Box 1

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An account of Barnum's journey, upon arriving in Alaska, from St. Michael Island to Tunana and back. It further includes a shorter, secondhand account of a trip by Fr. Paul Muset, SJ from Tunana to Holy Cross via Andreafski. The end of the manuscript contains a map with hand-drawn annotations outlining these journeys.

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A manuscript on St. Michael Island, including a map with hand-drawn annotations by Barnum, with an index of topics covered (e.g., the Russian mission, traders and trading posts, geographical features, and various villages).

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A manuscript by Barnum on Arctic weather.

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An account of the missions in Tununa, Kanelik, and Akulurak by Barnum.

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An account of Barnum's journey from Juneau to Forty Mile via the Chilkoot Pass. A version of this manuscript was eventually published in the Woodstock Letters (v. 26, p. 33-50, 1897) as "To the Yukon River by Way of the Chilcoot Pass," also found within this folder.

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Contains Barnum's "yearly budget of notes on Alaskan matters" for the 1893 season sent to Georgetown University president Fr. J. Havens Richards. Providing details re: the mission and school at Holy Cross, this was eventually published as part of the second installment of "Life on the Alaska Mission" in the Woodstock Letters (v. 22, p. 420-456, 1893).

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Contains Barnum's description of the Sisters of St. Ann and their involvement with the Holy Cross mission and school, eventually published as part of the second installment of "Life on the Alaska Mission" in the Woodstock Letters (v. 22, p. 420-456, 1893).

Scope and Contents A manuscript by Barnum on the history of the Alaska mission from its foundation in September 1873 until his departure from the area in September 1898. Contains ancedotes from his own experiences as well as house diary-type entries related to Holy Cross, Akulurak, and St. Michael Island. Of interest are notes re: the first communion and/or baptism of twelve students at Holy Cross (p. 178) as well as ten copied-down entries from the baptismal register of Fr. William Judge (p. 210) covering...

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Two reprints of "Life on the Alaska Mission," a piece published in the Woodstock Letters (v. 22, p. 420-456, 1893) and which include handwritten annotations by Barnum. This was the second of two installments presented in the journal and is based on the three manuscripts in box 1 folders 6-8.

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Two reprints of "Life on the Alaska Mission," a piece published in the Woodstock Letters (v. 22, p. 39-77, 1893), and which include handwritten annotations by Barnum. This was the first of two installments presented in the journal and is based on the first account sent by Barnum to Georgetown University president Fr. J. Havens Richards (box 1 folder 4).

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Contains an account of life on the Alaska mission, including its foundation and history, sent by Barnum to Georgetown University president Fr. J. Havens Richards. This manuscript was eventually published as the first installment of "Life on the Alaska Mission" in the Woodstock Letters (v. 22, p. 39-77, 1893).

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A handwritten manuscript by Barnum on the early history of the Alaska mission, focusing on co-founder Fr. Pascal Tosi who was his superior until 1897. Barnum presents "the actual state of affairs" under Fr. Tosi's administration and offers "actual proofs," via printed sources, of Tosi's "habitual tendency to falsify and exaggerate." See also correspondence from and regarding Fr. Tosi in box 2 folder 36 and box 3 folders 1, 3.

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Newspaper clippings and other printed materials re: Fr. Pascal Tosi, collected and annotated by Barnum, that offer commentary challenging the accounts of his former superior.

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Contains Barnum's description of the death of Archbishop Charles John Seghers in 1886, eventually published as part of the second installment of "Life on the Alaska Mission" in the Woodstock Letters (v. 22, p. 420-456, 1893). Also includes Fr. Pascal Tosi's 1887 account of Seghers' death, accompanied by annotations from Barnum who deemed this original piece "so poor and unsatisfactory" that he had to write another.

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An article by Barnum published in The Rosary Magazine.

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A copy of the St. Francis Xavier (New York) church bulletin (v. 21 no. 1) in which Barnum writes a short story/anecdote entitled "Little Pan-Michael," possibly based on his own experience in Alaska.

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A copy of the St. Francis Xavier (New York) church bulletin (v. 21 no. 2) in which Barnum wrote a short story/anecdote entitled "The Sisters' Clock," possibly based on his own experience in Alaska.

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Copies of "Aurora Borealis" (v. 1 nos. 2-3), a weekly publication from "Fort Get There," Alaska (a nickname for a settlement on St. Michael Island established by North American Transportation & Trading Co.). Includes contributions by Barnum.

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Copies of "Yukon Press" (v. 1 nos. 1-2), a newsletter published in Fort Adams, Alaska.

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A hectographed copy of "The Eskimo Bulletin" (v. 1 no. 1). This newsletter was a yearly publication produced at the American Missionary Association's mission school at Cape Prince of Wales; edited by William T. Lopp; and published by Lopp and Harrison R. Thornton, who were both missionaries and teachers.