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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Der alte Fritz und die Jesuiten

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337344]
Identifier: MSS 491
Scope and Contents

Handwritten plays in German. The collection consists of seventeen items of about twenty-six pages each. The play is a "comedy in 5 acts" and deals with king Frederick II (the Great) of Prussia and the Jesuits.

Dates: approximately 1850
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Der alte Fritz und die Jesuiten

Grammar of the Absaroki or Crow Indian language

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336478]
Identifier: MSS 422
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten grammar. It was written "by a missionary of the Society of Jesus." Also included is a photocopy of a printed book in seventeen pages. The title of this item is Prayers in the Crow Indian Language. It was "composed by the missionaries of the Society of Jesus." Apparently, these books were used as missionary tools for the Jesuits in working with the Crow Indians.

Dates: 1898
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Grammar of the Absaroki or Crow Indian language

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Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 1
Catholic Church -- Missions -- Idaho -- History 1
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