Records of the Province of St. John the Baptist Franciscans

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 origins of the Navajo Tribal Council.

Information in publications includes background material relating to the first Navajo dictionary; Kay Bennet's book, ; Robert L. Wilken's book, ; and the periodical . Also present are extracts and complete examples of church publications on Navajo Indians and missionary work. 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.

Some material is in German.