蜜桃影像

National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas
1400 John Burgess Drive
P.O. Box 6216
Fort Worth, TX 76140

Phone: 817-551-2051
Email: ftworth.archives@nara.gov

 

Hours: See website

Access: No restrictions

Copying facilities: Yes 

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1832-1964

Volume: Approximately 30 cubic feet 

Description: Within 4 record groups. 

 

/1 鈥淩ecord Group 48: Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior鈥�

Inclusive dates: 1849-1903

Volume: Less than 1% of 159 reels of microfilm

Description: The Indian Division of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior managed most government concerns regarding Native Americans up until 1907 when the division was abolished. Letters from Catholic Church leaders are generally filed under miscellaneous within the incoming correspondence. Outgoing correspondence of the Indian Division include materials pertaining to missionary work.

A. 鈥淟etters Sent to the Indian Division of the Department of the Interior, M606,鈥� 1849-1903, less than 1% of 127 reels of microfilm; may include a few letters pertaining to Catholic missions among Native Americans

B. 鈥淪elected Classes of Letters Received by the Indian Division of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, M825,鈥� 1849-1880, less than 1% of 32 reels of microfilm; may include a few letters pertaining to Catholic missions among Native Americans

/2 鈥淩ecord Group 49: Records of the Bureau of Land Management,鈥� 1832-1924,  less than 1% of 50 cubic feet; The General Land Office preceded the Bureau of Land Management; among its records are registers, surveys, tract books on public land disposal; may include a few letters pertaining to Catholic missions among Native Americans

 

/3 鈥淩ecord Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs鈥� 

Inclusive dates: 1870-1987

Volume: Less than 1% of 15,721 cubic feet

Description: Selected surveying indicates that most Catholic-related records are correspondence, quarterly school reports, and school contracts, which typically comprise between .04 and .2% of the records from Bureau of Indian Affairs Agencies, e.g. Menominee Agency, Wisconsin, between .1 to .2% of ca. 100 cubic feet and Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, .04% of approximately 500 cubic feet. Major correspondents include the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, superiors of Catholic missions and schools [e.g. Benedictines], Indian agents or superintendents, and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Primary subjects include financial matters and the transfer of students to and from mission schools.

A. 鈥淩ecords of the Anadarko Area Office/Kiowa Agency,鈥� 1881-1962, less than 1% of several cubic feet

B. 鈥淩ecords of the Cheyenne and Arapaho (Concho) Agency,鈥� 1891-1952, less than 1% of several cubic feet

C. 鈥淩ecords of the Chilocco Indian School,鈥� 1884-1960, less than 1% of several cubic feet

D. 鈥淩ecords of the Miami Agency,鈥� 1871-1952,  less than 1% of several cubic feet Description: The Quapaw Agency was established in 1871 to supervise the Cayuga, Illinois [Peoria and Kaskaskia, Miami [Piankashaw and Wea], Modoc, Nez Perce, Ottawa, Quapaw, Seneca, Shawnee, and Wyandot Indians settled in northwestern Oklahoma. In 1947, the agency was renamed the Miami Agency. Noted in the records is St. Mary's School, which was established in 1893 and served many Quapaw Indian students on a contract basis until 1926.

E. 鈥淩ecords of the Muskogee Area Office/Five Civilized Tribes Agency,鈥� 1899-1960, less than 1% of several cubic feet

F. 鈥淩ecords of the Osage Agency,鈥� 1870-1961, less than 1% of approximately 420 cubic feet Description: In 1824, an Indian agent was assigned to the Osage in Kansas, which eventually became the Osage Subagency. In 1851, it was combined with the Neosho Agency and in 1874 after the Osage removal to Oklahoma, it was renamed the Osage Agency. Included is .5 cubic foot of correspondence and quarterly school reports, re: St. John School, St. John School, Gray Horse/ Hominy Creek, Osage Reservation, Oklahoma, 19051913, and St. Louis School, Pawhuska, Osage Reservation, Oklahoma, 19051947. Microfilm 7RA-165 includes the St. John鈥檚 records but the St. Louis records are not noted.

G. 鈥淩ecords of the Pawnee Agency,鈥� 1871-1964, less than 1% of several cubic feet

H. 鈥淩ecords of the Shawnee Agency,鈥� 1890-1952,:less than 1% of several cubic feet

I. 鈥淩ecords of the Santa Fe Indian School, M1473,鈥� 1890-1918, less than 1% of 38 reels of microfilm

J. 鈥淐orrespondence and Accounting Records of the Puget Sound District Agency and the Tulalip Agency, P2011鈥�1854-1886, less than 1% of 3 reels of microfilm

K. 鈥淟etters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, M234,鈥� 1824-1881, less than 1% of 962 reels of microfilm

L. 鈥淟etters Received by the Office of the Secretary of War Relating to Indian Affairs, M271,鈥� 1800-1823, less than 1% of 4 reels of microfilm

