GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 4: Outside United States
Switzerland: CH-1
Benedictines. Our Lady of Einsiedeln Abbey. Archives
Klosterarchiv Einsiedeln
c/o Kloster Einsiedeln Postfach
CH-8840 Einsiedeln, Schweiz
Phone: 055-418-61-11
History: Monks from Our Lady of Einsiedeln Abbey (founded 934) and their successors founded the following abbeys in the United States that administered Catholic missions among Native Americans:
| 1854-present | St. Meinrad Abbey, St. Meinrad, Indiana |
| 1893-present (elevated to abbey, 1903) | Assumption Abbey, Richardson, North Dakota |
| 1950-2012 (elevated to abbey, 1954; closed) | Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, South Dakota |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans in the United States:
Inclusive dates: 1862-1897, undated
Volume: At least .2 cubic foot
Description: Correspondence between the St. Meinrad and Einsiedeln Abbeys, re: Fort Totten Reservation (Santee Dakota), North Dakota, and the Standing Rock Reservation (Hunkpapa Lakota), North and South Dakota Indian missions; major correspondents include Abbot Fintan Mundwiler, O.S.B., Bishop/ Abbot Martin Marty, O.S.B., Rev. Claude Ebner, O.S.B., Rev. John Chrysostom Foffa, O.S.B., Rev. Jerome Hunt, O.S.B., and Christina Wewer (housekeeper of Bishop Marty); in German with some English translations.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Archives.
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