This collection consists of several diaries kept by Robert G. Tatum, including one kept during the time he participated in the first ascent of Denali (then named Mount McKinley) in June of 1913. The other diaries date from between 1918 and 1923 and discuss Tatum’s daily life as well as his experiences as a priest throughout the United States, including Nenana, Alaska and Knoxville, Tennessee. The collection also includes a photograph album of Tatum in Alaska, several loose postcards and personal letters, the Bible that Tatum received upon his ordination to the priesthood in 1922, several address books, the 1921 commencement program for the University of the South, a copy of the February 1933 Sierra Club Bulletin, and a few other personal notebooks in Tatum’s hand featuring prayers and quotes. Also included is a certification of confirmation into the church from April 3, 1869, written in German.