Father James Croke letters

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Croke, James to Francis Blanchet, 1855 January 25 [b001] [f001] [063_068]

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Author

Croke, James ¹

Recipient

Blanchet, Francis Norbert, 1795-1883 ²

Date

1855-01-25

Description

Rev. James Croke (1827-1888) was a Catholic missionary priest who served in Oregon in the 1850s, reporting directly to Bishop Francis Blanchet of Oregon City, Oregon. This small collection consists of typed transcripts of letters from Croke to Blanchet concerning the details of his missionary work. The original letters are held privately.
Letter written from Portland, Oregon. Croke complains about the lack of financial support. He observes that the people are not able to support a priest and believes that he has been subject to more than his share of mean drudgery. He expresses that he would like to be treated better.

Subject

Work Type

letter (correspondence)¹²

Location

Rights

No Copyright - United States ¹⁶

License

Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0 ¹⁷

Use Restrictions

Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections & University Archives.

Rights Holder

University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives

Identifier

A023_b001_f001_063_068

Language

English [eng]¹⁸

Repository

University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives ¹⁹

Local Collection Name

Father James Croke letters, 1853-1874 ²⁰

Local Collection ID

["A 023"]

Archival Box Number

Archival Folder Number

Finding Aid

https://scua.uoregon.edu/repositories/2/resources/52

Media

Text ²¹

Institution

University of Oregon ²²

Submission Date

12/19/2024

Modified

01/21/2025

Collections

Father James Croke letters (open)

APA

Father James Croke letters, University of Oregon. (30 Jan 2025). Croke, James to Francis Blanchet, 1855 January 25 [b001] [f001] [063_068] Retrieved from https://prod.oregondigital.org/concern/documents/3b5919822

MLA

Father James Croke letters, University of Oregon. "Croke, James to Francis Blanchet, 1855 January 25 [b001] [f001] [063_068]" Oregon Digital. 30 Jan 2025. https://prod.oregondigital.org/concern/documents/3b5919822

Chicago

Father James Croke letters, University of Oregon. "Croke, James to Francis Blanchet, 1855 January 25 [b001] [f001] [063_068]" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2025-01-30. https://prod.oregondigital.org/concern/documents/3b5919822

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number	Term	External URI
1	Croke, James	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91128474
2	Blanchet, Francis Norbert, 1795-1883	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83148759
3	Priests	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85106637
4	Missionaries--United States	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85086022
5	Oregon Territory--History	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85095431
6	Religion	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112549
7	Missionaries	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85086017
8	Catholic Church--Missions	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85021147
9	Missionaries--United States--Correspondence	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010102110
10	Correspondence	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001943
11	Catholic Church--Clergy	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85021071
12	letter (correspondence)	http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300026879
13	California >> United States	https://sws.geonames.org/5332921/
14	Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States	https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
15	Oregon >> United States	https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
16	No Copyright - United States	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
17	Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
18	English [eng]	http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng
19	University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003116678
20	Father James Croke letters, 1853-1874	http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/FatherJamesCrokeletters18531874
21	Text	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
22	University of Oregon	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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