GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 4: Outside United States
Quebec: QC-8

Sisters of Charity of Providence. General Administration
12055 Grenet Street  
Montréal, QC H4J 2J5 Canada

Email: archivessp@providenceintl.org

 

Hours: Appointment requested; see website

Access: Some restrictions may apply

Copying facilities: Yes

 

History: Blessed Emilie Tavernier-Gamelin founded the Sisters of Charity of Providence [a.k.a. Sisters of Providence] in Montreal, 1843, who self-identify with the post-nominal initials, “S.P.” Under Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart (1822-1902), the sisters made their first U.S. foundation in Vancouver, Washington, 1856, which developed into the Sacred Heart and St. Ignatius Provinces that served Native missions and schools in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and Washington (e.g. Chelan, Clallam, Coeur d’Alene, Cowlitz, Entiat, Eskimo, Kalispel, Koyukon, Methow, Nespelim, Nez Perce, Okanogan, Paloos, Salish, Sanpoil, Senijextee, Tulalip, Wenatchi, Yakama). The two provinces merged as the Mother Joseph Province (Seattle, Washington), 2000.   

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans in the United States: Scant; see the Sisters of Charity of Province. Mother Joseph Province. Archives (Seattle, Washington).

 

 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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