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1 David Beers Quinn, "Documenting Canada's Early White History," Archivaria, 7 (1978), p. 90.
Quinn wrote from a Canadian perspective, but the scope of his article is clearly North American.
See also James Lambert, "Toward a Religious Archives Programme for the Public Archives of
Canada," Archivaria, 3 (Winter 1976-77), pp. 40-56.
2 William P. Cumming, Raleigh A. Skelton and David B. Quinn, The Discovery of America,
London: Elek, 1971, p. 56.
3 Jacques Habert, La Vie et les Voyages de Jean de Verrazane, Ottawa: Le Cercle du Livre de
France, 1964, pp. 384-385.
4 [Samuel de Champlain], "Brief Discovrs [...] aux Indes Occidentales," [1601], in Henry Percival
Biggar, ed., The Works of Samuel de Champlain, Toronto: The Champlain Society, I: 1922, pp.
1-80. Biggar's version is taken from the Providence copy. Whether the Brief Discovrs was
authored by Champlain is still being debated.
5 Carl Russell Fish, Guide to the Material for American History in Roman and Other Italian
Archives, Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution, 1911, p. 115.
6 Martino Giusti, L'Archivio Segreto Vaticano, Vatican City, 1975.
7 Fish, Guide, pp. 20-100; Conrad Morin, "Le Saint-Siege et l'etablissement de I'Eglise au Canada
sous Ie regime fran~ais d'apres les archives romaines. L'affiliation au Saint-Siege ou la mission
apostolique (1615-1658)," unpublished thesis, Universita Gregoriana (1942), pp. x-xiv.
8 Monique Benoit and Gabriele Scardellato, A Calendar of Documents of North American Interest
in the Series Francia, Archives of the Secretary of State of the Holy See, Archivio Secreto
Vaticano, Ottawa: National Archives of Canada and St. Paul's University, [1985]. Microfiche
edition available.
9 Monique Benoit and Gabriele Scardellato, A Calendar of Documents of North American Interest
from Various Series and Sub-Series of the Archivio Segreto Vaticano, Ottawa, National Archives
of Canada and St. Paul's University [1985], microfiche edition available.
10 Fish, Guide, pp. 101-118.
11 Jeanne Bignami Odier, La Bibliotheque Vaticane de Sixte N a Pie XI. Recherches sur l' histoire
des collections de manuscrits, Citta del Vaticano: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1973; Bignami
Odier, "Guide au Departement des manuscrits de la Bibliotheque du Vatican," Melanges
d' archeologie et d'histoire, 51 (1934), pp. 205-239.
12 This writer is currently examining the sources for the history of North America in the
Casanatense Library. To date, items 1 to 2,116 (the library preserves 6,291 manuscripts) have
been examined. See G.D. Anagni and C. de Ferrari, Index Manuscriptorum, 1844, 3 vols.; A.
Moricca Caputi, Inventario (topografico) manoscritti, 1915, 2 vols.; E. Moneti et al., Catalogo
dei manoscritti della Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome: Libreria dello Stato, 1949-1978, 6 vols.
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