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In 1877, a group of Italian Jesuits established a small college in Las Vegas, New Mexico named Las Vegas College. The Jesuits taught there until 1884 when the Bishop of Denver, Bishop Machebeuf, invited the Jesuits to create a college in Morrison, Colorado. The college created in Morrison, Colorado was named the Sacred Heart College and operated for three years until the Las Vegas College and the Sacred Heart College merged into one and became the College of the Sacred Heart in Northwest Denver. This college eventually evolved into what is Regis University today.

This history, along with the history and efforts of other Jesuit missions within the Southwest United States are documented within this collection. The primary focus of this collection is that of the early Jesuit missions in New Mexico and Colorado. The collection also includes records from Albuquerque NM, Conejos CO, Del Norte CO, El Paso TX, Las Animas CO, La Junta CO, Monte Vista CO, Pueblo CO, Trinidad CO. For a full list of the collection arrangement click here

The digitized items in this collection are only a portion of the full archival holdings. Contact archives@regis.edu for additional questions.