| Abstract: | 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. | |