GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Montana: MT-27
University of Montana. Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library. K. Ross Toole Archives
32 Campus Drive, 9936
Missoula, MT 59812
Phone: 406-243-2053
Alternate website: Northwest Digital Archives Online
Hours: See website
Access: No restrictions
Copying facilities: Yes
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1866?-1948, undated
Volume: Ca. .05 cubic foot
Description: 4 collections include Native Catholic records:
/1 “Rollin H. McKay Collection, Mss 249”
Inclusive dates: 1940, 1947-1948, undated
Volume: At least 20 photographic prints
Description: By Rollin H. McKay (1878-1960), a professional photographer; includes: Joe La Moose (Salish), undated, Chief Charlo (Salish), undated, Chief Joseph (Nez Perce), undated, St. Ignatius Mission (Salish), Flathead Reservation, St. Ignatius, Montana, ca. 1940, undated, and St. Mary’s Mission (Salish), Stevensville, Montana, 1947-1948, undated
/2 “Book of Baptisms/ Functions, Helena, Hellgate, and Frenchtown, Mont., Collection 024” Inclusive dates: 1866-1907
Volume: Few entries within 1 volume and 1 reel of microfilm
Description: Records (copies) of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and deaths, which may include a few Native Americans.
/3 “Boos, Edward H., Collection, Mss. 346”
Inclusive dates: ca. 1900-1908
Volume: At least 5 photographic prints
Description: Joe La Moose (1846-1931), wife, and child (Salish), unidentified family portrait near St. Ignatius Mission (Salish), Flathead Reservation, St. Ignatius, Montana, and Christian shrine in thick of vegetation, near St. Ignatius Mission.
/4 “Voget, Fred W., Collection, Mss. 318”
Inclusive dates: Undated
Volume: 2 photographic prints
Description: By ethnographer Fred W. Voget (1913-1997): numbers 318(VI) 367 and 318(VI) 369, Crow Indians and Our Lady of Loretto Mission (Crow), Crow Reservation, Montana.
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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