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Cage 532
Adelle Knox
Papers, 1821-1973
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Cage 532
Adelle Knox
Papers, 1821-1973
The papers of Adelle Knox were accumulated while she researched the life of Pierre Jean De Smet and worked with his papers at Washington State University in the late 1960s and the 1970s.
BIOGRAPHY
Adelle Baron Knox worked in the Manuscripts, Archives, and
Special Collections section of Holland Library at Washington State
University, concentrating on the papers of Pierre Jean De Smet.
ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION
These papers were generated by Adelle Knox in the course of her research on the collection of Pierre Jean De Smet papers at Washington State University. While researching the life of De Smet, Knox collected copies of De Smet manuscripts in other repositories in the United States and Europe. She also collected copies of works about De Smet, made transcripts of De Smet's and related persons' correspondence and writings, and took notes on De Smet's life, his correspondence and writings, and the various editions of his published correspondence or writings.
Where applicable, the papers have been arranged in a manner which
reflects the arrangement of the Pierre Jean De Smet Papers, Cage
537. The papers have been arranged in eight series: Correspondence,
Drawings, Genealogy, Legal Documents, Maps, Miscellanea, Reference
Materials, and Writings. Dates assigned to folders reflect
the span of years of the original materials to which the copies,
correspondence, notes, transcripts, etc. pertain. Folders labeled
"n.d." (no date) either contain copies, etc. of undated
original material, or, Knox's notes on general information or
unspecified correspondence.
The Correspondence series contains transcripts of correspondence held by Washington State University as well as photocopies of originals and transcripts obtained from other repositories and transcripts made by Knox of material held by other repositories. Some transcripts have notes in the margins made by Knox. The "Notes" in the Correspondence series are Knox's notes on specific letters written by De Smet or related to him. See the Reference Materials series for similar notes. Francois De Smet's incoming correspondence is a copy of a letter from J.B. Druyts, S.J. The copies of Pierre Jean De Smet's correspondence include letters to De Smet's family, P.J. De Nef, Jean Nicollet, P. Hoeken, Colonel Mitchell, and various Jesuit superiors. The copies of Eugene Laveille's correspondence are letters to Francois De Smet. The copies of Archibald McDonald letters are addressed to John McLaughlin. The miscellaneous correspondence includes letters from P.J. Arnoudt to Pierre Jean De Smet, Paul to Charles De Smet, Ferdinand Coosemans to Charles Van Mossevelde, and F. Deynoodt to Francois De Smet. The Reference Materials series includes several card files.
Boxes 5-8 include an alphabetical listing of people, subjects, words, and events related to Pierre Jean De Smet. This alphabetical file also includes references to specific letters containing references to the index entry, including people, subjects, or events. Similar references to people, subjects, or events are also filed in a chronological file to Pierre Jean De Smet's correspondence. The chronological file references De Smet's correspondence as well as events occuring in the year referenced. Cards describing occurences in a specific year are filed in front of references with specific dates. These cards with specific dates include information concerning the contents of specific letters, or people or events mentioned in the letter referenced. This chronological file also references information on letterheads, notes on Eugene Laveille's letters to Paul Adrien De Smet, and notes on the correspondence of Archibald McDonald with De Smet and others about Fort Colville (copies of McDonald's correspondence are filed under "Correspondence, McDonald). Box 9 includes an alphabetical and a chronological file. The alphabetical file is similar to the alphabetical file described above. It contains notes on subjects, people, books (filed by author), and events. The file also includes some notes on the contents of letters filed under addressee or subject. The chronological file includes notes on De Smet's incoming and outgoing correspondence, both at Washington State University and at other repositories, including published correspondence. It also includes notes on general events in De Smet's life, filed by year. Filed behind the main run of notes are notes on Francois De Smet's correspondence included in his (Francois') letterbook, and filed by letterbook number, and notes on the Annales de l'Association de la Propagation de la Foi, Precis Historiques and De Smet's letters published therein.
