GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-33
St. Joseph Church
626 Mission Trail
P.O. Box 187
Mescalero, New Mexico 88340
Phone: 505-464-4473
History: St. Joseph Church, Mescalero, Mescalero Reservation New Mexico, has been a predominantly Native American (Apache) parish in the Diocese of Las Cruces (Archives: Las Cruces, New Mexico).
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1914-1920 |
Franciscans (Santa Barbara Province) (Archives: Santa Barbara, California) visited the Mescalero Reservation |
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1920-1939 |
Rev. Albert Braun, O.F.M., and the Franciscans (Santa Barbara Province) (Archives: Santa Barbara, California) established and administered St. Joseph Mission (Apache), Mescalero, Mescalero Reservation |
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1910s-present |
Franciscans (Santa Barbara Province) have administered St. Joseph Mission |
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1916-1935 |
Franciscans at St. Joseph’s attended to students at the Mescalero Government Indian School, Mescalero, Mescalero Reservation |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1914-ongoing
Volume: Ca. 1 cubic foot
Description: The records at St. Joseph Church were not arranged according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 2006. Consequently, the records are described by record type.
/1 Sacramental Records
Inclusive dates: 1914-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Baptisms, first communions, confirmations, marriages, and deaths for St. Joseph Mission and students at the Mescalero School.
/2 Various
Inclusive dates: 1914-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes and folders
Description: House chronicles, reports, and photographs.
/3 History
Inclusive dates: 1973
Volume: 1 volume
Description: Among the Mescalero Apaches: The Story of Father Albert Braun, O.F.M. by Dorothy Emerson.
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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