Catholic Indian Church Records

United States American Indian Research  Church Records  Catholic Records

Marquette University has a large collection of records for the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, 1839 to present. This collection includes correspondence, mission and school reports, photographs, and much more. The records of other Catholic organizations with some connections are also at Marquette University.

There is a guide to the collections at Marquette University available online.

History of the Catholic Missions Among the Indian Tribes of the United States, 1529-1854. By John Dawson Gilmary Shea.New York, NY: AMS Press 1973. Digital Version WorldCat