GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Wisconsin: WI-11

Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross. Archives
St. Francis Convent
3110 Nicolet Drive
Green Bay, WI 54311

Phone: 920-468-1828
Email: mail@gbfranciscans.org

 

Hours: By appointment only

Access: Some restrictions apply

Copying facilities: Yes

 

History: The Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross self-identified with the post-nominal initials, “O.S.F.” They staffed St. Anthony School (Menominee), Neopit, Menominee Reservation, Wisconsin, 1913-1936.

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1913-1930s, undated

Volume: .1 cubic foot

Description: 1 series: "Missions, Neopit, Wisconsin, St. Anthony Parish."  

1. Correspondence, 1929, 1936, 5 letters: correspondents include Mother M. Claire, O.S.F., Rev. Meinrad Wesselman, O.F.M. [Franciscans] and Rev. Englehard Troesken, O.F.M.
2. Scrapbook, 1920s-1930s, 150 pages: compiled by a sister who taught at St. Anthony's from 1928-1936; contains copies of correspondence, historical notes, and photographs
3. Histories, 1928, 1930s, undated, 5 items: include a 15-page handwritten history of the Neopit Mission by Sister M. Gregory, O.S.F., 1930s, who taught at St. Anthony's
4. List of students at St. Anthony School, 1932-1933
5. Photographs, 1913-1920s, 10 prints

 

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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