Box 2

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Notes by Barnum on the Alaska-Canada boundary dispute of 1903.

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Material regarding the grave of British Royal Navy Lt. John J. Barnard who died 1851 in Nulato.

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A list of 60 persons who died in an outbreak of typhoid fever in the summer of 1900, written down by Nicholas Yuneka. While some may have been children at the Holy Cross school, others were members of the general community. See correspondence related to this dated 9-5-1900 (box 3 folder 5).

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Includes data on temperature at St. Joseph's (later St. Mary's), Akulurak (1893-1894) and notes on the status of the the waterways near Holy Cross (1889-1898).

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A list locations visited in Alaska by Barnum (1894-1895) as well as a longer a narrative account of his leaving St. Michael Island and encountering issues with ice floes.

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Reports for St. Joseph's (Akulurak) filled out by Barnum for two school quarters--one ending March 31 and one ending June 30. The reports contains names of students, their tribal affiliation, their age, dates of admission/departure, and days present that quarter.

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Photographs of Holy Cross taken in 1918 by an unknown photographer: views of the mission from "the hill" and from the graveyard; the Sisters of St. Ann's home and hospital; the Jesuit's house, school rooms, and church; students in front of the school; and a general view of the property from across the Yukon River. Also contains a photograph of the religious sisters/fathers, community members, and students on their confirmation day that year.

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Photographs of St. Mary's (Akulurak) taken 1919-1921 by an unknown photographer: two views of the school with staff and students (1919-1921); community members in front of the church for Easter (1920); schoolchildren on the shore of the Akulurak River with Br. Bartholomew Keogh; and the interior of the "new" St. Mary's Church.

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Includes two photographs of the Nulato mission residence as well as other scenes, the latter taken by Fr. Joseph Jette: a wood stack; children with bows and arrows; Sr. Mary Winifred and children; and "graveyard point" on the cliffs above town. Also contains an image of a Nulato family--William, son of Francois Mercier, his wife Euphrasia, and their children.

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Photographs of Kokrines, which was served by traveling Jesuits but did not have a permanent mission, taken by Fr. Joseph Jette: scenes from a potlatch; images of fish drying/people carrying fish; and pictures of unidentified families/children. Identified photographs show the then-chief of Kokrines with his wife and adopted child; Basil Antoska with wife and child; and a man named Paul.

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Two photographs of churches on St. Michael and King Islands.

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous materials re: Alaska: a poem titled "On the High Festival: Sr. M. Stephen's Feast" (1892); notes on summer steamers arriving in Alaska (1894); an archpastoral epistle from Bishop Nicholas Ziorov for the centennial of the Orthodox mission in North America (1894); faculties granted to Fr. Pascal Tosi (1894-1895); remarks/song for Thanksgiving on St. Michael Island (1897); and ephemera related to Bp. Joseph Crimont's fundraising for the Guild of the Little Flower in Juneau (1919)....

Scope and Contents A list of Jesuits and Sisters of St. Ann who were serving the Alaska missions at Dawson City, Holy Cross, and Nulato (1898-1899) created by Fr. Joseph Jette, then-superior at Nulato.Also contains a list by Barnum of "Old Alaskans" under the following categories: St. Michael Island, "Russian contingent," Tunana, Forty Mile, Yukon, Nulato, Kuskokwim, Point Barrow, Point Hope, Cape Prince of Wales, Port Clarence, Sitka, Holy Cross, "general," and "RIP." Notations next to several...

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Various writings in Koyukon: grammatical notes; a portion of the biblical book of Matthew; a story entitled "The Lost Needle"; and a story about creation.

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Notes on travels/activities intermittently maintained by Barnum combined with writings on Central Alaskan Yup'ik grammar/vocabulary and lists of letters mailed.

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Photographs of unidentified people from the Alaskan towns of Koyukuk, Kaltag, Innoko, and Fort Yukon. One identified photograph from Tanana shows Claude Keogh, son of Anna Filka.