GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Colorado: CO-10
Denver Public Library. Western History and Genealogy Department
10 West Fourteenth Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204
Phone: 720-865-1821
Email: See website (Contact)
Hours: See website
Access: No restrictions
Copying facilities: Yes
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1831-1986, undated
Volume: Ca. 0.2 cubic foot
Description: 10 collections include Native Catholic records:
Manuscript Collections:
/1 “Evans, Family Collection, WH1746”
Inclusive dates: 1928?
Volume: 1 folder
Description: “A Christmas Pilgrimage in the Southwest” and notes by Anne Evans; re: Franciscan Indian missions in New Mexico
/2 “Research Notes, Mss M590”
Inclusive dates: 1831-1930
Volume: 1 folder
Description: Letters (50 leaves) by Archbishop J.B. Lamy to the Sisters of Loretto Motherhouse in New Mexico; transcripts with historical and biographical notes.
Photography Collections:
/3 “Ernest Knee Collection, 94”
Inclusive dates: 1940-1950
Volume: 2 photographs
Description: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Church, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.
/4 “Photographs of the Southwest, 64”
Inclusive dates: 1925-1926
Volume: 1 photograph
Description: St. Joseph/ San Jose Church, Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico by Laura Gilpin.
/5 “Nancy Wood Taos Pueblo Collection, 102”
Inclusive dates: 1985-1986
Volume: 10 photographs
Description: Taos Pueblo, New Mexico with Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Church and cemetery, abandoned mission, and Tiwa Indian festival.
/6 Williams Henry Jackson/ Detroit Photographic Collection, 85”
Inclusive dates: 1880-1910
Volume: At least 40 prints
Description:
A. Arizona, San Xavier del Bac Mission, Tucson, 1 print
B. New Mexico missions, several prints:
1. Acoma Pueblo, San Estevan del Rey Mission
2. Ohkay Owingeh/ San Juan Pueblo, St. John the Baptist Mission
C. California missions, 33 prints:
1. Carmel, San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission
2. Mission Hills, San Fernando Rey de España Mission
3. Pala, San Antonio de Pala Mission
4. San Diego, San Diego de Alcalá Mission
5. San Francisco, San Francisco de Asís Mission
6. San Gabriel, San Gabriel Arcángel Mission
7. San Juan Bautista, San Juan Bautista Mission
8. San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano Mission
9. San Luis Rey, San Luís Rey de Francia Mission
10. Santa Barbara, Santa Bárbara Mission
11. Solvang, Santa Inés Mission
/7 “Horace Swartley Poley Collection, 37 and 38”
Inclusive dates: 1899-1925, undated
Volume: 66 prints
Description: Franciscan Indian missions in New Mexico:
A. Acoma Pueblo, San Estevan del Rey Mission
B. Cochiti Pueblo, San Buenaventura Mission
C. Isleta Pueblo, San Augustín Mission
D. Jemez Pueblo, San Diego Mission
E. Nambe Pueblo, San Francisco Mission
F. Ohkay Owingeh/ San Juan Pueblo, St. John the Baptist Mission
G. Picuris Pueblo, San Lorenzo Mission
H. Pojoaque Pueblo, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Mission
I. San Felipe Pueblo, San Felipe Mission
J. San Ildefonso Pueblo, San Ildefonso Mission
K. Sandia Pueblo, Nuestra Señora de los Dolores y San Antonio Mission
L. Santa Ana Pueblo, Santa Ana Mission
M. Santa Clara Pueblo, Santa Clara Mission
N. Santa Cruz Pueblo, Santa Cruz de la Canada/ Holy Cross Mission
O. Santo Domingo Pueblo, Santo Domingo de Guzmán Mission
P. Taos Pueblo, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Church
Q. Tesuque Pueblo, San Diego Mission
R. Tucamcari, San Jose de Tucamcari Mission
S. Zuni Pueblo, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Mission
/8 “Anne Evans Collection, Mss M241”
Inclusive dates: 1925
Volume: 16 prints
Description: Franciscan Indian missions in New Mexico:
A. Acoma Pueblo, San Estevan del Rey Mission
B. Cochiti Pueblo, San Buenaventura Mission
C. Isleta Pueblo, San Augustín Mission
D. Laguna Pueblo, San Jose Church
E. Ohkay Owingeh/ San Juan Pueblo, St. John the Baptist Mission
F. San Felipe Pueblo, San Felipe Mission
G. San Ildefonso Pueblo, San Ildefonso Mission
H. Santa Ana Pueblo, Santa Ana Mission
I. Zia/ Sia, Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Mission
Online Digital Photography:
/9 “Nick Black Elk and Family, Catholic catechist, X-31818”
Inclusive dates: Undated (ca. 1890s-1910)
Volume: 1 print
Description: Studio portrait of Nicholas Black Elk, daughter Lucy Looks Twice, and wife Anna; Oglala Lakota Indians from Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. Location unknown.
/10 “Joseph G. Masters Papers, Mss WH241, X-33354”
Inclusive dates: 1936
Volume: 4 prints
Description: Outdoor portraits of [Nicholas] Black Elk with son Benjamin Black Elk in 3 instances; wearing regalia. Oglala Lakota Indians from Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. Location unknown; possibly Duhamel’s Black Hills Sioux Pageant, Rockerville, South Dakota.
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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