GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Washington: WA-24
University of Washington. Allen Library South. Special Collections
Skagit and Benton Lanes
Campus Box 352900
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: 206-543-1929
Hours: See website (Contact Info & Hours)
Access: No restrictions
Copying facilities: Yes
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1865-1949?, undated
Volume: Ca. .2 cubic foot
Description: 13 collections with photography include Native Catholic records; selected images available online within the “American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Collection;” also see website (Research).
/1 “Asahel Curtis Klondike-Alaska Collection, Coll 519”
Inclusive dates: ca. 1897-1898
Volume: 7 photographs
Description: Sacred Heart Mission (Tlingit), Haines, and St. James Mission (Eskimo), Tanana, Alaska.
/2 “Asahel Curtis Photo Company Collection, PH Coll 482”
Inclusive dates: ca. 1901-1942
Volume: 9 photographs
Description: Alaska, Holy Cross Mission (Eskimo), Holy Cross; Idaho, Sacred Heart Mission (Coeur d’Alene), DeSmet; and Washington, Rev. E. Casimir Chirouse, O.M.I. [Oblates of Mary Immaculate], at the Tulalip School, Tulalip, the abandoned Ahtanum Mission, Yakima, and St. Peter Cemetery (Suquamish), Suquamish.
/3 “Ernest B. Bertelson Collection, Coll 477”
Inclusive dates: undated
Volume: 1 photograph
Description: Sam Wilson in front of St. Peter Church (Suquamish), Suquamish, Washington.
/4 “Lawrence Denny Lindsley Collection, Coll 548”
Inclusive dates: 1949?
Volume: 3 photographs
Description: “Old Wapato Catholic Church” (Chelan, Entiat) near Chelan, Washington, and St. Peter Church and Cemetery (Suquamish), Suquamish, Washington.
/5 “Early Photographers Collection, Coll 334”
Inclusive dates: ca. 1859-1910
Volume: 1 photograph
Description: Rev. E. Casimir Chirouse, O.M.I. [Oblates of Mary Immaculate], at the Tulalip School, Tulalip, Washington.
/6 “Grand Coulee Dam Collection, Coll 478”
Inclusive dates: ca. 1930-1940
Volume: 1 photograph
Description: St. Paul Mission (Colville), Kettle Falls, Washington.
/7 “Frank La Roche Collection, Coll 283”
Inclusive dates: ca. 1890-1909
Volume: 3 photographs
Description: Santa Barbara Mission, Santa Barbara, California.
/8 “Lomen Brothers Collection, Coll 328”
Inclusive dates: ca. 1900-1934
Volume: Few photographs
Description: Holy Cross Mission (Eskimo), Holy Cross, Alaska.
/9 “John Francis Pratt Collection, Coll 567”
Inclusive dates: Unknown
Volume: 9 photographs
Description: Sacred Heart Mission (Tlingit), Haines, and Holy Cross Mission (Eskimo), Holy Cross, Alaska.
/10 “W.E. Priestly Album, Coll 373”
Inclusive dates: 1909
Volume: Few photographs
Description: Photographs from Alaska; includes prints of Holy Cross Mission (Eskimo), Holy Cross, Alaska.
/11 “Douglas Tancred Collection, Coll 514”
Inclusive dates: ca. 1890-1898
Volume: 1 photograph
Description: Holy Cross Mission (Eskimo), Holy Cross, Alaska.
/12 “United States Boundary Survey Collection, Coll 462”
Inclusive dates: ca. 1900
Volume: 1 photograph
Description: Catholic mission, Kootenai River, Montana.
/13 “Alvin H. Waite Collection, Coll 291”
Inclusive dates: 1890s
Volume: 2 photographs
Description: San Francisco de Asís Mission [Dolores] Mission, San Francisco, California.
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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