Records, 1848, 1852-[ongoing], undated.

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Records, 1848, 1852-[ongoing], undated.

Correspondence, reports, and photographs comprise the heart of the combined collection. Most correspondents are high-ranking church and government leaders or missionaries and their helpers in the filed. Notable topics include human rights advocacy, mission finances and the extension of mission programs and schools, cultural assimilation and community welfare. 22,000 correspondents, including Archbishop J. Roosevelt Bayley; Archbishop Francis N. Blanchet; Rev. John B.A. Brouillet; Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.; John Collier; General Charles Ewing; Katherine Drexel; Rev. Henry G. Ganss; Rev. William H. Ketcham; Msgr. Paul A. Lenz; Bishop Martin Marty; James A. McMaster; Thomas J. Morgan; Bishop Donald E. Pelotte, S.S.S.; and Rev. Joseph A. Stephen.

25, 000 photographic prints.419 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

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