GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 4: Outside United States
British Columbia: BC-3

Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives
675 Belleville Street
Victoria, BC V8W 9W2 Canada

Phone 250-592-0685

 

Access: By appointment only

 

Holding of Catholic records about Native Americans in the United States:

Inclusive dates: 1887-1916

Volume: Unknown

Description: Records of the Sisters of St. Ann/ Anne, St. Joseph’s Province, which administered a Catholic mission, school, and orphanage for Native Americans in Alaska.      

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History: Founded in Quebec, Canada, 1850, the Sisters of St. Anne established its provinces, 1896, which included St. Joseph’s  for Western Canada and St. Marie for the United States.  Sisters from St. Joseph’s Province staffed a Catholic mission, school, and orphanage for Native Americans in Alaska:

1887-1916 (transferred to St. Marie Province, Marlboro, Massachusetts)	Holy Cross Mission (Eskimo), Holy Cross/ Koserefsky, Alaska
1889-1914 (transferred to St. Marie Province, Marlboro, Massachusetts)	Holy Cross School and Orphanage (e.g. Eskimo, Ingalik), Holy Cross/ Koserefsky, Alaska

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.

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