GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Ohio: OH-22

Society of the Precious Blood. Cincinnati Province
431 East Second Street
Dayton, OH 45402

Phone: 937-228-9263

 

Hours: See website

Access: See website

Copying facilities: Yes

 

History: Founded in Italy by St. Gaspar de Bufalo, 1815, missionaries of the Society of the Precious Blood (a.k.a. Missionaries of the Precious Blood) have self-identified with the post-nominal initials, “C.Pp.S.” and made their first U.S. foundation in Cincinnati, 1844. They administered the following Native American missions and a school:

1888-1896 (no longer Native)	St. Joseph College/ Normal School (e.g. Ojibwa. Potawatomi), Rensselaer, Indiana
1925-1931 (closed)	Sacred Heart Mission (Cherokee), Claremore, Oklahoma; attended from St. Catherine Church, Nowata, Oklahoma
1931-1939	Claremore station (Cherokee), Claremore, Oklahoma; attended from St. Catherine Church, Nowata, Oklahoma

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: Unknown.

 

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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