GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Utah: UT-7
Tom Perry Special Collections. Harold B. Lee Library. Brigham Young University
W-478 1130 HBLL
P.O. Box 26800
Provo, UT 84602
Phone: 801-422-3514
Email: See website (Contact)
Hours: See website
Access: No restrictions
Copying facilities: Yes
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1574-1966
Volume: Ca. 1 cubic foot
Description: 11 manuscript collections and one photographic collection contain Native Catholic records:
Manuscript Collections
/1 鈥淏ernardo de Arratia Letter, Mss SC 1342鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1746
Volume: 1 letter
Description: Fray Bernardo de Arratia, O.F.M., to the Franciscans Santo Evangelico Province; re: appeal for missionaries in New Mexico; handwritten in Spanish.
/2 鈥淕ertrude and Raymond Bonnin Collection, Mss 1704鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1921
Volume: 1 letter
Description: Letter to Raymond Bonnin (Yankton) from Monsignor William H. Ketcham, Director of the Bureau of Catholic Indian, re: Mr. Brave.
/3 鈥淕asper Higher Letter, Mss SC 1337鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1752
Volume: 1 letter
Description: To Padre Phelipe Segesser, S.J., from Padre Gasper Stiger, S.J., of San Ignacio de Cab贸rica Mission, San Ignacio, Sonora, Mexico; re: difficulties between certain priests, Spaniards, and Pima Indians; handwritten in Spanish with English typescript.
/4 鈥淕eorge P. Hammond Collection, Mss 908鈥�
Inclusive dates: ca. 1970-present
Volume: ca. 15 folders
Description: Mostly originals in Spanish acquired by George P. Hammond; re: Franciscan missions and Indians in New Mexico:
A. 鈥溾�橮en pictures of Apache and Comanche Indians drawn from life鈥� by Fray Vicente de Ste. Maria, O.F.M.,鈥� undated, 1 folder
B. 鈥淐oronado expedition,鈥� undated, 1 folder
C. 鈥淩eligious papers,鈥� undated, 1 folder
D. 鈥淩equest of bishop Fray Antonio to erect a church,鈥� 1784, 1 item; Fray Antonio Margil de Jes煤s, O.F.M.
E. 鈥淧hotograph of ruins of San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo,鈥� undated, 1 item; Mission in San Antonio, Texas
F. 鈥淒isorders by Fray Juan Agustin de Morfi, O.F.M.,鈥� undated, 1 item
G. 鈥淓vents and People of New Mexico,鈥� 1689, 1 folder; Spanish
H. 鈥淢ission Report (Spanish), unidentified,鈥� undated, 1 folder; Unidentified mission in New Mexico
I. 鈥淭wo articles about Mother Maria de Jesus de Agredo, undated, 1 folder; re: Sister Mar铆a de Jes煤s de Agreda, O.S.F., the 鈥淟ady in Blue鈥�; Spanish
J. 鈥淥fficial reports or dispatches to the Sacred Catholic Magistrate,鈥� 1566-1567, 1 folder; Spanish
K. 鈥淕overnment documents,鈥� undated, 1 folder; re: Indian relations and colonization of New Mexico
L. 鈥淭he Southwestern Catholic - Early history,鈥� 1922, 1 folder
M. 鈥淭rue Account of the Franciscan Father, Jan Perez Suerta, of Happiness in New Mexico,鈥� 1622, 1 folder; Spanish
N. 鈥淰isitations of Bishop Tamarons to New Mexico,鈥� 1760, 1 folder; Spanish
O. 鈥淲oodcuts of maps of the Southwest,鈥� undated, 1 folder
P. 鈥淒ocuments, locations, names concerning the Alamo,鈥� undated, 1 folder
/5 鈥淟etters to Haskell, Mss SC 200鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1878
Volume: 2 letters
Description: Rev. N. Eels and John Strother Griffin to T.N. Haskell; re: Haskell鈥檚 inquiry into Catholic missionary involvement with the Whitman Massacre in Washington Territory.
/6 鈥淟etters to Thomas R. Bannerman, Mss SC 121鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1906-1907
Volume: 3 letters
Description: Rev. Lawrence Benedict Palladino, S.J., to Thomas R. Bannerman; re: St. Ignatius Mission, St. Ignatius, Montana; Nez Perce, Salish, and Kootenai Indians and Jesuits and Sisters of Providence.
/7 鈥淒iego Miguel Bringas y Encinas List, Mss 31鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1774 Volume: 1 list (1 page)
Description: By Fray Diego Miguel Bringas y Encinas, O.F.M.; re: settlement of Franciscan missions in Sonora, Mexico; handwritten in Spanish.
/8 鈥淢iguel Sanchez Letters, Mss 318鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1794-1795
Volume: 2 letters (5 pages)
Description: By Fray Miguel Sanchez, O.F.M.; re: marriage problems of parishioners at San Gabriel Mission, California, who presumably were Native Americans; handwritten in Spanish.
/9 鈥淪. Lyman Tyler Collection, UA 614鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1922-1966
Volume: 1 folder
Description: Catholic Church report to the Utah Committee on Indian Affairs, re: Services offered to Indians in Utah.
/10 鈥淕eneral Don Alonso de Vargas Papers, Mss SC 505鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1574-1591
Volume: .2 cubic foot (5 folders)
Description: Believed relevant to evangelization of Native Americans; handwritten in Spanish.
/11 鈥淛oseph Ximeno Letter, Mss SC 1369鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1749
Volume: 1 letter (2 leaves)
Description: By Fray Jos茅 Ximeno, O.F.M.; re: Appeal for missionaries in New Mexico; handwritten in Spanish.
Photograph Collection
/12 鈥淐.R. Savage Collection, Mss P 24鈥�
Inclusive dates: 1860-ca. 1900
Volume: 1 photograph
Description: By landscape photographer Charles Roscoe Savage; re: Santa Barbara Mission, California.
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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