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Scope and Contents This book and the two that follow include letters written by Father Richards to the Maryland Provincial and other Province officials and to the Rector General of the Jesuit Order in Rome (letters to the General are in Latin.)No index is present. Letters to the Maryland Provincial and Socius relate mainly to curricular issues and personnel assignments, for example: dated November 16, 1888 asking permission for Father Patrick Healy to come to Georgetown and stay until after the...

Scope and Contents No index is present. Includes letters to the Maryland Provincial and Vice Provincial and to the Rector General in Rome (in Latin). Letters to the Maryland Provincial relate mainly to curricular issues and personnel assignments, for example: dated March 4, 1893 includes a statement on the proposed addition to the Medical School building and listing of the debt on the College New Building (Healy Hall), the new Law Building and the Medical Building, as well as a statement of current financial...

Scope and Contents No index is present. Includes letters to the Maryland Provincial and to the Rector General in Rome (in Latin). Letters to the Maryland Provincial relate mainly to curricular issues and personnel assignments, for example: dated May 14, 1896 referencing the need for a hospital in connection with the Medical School; dated April 29, 1897 referencing that the University has decided not to grant degrees in theology “for the present”; dated May 9, 1897 referencing the order for “new galleries in...