Administrative Information
Provenance
The records of the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America, Diocese of Alaska were received by the Library of Congress in 1927 as a gift of the Most Reverend John S. Kedrovsky, Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Churches in North America and Canada; in 1940 as a gift of the Metropolitan Council of the Church; and in 1943 as a gift of the Right Reverend Nicholas J. Kedroff through a transfer from the New York City Historical Records Survey of the Work Projects Administration.
Processing History
In 1979 the State of Alaska joined with the Library of Congress in funding a project to organize and describe all of the records making up the Library's collection of the Alaskan Russian Church Archives and to produce a microfilm edition. The project was conducted by Antoinette Shalkop and completed in 1984. The finding aid was revised in 2011.
Microfilm
A microfilm edition of these papers is available on 402 reels. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America, Diocese of Alaska, Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.