GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Illinois: IL-20

Society of the Divine Word. United States Province. Robert M. Myers Archives
1985 Waukegan Road
Techny (Northbrook), IL 60082

Phone: 847-753-7431

 

Hours: See website; by appointment only

Access: Some restrictions apply

Copying facilities: Yes

 

History: Founded in the Netherlands, 1875,  the Society of the Divine Word missionaries self-identify with the post-nominal initials, S.V.D.” They established their U.S. province, 1897, which later divided into four provinces. The western province was established, 1965, and the eastern and southern provinces combined, 1985.

1915-1917	Rev. James Wendel, S.V.D., of the Southern Province and pastor of St. Joseph Church, Meridian, Mississippi, served Choctaw Indian mission stations in Hayes, Lake, and Newton and Scott counties
2011-present	Society of the Divine Word served St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church (Kumiai), Lakeside, California

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1915-1920

Volume: 1 folder

Description: Rev. James Wendel, S.V.D., file; correspondence to/from Monsignor William H. Ketcham, Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (copies from Marquette University) and obituary

 

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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