GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Minnesota: MN-24
Vermillion and Pelican Lake Catholic Parishes. Holy Cross Church
10696 Shady Grove Lane
P.O. Box 218
Orr, MN 55771
Phone: 218-757-3273
Email: See website (Contact)
History: Holy Cross Church, Orr, Minnesota, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Crookston (Archives, Crookston Minnesota). Oblates of Mary Immaculate at Holy Cross, who have attended Immaculate Conception Mission (Ojibwa), Nett Lake, Minnesota.
Immaculate Conception Mission:
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1915-1917 |
Benedictines (St. John’s Abbey) (Archives: Collegeville, Minnesota) from Holy Family, Cloquet attended Nett Lake station |
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1917-1923 |
Benedictines from Holy Family, Cloquet established and attended Immaculate Conception Mission |
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1923-1927 |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Manitoba Province, St. Boniface, Manitoba) from St. Boniface Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba, attended Immaculate Conception |
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1927-1956 |
Oblates from St. Thomas, International Falls, attended Immaculate Conception |
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1956-1957 |
Oblates from Fort Francis, Ontario, attended Immaculate Conception |
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1957-1970 |
Became a parish; Oblates (Central Province, St. Paul, Minnesota) administered Immaculate Conception Church |
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1970-present |
Oblates from Holy Cross, Orr, Minnesota, attended Immaculate Conception |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate from either Immaculate Conception or Holy Cross have attended the Vermillion Lake Reservation station (Ojibwa), 1958-present.
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1920s-ongoing
Volume: At least .5 cubic foot
Description: The records at Holy Cross Church were not organized according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 1980. Consequently, the records are described by record type.
/1 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: 1922-ongoing
Volume: At least 1 volume
Description: Immaculate Conception Mission, Nett Lake and Vermillion Lake Reservation: Baptisms, marriages, and confirmations, 1922-ongoing; deaths, 1923-ongoing; first communions, 1930-ongoing; includes records (copies) from parishes that previously administered Immaculate Conception Mission and records created while Immaculate Conception was a parish
/2 Census records
Inclusive dates: 1940s-1960s
Volume: 1 folder
Description: Includes names of parents and children with dates of births and deaths; census complete for the 1940s-1950s and incomplete for the 1960s
/3 Correspondence
Inclusive dates: 1920s-1950s
Volume: 25 letters (copies)
Description: From the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Manitoba Provincial House, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, re: Immaculate Conception Mission, Nett Lake, Minnesota
/4 Diary
Inclusive dates: 1937-1938
Volume: 1 volume
Description: By Rev. George S. Salamon, re: His visit to Nett Lake
/5 Historical notes
Inclusive dates: 1920s-1970s
Volume: 4 folders
Description: Includes records on Nett Lake, created or collected by Sister Bernard Coleman, among them biographies on Nett Lake residents, clippings, an introduction and 2 chapters of an unpublished article on Nett Lake, and historical sketches of Nett Lake by priests and sisters who ministered to the Nett Lake Reservation
/6 Financial and statistical reports
Inclusive dates: 1963-ongoing
Volume: At least 2 folders
Description: Includes monthly financial reports to the Oblate Provincial in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1963-1967, and statistical reports to the Duluth Diocese, 1965-present
/7 Parish bulletins and newsletters
Inclusive dates: 1968-ongoing
Volume: At least 2 folders
/8 Audio recordings
Inclusive dates: 1970s
Volume: 12 tapes
Description: Mostly interviews of Nett Lake Ojibwa Indians by Rev. Thomas Hitpas, O.M.I., re: their history and culture; 1 tape contains Rev. Hitpas' observations regarding a traditional Ojibwa funeral, which he attended; another includes an interview by Rev. Hitpas with Rev. Leandre Gauthier, re: memories of his evangelizing at Nett Lake, 1929-1945
/9 Photographs
Inclusive dates: 1920s-1960s
Volume: 31 photographs
Description: Primarily priests who attended Immaculate Conception; also religious sisters who served the parish, its buildings, and Ojibwa Indian children, presumably parishioners.
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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