese of, 1911-1916, 1921-1922, 1924-1974 |
| 5-2 | 1 | 0319-0332 | Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Diocese of, 1925, 1959-1960 |
| 5-2 | 1 | 0333-0543 | Amarillo, Texas, Diocese of, 1943-1974 |
| 5-2 | 1 | 0544-0550 | Arlington, Virginia, Diocese of, 1974 |
| 5-2 | 1 | 0551-0662 | Atlanta, Georgia (Archdiocese of), 1956-1974 |
| 5-2 | 1 | 0663-0807 | Austin, Texas, Archdiocese of, 1948-1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Baltimore, Maryland, Archdiocese of |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1893, 1900, 1902-1903, 1905-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 1 | 0808-1107 |
1909-1916, 1922-1951 |
| 5-2 | 2 | 0000-0156 |
1951-1961, 1963-1974 |
BCIM
Series 5-2
Microfilm
| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | 2 | 0157-0288 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Diocese of), 1962-1974 |
| 5-2 | 2 | 0289-0343 | Beaumont, Texas (Diocese of), 1967-1974 |
| 5-2 | 2 | 0344-0645 | Belleville, Illinois (Diocese of), 1922-1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Belmont Abbey, North Carolina, 1909, 1914, 1921-1922, 1924-1960 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 2 | 0646-0677 | Birmingham, Alabama (Diocese of), 1970-1974 |
| 5-2 | 2 | 0678-0690 | Boston, Massachusetts (Archdiocese of), 1954, 1974 |
| 5-2 | 2 | 0691-0718 | Brooklyn, New York (Diocese of), 1909, 1923, 1942, 1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Brownsville, Texas, Vicariate Apostolic of), 1890-1904, 1906-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 2 | 0719-0991 | Buffalo, New York (Diocese of, 1922, 1924-1951, 1953-1974 |
| 5-2 | 2 | 0992-1263 | Camden, New Jersey (Diocese of), 1940-1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Cap-Haitien and Port-de-Paix, Haiti, Diocese of, 1921-1927, 1931 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
BCIM
Series 5-2
Microfilm
| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | - | - | Charleston, South Carolina, Diocese of |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1889-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 3 | 0000-0414 |
1972-1974 |
| 5-2 | 3 | 0415-0435 | Charlotte, North Carolina (Diocese of), 1972-1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Chicago, Illinois (Archdiocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1892-1899, 1901-1906, 1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 3 | 0436-0475 |
1910-1916, 1926-1927, 1931, 1933, 1939-1942 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Cincinnati, Ohio (Archdiocese/Diocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1890, 1895, 1905 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 3 | 0476-0480 |
1913 |
| 5-2 | 3 | 0481-0510 | Cleveland, Ohio, Diocese of, 1924-1925, 1930-1931, 1933-1935, 1961, 1970 |
BCIM
Series 5-2
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| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | 3 | 0511-0530 | Columbus, Ohio (Diocese of), 1916, 1926, 1940, 1948, 1974 |
| 5-2 | 3 | 0531-0777 | Corpus Christi, Texas (Diocese of), 1926-1927, 1929-1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Covington, Kentucky (Diocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1888-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 3 | 0778-1105 |
1900-1916, 1922, 1924-1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Dallas, Texas (Diocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1896-1900, 1905, 1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 3 | 1106-1261 |
1909-1916, 1922, 1924-1947 |
| 5-2 | 4 | 0000-0395 |
1948-1974 |
| 5-2 | 4 | 0396-0720 | Detroit, Michigan, Archdiocese of, 1915-1916, 1922, 1924-1974 |
| 5-2 | 4 | 0721-0886 | Erie, Pennsylvania (Diocese of), 1925, 1948-1974 |
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Series 5-2
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| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | 4 | 0887-1056 | Evansville, Indiana (Diocese of), 1945-1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Fall River, Massachusetts (Diocese of), 1906 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 4 | 1057-1082 | Fort Worth, Texas (Diocese of), 1970-1974 |
| 5-2 | 4 | 1083-1210 | Fresno, California (Diocese of), 1941-1942, 1944-1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Galveston-Houston (Galveston), Texas (Archdiocese/Diocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1887, 1889-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 5 | 0000-0453 |
1909-1916, 1922, 1924-1974 |
