ihrcrussian Inventory of the Russian Greek Orthodox Catholic Church of North America, Alaska Diocese Records, 1733-1966. Finding aid created by Immigration History Research Center staff, May 07, 1988 University of Minnesota Libraries December 30, 2003
Univesity of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD encoding by Felicity HansonDecember 30, 2003 English Russian Greek Orthodox Catholic Church of North America. Alaska Diocese. Russian Greek Orthodox Catholic Church of North America, Alaska Diocese Records, 1733-1966 University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc] 13 microfilm reels. RUS Mainly in Russian. Scope and Content

Records of the Russian Greek Orthodox Catholic Church, Alaska Diocese, comprise records of the Diocese and of the Russian Orthodox Church Archives. Records of the Archives contain correspondence, reports, registers, and other Church records. The bulk of the records concern the Khvikhpak (Yukon) River Mission. These cover the foundation of the mission from 1845 up to 1959. Also included are correspondence and parish records books of the mission; parish records of various other churches in Alaska; and an index to the records of the Alaska church collection of the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of North America, which is held at the Library of Congress.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Bellavin, Tikhon.Kedrovsky, John S. Evdokim, Archbishop of the Aleutian Islands and North America, 1869-1935. Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America. Diocese of Alaska.Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America.--Missions--Alaska.Orthodox Church in America. Photographs. Church records and registers--Alaska.Russians--Alaska--Religious life.Tlingit Indians--Missions.