Jesuits

Scope and Contents Records of the Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide comprise this collection of letter copy-books and related manuscripts which shed important light on Catholic missionary activities in China, the Philippines, and South Asia in the first half of the 18th century.The principal Jesuit interest in the collection resides in the record of the ongoing dispute over the Chinese Rites and repeated attempts to obtain unconditional obedience from the Jesuits. Letters to the head of the...

Scope and Contents Contains letters of congratulation to Edmund A. Walsh, S.J., on the occasion of his Golden Jubilee in the Jesuit Order. Included are letters from: Apostolic Delegate Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani; former students Francisco C. Banda, Edwin W. Beitzell, H. V. Dreyhausen, M. J. "Jack" Heiler, George A. Horkan, Al. Phlip Kane, John McShain, Meyer Tsatskis (Taske), and Arthur A. Verner; Major General William E. Bergin; Dean of Columbia Graduate School of Journalism Edward W. Barrett;...

Scope and Contents The Lois Wolfrum Papers (2 boxes, 1.0 linear feet) span 1970 to 2004 and contain correspondence between Lois Wolfrum and Rev. Eugene L. Watrin, SJ, a Jesuit priest stationed in Nepal for over fifty years, and between Lois Wolfrum and Penny Williams Yacoub, an artist and illustrator who lived in Lebanon and Tunisia during the 1970s and 1980s. Also included in the collection are printed materials by, or relating to, Fr. Watrin and Nepali life, as well as extensive records of Penny Williams'...