GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Massachusetts: MA-5

Sisters of St. Anne. St. Marie Province
720 Boston Post Road East 
Marlboro, MA 01752

Phone: 508-481-4934

 

Hours: See website

Access: See website

Copying facilities: Yes

 

History: Founded in Quebec, 1850, the Sisters of St. Anne made their first U.S. foundation, 1866. They expanded in both countries and established the St. Joseph’s Province for Western Canada and the St. Marie Province for the United States. In Alaska, sisters first from the St. Joseph’s Province, and then the St. Marie Province, staffed a Catholic mission, school, and orphanage serving Native American children:

1887?-unknown (transferred to St. Marie Province, after 1915-unknown)	Holy Cross Mission (Eskimo), Holy Cross/ Koserefsky, Alaska
1889?-2000 (St. Marie Province, 1914-2000)	Holy Cross School and Orphanage (Eskimo, Ingalik, others), Holy Cross/ Koserefsky, Alaska

 

Holding of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1914?-2000?

Volume: Unknown

Description: Records of the Sisters of St. Anne, Sainte Marie Province, pertaining to a mission, school, and orphanage in Alaska.

 

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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