Father James Croke letters

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Croke, James to Francis Blanchet, 1854 September 5 [b001] [f001] [039_042]

No Copyright - United States

Author

Croke, James ¹

Recipient

Blanchet, Francis Norbert, 1795-1883 ²

Date

1854-09-05

Description

Letter written from Canyonville, Oregon. Croke describes his journey south, saying he feels "first rate." He comments on the Methodist camp meetings, expressing fears that the Methodists are getting the upper hand in the Umpqua valley and even influencing Catholics.
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.

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_039_042

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, 1854 September 5 [b001] [f001] [039_042] Retrieved from https://prod.oregondigital.org/concern/documents/r207tq744

MLA

Father James Croke letters, University of Oregon. "Croke, James to Francis Blanchet, 1854 September 5 [b001] [f001] [039_042]" Oregon Digital. 30 Jan 2025. https://prod.oregondigital.org/concern/documents/r207tq744

Chicago

Father James Croke letters, University of Oregon. "Croke, James to Francis Blanchet, 1854 September 5 [b001] [f001] [039_042]" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2025-01-30. https://prod.oregondigital.org/concern/documents/r207tq744

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	Correspondence	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001943
4	Religion	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112549
5	Priests	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85106637
6	Oregon Territory--History	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85095431
7	Missionaries	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85086017
8	Missionaries--United States	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85086022
9	Catholic Church--Missions	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85021147
10	Catholic Church--Clergy	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85021071
11	Missionaries--United States--Correspondence	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010102110
12	letter (correspondence)	http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300026879
13	Oregon >> United States	https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
14	Canyonville >> Douglas County >> Oregon >> United States	https://sws.geonames.org/5717887/
15	California >> United States	https://sws.geonames.org/5332921/
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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