| 5-2 | 5 | 0454-0513 | Grand Rapids, Michigan (Diocese of), 1963-1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans), 1925, 1935-1936, 1948-1974 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Indianapolis, Indiana, Archdiocese/Diocese of |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1906, 1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 5 | 0514-0806 |
1909, 1911, 1922, 1924-1974 |
BCIM
Series 5-2
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| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | - | - | Kansas City (Leavenworth), Kansas, Archdiocese/Diocese of |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1887, 1889-1890, 1892-1903, 1905-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 5 | 0807-1147 |
1909-1916, 1922, 1924-1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri, Diocese of |
| 5-2 | 5 | 1148-1250 |
1910-1916, 1922, 1924-1938 |
| 5-2 | 6 | 0000-0237 |
1939-1946, 1948-1957, 1959-1974 |
| 5-2 | 6 | 0238-1008 | Lafayette, Louisiana (Diocese of), 1921-1922, 1924-1974 |
| 5-2 | 6 | 1009-1024 | Lansing, Michigan (Diocese of), 1971, 1973-1974 |
| 5-2 | 6 | 1025-1096 | Lincoln, Nebraska (Diocese of), 1944-1959 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Little Rock, Arkansas, Diocese of |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1889-1890, 1893-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 6 | 1097-1240 |
1909-1916, 1922-1942 |
| 5-2 | 7 | 0000-0221 |
1943-1974 |
BCIM
Series 5-2
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| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | 7 | 0222-0390 | Los Angeles, California (Archdiocese of), 1926, 1932, 1940-1970 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Louisville, Kentucky (Archdiocese/Diocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1887, 1889-1891, 1894-1902, 1904-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 7 | 0391-0576 |
1910, 1913-1915, 1922-1974 |
| 5-2 | 7 | 0577-0657 | Memphis, Tennessee (Diocese of), 1971-1974 |
| 5-2 | 6 | 0658-0778 | Miami, Florida (Archdiocese of), 1959-1974 |
| 5-2 | 6 | 0779-1097 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Archdiocese of), 1921-1923, 1925-1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Mobile, Alabama, Diocese of |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1886-1894, 1898-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 7 | 1098-1254 |
1909-1916, 1922, 1924-1940 |
| 5-2 | 8 | 0000-0484 |
1940-1974 |
BCIM
Series 5-2
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| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | - | - | Nashville, Tennessee, Diocese of |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1888-1893, 1897-1900, 1902-1905, 1907-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 8 | 0485-0826 |
1909-1916, 1922-1974 |
| 5-2 | 8 | 0827-1290 | Natchez-Jackson (Natchez), Mississippi (Diocese of), 1909-1916, 1921-1922, 1924-1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Natchitoches, Louisiana, Diocese of |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1888-1902, 1905-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 9 | 0000-0009 |
1909-1910 |
| 5-2 | 9 | 0010-0741 | New Orleans, Louisiana (Archdiocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1889-1897, 1899-1903, 1906-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 9 | 0010-0741 |
1907, 1909-1912, 1914-1916, 1922, 1924-1974 |
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Series 5-2
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| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | 9 | 0742-1277 | New York, New York (Archdiocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1889-1894, 1897-1900, 1902-1906, 1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | - | - | (For the Bahamas), 1892-1901, 1903-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 9 | 0742-1277 |
1909-1915, 1917, 1921-1922, 1924-1963, 1965, 1968-1974 |
| 5-2 | 10 | 0000-0053 | Oakland, California (Diocese of), 1963, 1965-1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Archdiocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1887-1889, 1892-1898, 1901-1903, 1905-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 10 | 0054-0278 |
1924-1974 |
| 5-2 | 10 | 0279-0517 | Omaha, Nebraska (Archdiocese of), 1922-1974 |
| 5-2 | 10 | 0518-0559 | Orlando, Florida (Diocese of), 1968-1974 |
| 5-2 | 10 | 0560-0772 | Owensboro, Kentucky (Diocese of), 1940-1974 |
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Series 5-2
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| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | 10 | 0773-0776 | Paterson, New Jersey (Diocese of), 1944 |
