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OVERSIZED Photographs (1 of 2), 1930s

 File — Box: OS20, Folder: 1
Identifier: 119.1_32

Scope and Contents

Box 1 of glass plate slides marked as property of St. Michael's Rectory, Ridge, St. Mary's County. Originally marked the property of Father Horace McKenna; slides likely compiled by McKenna in the 1930s. The photographs subjects include the church, surrounding environs, and some historical reprints (from Revolution). There are several photographs of groups -- white and black typically shot separately. Most of these are photos documenting institutions such as schools, churches, etc. Several photos dated 1933.

Captions written on slides in quotation marks; slides without captions are described in brackets:

1. "Battle of Long Island"

2. [Healy Hall, Georgetown]

3. [Church, likely St. Peter Claver, with group of Black parishioners]

4. [Group of white children]

5. [Group of four men and boys, two on horseback]

6. "Confederate prisoners at Pt. Lookout at end of war"

7. "Georgetown College Original Building"

8. "Drawing of Father Andew White"

9. [Father McKenna and group of Black children and parishioners]

10. [Father McKenna and two Black men]

11. [Father McKenna with Mary Jones (also known as "Aunt Pigeon") and a young boy]

12. [Class of St. David's School children, St. Mary's City]

13. [Group of first communicants]

14. [Group of parishioners]

15. [Baseball team?]

16. [Group of young parishioners]

17. "Old St. Inigoes Manor from old painting"

18. [McKenna with first communicants]

19. "Father Bally, S.J."

20. [Group of parishioners]

21. [St. Inigoes?]

22. [Unidentified coast]

23. "Interior St. Ignatius - St. Inigoes '33]

24. [Group of five Black religious sisters]

25. "High school grads. Ridge '33"

26. [Group of Black children with McKenna and two religious sisters]

27. "Fr. McElroy, S.J."

28. "Death of Gen. Ross, Battle of Baltimore"

29. "George Washington"

30. [McKenna with group of Black children]

31. "Great Mills - Residence"

32. "St. Nicholas Church"

33. [Jesuit with two children]

34. [Jesuit with group of young women]

35. [Group of four adults]

36. [Group of five Black adults and two children]

37. "James Cardinal Gibbons"

38. "Archbishop Curley"

39. "Birthplace of Archbishop Carroll Upper Marlboro"

40. "Archbishop John Carroll"

41. "Landing of Maryland colonists"

42. "Lord Baltimore"

43. "Gen. Barnes and staff in charge of Point Lookout Prison"

44. "Judge Taney"

45. [Group of first communicants]

46. [Black man standing with statue]

47. [Group of young parishioners]

48. "Fr. McKenna, Kiehne, Nevils[?]"

49. [Black man in front of car]

50. "G.U. Healy building and Copley Hall"

51. "Old cannon (Lord Baltimore's) Georgetown University"

52. "Leonard Calvert and Indians"

53. "James Ryder Randall"

54. "View of Annapolis, Md."

55. "Charles Carroll"

56. "Old Lord Baltimore cannon property marker near St. Inigoes Church"

Dates

  • 1930s

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Extent

From the Collection: 308 boxes (212 regular boxes, 25 oversized boxes, 58 restricted regular boxes, 13 restricted oversized boxes, plus 14 card catalog drawers )

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Multiple languages

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

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