GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Kansas: KS-4

St. John the Evangelist Church
1229 Vermont Street
Lawrence, KS 66044

Phone: 785-843-0109
Email: churchoffice@saint-johns.net

 

History: St. John the Evangelist Church, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas (Archives: Kansas City, Kansas). Kansas City in Kansas arch/diocesan priests at St. John's attended to students at Haskell Indian Nations University/ Haskell Indian Junior College/ Haskell Institute (e.g. Dakota-Lakota, Eskimo, Navajo, Ojibwa), Lawrence.

1884-present	Haskell Indian Nations University/ Haskell Indian Junior College/ Haskell Institute established and has served American Indian and Eskimo students from throughout the United States
1905-1941	Kansas City in Kansas/ Leavenworth diocesan priests from St. John’s attended to Haskell students
1920s-1930s	Rev. Phillip Gordon (Ojibwa), served as chaplain to Catholic students at Haskell
1941-1967	Jesuits from St. Mary’s College, St. Marys, attended to Haskell students
1967-1987	Kansas City in Kansas diocesan priests from St. John’s attended to Haskell students
1987-present	Capuchins from St. John’s attended to Haskell students

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1905-1941, 1967-ongoing

Volume: At least .1 cubic foot

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for students from Haskell Indian Nations University and its predecessor institutions.

 

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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