| 5-2 | 10 | 0777-0787 | Peoria, Illinois (Diocese of), 1925, 1930-1932, 1935 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Archdiocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1890, 1892-1900, 1902 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 10 | 0788-1300 |
1909-1915, 1921-1922, 1924-1974 |
| 5-2 | 11 | 0000-0285 | Phoenix, Arizona (Diocese of), 1940-1973 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Diocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1889-1892, 1894-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 11 | 0286-0314 |
1909, 1911-1916 |
| 5-2 | 11 | 0315-0479 | Portland, Oregon (Archdiocese of), 1939-1974 |
BCIM
Series 5-2
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| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | - | - | Raleigh, North Carolina (Diocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1887, 1890-1893 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 11 | 0480-0922 |
1925-1970, 1972-1974 |
| 5-2 | 11 | 0923-0982 | Reno, Nevada (Diocese of), 1955, 1963-1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Richmond, Virginia (Diocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1889-1890, 1894-1900, 1902, 1904 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 11 | 0983-1288 |
1909, 1911-1916, 1922-1957 |
| 5-2 | 12 | 0000-0104 |
1958-1974 |
| 5-2 | 12 | 0105-0107 | Rockville Centre, New York (Diocese of), 1974 |
| 5-2 | 12 | 0108-0169 | Sacramento, California (Diocese of), 1972 |
| 5-2 | 12 | 0170-0172 | Saginaw, Michigan (Diocese of), 1972 |
BCIM
Series 5-2
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| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | - | - | St. Augustine, Florida (Diocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1887-1900, 1902-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 12 | 0173-0549 |
1909-1916, 1921-1974 |
| 5-2 | 12 | 0550-0658 | St. Joseph, Missouri (Diocese of), 1927-1936, 1947-1955 |
| 5-2 | - | - | St. Louis, Missouri (Archdiocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1887-1890, 1894, 1896, 1898-1903, 1905, 1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 12 | 0659-1031 |
1909-1916, 1922, 1924-1945, 1948, 1951-1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota (Archdiocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1900-1912 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 12 | 1032-1046 |
1940, 1972-1974 |
| 5-2 | 12 | 1047-1093 | St. Petersburg, Florida (Diocese of), 1968-1974 |
BCIM
Series 5-2
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| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | - | - | San Antonio, Texas, Archdiocese of |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1889-1890, 1892-1895, 1897-1901, 1904-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 12 | 1094-1268 |
1909-1916, 1922, 1924-1944 |
| 5-2 | 13 | 0000-0179 |
1945-1974 |
| 5-2 | 13 | 0180-0303 | San Diego, California (Diocese of), 1941-1972, 1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | San Francisco, California (Archdiocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1888, 1893-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 13 | 0304-0474 |
1938-1939, 1942-1963, 1969-1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Savannah, Georgia (Diocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1887-1897, 1901-1907 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 13 | 0475-0862 |
1909-1916, 1922, 1924, 1926-1974 |
BCIM
Series 5-2
Microfilm
| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | 13 | 0863-0947 | Seattle, Washington (Archdiocese of), 1948-1967 |
| 5-2 | 13 | 0948-0951 | Sioux City, Iowa (Diocese of), 1964 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Society of African Missions, 1922, 1924-1926, 1934, 1947-1974 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Society of the Divine Word, St. Augustine's Seminary, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 1923-1936, 1938-1974 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 13 | 0952-0955 | Springfield, Illinois (Diocese of), 1940-1941 |
| 5-2 | 13 | 0956-1156 | Toledo, Ohio (Diocese of), 1935-1964, 1968, 1974 |
| 5-2 | 13 | 1157-1159 | Trenton, New Jersey (Diocese of), 1925 |
| 5-2 | 13 | 1160-1173 | Tulsa, Oklahoma (Diocese of), 1973-1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Verona Fathers (Comboni Missionaries), 1958-1959, 1962-1974 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Washington, D.C., Archdiocese of |
| 5-2 | 13 | 1174-1257 |
1948-1964 |
| 5-2 | 14 | 0000-0275 |
1965-1974 |
BCIM
Series 5-2
