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Diocese of Marquette Collection

 Collection
Identifier: DMA
Scope and Content Note This collection focuses primarily on the early years of the Diocese of Marquette (then known as the Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette) under Bishop Frederic Baraga and later Bishop Ignatius Mrak. Included are the correspondence and papers of Ignatius Mrak; transcripts of letters written by Ignatius Mrak and Frederic Baraga; catechisms composed by Ignatius Mrak, Francis X. Pierz, and Reverend Nicholas Louis Sifferath in Ottawa; a manuscript polyglot dictionary of French, German, and...
Dates: 1808-1968 (bulk 1839-1895)

Louise Obermiller and Andrew J. Blackbird Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LOB
Scope and Contents Documents created between 1856 and 1947 and collected by multiple individuals and institutions with connections to the town of Harbor Springs, Michigan, and surrounding communities. The bulk of the collection documents the efforts of Louise Obermiller and Andrew J. Blackbird to substantiate and defend claims to land ownership and annuities on behalf of Odawa and Ojibwa bands in Little Traverse Bay and nearby communities, stipulated in treaties signed with the United States government in 1836...
Dates: 1856 - 1947

Reverend Bernard Schlegel Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 5026
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters written 1952-1956 from Bernard Schlegel to his parents while studying to be a priest at the Pontifical North American College in Vatican City. Also included are two essay drafts, a journal, pamphlets, and prayer cards marking the ordination of fellow priests.

Dates: 1949-1956