Correspondence of Rev. Gabriel Richard, co-founder and vice-president of the University of Michigan and U.S. Representative from Michigan; of Frederic Baraga, missionary to the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan and later bishop of Marquette, Michigan; and of Bishops Frederic Résé, Peter Paul Lefevre, and Caspar Henry Borgess.

Other correspondents include the missionary, Rev. Francis Xavier Pierz; the civic leader, Rev. Martin Kundig; Rev. Edward Sorin, founder of the University of Notre Dame; Indian chiefs and petitioners; priests of the diocese and members of the American hierarchy.

Also a baptismal and matrimonial register (1833-1841) of a missionary of Eastern Michigan, the Rev. Ghislain Boheme; book of clippings on the Huron Mission of Detroit (1733-1751); an Indian language prayer book (13 January 1820); an obituary register (1863-1865), possibly of Bertrand Cemetery; papers concerning St. Ann's Parish, Detroit; photostats of papers and correspondence of Gabriel Richard; transcriptions of letters from Frederic Baraga to his sister Amalia, photostats of his diary, and photostats of baptismal records of his mission at St. Joseph (1835-1854); letters from Edward Sorin to Bishop Lefevre; transcriptions of records of the American Fur Company (1835-1847); and clippings, photographs and pamphlets dealing mainly with the early history of Detroit.

Father Pierz's letters from this collection are included on a microfilm (one reel) of Pierz papers held by the Notre Dame Archives.

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