GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Colorado: CO-3
University of Colorado, Boulder. Norlin Library. Special Collections, Archives and Preservation
1720 Pleasant Street Reading Room M350B
Boulder, CO 80309
Phone: 303-492-7242
Email: sca@colorado.edu
Alternative website: Rocky Mountain Online Archive
Hours: See website
Access: Some restrictions apply
Copying facilities: Yes
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1860-1961, undated
Volume: Ca. 1.3 cubic feet
Description: 2 collections include Native Catholic records:
/1 “Omer Stewart Archive”
Inclusive dates: 1860-1960
Volume: Ca. 1.0 cubic foot
Description: Papers of anthropologist Omer Stewart (1908-1991), which includes:
A. Accession 1, Series 2, Southern Colorado Records Collection
1. Baptismal Records (copies), 1861-1960, 1 box
a. Sacred Heart Church (Mestizos, Ute), Durango, Colorado, 1881-1960, 11 volumes
b. Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission (Mestizos, Navajo, Ute), Conejos, Colorado, 1861-1871, 2 volumes
2. Other vital records (copies), 1860-1901, 1920-1960, 1 box
a. Marriage Records, Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission, Conejos, Colorado, 1860-1901, 2 volumes
b. Burial Records, Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission, Conejos, Colorado, 1860-1867, 1 volume
c. Confirmation Records, Sacred Heart Church, Durango, Colorado, 1920-1960, 1 volume
B. Accession 2, Series 5, Tri-Ethnic Project Files (TEP), Annuity-Baptismal Records (copies), 1860-1929, 1 box:
1. Baptismal records
a. Conejos, Colorado, Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission, 1860-1889, 1 folder
b. Durango, Colorado, Sacred Heart Church, 1881-1929, 1 folder
2. Baptismal-Census Records (copies), 1860-1960, 1 box
/2 “M. James Slack Collection”
Inclusive dates: 1934, 1961, undated
Volume: Approximately .3 cubic foot
Description: Drawings, articles, and photographs by Slack as a federal Works Progress Administration employee of the Historical American Buildings Survey of Spanish missions and forts in Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah:
A. San Xavier del Bac Mission (Tohono O’odham), Tucson, Arizona, 1961, undated (1934?), 8 folders
B. Folders 9-12, San Esteban Church (Acoma), Acoma, Arizona, 1934, 3 folders
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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