GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Pennsylvania: PA-3
St. Patrick Church
140 East Pomfret Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
Phone: 717-243-4411
Email: See website
History: St. Patrick Church, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Harrisburg (Archives: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania). Harrisburg diocesan priests at St. Patrick’s attended to Native American students at Carlisle Government Indian School.
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1890-1918 |
Rev. Henry G. Ganss (1855-1912) and his successor, attended to the Carlisle students |
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1904 |
Father Ganss founded the Marquette League for Catholic Indian Missions (Archives: Milwaukee, Wisconsin), a New York City based businessmen’s fundraising organization allied to the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (Archives: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
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1913 |
Carlisle student Jim Thorpe (Sauk and Fox, 1888-1953) married at St. Patrick’s |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1890-1918
Volume: Several entries
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American students at the Carlisle Government Indian School.
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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