Skip to main content
Please contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for assistance with accessing these materials.

Box 3

 Container

Contains 16 Results:

Washington Seminary: deeds, 1810 - 1821

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Includes a deed for square 376, lot 3 (fronting F Street NW), July 12, 1810; deed for square 376, lots 16-17 (fronting G Street NW), May 16, 1815 and February 12, 1821; and a deed for square 376, lot 4, June 13, 1815.

Dates: 1810 - 1821

Washington Seminary: correspondence and receipts, 1827-1829, 1848-1857

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding students and money owed to the school as well as receipts for goods purchased, predominantly books. Also includes includes two letters from Stanislaus Murray to John Blox, SJ, in which Murray attests to the honesty and care of Ned (November 18, 1848) and in which Murray agrees to let the Seminary hire Ned out for one month "on trial" with the hope of securing a sustained relationship at the rate of $8/month (November 20, 1848). Further contains a letter from Francis...
Dates: 1827-1829, 1848-1857

Gonzaga College High School: bill of incorporation, 1858

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Includes a manuscript of a bill to incorporate Gonzaga College High School (January 21). Gonzaga was later granted its own charter by Congress as a college empowered to confer degrees in the arts and sciences (May 4, 1858).

Dates: 1858

Gonzaga College High School: histories, 1868, 1889-1901

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Includes histories of the school by an unknown author (1868); by James F. X. Mulvaney, SJ, and published in The Church News (1889-1890); and by A. J. Faust and printed in The New Century (1901).

Dates: 1868, 1889-1901

Gonzaga College High School: event ephemera, 1863 - 1897

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Includes ephemera documenting public programs at Gonzaga, including a speech for an alumni banquet by Georgetown University President J. Havens Richards, SJ (November 16, 1896) and a commencement address by J. Vincent Coughlan titled "Cassius, The Politician" (June 17, 1897).

Dates: 1863 - 1897

Gonzaga College High School: centennial, 1921 - 1922

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Includes ephemera, newsclippings, and accounts of the events marking the centennial of Gonzaga in 1921. Includes a souvenir program for the occasion, containing a brief history of the school, as well as a bulletin from St. Aloysius Church (January 1922) reporting on the celebrations.

Dates: 1921 - 1922

Gonzaga College High School: alumni association, 1929-1940, 1957-1958

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Includes event ephemera from the programs of the alumni association of Gonzaga as well as correspondence with alumnus and Georgetown University President Arthur O'Leary, SJ.

Dates: 1929-1940, 1957-1958

Gonzaga College High School: correspondence and receipts, 1858-1860, 1883-1908

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Correspondence predominantly between Rectors of Gonzaga and Provincials of the Maryland-New York Province, as well as Presidents of Georgetown University, and several receipts for tuition payments. Also contains a certifcate from Jesuit Superior General Francis X. Wernz appointing Joseph J. Himmel (or Himmelheber) as rector of the school (December 8, 1906).

Dates: 1858-1860, 1883-1908

Gonzaga College High School: event ephemera, 1898 - 1917

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Includes ephemera documenting public programs at Gonzaga.

Dates: 1898 - 1917

Gonzaga College High School: correspondence, 1909-1910, 1921-1940

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Correspondence predominantly between Rectors of Gonzaga and Presidents of Georgetown University. Also includes letters exchanged with Ernest T. Winchester, director of music at the school (1909-1910).

Dates: 1909-1910, 1921-1940

Washington Seminary: event ephemera and student materials, 1823-1829, 1848-1857

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Flyers for the 1827 and 1851 annual exhibitions as well as a copy of an address to Seminary students at their 1855 annual exhibition by Richard H. Clarke. Also includes lists of students (1855-1858 and undated); a report card and reward of merit for student James E. Marron (1849, 1854); and a certificate of excellence for student Bernard Marron (1859, with a Washington Seminary heading).

Dates: 1823-1829, 1848-1857

Gonzaga College High School: miscellaneous, 1858-1892, 1941-1957

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents A blank certificate signed by Charles Stonestreet, SJ (185-); a Christmas newsletter from the school (1883); a blank report card form (189-); two versions of a manuscript congratulating James F. X. Mulvaney, SJ, on his ordination by students and members of the Phocion Society (1892); a roster for the St. Aloysius High School band (1941-1942); sheet music and lyrics for "Play the Game Gonzaga (Football Song)" (1951); an issue of the high school's Marian Society newsletter (1952); a football...
Dates: 1858-1892, 1941-1957

Gonzaga College High School: histories, 1904

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Two school history manuscripts on the occasion of the Maryland-New York Province's silver jubilee.

Dates: 1904

Gonzaga College High School: histories, 1912 - 1938

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Includes two versions of a history of the school by William Gannon, SJ (1912); a pamphlet titled "Some High Lights of Gonzaga College History" (1936); several news clippings on the history of the school (1932, 1936, 1938); and miscellaneous notes by former archivists (undated). See also box 3 folder 14 for a history written for the centennial (1921).

Dates: 1912 - 1938

Gonzaga College High School: event ephemera, 1918 - 1939

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Includes ephemera documenting public programs at Gonzaga.

Dates: 1918 - 1939

Gonzaga College High School: correspondence, 1941 - 1959

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Rectors of Gonzaga and Presidents of Georgetown University, including discussion of the system of half-scholarships for Gonzaga graduates at Georgetown (1951-1953, 1957-1958). Also holds correspondence from student and parent organizations on the topics of patronage or fundraising.

Dates: 1941 - 1959