Papers, 1809-1908.

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Papers, 1809-1908.

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Papers, 1809-1908, include: copies of documents and transcriptions assembled from originals or photocopies in numerous institutions in the U.S., Canada, and Europe by the Historical Commission of the Bishop Baraga Association. An extensive list, compiled by the Association in 1954, includes date, name and location of author and recipient and insititution where the document is housed is included for each item. Letters written by Baraga to other clergy about his missionary work and aspects of Catholicism comprised most of the collections. There are also a few letters to his family. Materials dating after 1868 include a eulogy and letters by other clergy about Baraga.

.75 cubic ft. (in 2 boxes)

Clarke Historical Library

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