GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
South Dakota: SD-36
University of South Dakota. I.D. Weeks Library. Archives and Special Collections
414 East Clark Street, Room 305
Vermillion, SD 57069
Phone: 605-658-3380
Email: speccoll@usd.edu
Hours: See website
Access: See website
Copying facilities: Yes
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: Mabel K. Richardson Collection
Inclusive dates: 1886-1972, undated
Volume: .6 cubic foot and 4 reels of microfilm
Description: 3 collections include Native Catholic records:
/1 "Immaculate Conception, Stephan Records"
Inclusive dates: 1886-1954
Volume: .15 cubic foot Description: Records (copies) from Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, South Dakota.
A. Correspondence, 1886-1907, 1916, 1919-1923, 1930-1931, 1934, 1940, (most written from 1886-1907) .1 cubic foot: incoming correspondence to Rev. Pius Boehm, O.S.B. [Benedictines], superior at Immaculate Conception Mission (Santee, Sisseton); major correspondents include the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, Mother Katharine Drexel, S.B.S. [Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament], Bishop Thomas O'Gorman, Abbot Fintan Mundwiler, O.S.B., and Abbot Athanasius Schmitt, O.S.B., of St. Meinrad Abbey and the Bureau of Indian Affairs
B. Financial reports, 1888, 1890-1893, 1900-1902, 1910, 1916-1921, 1928-1930, 1932, 1935-1939, 1950-1954, 1 folder
/2 "Father Sylvester Eisenman"
Inclusive dates: 1916-1958, undated
Volume: .45 cubic foot
Description: Records (copies) from Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, South Dakota.
A. "General Materials and Topics," 1916-1948, undated, .25 cubic foot:
1. "Father Sylvester Correspondence," 1916, 1920-1921, 1923, 1931-1932, 1934-1936, 1939, 1941-1948, 1 folder: incoming and outgoing; major correspondents include Abbot Ignatius Esser, O.S.B., of St. Meinrad Abbey and Mother Katharine Drexel, S.B.S.
2. "Marty Mission," 1931-1932, 1935-1939, undated, l folder: includes correspondence, 1931-1932; a diary, 1935-1939; and 23 photographs, undated
3. "General," 1924-1943, undated, 2 folders: includes an historical journal, 1924-1943; historical sketches of St. Paul Mission and School (Yankton), Marty, South Dakota; and biographies of Rev. Sylvester Eisenman, O.S.B. [Benedictines]
4. "Solicitations," 1920s, undated, 1 folder: solicitation letters to potential benefactors
B. "Father Sylvester Eisenman, O.S.B. - Financial and Tax Materials," 19191958, .2 cubic foot: includes correspondence, deeds, receipts, and tax forms relating to property taxes or land transactions involving St. Paul's Mission and School (Yankton), Marty, South Dakota
/3 Microfilm of Native Catholic Publications from St. Paul Mission (Yankton), Marty, South Dakota
Inclusive dates: 1924-1972
Volume: 4 reels
Description:
A. The Little Bronzed Angel, 1924-1972, 2 reels
B. The Catholic Sioux Herald, 1932-1937, 1940-1948, 2 reels
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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