Jesuits. Maryland Province

Scope and Contents The Patrick F. Healy, SJ Papers consist of diaries, academic notebooks, correspondence, photographs, newsclippings, and other personal papers written by or concerning Healy and his family. The materials cover the period from 1841-1983; the bulk of the materials date from 1877-1906.The twelve diaries in the collection primarily record appointments. The correspondence consists of a single folder of materials written by Healy (1871-1903), as well as two folders of correspondence...

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The Jesuit Guild of Washington Records contain ephemera (e.g., flyers, invitations, correspondence, and newspaper clippings) and photographs surrounding the social and fundriaising events hosted by the Guild. There are also several items related to the governance of the organization.

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Correspondence, article drafts, research notes, and newspaper clippings for a National Jesuit News series entitled "Jesuit History in Stamps," written predominantly by Fr. Paul J. Gibbons.

Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of news clippings, typed biographical notes, printed memorial cards, and occasional correspondence regarding approximately 1,300 Jesuits who died between 1565 and 1970. Materials cover Jesuits from North American (e.g., Maryland, Missouri, California, and New Orleans) as well as European provinces and are arranged by day of death. Note on Problematic Language Please be aware that this collection contains documents...

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This collection contains papers related to Fr. Gerald J. Kernan's theater productions at St. Joseph's and Wheeling Colleges; his graduate school work and teaching career; and his spiritual and personal life.

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The Charles F. King, SJ Papers contain course notes, a journal, and poetry written while at Georgetown University.

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This collection contains 35mm black and white photograph negatives taken by Fr. Emeran Kolkmeyer between 1929 and 1933 that showcase his travels throughout Europe and the US as well as shots of the Georgetown University campus.

Scope and Contents The John McElroy, SJ Papers contain diaries, correspondence, Golden Jubilee materials, retreat notes, biographical information and other writings, and some business and financial records from McElroy’s tenure as Procurator of Georgetown College. McElroy’s diary (1813-1821) documents enslaved people at Georgetown College and at several Jesuit plantations in Maryland. Materials on Slavery Some folders in this collection contain references to...

Scope and Contents The Joseph P. Mobberly, SJ Papers (1815-1827) consist of the remembrances, observations, and expositions of a Jesuit who worked principally as manager of St. Inigoes, a house and plantation in St. Mary’s County, and who taught at Georgetown College. Brother Mobberly wrote on a wide variety of topics: agricultural management, focusing particularly on the economic viability of enslaved labor and strategies for maximizing the production of wheat, corn, and other alternatives to tobacco...

Scope and Contents The Joseph Mosley, SJ Papers consist of sixteen letters written by Mosley to his family, and cover the period from 1757-1786. Fifteen of the letters are addressed to “Mrs. Dunn Junior,” Mosley’s sister (living in Northumberland, England); one letter is to his brother, Michael Mosley, SJ (living in Shropshire, England). The letters contain commentary on the environment, politics, and residents of colonial Maryland, and on Jesuit life in the Maryland region, especially in relation to the...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of papers documenting the spiritual ministry and correspondence of Thomas Mulledy from the time of his entry in the Society of Jesus in 1815 until his death in 1860. The papers include sermons, 1829-1860; discourses, exercises, instructions, and lectures, 1834-1860; mass intentions, 1824-1860; and verses, 1817-1859. They also include two manuscripts: "Liber Manualis Sacerdotum" ("Priest's Manual"), 1815-1828, and "Vade Mecum" ("Go With Me"), 1815-1822....

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The James Pye Neale Papers consist primarily of correspondence to his mother Sarah Neale from 1856 to 1894 while she was living in Hearne, Texas. Fr. Neale focuses on updates regarding family and friends in his earlier letters (-1876) and transitions into discussing his missionary work in the parishes (namely St. Inigoes) as his time in the Society progresses.

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This collection contains an oral history interview conducted by John P. Williams with Edward P. O'Connell, SJ. In the three-hour interview, Fr. O'Connell took Williams on a tour of southern Maryland and spoke on the original Jesuit missions there and the foundations of US Catholicism.

Scope and Contents The Paul and Anthony Kohlmann, SJ papers consist of a heavily annotated printed, bound volume with several pages of manuscript notes inserted. The bound item is a copy of volume one of Joannes Caspar Saettler's Theologia Moralis Universa (Strasbourg, 1776). Bound with it is a printed German catechism, several pages of manuscript notes in various hands, and a handwritten exhortation in English, circa 1815-1819. The exhortation, bearing the Latin title “Exhortatio ad nigros servos” (“An...

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This collection contains the papers of Charles Constantine Pise, a Jesuit who left the Society in 1821 and eventually became Senate Chaplain for the 22nd US Congress in 1832. Materials include correspondence, travel papers, writings, and miscellaneous documents.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of copies (both digital and microfilmed) of documents related to the Jesuit's mission in Maryland that are held by the Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI), also known as the Archives of the Jesuit Curia in Rome.One portion of the collection was provided by ARSI (on DVDs). The other portion consists of copies of ARSI documents that were obtained by Francis X. Curran, S.J. sometime prior to 1960.Digital copies of documents from both portions...

Scope and Contents This collection contains letters, diaries, and other writings of Stephen Larigaudelle Dubuisson, S.J. and William Feiner, S.J. Because the two men served as successive Presidents of Georgetown College in the 1820s, and because both made entries in the letterbooks in this collection, these materials have been grouped together. Dubuisson’s materials consist of loose letters (including several pertaining to students at Georgetown College) and three bound items (a diary, a...

Scope and Contents This collection contains Fr. Augustus J. Thébaud's draft of Three-Quarters of a Century (1807-1882): A Retrospect Written from Documents and Memory in 1877-1882. Vol. I: Political, Social, and Ecclesiastical Events in France (ed. Charles G. Herbermann, United States Catholic Historical Society, 1912). It also contains his draft of what would later become chapter six of Three-Quarters of a Century (1807-1882): A Retrospect Written...

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The records of Theological Studies consist predominantly of author-editor correspondence but also include material related to the governance of the journal, events, projected issues, finance, promotion, and a handful of miscellaneous subjects from its earliest days through 1995.

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This collection contains papers related to Fr. John J. Toohey's personal and spiritual life; his work at Georgetown University; and written works both published and unpublished.