ARRANGEMENT
Box Folder Description
CORRESPONDENCE
Charles De Smet
1 1 Transcripts 1863
Francois De Smet
Incoming correspondence
2 Copies 1858
3 Notes 1856-1873
4 Transcripts 1840-1873
Outgoing correspondence
5 Transcripts 1840-1873
Letterbook
6 Notes 1839-1869
7 Transcripts 1838-1869
Paul De Smet
Incoming correspondence
8 Notes 1871-1876
1 9 Transcripts 1871-1905
Outgoing correspondence
10 Transcripts 1873
Pierre Jean De Smet
Incoming correspondence
11 Transcripts 1873
Outgoing correspondence
Copies
12 1823-1850
13 1851-1873
Notes
14 1821-1846
15 1846-1872, n.d.
Transcripts
2 1 1821-1839
2 1840-1845
3 1845-1847
4 1847-1856
5 1857-1866
3 1 1867-1873, n.d.
2 Translations 1837-1867
Letterbook
3 Notes 1838-1842
Transcripts
4 Nos. III-XIII 1838-1841
5 Nos. XIV-XXVII 1841-1842
6 Translation, No. XI 1841
Voyages aux Montagnes Rocheuses...
7 Notes 1841-1848, n.d.
8 Transcripts 1841-1842
J.H. De Staercke
9 Transcripts 1859-1870, n.d.
Elet-De Keersmaecker
10 Transcripts 1849-1852
Charles Hunt
4 1 Notes 1848-1861
2 Transcripts 1849,1863
Eugene Laveille
Copies
3 1876-1921, n.d.
4 Transcripts 1908-1921, n.d.
5 Notes 1876-1921, n.d.
6 Transcripts n.d.
Archibald McDonald
7 Copies 1840-1842
Charles Van Quickenborne
8 Transcripts 1831-1836
Miscellaneous
9 Transcripts and Copies 1863-1894, n.d.
Unidentified
10 Transcripts 1850, 1873
DRAWINGS
Nicolas Point
11 Copies n.d.
12 GENEALOGY n.d.
LEGAL DOCUMENTS
Pierre Jean De Smet
13 Transcripts 1873
De Smet Family
14 Copies 1822-1831
15 Transcripts 1861
16 Translations 1828
MAPS
17 Copies of maps drawn by Pierre Jean De Smet 1842-1846
18 MISCELLANEA 1858-1973, n.d.
REFERENCE MATERIALS AND NOTE FILES
Notes
19 Bibliographic 1873-1978, n.d.
20 Miscellaneous n.d.
5 Chronological Note File
Correspondence
Pierre Jean De Smet 1821-1873
Eugene Laveille 1908-1921
Archibald McDonald 1838-1842
Engravings on Stationery 1842-1856
Alphabetical Note File
6 A - H
7 I - R
8 S - Z
Pierre Jean De Smet Manuscript Materials
Pierre Jean De Smet's Published Works
Bibliographic Notes
Books
Journals
Pamphlets
Government Documents
Letters by others
Citations of Books About De Smet or pertinent to his life
Maps and Photographs of De Smet or his times
Drawings of De Smet
Comments on De Smet's Personality
9 Chronological Note File on De Smets
Correspondence 1821-1873
Francois De Smet's Letterbook
Pierre Jean De Smet's Letterbook
Annales de l'Association de la Propagation de la Foi
Precis Historiques
Alphabetical File
10 1 Miscellaneous Notes
WRITINGS OF DE SMET AND OTHERS
Pierre Jean De Smet
Copies
Linton Album 1856-1868
2 Table of Contents and Text
3 Text
4 Maps
Publications
5 Copies
Notes
6 Chasses avec les Peaux-Rouges
7 Cinquante Nouvelles Lettres...
8 De Groote Zwartrok
9 Letters and Sketches...
10 Lettres Choisies du Reverend...
11 Missions de l'Oregon et Voyages...
12 New Indian Sketches
13 Precis Historiques
14 U.S. Catholic Magazine
15 Miscellaneous
11 1,2 Works About Pierre Jean De Smet
3 Works Related to De Smet's Travels
Eugene Laveille
4 Transcripts of Notes
Nicolas Point
5 Copies
6 Notes
7 Transcripts
8 Translations
Unidentified
9 Note and Transcript