"Stray Notes", circa 1915

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Scope and Contents

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A collection of "items of interest which came to the attention of Father Barnum," originally filling four composition books. A later archivist then dismantled and filed them with pertinent collections or material. This folder contains those that were not separated and cover the following Jesuit-related topics:

(1-7) Frederick, including notes on St. John's Literary Institution and a list of masters of novices 1834-1903
(8) The Dzierozynski "picture" of St. Ignatius supposedly sent from Russia in 1840
(9) The Cold Spring Villa, purchased in 1875
(10) The painting of St. Aloysius over the altar at St. Aloysius Church, Washington, DC, painted by Brumidi
(11) The "Roman College," a nickname for Gonzaga College High School
(12) What Jesuits referred to as "We Sorts" or "Wesorts," people in Southern Maryland with a mixture of Native American (Piscataway), African, and European ancestry sometimes connected to St. Thomas Manor (Port Tobacco) in Charles County
(13) A library bequeathed to the College of the Holy Cross (Worcester) from Fr. Michael Dougherty, pastor at Millbury, which was refused by the rector
(14) An 1854 rumor circulated in Worcester that the fathers at Holy Cross were to receive a shipment of arms/ammunition at the railroad station in order to massacre the Protestant inhabitants of the city
(15) The erection of the Woodstock railroad station
(16) "Gilding the lily," or painting black the statue of Archbishop Hughes outside St. John’s, Fordham
(17) The acquisition of the Boston College villa in 1873
(18) A brief history of the Colored Girls' Reform School near Dalecarlia Reservoir (Washington, DC) and the transfer of it from the Jesuits/Fr. Henry A. Judge to Fr. Malachy F. Yingling of Our Lady of Victory parish around 1907
(19) The Fort Meyer/Myer mission
(20) A citation re: the Coeur d'Alene mission
(21) An instance of "freaky piety" at St. Aloysius Church, Washington, DC
(22) The mission bands of the Maryland and Missouri Provinces
(23) A note on an "old colored woman" at St. Inigoes hearing "ora pro nobis" and thinking that it was "hurrah for Moses"
(24) Re: a lightning strike at St. Inigoes that electrocuted and killed three scholastics in 1891
(25) An event where Fr. George(?) Hunter of St. Thomas Manor was called to attend a dying person and saw two men he described as angels

Dates

Creation: circa 1915

Creator

From the Collection: Jesuits. Maryland Province (Organization)
From the Collection: Barnum, Francis, 1849-1921 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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