GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-39
Pecos National Historical Park
Highway 63
P.O. Box 418
Pecos, NM 87552
Phone: 505-757-6414
Hours: By appointment only
Access: Some restrictions apply
Copying facilities: Yes
History: Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciuncula de los Pecos Mission, Pecos Pueblo, New Mexico, was a Native American mission in the present-day Archdiocese of Santa Fe.
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1598 |
The Juan de Oñate expedition observed the feast of Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciuncula on August 2nd while ascending the Rio Grande valley |
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1598 |
Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) began evangelizing the residents of Pecos Pueblo |
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1621-1680 (closed) |
Fray Andrés Juárez, O.F.M. established and the Franciscans administered Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciuncula de los Pecos Mission, Pecos Pueblo |
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1692-1812 |
Franciscans reestablished and administered the mission |
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1812-1829 (closed) |
Franciscans attended the mission from San Miguel, Ribera/ San Miguel |
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1838 |
Residents of Pecos Pueblo emigrated to Jemez Pueblo (Jemez), which spoke the same language |
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ca. 1839-1953, 1969-present |
On August 2nd or on the following Sunday, the parishioners of St. Anthony/ San Antonio de Pecos Church have continued the annual feast-day celebration honoring Porciuncula with a procession from St. Anthony’s to Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciuncula de los Pecos Mission, now in Pecos National Historical Park, Pecos, New Mexico |
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1970-present |
Descendants of Pecos Pueblo at Jemez Pueblo have participated in the celebration |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: ca. 1600-ongoing
Volume: Ca. 75 cubic feet
Description: The records at Pecos National Historical Park were not arranged according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 2006. Consequently, description is by record type.
/1 “History Revival at Pecos, PECO 401”
Inclusive dates: 1996-ongoing
Volume: 3 folders
Description: Correspondence, field notes, and reports by Pecos National Historical Park, Pecos Public Schools, and St. Anthony Church, re: research and preservation of the St. Anthony Church cemetery.
/2 Maps and artwork
Inclusive dates: 1862-ongoing
Volume: Ca. 60 cubic feet (5 map cases)
Description: Archeological and topographical maps and architectural drawings (includes some copies) of the ruins of Nuestra Señora de los Angeles de Porciuncula de los Pecos Mission; 1 drawer of artwork also included.
/3 Photography
Inclusive dates: 1880s-ongoing
Volume: Ca. 7 cubic feet (over 38,000 images)
Description: Black and white and color lithographs, prints, negatives, and slides of the ruins of Nuestra Señora de los Angeles de Porciuncula de los Pecos Mission and the annual August 2nd feast-day celebration; includes some copies from the University of New Mexico.
/4 St. Anthony Church cemetery records
Inclusive dates: 1870-1938
Volume: 2 folders
Description: Cemetery records (copies) of St. Anthony Church, Pecos, New Mexico.
/5 Other research files
Inclusive dates: ca. 1600-ongoing
Volume: Ca. 7 cubic feet
Description: Clippings, correspondence, field notes, and reports by independent researchers, contractors, and the National Park Service; re: Franciscans, Towa/Jemez, and other Indians at Pecos Pueblo.
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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