GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Idaho: ID-3

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Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: 1844-1992, undated 

Volume Ca. 2.5 cubic feet

Description: 11 manuscript collections and two photography collections include Native Catholic records.  

 

Manuscript Collections

/1 鈥淐yprian Bradley Manuscript, MS 0406鈥

Inclusive date: 1956

Volume: Several pages

Description: Unpublished volume two (copy) of History of the Catholic Diocese of Boise, including parish histories for Sacred Heart Mission, Cataldo, 1841-1846, Sacred Heart Church, Lapwai, 1913-1955, St. Ann Church, Bonners Ferry, 1894-1942, St. Joseph Mission, Culdesac, 1874-1955, and St. Michael Mission, Kootenai Reservation, 1845-1942; from Diocese of Boise, Boise,  Idaho.  

 

/2 "A Brief History of St. Joseph's Church and Mission near Culdesac, Idaho, and the Sacred Heart Church, Lapwai, Idaho, MS 2/253鈥

Inclusive dates: 1956 

Volume: .05 cubic foot (1 folder)

Description: From unpublished volume two (copy) of History of the Catholic Diocese of Boise, re: Sacred Heart Church, Lapwai, 1913-1955 and St. Joseph Mission, Culdesac, 1874-1955; from Diocese of Boise, Boise, Idaho.  

 

/3 鈥淐ataldo Mission 80th Anniversary Celebration, MI 0025-01鈥

Inclusive dates: 1916

Volume: 1 videocassette

Description: Celebration at Sacred Heart Mission, Cataldo, Idaho with Rev. Joseph Cataldo, S.J. and over 600 participants, including Coeur d鈥橝lene Indians; reformatted motion picture.  

 

/4 鈥淐atholic Church Newspaper Abstract Collection, MS 0436鈥

Inclusive dates: 1863-1942

Volume: Few articles

Description: Article transcripts from Catholic newspapers in Idaho with a few pertaining to American Indians.   

 

/5 鈥淐atholic Church Records, MS 540"

Inclusive dates: undated

Volume: 1 drawing

Description: Box 1, Copy 7, Blueprints of Sacred Heart Mission, Lapwai, Idaho. 

 

/6 鈥淚daho Educational Public Broadcasting System/ History of Idaho Collection"

Inclusive dates: 1983, 1989 

Volume: 3 audiocassettes and 3 transcripts

Description:

A. OH 521: 鈥淟awrence S. Aripa Interview,鈥 1989, 1 audiocassette (90 minutes) and transcript; re: includes Coeur d鈥橝lene Indians and Catholicism, Coeur d鈥 Arlene Reservation, 1910s-1978

B. OH 1018: 鈥淔r. Thomas Connolly [S.J.] Interview,鈥 1989, 1 audiocassette and 1 transcript (12 pages); re: Coeur d鈥橝lene Indians and Catholicism, including Sacred Heart Missions, Cataldo and DeSmet, Idaho

C. OH 1839: 鈥淟awrence S. Aripa Interview,鈥 1983, 1 audiocassette (55 minutes) and transcript; re: includes Coeur d鈥橝lene Indians and Catholicism, Coeur d鈥 Arlene Reservation, 1930s-1983

 

/7 鈥淩ecords of the Idaho Bicentennial Commission, AR 61鈥 Inclusive dates: 1882-1976 Volume: Approximately 2 cubic feet Description: Re: Restoration of Sacred Heart Mission, Cataldo, by State of Idaho

A. Cataldo Mission Record Center Carton 1, #20015618, 1972-1976, 1 cubic foot; re:

1. Card file, 1972-1975; re: correspondence received and work activities

2. Correspondence, 1972-1976; re: restoration work

3. Invoices, 1974-1975 4. Personnel concerns, 1973-1975 5. Publicity, 1974-1976; includes photographs and news clippings

B. Cataldo Mission Record Center Carton 2, #20015619, 1882-1942, 19741975, undated, 1 cubic foot; re:

1. Architectural drawings, blueprints, sketches, undated

2. Invoices and samples (fabric and paint), 1974-1975

3. Photographs, 1882-1942, undated; re: mission, including Jesuits and Coeur d鈥橝lene Indian burial house; copies from: Diocese of Boise, Boise, Idaho, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, Idaho Historical Society, Boise, Idaho, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, Oregon, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, and unidentified sources

4. Photographs, undated; re: restoration work; black & white and color

5. Press releases, 1974

6. Tourist surveys, 1974

7. Work schedules, 1974

 

/8 鈥淕eorge F. Weibel Records, MF 0090鈥 

Inclusive dates: 1867-1964

Volume: 1 volume (36 pages)

Description:

A. Sacramental records (transcripts), St. Joseph Mission, Culdesac, Idaho, 1867-1893; baptisms, confirmations, and marriages

B. Rev. Joseph Cataldo, S.J., biography by Rev. Weibel, 1928; from autobiographical account dictated to Rev. O'Malley, 1905

C. Historical notes of St. Joseph Mission, Culdesac, Idaho

 

/9 鈥淐oeur d鈥橝lene Indian Picture Book, MS 2/1416鈥

Inclusive dates: undated (before 1897) 

Volume: .1 cubic foot (76 leaves) 

Description: Black and white photographs of drawings by Bazil (Coeur d鈥橝lene), an associate of Rev. Pierre J. de Smet, S.J.; includes images of hearts, crosses, angelic figures, and a priest kneeling at prayer.  

 

/10 鈥淏urial Register, MS 2/ 0356鈥

Inclusive dates: 1844-1845

Volume: 1 volume (6 entries) 

Description: Sacred Heart Mission, Cataldo, Idaho by Rev. Adrian Hoecken, S.J., and Rev. Nicholas Point, S.J. 

 

/11 鈥淩ecords, MS 2/1076鈥

Inclusive dates: 1992

Volume: 1 program 

Description: 150th anniversary celebration of Sacred Heart Mission among the Coeur d鈥橝lene Indians, Old Mission State Park, Cataldo, Idaho.   

 

Photograph Collections

/12 鈥淎nn W. Dunkle Photograph Collection鈥 

Inclusive dates: Between ca. 1910-1925 

Volume: Few prints 

Description: Sacred Heart Mission, Cataldo, Idaho.  

 

/13 鈥淕eneral Photograph Collection鈥擟oeur d鈥橝lene Indians鈥   

Inclusive dates: 1853-present, undated 

Volume: 1 folder (several of 82 items) 

Description: Black and white prints and black and white sketch and color lithograph (some copies), re: Sacred Heart Mission, Jesuits, and Coeur d鈥橝lene Indians. 

 

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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