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Title page of a handcrafted booklet presented to Fr. Cataldo as a memento of his visit to the Jesuit "Scholasticate" (House of Studies), Jersey, Channel Islands.

One of several letters of recommendation and official permission allowing Fr. Cataldo to promote the Rocky Mountain Mission at religious institutions throughout Europe. Many young Jesuit recruits for the Mission were obtained as a result.

Translation of Fr. Cataldo's brief travel chronology jotted down during his fundraising and recruiting tour of Europe.

Fr. Cataldo's brief travel chronology jotted down during his fundraising and recruiting tour of Europe.

Translated subset of Fr. Cataldo's letter to Fr. Tosi, about how they should proceed with the Alaska Mission.

Fr. Cataldo discussing details with Fr. Paschal Tosi about the Jesuits' expansion into Alaska. Two years earlier Fr. Tosi had been among the first party of Catholic clerics to venture there with an intention of establishing a permanent mission. That…

Formal petition from Fr. Cataldo to the Sisters of the Holy Names (SNJM), requesting that they assume responsibility for the Our Lady of Lourdes parish school in downtown Spokane. The Jesuits had established this parish and school a few years…

Formal petition to Fr. Cataldo from diocesan clergy of Helena, Montana, requesting he consider establishing a college in their city along the same lines as Gonzaga in Spokane, then nearing completion.

Opening pages of Fr. Cataldo's notebook of baptisms, and other sacramental rites, during his trip to Alaska in 1897.

First page of Fr. Cataldo's journal account of his trip to Alaska in 1897.