GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Oklahoma: OK-1
St. Patrick Church
1115 West Petree Road
P.O. Box 628
Anadarko, OK 73005
Phone: 405-247-5255
Email: stpats@sbcglobal.net
History: St. Patrick Church, Anadarko, Caddo County, Oklahoma, has been a mixed Native (Kiowa, Comanche, Apache) and non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Tulsa (Archives: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma).
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1877-1888 |
Benedictines at Sacred Heart Church, Sacred Heart (now St. Gregory's Abbey, Shawnee, Oklahoma) attended to Anadarko station |
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1888-1891 |
Benedictines at St. Elizabeth's, Purcell, attended to Anadarko station |
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1891 |
Rev. Isidore Ricklin, O.S.B. resided at Anadarko |
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1892-1975 (became a parish) |
Benedictines established and administered St. Patrick Church/ Chapel |
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1892-1964 (closed) |
Benedictines established St. Patrick Mission Boarding School (Kiowa, Comanche, Caddo, Apache), which was staffed by Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia (Archives: Aston, Pennsylvania) |
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1909 |
Rev. Isidore Ricklin, O.S.B., baptized Geronimo (Apache) at Fort Sill |
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1909, 1911 |
Fire destroyed St. Patrick Chapel and School, which was rebuilt two years later |
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1975-present |
Tulsa diocesan priests have administered St. Patrick’s |
First Benedictines (1875-1975) and then Tulsa diocesan priests (1975-present) at St. Patrick’s have attended to the following missions and stations among Native Americans (e.g. Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Caddo, Wichita, Delaware) in Oklahoma:
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1891-1922 (closed) |
Fort Sill station |
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1894-1902 (closed) |
Elk Creek station |
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1894-1902 (closed) |
Washita Valley station |
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1894-1904 (transferred to Immaculate Conception, Poteau) (no longer Native) |
Coal Creek station |
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1894-ca. 1905 (closed) |
Boggy Creek station |
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1894-ca. 1910 (closed) |
Quanah Camp station |
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1894-ca. 1926 (closed) |
Little Washita station |
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1894-1939 (closed) |
Rainy Mountain station |
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1898-1902 (became a parish) |
Holy Name Mission, Chickasha |
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1900-ca. 1926 (closed) |
Delaware Creek station |
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1901-ca. 1910 (closed) |
Sugar Creek station |
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ca. 1908-ca. 1932 (closed) |
Apache station |
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1909-ca. 1936 (closed) |
Cache Creek station |
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1911-1940 (closed) |
Fort Cobb station |
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1922-1931 (became a mission) |
Binger station |
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1922-1928 (became a mission) |
Cyril station |
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1928-1949 (transferred to Mother of Sorrows, Apache) |
Immaculate Conception Mission, Cyril |
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1931-1949 (transferred to Sacred Heart, Hinton) |
St. Margaret Mary Mission, Binger |
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1940-1947 (became a mission) |
Carnegie station |
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1943-ca. 1945 (closed) |
Lookeba station |
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1940s-present |
Riverside Government Indian School (e.g. Wichita, Caddo, Delaware, Kiowa, Navajo), Anadarko |
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1970-present |
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary/ St. Margaret Mary Mission, Binger |
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1947-1953 (transferred to Sacred Heart, Hinton) |
Our Lady of Victory Mission, Carnegie |
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1974-present |
St. Richard/ Our Lady of Victory Mission, Carnegie |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1890-ongoing
Volume: At least 1.5 cubic feet
Description: The records at St. Patrick’s Church were not organized by a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 1980. Consequently, the records are described by record type.
/1 Sacramental records
Inclusive dated: 1890-ongoing
Volume: Many records within at least 8 volumes
Description: Records for Native American parishioners of St. Patrick Church, its Native American missions and stations, and boarding students at Riverside School; baptisms and deaths, 1890-ongoing, marriages, 1896-ongoing, and first communions and confirmations, 1932-ongoing
/2 School records
Inclusive dates: 1890s-1960s
Volume: 1 cubic foot
Description: Records for Native American students of St. Patrick School.
A. Student record cards, 1920s-1960s, .7 cubic foot: arranged alphabetically; cards typically contain the following information: name, address, age, grade, date of enrollment, attendance, grades, and test scores
B. Enrollment books, 1890s-1920s, 1934-1950, 4 volumes: typically include name, dates when entered and left, and grade
/3 Photographs
Inclusive dates: 1910-1940
Volume: ca. 100 prints
Description: St. Patrick’s Church and School, Anadarko.
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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