NORTH AMERICAN FRENCH REGIME COLLECTION: SCOPE AND CONTENT
Facsimile documents, research and translation notes, correspondence, and printed items pertaining to exploration and mission activities in eastern North America by P茅re Jacques Marquette, S.J. (1637-1675) and the Jesuits, and French Crown. Included is substantial information on activities within the Great Lakes, Kaskaskia, St. Lawrence River, and Mississippi River regions, especially among the Abenaki, Algonquian, Illinois, Iroquois, Ottawa, and Wyandot Indians. Notable correspondents include Claude Dablon, S.J., Louis Joliet, Jacques Marquette, S.J., and Robert Cavelier de la Salle.
Gift from Raphael N. Hamilton, S.J.. 1964, with subsequent additions. Processed by Father Hamilton, 1964, and reprocessed by Mark G. Thiel, 1996-1997.
Historical Note
Rev. Raphael N. Hamilton (1892-1980), S.J., served 蜜桃影像 as Professor of History, 1930-1961, and its first University Archivist, 1961-1971. This collection aided his research for the books, Father Marquette and Marquette's Explorations: the Narratives Reexamined, both of which were published in 1970.
The Archives du Coll猫ge Sainte-Marie was succeeded by the Archives de la Province du Canada Fran莽ais de la Compagine de J茅sus, Saint-J茅r么me, Canada.
Scope and Content
Research materials from 21 archival repositories across Europe, Canada, and the United States.
Series 1: Correspondence, notes, and ephemera.
Series 2: Facsimiles on microfilm: 29 reels.
As an aid to research, Hamilton created a card index to the documents available in the repository. Most materials and the index entries were written in French or Latin with a few English translations. Throughout the collection and index, Hamilton identified archival repositories with abbreviations that he created.
Among his notes is the first page of Marquette's journal of his second voyage to the Illinois, August, 1674-April, 1675 (Series 1 Box 1 Folder 9: Archives of the College Sainte-Marie) and extensive documentation relating to Marquette's ordination to and practice as a priest (Series 1 Box 2 Folder 1: Archivum Romanum Societatis Jesu, Series 1 Box 2 Folder 5: Bibliot猫que Publique de la Ville de Nancy, and Series 1 Box 2 Folder 6: British Museum).
Separations
Fr. Hamilton transferred the P茅re Jacques Marquette, S.J., visual and map materials to the University Archives (BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FILES, A-4.5, Series 9, Drawer 14) and the P茅re Marquette Collection.
Related materials
Related commemorative materials regarding Father Marquette are available online in Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Digital Image Collection and The Indian Sentinel.
Reformatted records
Records and the microfilm in this collection can be made available in digital formats. Ask an Archivist for details.
