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29 of 29: Oversized., 01/01/1904-12/31/1967

 File — Box: 29, Folder: 0
Identifier: 64260

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and a wide variety of supplemental items, which document Murray's career as author, editor, lecturer, professor, and theologian. Murray is perhaps best known for his books We Hold These Truths (1960) and The Problem of God (1964), as well as for his longstanding editorship of Theological Studies. Among Murray's correspondents are Rev. John Tracy Ellis, Henry and Clare Boothe Luce, and Samuel Cardinal Stritch, together with fellow Jesuits Walter Burghardt, Bernard Lonergan, Vincent McCormick, and Leo Ward. 1927-1976 42.00 linear feet

This collection has been digitized and is available to view online in DigitalGeorgetown.

Dates

  • 01/01/1904-12/31/1967

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Guidelines:

1. All Archives materials dated or bearing solely on events occurring before January 1, 1940, shall be open for review unless otherwise restricted, subject to Library policies and procedures.

2. All unpublished Archives materials dated or bearing solely on events occurring on or after January 1, 1940, shall be open for review upon request subject to a decision by the Provincial or someone designated by the Provincial.

3. Researchers may quote from the materials.

4. Researchers may take their own photographs of the material for scholarly and research purposes. Allowing photographs is not an authorization to publish or to deposit the material in another library or archive.

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6. Material not yet processed is not available to researchers; permission will not be granted to access any unprocessed material.

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Extent

From the Collection: 42 Linear Feet

Physical Location

08/01/1

Physical Description

S.T.S. diploma from Gregorian University Honorary Doctor of Laws diploma from the University of Notre Dame, 1951 Honorary Doctor of Letters diploma from Harvard, 1954 Photograph of Harvard honorary degree recipients, 1954 Clipping re Harvard honorary degree, 1954 Large portrait photos of sisters of JCM, by Bachrach Large photo of president Johnson's Advisory Commission on Non-Military Instruction (Bendetsen Committee) 1 portrait painting of Fr. Murray by Gene Brunini, Jr., 1965 1 copy of l'Osservatore della domenica, featuring the Second Vatican Council Pax Christi Award from St. John's University

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

GREGORIAN UNIVERSITY -DIPLOMA: Printed Item

DIPLOMA -GREGORIAN UNIVERSITY: Printed Item

HONORARY DEGREES: Printed Item

DIPLOMAS -HONORARY DEGREES: Printed Item

NOTRE DAME -HONORARY DEGREE: Printed Item

HARVARD -HONORARY DEGREE: Printed Item

HARVARD -HONORARY DEGREE: Photograph

PHOTOGRAPH -HARVARD: Photograph

PHOTOGRAPH -HONORARY DEGREE -HARVARD: Photograph

PHOTOGRAPH -MURRAY FAMILY: Photograph

MURRAY FAMILY -PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph

BACHRACH -MURRAY FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph

PHOTOGRAPH -BENDETSEN COMMITTEE: Photograph

BENDETSEN COMMITTEE: Photograph

ADVISORY COMMISSION ON NON-MILITARY INSTRUCTION: Photograph

BRUNINI, GENE, JR.: Photograph

JCM -PORTRAIT PAINTING: Photograph

L'OSSERVATORE DELLA DOMENICA: Printed Item

VATICAN II: Printed Item

SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL: Printed Item

ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY -PAX CHRISTI AWARD: Printed Item

PAX CHRISTI AWARD -ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY: Printed Item

Repository Details

Part of the Woodstock Theological Center Library Archives Repository

Contact:
Adrian Vaagenes
Lauinger Library
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057