GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Missouri: MO-15

Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Generalate
10777 Sunset Office Drive, Suite 10
St. Louis, MO 63127

Phone: 314-394-1985
Email: congctroffice@csjcarondelet.org

 

Hours: By appointment only

Access: No restrictions

Copying facilities: Yes

 

History: The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet were founded in France, ca. 1650, and have self-identified with the post-nominal initials, “C.S.J.” They made their first U.S. foundation, 1836, and engaged in teaching and evangelizing Native Americans through the following provinces:

1836-present	St. Louis Province (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri)
1851-present	St. Paul Province (Archives: St. Paul, Minnesota)
1878-present	Los Angeles Province (Archives: Los Angeles, California)

For histories of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet provinces, see -- the corresponding guide entries for the provinces.

When reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 1980, the following records were held by the Generalate.

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1936-1974, undated

Volume: .1 cubic foot

Description: Sisters’ files:

1. Sister Jane de Chantel, C.S.J., 1974, 1 folder: historical notes relating to activities at St. Joseph Mission School (Nez Perce), Slickpoo, Idaho, beginning in 1918

2. Sister Aquinas Duffy, C.S.J., undated, 3 pages: historical notes, re: San Xavier del Bac Mission and School (Tohono O’odham), Tucson, Arizona

3. Sister Geraldine Lloyd, C.S.J., 1945, 31 pages: transcripts of interviews conducted by Sister Geraldine, C.S.J. in 1945 with sisters who had served at missions and schools in Arizona and California; included are the following sisters:

4. Sister Magdalen Gaffney, C.S.J., 7 pages

5. Sister Mary John Noli, C.S.J., 2 pages

6. Sister Marsina Powers, C.S.J., 3 pages

7. Sister St. Barbara Reilly, C.S.J., 14 pages

8. Sister Peter Ryan, C.S.J., 1 page

9. Sister Anna Francis Stack, C.S.J., 4 pages

10. Sister Anna de Sales Powers, C.S.J., undated, 5 pages: historical notes relating to St. John the Baptist Mission School (Apache, Pima, Tohono O’odham), Laveen/ Komatke, Arizona, and San Xavier del Bac Mission and School (Tohono O’odham), Tucson, Arizona

11. Sister Bernadette Smith, undated, 2 pages: historical notes relating to San Xavier del Bac Mission and School

12. Unknown authors, 1936, undated, 1 folder: historical notes regarding St. Francis Xavier School (Ojibwa), L'Anse, Michigan, and St. John Mission and School, Komatke, Arizona

 

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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