GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Oklahoma: OK-33
Our Lady of Victory Church
316 West Jefferson Street
P.O. Box 1280
Purcell, Oklahoma 73080
Phone: 405-527-3077
Email: ourladyofvictory@cebridge.net
Hours: See website
Access: Some restrictions apply
Copying facilities: Yes
History: Our Lady of Victory Church, Purcell, McClain County, Oklahoma, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City (Archives: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma).
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1887-1905 |
Benedictines (Archives: Shawnee, Oklahoma) administered Our Lady of Victory/ St. Elizabeth’s |
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1887-1890 (closed) |
Benedictines at St. Elizabeth’s established and staffed St. Scholastica Day School (Choctaw, Chickasaw) |
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1888-1948 (closed) |
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia (Archives: Aston, Pennsylvania) established and staffed St. Elizabeth Boarding School (Choctaw, Chickasaw) |
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1901-1948 (closed) |
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia established and staffed St. Elizabeth Day School (Choctaw, Chickasaw) |
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1905-present |
Oklahoma City arch/diocesan priests have administered Our Lady of Victory |
Benedictines and Oklahoma City diocesan priests at Our Lady of Victory /St. Elizabeth’s attended to the following Native American stations and missions in Oklahoma:
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1888-1889 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Oklahoma City) |
Fort Reno station (Cheyenne), El Reno, Canadian County |
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1888-1889 (closed) |
Darlington Agency station (Cheyenne, Arapaho), Canadian County |
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1888-1889 (closed) |
Paul's Valley station (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Garvin County, Chickasaw Nation |
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1888-1889 (closed) |
Wynnewood station (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Garvin County, Chickasaw Nation |
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1888-1889 (closed) |
Cantonment station (Arapaho), Blaine County |
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1888-1890 (transferred to Sacred Heart, El Reno) |
Fort Sill station (Apache, Comanche), Comanche County |
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1888-1891 (became a parish) |
Anadarko station (Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Caddo, Wichita, Delaware), Caddo County |
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1888-1892 (transferred to St. Patrick's, Anadarko) |
Kiowa and Comanche Reservation station (Kiowa, Comanche), Kiowa, Caddo, and Comanche Counties |
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1888-1906 (closed) |
Erin Springs station (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Garvin County, Chickasaw Nation |
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1888-1906 (closed) |
Washita station (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Washita County |
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1888-1906 (closed) |
White Bead Hills station (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Garvin County, Chickasaw Nation |
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1889-ca. 1940 (no longer Native) |
St. John the Baptist Mission (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Lexington, Cleveland County |
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1890-1895 (transferred to St. Patrick’s, Norman) |
Ardmore station (Chickasaw), Carter County |
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1892-1906 (closed) |
Velma station (Chickasaw), Stephens County, Chickasaw Nation |
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1912-1939 (closed) |
Blanchard station (Choctaw, Chickasaw), McClain and Grady Counties |
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1915-1939 (closed) |
Paul's Valley station (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Garvin County, Chickasaw Nation |
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1925-1939 (closed) |
Wynnewood station (Choctaw, Chickasaw), Garvin County, Chickasaw Nation |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1888-1948
Volume: 3 volumes
Description: Sacramental records for the Native American students at St. Elizabeth School and the Native American parishioners of Our Lady of Victory Church and the Native missions and stations attended from it; baptisms, 1888-1905, 1920-1948, marriages, 1894-1905, 1909-1948, deaths, 1924-1948, first communions, 1937-1948, and confirmations, 1925-1948.
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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