Jesuits. Maryland Province

This processed segment of the America Magazine Records predominantly contains business and administrative material related to the running of the journal. Searchable back issues (1909-2015) of the magazine can be found online here. Note that the collection had previously been named America Magazine Archives until 2024.

The remainder of the collection is currently unprocessed.

The Virgil H. Barber, SJ Papers contain correspondence, notes, a prayer book, and clippings relating to his Jesuit formation, his work in New England missions, and the conversion of his family to Catholicism.

The Mark H. Bauer, SJ Papers contain material related to his Jesuit formation; his graduate work in biology; and honors received throughout his life. Also includes correspondence, photographs, talks, and resumes.

A set of bound notes on general geography and astronomy--derived from an unknown scholarly source--written down by Fr. James Beadnall, likely while pursuing studies at St. Omer in the 1730s and 1740s.

Correspondence to Fr. Albert A. Beckwith, SJ, while he was a theological student at Woodstock College (Maryland) between 1937 and 1941. Senders include his cousin Nellie M. Morgan of Wilcox, Pennsylvania; his godmother May Barry of Warwick, New York; his nephew Albert C. Beckwith of Goshen, Pennsylvania; and his sister Marie Beckwith of Jersey City, New Jersey. They primarily contain family updates and reference personal matters.

The papers of former university archivist Vincent I. Bellwoar, SJ contain materials surrounding his Jesuit formation and parochial duties; teaching at Georgetown and retirement; and golden jubilee celebrations.

The Edward B. Bunn, SJ Papers contain materials that are unrelated to or predate his administrative positions at Georgetown University, including personal correspondence, genealogical notes, and speeches made while president of Loyola College and regional director of colleges and universities for the Jesuits' Maryland Province. Of note is a letter regarding his appointment as president of Loyola College in 1938 (folder 2).

The John Carroll Collection contains original and transcribed correspondence; two religious manuscripts; biographical notes and news clippings; and miscellaneous documents related to the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States and the first archbishop of Baltimore. Of note are transcriptions of letters exchanged with Fr. Charles Plowden in folders 1, 2, and 6.

A bound album entitled "Century of Autographs" compiled by Patrick F. Dealy, SJ as a memorial of a fair held in the Church of St. Francis Xavier at W 16th St., New York City, in 1880. A list of contributors is provided in the front of the volume.

Contains audio cassette recordings of a brothers' retreat led by Walter J. Ciszek, SJ, as well as a paper index of the schedule and topics covered.

The James Clark, SJ Papers contain spiritual writings as well as correspondence predominantly related to the various positions he held in educational administration. Also included are materials regarding his years at West Point and in the US Army.

The William B. Cleary, SJ Papers contain a commonplace book maintained by Cleary during his Jesuit formation and early teaching career as well as correspondence, certificates, and other miscellaneous documents.

The Arthur A. Coniff, SJ Papers predominantly contain photographs of relatives and friends with a single folder of miscellaneous documents. A majority of those pictured are members of the Alida Withrop-Stanton Felton and Shirlee Terry-John Fomon families.

These papers consist of correspondence, printed material, and research notes written and collected by John Corbett, SJ for a proposed biography on Edward H. Welch, SJ.

The Patrick J. Cormican, SJ Papers consist of poetry as well as materials related to Jeannie Gourley Struthers, an actor performing in Ford's Theater when President Lincoln was assassinated.