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| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | 14 | 0276-0519 | Wichita, Kansas (Diocese of), 1935-1974 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Wilmington, Delaware (Diocese of) |
| 5-2 | - | - |
1891-1908 -- see -- Additions, part 1 |
| 5-2 | 14 | 0520-0870 |
1909-1914, 1916, 1919, 1922, 1924-1974 |
| 5-2 | 14 | 0871-0946 | Youngstown, Ohio (Diocese of), 1945-1958 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Additions, part 1 (Additions, part 2: Not included in microfilm edition) |
| 5-2 | 14 | 0947-1128 | Belmont Abbey, North Carolina, 1909, 1914, 1921-1922, 1924-1960 |
| 5-2 | 14 | 1129-1200 | Cap-Hattien and Port-de-Paix, Haiti, Diocese of, 1921-1927, 1931 |
| 5-2 | - | - | Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans) |
| 5-2 | 14 | 1201-1262 |
1925, 1935-1936, 1948-1953 |
| 5-2 | 15 | 0000-0295 |
1954-1974 |
| 5-2 | 15 | 0296-0687 | Josephite Fathers, 1909, 1913-1916, 1922, 1924-1974 |
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Series 5-2
Microfilm
| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | - | - | Additions, part 1, continued |
| 5-2 | 15 | 0688-0822 | Society of African Missions, 1922, 1924-1926, 1934, 1947-1974 |
| 5-2 | 15 | 0823-1033 | Society of the Divine Word, St. Augustine's Seminary, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 1923-1936, 1938-1974 |
| 5-2 | 15 | 1034-1098 | Verona Fathers, 1958-1959, 1962-1974 |
| 5-2 | 16 | 0003-0030 | Baltimore, Maryland (Archdiocese of), 1893, 1900, 1902-1903, 1905-1907 |
| 5-2 | 16 | 0031-0106 | Brownsville, Texas (Vicariate Apostolic of), 1890-1904, 1906-1907 |
| 5-2 | 16 | 0107-0198 | Charleston, South Carolina (Diocese of), 1889-1908 |
| 5-2 | 16 | 0199-0245 | Chicago, Illinois (Archdiocese of), 1892-1899, 1901-1906, 1908 |
| 5-2 | 16 | 0246-0258 | Cincinnati, Ohio (Diocese of), 1890, 1895, 1905 |
| 5-2 | 16 | 0259-0348 | Covington, Kentucky (Diocese of), 1888-1908 |
| 5-2 | 16 | 0349-0380 | Dallas, Texas (Diocese of), 1896-1900, 1905, 1908 |
| 5-2 | 16 | 0381-0386 | Fall River, Massachusetts (Diocese of), 1906 |
BCIM
Series 5-2
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| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | - | - | Additions, part 1, continued |
| 5-2 | 16 | 0387-0478 | Galveston, Texas (Diocese of), 1887, 1889-1908 |
| 5-2 | 16 | 0479-0488 | Indianapolis, Indiana (Diocese of), 1906, 1908 |
| 5-2 | 16 | 0489-0570 | Leavenworth, Kansas (Diocese of), 1887, 1889-1890, 1892-1903, 1905-1908 |
| 5-2 | 16 | 0571-0642 | Little Rock, Arkansas (Diocese of), 1889-1890, 1893-1908 |
| 5-2 | 16 | 0643-0718 | Louisville, Kentucky (Diocese of), 1887, 1889-1891, 1894-1902, 1904-1908 |
| 5-2 | 16 | 0719-0799 | Mobile, Alabama (Diocese of), 1886-1894, 1898-1908 |
| 5-2 | 16 | 0800-0866 | Nashville, Tennessee (Diocese of), 1888-1893, 1897-1900, 1902-1905, 1907-1908 |
| 5-2 | 16 | 0867-0957 | Natchez, Mississippi (Diocese of), 1886-1887, 1889-1907 |
| 5-2 | 17 | 0002-0080 | Natchitoches, Louisiana (Diocese of), 1888-1902, 1905-1908 |
| 5-2 | 17 | 0081-0168 | New Orleans, Louisiana (Diocese of), 1889-1897, 1899-1903, 1906-1907 |
BCIM
Series 5-2
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| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | - | - | Additions, part 1, continued |
| 5-2 | - | - | New York, New York (Archdiocese of) |
| 5-2 | 17 | 0169-0236 |
1889-1894, 1897-1900, 1902-1906, 1908 |
| 5-2 | 17 | 0237-0305 |
(For the Bahamas), 1892-1901, 1903-1907 |
| 5-2 | 17 | 0306-0383 | Oklahoma, Oklahoma (Diocese of), 1887-1889, 1892-1898, 1901-1903, 1905-1907 |
| 5-2 | 17 | 0384-0429 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Archdiocese of), 1890, 1892-1900, 1902 |
| 5-2 | 17 | 0430-0509 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Diocese of), 1889-1892, 1894-1907 |
| 5-2 | 17 | 0510-0531 | Raleigh, North Carolina (Diocese of), 1887, 1890-1893 |
| 5-2 | 17 | 0532-0581 | Richmond, Virginia (Diocese of), 1889-1890, 1894-1900, 1902, 1904 |
| 5-2 | 17 | 0582-0670 | St. Augustine, Florida (Diocese of), 1887-1900, 1902-1908 |
| 5-2 | 17 | 0671-0733 | St. Louis, Missouri (Archdiocese of), 1887-1890, 1894, 1896, 1898-1903, 1905, 1908 |
| 5-2 | 17 | 0734-0747 | St. Paul, Minnesota (Archdiocese of), 1900-1912 |
BCIM
Series 5-2
Microfilm
| Series | Reel | Frames | Folder Title |
| 5-2 | - | - | Additions, part 1, continued |
| 5-2 | 17 | 0748-0814 | San Antonio, Texas (Diocese of), 1889-1890, 1892-1895, 1897-1901, 1904-1908 |
| 5-2 | 17 | 0815-0888 | San Francisco, California (Archdiocese of), 1888, 1893-1908 |
| 5-2 | 17 | 0889-0958 | Savannah, Georgia (Diocese of), 1887-1897, 1901-1907 |
| 5-2 | 17 | 0959-1018 | Wilmington, Delaware (Diocese of), 1891-1908 |
