UAKMsSC17.xml Guide to the Joseph Benjamin Mary Cataldo, S. J. Correspondence 19111918 Cataldo (Joseph Benjamin Mary, S. J.) Correspondence Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture © 1987
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Finding aid encoded by Rose Krause 2011 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). September 2023 Finding aid edited and updated by G. Mandarino Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture), Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives
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MsSC 17 Cataldo, Joseph Benjamin Mary, S. J., 1837-1928 Joseph Benjamin Mary Cataldo, S. J. Correspondence 1911 1918 4 letters Pacific Northwest Jesuit missionary. The four letters are from Cataldo in response to inquiries regarding his early work in the Pacific Northwest. Materials are in English Biographical Note

Rev. Joseph Cataldo, S.J., was born near Palermo, Italy in 1837, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1852. After his ordination in 1862 he was sent to Boston, MA to continue his studies and to prepare himself for service in the Indian missions of the Rocky Mountains. His first assignment was in California, and in 1865, he came to the Pacific Northwest, traveling via the Mullan Road to the Coeur d’Alene Mission, ID. Throughout the next sixty years Rev. Cataldo established or served at missions and churches in Idaho, Eastern Washington, Montana, northeastern Oregon, Alaska, and California. He started the first Catholic Church in Spokane, 1881, and founded Gonzaga University, 1887, also in Spokane.

The four letters are from Cataldo in response to inquiries regarding his early work in the Pacific Northwest. The first, written from Pendleton, OR, 1911, to John C. Ralston, details Cataldo’s activities in 1866 among the Spokane Indians. The other three, written from Slickpoo Mission, ID, 1918, to Harl J. Cook, are concerned with biographical information on certain Indian individuals, linguistic origins of Pacific Northwest Indian languages, and the identification of prominent Indians in a photograph. Also included are copies of various articles by or about Cataldo.

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Joseph Benjamin Mary Cataldo, S. J. Correspondence (MsSC 17), Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA.

Donated by Mrs. John C. Ralston and Dick Hathaway.

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Nolan, Edward W. A Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Spokane, WA: Eastern Washington State Historical Society, 1987).

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Cataldo, Joseph Benjamin Mary, S. J., 1837-1928--Archives Ralston, John Chester, 1867-1928--Correspondence Cook, Harl J., b. 1857--Correspondence Coeur d'Alene Mission (Idaho) Spokane Indians Indians of North America--Missions Missionaries--Northwest, Pacific Jesuits Indians of North America--Languages Indians of North America--Idaho Indians of North America--Washington (State) Coeur d'Alene Indians Cataldo (Idaho) Letters Small manuscript collections Washington (State) Idaho Native Americans Missionaries Language and Languages Cataldo, Joseph