GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-15

University of Alaska Fairbanks. Elmer E. Rasmuson Library. Alaska and Polar Regions Collections and Archives
310 Tanana Drive
P.O. Box 756808
Fairbanks, AK 99775

Phone: 907-474-2791
Email: See website (Collections: Alaska and Polar Regions Collections and Archives)

 

Hours: See website (Collections: Alaska and Polar Regions Collections and Archives)

Access: See website (Collections: Alaska and Polar Regions Collections and Archives)

Copying facilities: Yes 

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: 1885-1998

Volume: Approximately 2 cubic feet

Description: 16 collections include Native Catholic records

 

Manuscript Collection:

/1 鈥淏rother George Feltes Collection鈥

Inclusive dates: 1929-ca. 1970s

Volume: Approximately .4 cubic foot

Description: Papers (copies) related to Brother George Feltes, S.J. [Jesuits], life in Alaska and his aviation achievements, including photographs of himself, Holy Cross Mission, and Copper Valley School plus related notes and clippings.

 

Oral History Collections:

/2 鈥淎laska Native Review Commission Collection鈥

Inclusive dates: 1984, undated (ca. 1980)

Volume: Ca. .1 cubic foot

Description:

A. 鈥淓mmonak Hearing,鈥 1984; 1 audiocassette and transcript; re: testimony by Rev. Rene Astruc, S.J.

B. 鈥淣ome Hearing,鈥 undated (ca. 1980), 1 audiocassette and transcript; re: testimony by Rev. Thomas Carlin, S.J.

 

/3 鈥淏land, Laurel, Tapes鈥

Inclusive dates: Undated

Volume: Ca. .4 cubic foot (8 audiocassettes and 14 open reels)

Description: Laurel Bland recollections; re: Catholic Church in Alaska and Eskimo (Inuit) religion and history. 

 

/4 鈥淓lders in Residence Collection鈥

Inclusive dates: 1986 

Volume: 2 audiocassettes 

Description: Recollections of 鈥淢adeline Solomon:鈥 re: mission education, religious beliefs, and Rev. Julius Jett茅, S.J.

 

/5 鈥淔aces of 鈥84 Collection鈥

Inclusive dates: 1984 

Volume: 2 audiocassettes

Description: Includes recollections of Rev. William Loyens, S.J., 1984; re: Holy Cross and Nulato.  

 

/6 鈥淔eltes, Brother, Biography Tapes鈥

Inclusive dates: 1988

Volume: 10 audiocassettes

Description: Recollections of Brother George Feltes, S.J. 

 

/7 鈥淕ates of the Arctic National Park Collection鈥

Inclusive dates: 1992 

Volume: 2 audiocassettes

Description: Recollections of 鈥淎ngeline Derendoff, 1992; re: encounters with Catholic missionaries. 

 

/8 鈥淗ere鈥檚 a Pioneer Collection鈥

Inclusive dates: 1947

Volume: 1 open reel, in part

Description: Recollections of Rev. Bellarmine LaFortune, S.J., Fairbanks, Alaska, 1947; 1 reel, in part; re: Alaskan experiences, including epidemics in 1900 and 1918. 

 

/9 鈥淛esuit Mission in Alaska Collection鈥

Inclusive dates: 1983-1984

Volume: 46 audiocassettes

Description: Recollections of Brother George Feltes, S.J., Brother Francis Fox, S.J., Brother Edmund Anable, S.J., Brother George Carrol, S.J. Sister Ida Brasseur, S.S.A. [Sisters of St. Anne], Sister M. George Edmund, S.S.A., and Sister Margaret Cantwell, S.S.A.; re: Jesuits and Sisters of St. Ann (St. Anne) missions in Alaska, including Holy Cross Mission, Holy Cross, and St. Peter Claver Mission, Nulatto. 

