GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Oregon: OR-8

University of Oregon. Knight Library. Special Collections and University Archives
1501 Kincaid Street
Eugene, OR 97403

Phone: 541-346-1907
Alternate website: Archives West

 

Hours: See website

Access: No restrictions

Copying facilities: Yes  

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: Ca. 1883-1920

Volume: Ca. .1 cubic foot 

Description: 3 collections include Native Catholic records:

 

/1 “James Croke Collection, A23â€

Inclusive dates: Before 1883-1883

Volume: Few letters

Description: Letters from Croke to Archbishop Francis Xavier Norbert Blanchet (1795-1883), concerning the Catholic Church in Oregon.  

 

/2 “Collection of Catholic Prayers and Teachings in Various Indian Languages, SFM85â€

Inclusive dates: ca. 1908

Volume: 5 items

Description: In Nez Perce, Eskimo, and Kalispel languages; collected by the Jesuits Oregon Province Archives, now merged with Jesuit Archives and Research Center, St. Louis, Missouri.

 

/3 “Lee Moorhouse Photograph Collectionâ€

Inclusive dates: Ca. 1897-1920

Volume: At least 7 prints/ images

Description: St. Andrew Mission (Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Nez Perce) and a visit of Bishop Charles J. O’Reilly to the Umatilla Reservation; images online.

 

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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