GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-47
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Los Angeles Province. Archives
St. Mary鈥檚 Provincialate and Carondelet Center
11999 Chalon Road
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Phone: 310-889-2189
Email: See website (Contact Us)
Hours: By appointment only
Access: Some restrictions apply
Copying Facilities: Yes
History: The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet self-identify with the post-nominal initials, 鈥淐.S.J.鈥� and established the Los Angeles Province, 1878. The Sisters of St. Joseph (Lewiston, Idaho) merged with Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and became part of this province, 1925. The sisters of the Los Angeles Province taught at the following Native American schools:
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1873-1932 (transferred to Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange) |
St. John the Baptist School (Apache, Pima, Tohono O鈥檕dham), Laveen, Gila River Reservation, Arizona |
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1873-1876, 1888-1932 (transferred to Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) |
San Xavier del Bac Mission School (Pima, Tohono O鈥檕dham), Tucson, San Xavier Reservation, Arizona |
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1890-1956 |
St. Boniface School (Cahuilla, Serrano, Cupe帽o), Banning, Riverside County, California |
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1886-1900 (transferred to Franciscans) |
Fort Yuma Government Indian School (Yuma), Winterhaven, Imperial County, California |
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1887-1907 (closed) |
St. Anthony School (Kumiai), San Diego, California |
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1925-1968 (closed) |
St. Joseph Mission School (Nez Perce), Culdusac, Nez Perce Reservation, Idaho |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1873-1956
Volume: Ca. 2 cubic feet
Description: 9 series include Native Catholic records:
/1 鈥淩ecord Group 177, Education Ministries/ Local Communities--St. Boniface Indian Industrial School, Banning, California鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1890-1969
Volume: Ca. .2 cubic foot
Description:
A. 鈥淗istory,鈥� 1890-1989, undated, 1 folder: includes Teresa McNeil, 鈥淐atholic Indian Schools of the Southwestern Frontier: Curriculum and Management,鈥� Southern California Quarterly, undated
B. 鈥淩eadings in Diocesan Heritage, St. Boniface Indian School,鈥� 1994, 1 folder: by R. Bruce Harley
C. 鈥淟etters of Father Florian Hahn, C.Pp.S.,鈥� [Society of the Precious Blood] (1891 and 1893, 1 folder (4 items) D. 鈥淧rogram,鈥� 1898, 1 item
E. 鈥淭he Mission Indian,鈥� 1896-1900,1 folder: Volumes 1-2, 1896-1897 (typed excerpts), 1900 (1 article) and 2 photos
F. 鈥淣ewspaper articles,鈥� 1890-1899, 1947, 1 folder: photocopies
/2 鈥淩ecord Group 208, Education Ministries/ Local Communities--St. Thomas Indian Industrial School, Fort Yuma, California鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1880-present
Volume: .4 cubic foot
Description: Includes many typescripts and photocopies from originals at the St. Louis Province Archives of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, 向日葵视频 Special Collections and Archives, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
A. 鈥淎dministrative Records,鈥� 1886-present, 1 folder: includes quarterly school attendance reports
B. 鈥淏aptismal register [sacramental records],鈥� 1894-1899, 1 folder
C. 鈥淏rochures,鈥� undated, 1 folder
D. 鈥淐orrespondence, 1886-1904, 1 folder: bound printed volume of originals from the St. Louis Province Archives of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
