Box 6

Contains ephemera collected by Barnum related to WWI, including pamphlets entitled "Catholic Patriot in the United States" and "The Neutrality of the Holy See"; material related to the Chaplain's Aid Association; a souvenir program for "New York's Farewell to the War" (with tickets); and advertisements for "The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin" film and the First through Third Liberty Bonds.

Student excellence certificates from Loyola College and Georgetown University (1864-1869) and fabric ribbons re: events/conventions, organizations, and political tickets (1871-1921) awarded to or collected by Barnum.

Notes on numeric systems in various languages: Aymara, Coptic, Dayak, Fijian, Southern Pomo ("Gallinomero"), Ge'ez, Hawaiian, Khoekhoe ("Hottentot"), Javanese, Malagasy, Yucatec Maya, Thai ("Siamese"), Telugu, and Zapotec.

Notes on Swedish grammar and vocabulary by Barnum.

Notes on the grammar and vocabulary of various languages: Ainu, Blackfoot, Cree, Kunza, Finnish, Georgian, Hungarian, Japanese, Maguindanaon, Malay, Miskito ("Smoo"), Nahuatl, Persian, Seneca, Tagalog, and Turkish.

Contains short numbered entries of quotations and notes on language/etymology and world cultures.

A painting created for Francis by his sister Annie when he entered the Frederick novitiate (1880) with correspondence on the back re: its origin (1919).

Satirical pieces written by Barnum entitled "Chronicle of a Cannibal Family: A Sunday School Story" (1908, two drafts) and "A Compendium of Osteology or Treatise on Bones" (1920). Also two "Liar's Licenses" (1898, 1909) and a poem on "Sound Beach's braes" (undated).

Includes letters from Barnum's sister Annie (1896), as well as other family members, predominantly regarding Barnum genealogy. Also includes a "Record of Special Letters" (1910-1912) listing correspondence sent by Barnum to relatives across the country in attempts to learn more about the family's history. Note that the remainder of the correspondence within this collection is in the standalone Correspondence series.

Material (including clippings) showing where Barnum lived in Baltimore and New York before joining the Society. Also includes a typescript copy of an extract from the will of Zenus Barnum (d. 1882), Francis' brother. In his will, Zenus stipulated that a portion of his estate would be directed to Francis so long as he left the Catholic priesthood.

A letter book for the Confederate naval station in Columbus, Georgia, where Augustus McLaughlin was commander. A 1914 note from Barnum in the cover indicates that McLaughlin's father Andrew was a proprietor of Barnum's City Hotel in Baltimore, which was owned by Francis' father Zenus.

Predominantly includes pictures of Barnum throughout his life, but also one photograph each of his sister Annie and his mother Annie (with an unknown child, perhaps one of his younger sisters).