M. 鈥淟etters Received by the Superintendent of Indian Trade, T58,鈥� 1806-1824, less than 1% of 1 reel of microfilm

N. 鈥淟etters Sent by the Office of Indian Affairs, M21,鈥� 1824-1881, less than 1% of 166 reels of microfilm

O. 鈥淟etters Sent by the Secretary of War Relating to Indian Affairs, M15,鈥� 1800-1824, less than 1% of 6 reels of microfilm

P. 鈥淟etters Sent by the Superintendent of Indian Trade, M16,鈥� 1807-1823, less than 1% of 6 reels of microfilm

Q. 鈥淢iscellaneous Letters Sent by the Pueblo Indian Agency, M941,鈥� 1874-1891, less than 1% of 10 reels of microfilm

R. 鈥淩ecords by Bureau of Indian Affairs Field Agencies Having Jurisdiction over the Pueblo Records, M1304,鈥� 1874-1900, less than 1% of 32 reels of microfilm

S. 鈥淩ecords of the Central Superintendency of Indian Affairs, M856,鈥� 1813-1878, less than 1% of 15 reels of microfilm Description: Rolls 1-15 only.

T. 鈥淩ecords of the Michigan Superintendency of Indian Affairs, M1,鈥� 1814-1851, less than 1% of 71 reels of microfilm

U. 鈥淩ecords of the New Mexico Superintendency of Indian Affairs, T21,鈥� 1814-1880, less than 1% of 30 reels of microfilm

V. 鈥淩ecords of the Oregon Superintendency of Indian Affairs, M2,鈥� 1848-1873, less than 1% of 29 reels of microfilm

W. 鈥淩ecords of the Southern Superintendency of Indian Affairs, M640,鈥� 1832-1870, less than 1% of 22 reels of microfilm

X. 鈥淩ecords of the Washington Superintendency of Indian Affairs, M5,鈥� 1853-1874, less than 1% of 26 reels of microfilm

Y. 鈥淩egister of Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, M18,鈥� 1824-1880, less than 1% of 126 reels of microfilm

Z. 鈥淩egisters of Letters Received by the Office of the Secretary of War, Main Series, M22,鈥� 1800-1870, less than 1% of 134 reels of microfilm

AA. 鈥淩eport Books of the Office of Indian Affairs, M348,鈥�1838-1885, less than 1% of 53 reels of microfilm

BB. 鈥淩eports of Inspections of the Field Jurisdictions of the Office of Indian Affairs, M1070,鈥� 1873-1900, less than 1% of 25 reels of microfilm Description: Rolls 1, 3-4, 6, 20-21, 25, 27, 29-30, 33-35, 37-42, 44-46, 48, 53, 55 only.

CC. 鈥淪pecial Files of the Office of Indian Affairs, M574,鈥� 1807-1904, less than 1% of 85 reels of microfilm

DD. 鈥淏lackfeet Indian Agency Correspondence and Records, I16,鈥� 1875-1951, less than 1% of several reels of microfilm

EE. 鈥淥ffice of Indian Affairs, Correspondence and Records of Robert H. Milroy, Puyallup Agency, Z52,鈥� 1877-1878, less than 1% of 1 reel of microfilm

FF. 鈥淥ffice of Indian Affairs, Correspondence and Records of the Yakima Indian Agency, Z49,鈥� 1870-1910, less than 1% of 3 reels of microfilm

GG. 鈥淐hemawa Indian School: Index to Descriptive Statements of Students, 1890-1914, and Graduating Class Rolls,鈥� 1885-1921, less than 1% of 1 reel of microfilm

HH. 鈥淐hemawa Indian School: Register of Students Admitted, 1880-1928; Descriptive Statements of Students and Graduating Class Rolls, P2008,鈥� 1885-1921, less than 1% of 1 reel of microfilm

II. 鈥淓nrollment Registers Chilocco Indian School, P2126,鈥� 1884-1908, less than 1% of 1 reel of microfilm

JJ. 鈥淧ublications of the Chilocco Indian School, P2151,鈥� unknown-1926, less than 1% of 11 reels of microfilm

KK. 鈥淐onfederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon: Nineteenth Century Indian Education History, I26,鈥� 1855-1899, less than 1% of several reels of microfilm

LL. 鈥淟etterbook of the Natchitoches-Sulphur Fork Factory, T1029,鈥� 1809-1821, less than 1% of 1 reel of microfilm Description: Include correspondence, re: a land conflict with 鈥渢he Roman Catholic Mission,鈥� presumably Sacred Heart Church, Nacogdoches, Texas

 

/4 鈥淩ecord Group 393: Records of U.S. Army Continental Commands鈥�

Inclusive dates: 1846-1851

Volume: Less than 1% of 7 reels of microfilm

Description: 鈥淩ecords of the Tenth Military Department, M210鈥� include letters describing Indian attitudes toward Catholic missions. 

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the 蜜桃影像 Archives.

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