GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Texas: TX-23
University of Texas at El Paso. University Library. C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department
1900 Wiggins Way
El Paso, TX 79968
Phone: 915-747-5642
Email: ask@utep.libanswers.com
Hours: See website
Access: No restrictions
Copying facilities: Yes
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1578-1992
Volume: Ca. .7 cubic foot
Description: 10 collections.
/1 鈥淎rchives of the Ayuntamiento de Ciudad Ju谩rez, MF 495鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1726-1900
Volume: Few records within 91 reels of microfilm
Description: Accounts of Apache raids, census reports, and records pertaining to missions of El Paso (e.g. Tiwa) and Ciudad Juarez, M茅xico; in Spanish.
/2 鈥淎rchives of the Catedral of Ciudad Ju谩rez, MF 489鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1671-1893
Volume: Few records within 29 reels of microfilm
Description: Nuestra Se帽ora de Guadalupe Cathedral, Ciudad Ju谩rez, M茅xico, primarily marriage records and correspondence, but also some records of births, baptisms, confirmations, and interments, some of which may include Native Americans of the El Paso, Texas area.
/3 鈥淎rchivo historico del gobierno del Estado de Durango: (Mexican documents 1578-1957), MF 492鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1578-1957
Volume: Few records within 466 reels of microfilm
Description: Decrees and records of donations for Catholic evangelization of native people in portions of Texas and New Mexico.
/4 鈥淐atholic Church Records of Baptisms: Los mas antiguos registros de bautismos de Ysleta, MF 474鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1792-1803
Volume: 1 reel of microfilm
Description: Baptismal records from Corpus Cristi de la Ysleta del Sur [now Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church] (Tiwa), El Paso, Texas.
/5 鈥淐iudad Ju谩rez (Mexico) Municipal Archives: Documentos hist贸ricos/ Archivo Municipal de Ciudad Ju谩rez, MF 513鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1750-1939
Volume: Few records within 114 reels of microfilm
Description: Censuses (church and civil) for Senec煤, San Lorenzo, Ysleta, Socorro, and San Elizario, Texas, plus reports, re: Apaches 鈥渄e paz鈥� and 鈥渂arbarian Indians.鈥�
/6 鈥淐.L. Sonnichsen Papers, Ms. 141鈥�
Inclusive dates: Between 1861-1991
Volume: Few items
Description: Manuscript, photographs, and research notes, re: Apache and Tiwa Indians and Rev. Decorme of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Ysleta) Mission, El Paso; finding aid online.
/7 鈥淢ission Records of Nuestra Se帽ora de la Pur铆sima, MF 509鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1840-1878
Volume: 2 reels of microfilm
Description: Baptisms, marriages with index, and burials for La Pur铆sima Concepci贸n Church, Socorro, Texas.
/8 鈥淣ueva colecci贸n de documentos para la historia de M茅xico, pub. por Joaqu铆n Garc铆a Icazbalceta, MF 425鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1825-1894
Volume: Few documents within 1 reel of microfilm
Description: Correspondence and reports, re: religious personnel in New Spain.
/9 鈥淥ral History Collection鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1970, 1977
Volume: 8 sound recordings and 1 transcript
Description:
A. Tiwa Indians, El Paso, Texas, 1970, 1 sound recording each: No. 102.1, Pablo Carbajal, No. 102.2, Rafael Dominguez, No. 102.3, Guadalupe Garcia, No. 102.4, Trinidad J. Granillo, No. 102.5, Ramona Natai, No. 102.6, Mike Pedraza, and No. 102.7, Pablo Silvas, re: community life and history, which is believed to include Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
B. Yaqui Indians, El Paso, Texas, 1977, 1 sound recording and transcript: No. 321, Juanita Gastello, re: childhood in Guadalupe, Arizona and Yaqui religious and social customs
/10 鈥淵sleta Mission Baptismal Records Translations, Ms. 040鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1792-1803
Volume: Approximately .1 cubic foot and 1 reel of microfilm
Description: Baptismal records (copies) for Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Tiwa [Ysleta]) Church, El Paso, Texas; handwritten in Spanish with English typescripts.
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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