Collection: Holy Cross Mission (Keystone, Iowa) Records

Scope and Content

Records of missionary work of Holy Cross Fathers at Holy Cross Church, Keystone (Benton County), Iowa, and the surrounding area: record book of baptisms, marriages, and deaths (1884-1902) with entries by James Gleeson, CSC, and T.J. Reynolds; lists of baptisms and marriages (1866-1882) with most entries by Paul Gillen, CSC; a record by Gillen of accounts for pews at Holy Cross Church (1876-1878); records of baptisms and marriages (1885-1887); a letter dated 4 November 1947 from Rose Angela Anderson of Tacoma, Washington, requesting her baptismal records; two advertisements; and a picture of a church by Edwin Becker, Vinton, Iowa.

Also personal accounts of Brother Aloysius, CSC, (i.e., Edward Barnes, who died at the mission) from his time in Toledo, Detroit, and Notre Dame.