BUREAU OF CATHOLIC INDIAN MISSIONS
Record Group 1 of Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records
Scope and Content: BCIM Series 1-1 Correspondence, Lenz Administration, 1977-2007

The correspondence of the sixth Executive Director of the BCIM, Monsignor Paul A. Lenz, and that of his Associate Director, Rev. Theodore (Ted) F. Zuern, S.J., which is arranged chronologically as general correspondence with undated notes and letters appearing at the end of each decade. Applications and reports pertaining to BCIM grant funding appear at the end of each year. These records have not been microfilmed.

Restrictions: Processing in progress--For access, please ask an Archvist. These records are restricted for 25 years after their date of creation.

Additions and Special Compilations, 1873-1990: BCIM correspondence from the Stephan (1885-1900), Ketcham (1901-1920), Hughes (1921-1935), Tennelly (1936-1976), and Lenz (1977-1990) administrations acquired after 2000, which has been neither microfilmed nor interfiled within those respective records. Rather, these additions have been maintained separately and cross-referenced with their respective holdings.

These additions and special compilations pertain primarily to real estate and special funds with long-term BCIM interests; a compilation of BCIM correspondence with Native American authors selected from throughout its general correspondence; and a compilation of BCIM and Commission legal documents and minutes of meetings by their boards of directors. "Bureau of Catholic Indian MIssions Property Descriptions and Notes by State," 1990, is a 66-page historical report detailing BCIM interests in lands for missions, schools, cemeteries, etc., plus mineral rights in 18 states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming) and the District of Columbia. Also noted are the dates and parties to the acquisition and disposal of the interests, which is documented by correspondence in these additions. The BCIM Series 1-1 Index of Native American Authors includes all identified notable Native authors. PDF copies of the BCIM Real Estate Report and correspondence by Native American authors are available on request.