Records, 1868-1976 (bulk 1906-1965).

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Records, 1868-1976 (bulk 1906-1965).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29699447

The collection includes correspondence, financial records, official documents, reports, maps, articles, publications, photographs, postcards, and notes. The bulk of the collection is correspondence and records relating to the establishment and operation of missions and schools, primarily at St. Michaels. These document activity between Franciscan friars, the Navajo population, Catholic organizations, the U.S. Government, and the Land Commissioner of the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company. Included are materials on Navajo land allotments, education, language, social conditions, government and church relations, tourism, and the origins of the Navajo Tribal Council. Correspondents include Berard Haile, Leopold Ostermann, and Anselm Weber, other Franciscan Fathers, U.S. government officials, Catholic missionary organizations, Navajo individuals, and others. The papers of Emanuel Trockur include correspondence, writings, and his work with the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Photographs represent events, mission buildings, equipment, and personnel. Information on publications includes background material relating to the first Navajo dictionary; Kay Bennet's book, The Navajo Saga; Robert L. Wilken's book, Anselm Weber; and the periodical The Padre's Trail. Also present are extracts and complete examples of church publications on Navajo Indians and missionary work.

23 ft.

eng,

ger,

nav,

University of Arizona Libraries

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7273700

University of Arizona Libraries

Related Entities

There are 15 Entities related to this resource.

United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66j5829 (corporateBody)

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) was formed in 1824. An agency of the federal government of the United States within the US Department of the Interior, it is responsible for the administration and management of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American Tribes and Alaska Natives. From the guide to the Navajo Land, motion picture, undated, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) A Statistics Section was organ...

Navajo Tribal Council

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xd5bgn (corporateBody)

The Wheeler-Howard Act, also known as the Indian Reorganization Act, decreased federal control of Indian affairs and increased Indian self-government. From the description of Minutes of the special session of the Navajo Tribal Council held at Fort Defiance, Arizona, [1934?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83634037 From the description of Minutes of the special session of the Navajo Tribal Council held at Fort Defiance, Arizona, [1934?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7021625...

Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w5728 (corporateBody)

Drexel, Katharine Mary, Saint, 1858-1955

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f21st6 (person)

Franciscans

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6808vpn (corporateBody)

Fray Mariano Payeras held the position of Padre Presidente of the California missions from July, 1815-April 1820. From the description of California missions report, 1820 Feb. 22. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 758678979 Franciscan describes all those men and women of the Franciscan first, second, and third (regular and secular) orders. Members of the first order include Friars Minor, Friars Minor Conventual, and Friars Minor Capuchin. All three br...

Haile, Berard, 1874-1961

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6br96xh (person)

Franciscan missionary, linguist, and anthropologist. Worked extensively with the Navajo at Lukachukai and St. Michaels Missions in Arizona and wrote several works on Navajo ceremonials, language and grammar. From the description of Papers, 1893-1961 (bulk 1925-1961). (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 30482145 From the guide to the Berard Haile papers, 1893-1961 (bulk 1925-1961), (University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections) ...

Saint Michaels Mission (Ariz.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gf8z8v (corporateBody)

Franciscans. Province of St. John the Baptist

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bk759j (corporateBody)

In 1887, Franciscan friars established St. Michaels Mission in Apache County, Arizona. Its purpose was to bring Catholic doctrine and education to the Navajo Reservation in Arizona and New Mexico. St. Michaels Press was established in 1909, and still produces materials on Navajo and missionary topics. From the description of Records, 1868-1976 (bulk 1906-1965). (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29699447 From the guide to the Records of the Province of St. John the...

St. Michaels Press

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zw7qj0 (corporateBody)

Weber, Anselm, 1862-1921

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m70b2v (person)

Ostermann, Leopold

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zk8m53 (person)

United States. General Land Office

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cv869d (corporateBody)

Under regulations approved on March 20, 1915, tracts set aside as villa sites under the provisions of an act of April 12, 1910, within the former Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, were offered for sale at public auction, beginning at Polson, Montana, on July 26, 1915. The sale was adjourned to Dayton, Montana, on August 6 and concluded at Kalispell, Montana, on August 7, 1915. There were 889 parcels of land, not less than 2 nor more than 5 acres in area, fronting on Flathead Lake, and under ...

Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p03k06 (corporateBody)

Catholic Church

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m07v80 (corporateBody)

During much of Doctor JoseĢ Gaspar de Francia's dictatorship (1814-1840), Paraguay was without a bishop and the church was harrassed. From the description of Libro de providencias, ordenes, y autos : por Dn. Juan Antonio Riveras, cura rector de la parrequial de la Villeta : manuscript, 1804-1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612746619 An antiphonary is a book containing sacred vocal music, both the antiphons of the breviary, and the musical notes. An antiphon it...

Trockur, Emanuel, 1890-1977

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t74hjk (person)