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020			_a9780295804583
020			_a0295804580
020			_z9780295992631 (hardback)
020			_z0295992638
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050	0	0	_aBX4705.B5525 _bA4 2013
082	0	0	_a282.092 _223
100	1		_aBlanchet, Augustine Magloire Alexander, _d1797-1887.
240	1	0	_aCorresondence. _kSelections. _lEnglish
245	1	0	_aSelected Letters of A.M.A. Blanchet, Bishop of Walla Walla and Nesqualy (1846-1879) _h[electronic resource] / _cedited by Roberta Stringham Brown and Patricia O'Connell Killen ; translated by Roberta Stringham Brown.
250			_aFirst edition
260			_aSeattle, Washington : _bUniversity of Washington Press, _c2013. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (pages cm)
520			_a"In 1846, French Canadian-born A. M. A. Blanchet was named the first Catholic bishop of Walla Walla in the area soon to become Washington Territory. He arrived at Fort Walla Walla in late September 1847, part of the largest movement over the Oregon Trail to date. During the thirty-two years of Blanchet's tenure in the Northwest, the region underwent profound social and political change as the Hudson's Bay Company moved headquarters and many operations north following the Oregon Treaty, U.S. government and institutions were established, and Native American inhabitants dealt with displacement and discrimination. Blanchet chronicled both his own pastoral and administrative life and his observations on the world around him in a voluminous correspondence-almost nine hundred letters-to religious superiors and colleagues in Montreal, Paris, and Rome; funding organizations; other missionaries; and U.S. officials. This selection of Blanchet's letters provides a fascinating view of Washington Territory as seen through the eyes of an intelligent, devout, energetic, perceptive, and occasionally irascible cleric and administrator. Almost all of Blanchet's correspondence was in French. Roberta Stringham Brown and Patricia O'Connell Killen have chosen forty-five of those letters to translate and annotate, creating a history of early Washington that provides new insights into relationships, events, and personalities. A number of the letters provide first-hand glimpses of familiar events, such as the Whitman tragedy, the California gold rush, Indian wars and land displacement, transportation advances, and the domestic material culture of a frontier borderland. Others voice the hardships of historically underrepresented groups, including Native Americans, Metis, and French Canadians, and the experiences of ordinary people in growing population centers such as Seattle, Walla Walla, and Vancouver, Wash-ington. Still others describe the struggle to bring social, medical, and educational institutions to the region, a struggle in which women religious workers played a key role. The letters-and the editors' fascinating annotations-provide an engaging and insightful look at an important period in the history of the Pacific Northwest and southwest Canada. Roberta Stringham Brown is professor of French at Pacific Lutheran University. Patricia O'Connell Killen is professor of religious studies and academic vice president at Gonzaga University"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
600	1	0	_aBlanchet, Augustine Magloire Alexander, _d1797-1887 _vCorrespondence.
610	2	0	_aCatholic Church _zWashington Territory _xHistory.
610	2	0	_aCatholic Church _xBishops _vCorrespondence.
651		0	_aWashington Territory _xChurch history.
650		7	_aRELIGION / History. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA). _2bisacsh
650		7	_aLITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters. _2bisacsh
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
700	1		_aKillen, Patricia O'Connell.
700	1		_aBrown, Roberta Stringham.
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780295804583/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c33366 _d33366