Archival Collections and
Institutional Repository
GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Texas: TX-23
University of Texas at El Paso. University Library. C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department
1900 Wiggins Way
El Paso, TX 79968
Phone: 915-747-5642
Email: ask@utep.libanswers.com
Hours: See website
Access: No restrictions
Copying facilities: Yes
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1578-1992
Volume: Ca. .7 cubic foot
Description: 10 collections.
/1 Archives of the Ayuntamiento de Ciudad Ju獺rez, MF 495
Inclusive dates: 1726-1900
Volume: Few records within 91 reels of microfilm
Description: Accounts of Apache raids, census reports, and records pertaining to missions of El Paso (e.g. Tiwa) and Ciudad Juarez, M矇xico; in Spanish.
/2 Archives of the Catedral of Ciudad Ju獺rez, MF 489
Inclusive dates: 1671-1893
Volume: Few records within 29 reels of microfilm
Description: Nuestra Se簽ora de Guadalupe Cathedral, Ciudad Ju獺rez, M矇xico, primarily marriage records and correspondence, but also some records of births, baptisms, confirmations, and interments, some of which may include Native Americans of the El Paso, Texas area.
/3 Archivo historico del gobierno del Estado de Durango: (Mexican documents 1578-1957), MF 492
Inclusive dates: 1578-1957
Volume: Few records within 466 reels of microfilm
Description: Decrees and records of donations for Catholic evangelization of native people in portions of Texas and New Mexico.
/4 Catholic Church Records of Baptisms: Los mas antiguos registros de bautismos de Ysleta, MF 474
Inclusive dates: 1792-1803
Volume: 1 reel of microfilm
Description: Baptismal records from Corpus Cristi de la Ysleta del Sur [now Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church] (Tiwa), El Paso, Texas.
/5 Ciudad Ju獺rez (Mexico) Municipal Archives: Documentos hist籀ricos/ Archivo Municipal de Ciudad Ju獺rez, MF 513
Inclusive dates: 1750-1939
Volume: Few records within 114 reels of microfilm
Description: Censuses (church and civil) for Senec繳, San Lorenzo, Ysleta, Socorro, and San Elizario, Texas, plus reports, re: Apaches de paz and barbarian Indians.
/6 C.L. Sonnichsen Papers, Ms. 141
Inclusive dates: Between 1861-1991
Volume: Few items
Description: Manuscript, photographs, and research notes, re: Apache and Tiwa Indians and Rev. Decorme of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Ysleta) Mission, El Paso; finding aid online.
/7 Mission Records of Nuestra Se簽ora de la Pur穩sima, MF 509
Inclusive dates: 1840-1878
Volume: 2 reels of microfilm
Description: Baptisms, marriages with index, and burials for La Pur穩sima Concepci籀n Church, Socorro, Texas.
/8 Nueva colecci籀n de documentos para la historia de M矇xico, pub. por Joaqu穩n Garc穩a Icazbalceta, MF 425
Inclusive dates: 1825-1894
Volume: Few documents within 1 reel of microfilm
Description: Correspondence and reports, re: religious personnel in New Spain.
/9 Oral History Collection
Inclusive dates: 1970, 1977
Volume: 8 sound recordings and 1 transcript
Description:
A. Tiwa Indians, El Paso, Texas, 1970, 1 sound recording each: No. 102.1, Pablo Carbajal, No. 102.2, Rafael Dominguez, No. 102.3, Guadalupe Garcia, No. 102.4, Trinidad J. Granillo, No. 102.5, Ramona Natai, No. 102.6, Mike Pedraza, and No. 102.7, Pablo Silvas, re: community life and history, which is believed to include Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
B. Yaqui Indians, El Paso, Texas, 1977, 1 sound recording and transcript: No. 321, Juanita Gastello, re: childhood in Guadalupe, Arizona and Yaqui religious and social customs
/10 Ysleta Mission Baptismal Records Translations, Ms. 040
Inclusive dates: 1792-1803
Volume: Approximately .1 cubic foot and 1 reel of microfilm
Description: Baptismal records (copies) for Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Tiwa [Ysleta]) Church, El Paso, Texas; handwritten in Spanish with English typescripts.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the 51做厙 Archives.
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