E. 鈥淐orrespondence,鈥� 1888-1899, 1 folder: by Sister Ambrosia O鈥橬eal; typescripts
F. 鈥淔ather Francisco Garcia, correspondence and notes,鈥� 1976-1986, 1 folder
G. 鈥淗istorical account by Sister Magdalen Gaffney,鈥� undated,1 folder
H. 鈥淗istory of Fort Yuma Indian School,鈥� 1880-1988, undated, 1 folder: includes notes and related published items
I. 鈥淟etters,鈥� 1886-1904, 1 folder: re: Fort Yuma Indians, 3 items
J. 鈥淟etters by Sister Aniceta Byrne,鈥� 1889-1899, 1 folder: 4 letters
K. 鈥淟etters by Sister Salesia Early,鈥� 1886, 1 folder
L. 鈥淟etters by Sister Mary Joseph Franco,鈥� 1882-1886, 1 folder: 2 letters
M. 鈥淟etters by Sister Alphonse Lamb,鈥� 1886-1889, 1 folder
N. 鈥淟etters by Sister Julia Littenecker,鈥� 1886-1889, 1 folder: to Rev. Mother Agatha Guthrie, C.S.J.
O. 鈥淟etters by Sister Ambrosia O鈥橬eal, 1886-1899, 2 folders
P. 鈥淣ewspaper articles,鈥� 1888-2001, undated, 1 folder
Q. 鈥淧hotos, maps, and postcards,鈥� undated, 1 folder
R. 鈥淧rinted historical articles,鈥� 1939-1992, 1 folder: includes: Teresa McNeil, 鈥淪isters of St. Joseph under Fire: Pioneer Convent School on the Colorado River,鈥� The Journal of Arizona History, 1988; Robert L. Bee, Crosscurrents along the Colorado, The Impact of Government Policy on the Quechan Indians, University of Arizona Press, 1981
S. 鈥淨uechan [Yuma] Indians,鈥� undated, 1 folder
T. 鈥淭he Story of St. Thomas Mission by Charles Russell Quinn,鈥� 1968, 1 folder
U. 鈥淵uma Indians,鈥� undated, 1 folder
/3 鈥淩ecord Group 208, Education Ministries/ Local Communities--St. Anthony Indian Industrial School, San Diego, California鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1885-1908
Volume: Ca. .2 cubic foot Description:
A. 鈥淗istory [notes],鈥� 1886-1908, 1 folder
B. 鈥淟etters,鈥� 1921, 1 folder
C. 鈥淧rinted History,鈥� 1975-1988, undated, 1 folder: includes Teresa McNeal, 鈥淪t. Anthony鈥檚 Indian School in San Diego, 1886-1907鈥� The Journal of San Diego History, 1988
D. 鈥淧hotos and maps,鈥� 1887-1891, undated, 1 folder
E. 鈥淣ewspaper article,鈥� 1982, 1 folder: includes 鈥淐SJ in San Diego,鈥� Southern Cross
/4 鈥淓ducation Ministries/ Local Communities-San Xavier del Bac Mission School, Tucson, Arizona鈥� Inclusive dates: 1873-1932
Volume: .2 cubic foot
/5 鈥淓lementary Schools鈥�-St. John the Baptist Indian School, Komatke, Arizona鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1901-1938
Volume: .2 cubic foot
/6 鈥淓lementary Schools--St. Joseph Children鈥檚 Home (School), Slickpoo, Idaho鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1925-1968
Volume: Ca. .3 cubic foot
/7 鈥淩ecord Group 209, (U.S.) Bureau of Indian Affairs鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1886-1900
Volume: .1 cubic foot
Description: Includes letters by Superintendent Mary O鈥橬eil [Sister Ambrosia O鈥橬eil], 1886-1892
/8 鈥淩ecord Group 210, Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1890-1891
Volume: .1 cubic foot
Description:
A. 鈥淟etters,鈥� 1890-1891, 1 folder: notable correspondents include Rev. Joseph A. Stephan, Director, Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions
B. 鈥淟etters by Rev. Joseph A. Stephan,鈥� 1890-1891, 1 folder: notable correspondents include Rev. Zephyrin Engelhardt, O.F.M., and Charles S. Lusk, Secretary, Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions
/9 鈥淩ecord Group 600, Photographs鈥�
Inclusive dates: Unknown
Volume: Unknown
Description: 3 photographic series include Native Catholic prints:
A. Series 601.23: St. Anthony School, San Diego, California
B. Series 601.31: St. Boniface School, Banning, California
C. Series 601.57: St. John School, Laveen (Komatke), Arizona
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the 向日葵视频 Archives.
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