 

/10 鈥淜odiak Oral History Project鈥

Inclusive dates: 1992-1996 

Volume: 8 audiocassettes 

Description: 

A. Billye Routzahn, 1992, 1 audiocassette and transcript; re: Kodiak earthquake and tidal wave and Catholic chapel

B. 鈥淔lorence B. Daneliuk,鈥 1994, 1 audiocassette: St. Mary Church in Kodiak, Alaska

C. 鈥淛udie Salas,鈥 1996, 1 audiocassette and transcript: Driving with a religious sister and Immaculate Conception Church in Bethel, Alaska

D. 鈥淢ary Cichoski,鈥 1995, 2 audiocassettes and transcript: St. Mary Church in Kodiak, Alaska

E. 鈥淪ister Diane Bardol, G.N.S.H. [Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart],鈥 1996, 1 audio cassette and transcript: Recollections of a Grey Nun at St. Mary Church and School in Kodiak, Alaska

F. 鈥淪ister Hilary鈥檚 farewell from the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart,鈥 1978-1978, 1 audio cassette: Message by Sister Hilary Sheldon and Dr. Johnson鈥檚 reminiscences of the history of the Catholic Church

G. 鈥淪ister Margaret Ann Silvey,鈥 1993, 1 audiocassette: Recollection of the Grey Nuns in Kodiak, Alaska including at Griffin Memorial Hospital and at St. Mary School

 

/11 Oral History Collection 

Inclusive dates: 1998, undated 

Volume: 4 audiocassettes and some transcripts

Description:

A. 鈥淔ather Jim Kolb interviewed by Robyn L. Russell, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1998; 2 audiocassettes and transcripts; re: Jesuit volunteer, career as a priest, including at St. Nicholas Church, North Pole and St. Mark and St. Raphael Church, Fairbanks, various people known to Reverend Jim Kolb, S.J. in Alaska, including clergy, individuals at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and the public

B. 鈥淔ather Mac鈥 [Reverend Joseph McElmeel, S.J.], undated; 2 audiocassettes; re: Chaplain, Galena, St. Michaels, and Nulato, Native life, teaching Catholicism and early church history in Alaska

 

/12 鈥淥n the Road Recording Old Timers, British Petroleum Collection鈥

Inclusive dates: 1991

Volume: 2 audiocassettes

Description: Oral history collection with 2 interviews, re: Native Catholics.

A. 鈥淔ather William Loyens,鈥 1991, 1 audio cassette; re: Holy Cross Mission and School, Jesuits, Reverend Julius Jett茅, S.J., Nulato, Kaltag, Koyukon Athapascan, and St. Marys

B. 鈥淔ather Louis Renner,鈥 1991, 1 audio cassette; re: Jesuits, Rev. George Boileau, S.J., Rev. Julius Jett茅, S.J., Rev. [Thomas F.?] Healy, S.J., Rev. Bellamine LaFortune, S.J., Rev. Jim Poole, S.J., Rev. Rebeaux, S.J., Rev. Pascal Tozi [Tosi], S.J., Sisters of St. Anne, Hudson Stuck, KNOM Radio, Nome, King Island, Eskimo, and Eskimo language

 

/13 鈥淧ioneers of Alaska, Igloo #4 Collection鈥

Inclusive dates: 1994

Volume: 2 audiocassettes

Description: Interview of 鈥淢artin Ott,鈥 1994; recollections of Native people and Jesuits at Holy Cross Mission, 1925-1936. 

 

/14 鈥淪ongs and Legends Collection鈥

Inclusive dates: 1972-1973 

Volume: Ca. .05 cubic foot 

Description: 

A. 鈥淧auline Peters,鈥 1972, 1 audiocassette and 1 open reel: Song of the Rosary, Catholic prayers, and the Ten Commandments in English and an unidentified Native language

B. 鈥淰ivian Peter,鈥 1973, 1 audiocassette and 1 open reel: Unidentified Catholic mission.

 

Photography Collections:

/15 鈥淎laskan Shepherd Photograph Collection鈥

Inclusive dates: 1930s

Volume: Ca. .3 cubic foot (460 items)

Description: Prints (copies) attributed to Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard, S.J., re: King Island and Eskimo life; from the Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska.   

 

/16 鈥淔ather Bernard R. Hubbard Photographs鈥

Inclusive dates: 1920s-1930s

Volume: 53 prints

Description: By or of Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard, S.J. in northern Alaska. 

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the 向日葵视频 Archives.

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