GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Arizona: AZ-9
Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives
1001 South Knoles Drive
P.O. Box 6022
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Phone: 928-523-5551
Email: specialcollections@nau.edu
Alternate website: Arizona Archives Online
Hours: See website (About: Visit the Library: Hours)
Access: See website
Copying facilities: Yes
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1915-1999
Volume: Ca. .1 cubic foot
Description: 9 collections include Native Catholic records.
/1 “Leo Crane Collection, NAU MS 256, PH 658”
Inclusive dates: 1913-1934, undated
Volume: 12 photographs
Description:
A. NAU.PH.658.391: Cochiti Pueblo bell, New Mexico, undated, 1 print
B. NAU.PH.658.392: San José de Tumacacori Mission, Tumacacori, Arizona, 1920, 1 print
C. NAU.PH.658.394: Unidentified pueblo mission, undated, 1 print
D. NAU.PH.658.396-NAU.PH.658.400: San Xavier del Bac Mission, Tucson, San Xavier Reservation, Arizona, undated, 5 prints
E. NAU.PH.658.988-NAU.PH.658.988: St. Michael’s Mission, St. Michaels, Navajo Reservation, Arizona, 1934; 4 prints
/2 “Day Family Collection, NAU MS 89, PH 120”
Inclusive dates: Between 1858-1977 (bulk 1870-1940)
Volume: At least 47 letters
Description: Collection of Samuel E. Day, Sr. (1845-1925), Charles L. Day (1879-1918), Samuel E. Day, Jr. (1889-1944), and Anne Day (1872-1932), which includes:
A. Series 1: Samuel Day, Sr. Papers, Between 1858-1925
1. Box 1 Folder 51: Correspondence with Charles E. Lusk, Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, 1905, 1 letter; re: title to lands for St. Michael’s Mission, Arizona
2. Box 2 Folder 47: Correspondence, undated, 1 letter; re: Day children attending St. Michael’s School, Arizona
B. Series 3: Samuel Day, Jr. Papers, Between 1888-1941
1. Box 1 Folder 16: Correspondence with Brother Simeon Schwemberger, O.F.M. [Franciscans], 1910, 1 letter; re: Navajo photographs
2. Box 1 Folder 39: Correspondence with Rev. Leopold Ostermann, O.F.M., 1921, 1 letter; re: baseball at Our Lady of Fatima Mission, Chinle, Arizona
C. Series 4: Charles L. Day Papers, Between 1884-1923
1. Box 1 Folder 25: Correspondence with Rev. Leopold Ostermann, O.F.M., 1904, 1 letter; re: Navajo mountain chant legend
2. Box 1 Folder 28: Correspondence with Rev. Anselm Weber, O.F.M., 1904, 1 letter; re: lands at Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
3. Box 1 Folder 35: Correspondence with Rev. Leopold Ostermann, O.F.M., 1905, 1 letter; re: Navajo legend
4. Box 1 Folder 59: Correspondence with Rev. Anselm Weber, O.F.M. (1862-1921), 1907, 1 letter; re: widow and children
5. Box 1 Folder 65: Correspondence with Rev. Anselm Weber, O.F.M. (1862-1921), 1908, 1 letter; re: lands
D. Series 5: Miscellaneous Day Correspondence, ca. 1900, Box 1 Folder 34: Correspondence with Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People and Charles Heyn, ca. 1900, 2 items; re: title to lands for St. Michael’s Mission, Arizona
E. Series 6: Miscellaneous Documents, ca. 1916-1931, Box 1 Folder 34: St. Michael’s School programs, ca. 1916-1931, 45 programs
F. NAU.PH.120.47: St. Isabel Mission, Lukachukai, Arizona, undated, 1 print
/3 “Josef Muench Collection, PH 2003”
Inclusive dates: Between 1940-1970
Volume: At least 25 photographs
Description: By Muench (1904-1998) for Arizona Highways magazine:
A. NAU.PH.2003.11.9.B8177: Mission chapel ruins, Old Oraibi, Hopi Reservation, Arizona, ca. 1950-1970, 1 print
B. NAU.PH.2003.11.41: Sacred Heart Chapel, Sells, Tohono O’odham Reservation, Arizona, ca. 1950-1970, 1 print
C. NAU.PH.2003.11.41: San Xavier del Bac Mission, Tucson, Arizona, ca. 1950-1970, 25 prints
/4 “Gladwell Richardson Collection, AHS.ND.MS 48”
Inclusive dates: Between 1925-1980
Volume: At least 25 photographs Description: By Richardson (1903-1980) in Series 3, Photographic Collection 666): NAU.PH.666.1350, San Xavier del Bac Mission, Tucson, Arizona.
/5 “United Indian Traders Association Photograph Collection, NAU.PH.99.53”
Inclusive dates: 1999
Volume: Several prints
Description: St. Isabel Mission, Lukachukai, Arizona.
/6-9 Photograph Collections
Inclusive dates: 1900-1950
Volume: 4 collections with 1 print each
Description:
A. “Santa Fe Railway Collection,” NAU.PH.528.10, Unidentified church ruins, Oraibi, Arizona, 1949
B. “Stretch Fretwell Collection,” NAU.PH.98.6.125, Franciscan mission ruins [San Jose de los Jemez de Giusewa Mission], Jemez Springs, New Mexico, 1953
C. “Thomas Thorpe Collection,” NAU.PH.493.13, San Jose [de Tumacácori] Mission ruins, Tumacacori, Arizona, 1900
D. “Warren Family Collection,” NAU.PH.412.4.242, Catholic school [St. Anthony School], Neopit, Menominee Reservation, Wisconsin, ca. 1910-1945
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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