GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-27

California State University-Fullerton. Pollack Library. Center for Oral and Public History
South Wing 263
P.O. Box 6846
Fullerton, CA 92834

Phone: 714-278-3580

 

Hours: See website

Access: No restrictions

Copying Facilities: Yes

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: Undated

Volume: Ca. .1 cubic foot

Description: 2 collections include Native Catholic records:

 

/1 “Phyllis de Los Santos Oral History”

Inclusive dates: Undated

Volume: 1 audiotape (1 hour, 15 minutes) and transcript (24 pages)

Description: Life of Phyllis de Los Santos (Cahuilla, 1944- ) growing up on the Soboda Reservation and attending Catholic [St. Boniface School?] and public schools in Riverside, California.

 

/2 “Robert Flores Oral History”

Inclusive dates: Undated

Volume: 1 audiotape (1 hour, 30 minutes) and transcript (28 pages)

Description: Life of Robert Flores (Paiute, 1935- ) moving to (1945) and growing up in Los Angeles, attending a Catholic school [at St. Joseph’s Church?], and problems of learning English (was bilingual Paiute-Spanish) and adjusting to urban life.

 

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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