Box 2

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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.

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Contains printed copies of Promises of Our Lord to Blessed Margaret Mary as well as various other Catholic devotions (i.e., the Lord's Prayer, Ave Maria, the Apostle's Creed, the Ten Commandments, and the Six Precepts of the Church) in Central Alaskan Yup'ik (1896). Also includes a history of the translation project by Barnum (1900).

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Handwritten notes by Barnum on Central Alaskan Yup'ik words/phrases for geographical/natural features as well as names for and descriptions of specific places. Also mixed in are miscellaneous ancecdotes on other aspects of life in Alaska.

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A printed devotional containing prayers, hymns, and catechism in Koyukon that Fr. Julius Jette published as Yoyit Rokanaga: Nulator Roka Do-Daletloye. Includes handwritten notes by Barnum.

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A piece submitted by Barnum to the New York Times on the subject of the New York-Paris automobile race that was to take place in early 1907. He provides advice regarding choice of route and possible environmental issues.

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Correspondence between Barnum and fellow Jesuits (e.g., Frs. William H. Judge and Samuel H. Frisbee) as well as letters concerning him. Of note are letters sent by Barnum to Fr. J. Havens Richards, SJ, then-president of Georgetown University, re: his travels in Mexico (1890) as well as his journey to Holy Cross (Koserefsky) via San Francisco (1891).

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Correspondence between Barnum and fellow Jesuits (e.g., Frs. William H. Judge and Pascal Tosi) as well as letters concerning him. Of note are letters sent by Barnum to Fr. J. Havens Richards, SJ, then-president of Georgetown University, re: his missioning in Alaska as well as correspondence with Samuel H. Frisbee re: publishing these such acccounts in the Woodstock Letters.

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A publishing agreement for Barnum's Grammatical Fundamentals of the Innuit Language (1900) as well as announcements for and reviews of the book (1900-1902). See correspondence related to the work in box 3 folders 5-7.

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A printed devotional containing prayers, hymns, and catechism in Koyukon prepared by Fr. Aloysius Ragaru and published as Catholic Prayers & Hymns in the Tinneh Language and Tinneh Indian Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Indian Boys' Press, Holy Cross (three copies). In these instances the two works have been bound together and include handwritten notes by Barnum.

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A handwritten catechism by Barnum with 32 side-by-side lessons in English and Central Alaskan Yup'ik.