"Stray Notes", circa 1915

File — Box: 5, Folder: 9

Request

Scope and Contents

See more See less

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

(1) The purchase of the bells for St. Thomas Manor under the pastorate of Fr. Bernardin Wiget
(2) A nameless grave at St. Thomas Manor; Barnum writes "it is neither necessary nor prudent to relate here the details of his fall, and subsequent career" and it is unclear who the person was
(3) The journey of novices from White Marsh to Frederick when the novitiate location changed in 1833
(4) The beginnings of the Boston Stylus in 1882, to which Fr. Abram J. Ryan contributed
(5) The sale of property by Fr. Robert Fulton where the Washington Seminary once stood
(6) The history of the Visitation Sisters convent location in Washington, DC, until their move from Connecticut Avenue in 1919
(7) Re: several Visitation Sisters who left the convent to found a religious house in Baltimore in 1837
(8) The planting of trees outside the Immaculate Conception Church (Washington, DC) and their names
(9) The first issue of the Woodstock Letters and a story by Fr. Francis X. Weninger within it
(10) The consecration of Bishop John Collins and a missing episcopal ring, which ended up being in the pocket of the Master of Ceremonies
(11) How Fr. John Scully, at St. Joseph's in Philadelphia, disposed of old papers that were then saved by Martin I. J. Griffin
(12) Notley Hall in St. Mary's County
(13) The writing of Archbishop James Gibbons' The Faith of Our Fathers (1876) and later The True Faith of Our Forefathers (circa 1880)
(14-15) The confusion between "English brick" (bricks of a better grade and more carefully finished, usually used in exterior work) and bricks from England
(16) Issues with Italian fathers not learning English before arriving in the Colonies
(17) The (mis)management of stoves by Italian fathers at Frederick
(18) The destruction of "old letters and documents" by Fr. Peter Racicot when the provincial's residence was moved from Loyola (Baltimore) to St. Francis Xavier (New York) in 1880 upon the combining of the New York Mission and the Maryland Province
(19) Issues with the "tyranny" of Cardinal/Archbishop of Boston William Henry O'Connell
(20) Fr. William F. Gannon, who "aired his opinions too freely regarding Bishop [Matthew A.] Harkins"
(21) The Fort hill Villa in New York, purchased in 1871
(22) History of Goose Creek/Tiber Creek in Washington, DC
(23) The "odd" prayer requests of a widower diocesan priest at St. Peter's (Harper's Ferry) and Bryantown named Fr. P. Courtney
(24) Fr. Edward D. Boone's acquisition of a 1771 bell from warden John F. Weyler/Weiler, while chaplain of the penitentiary in Baltimore, which first went to St. Inigoes and then Great Mills
(25) Fr. William B. Cleary's $26,000, intended for the building of a new school in Providence (Rhode Island), that was claimed by relatives after his death in 1884

Dates

Creation: circa 1915

Creator

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

Conditions Governing Access

See more See less

The Francis A. Barnum, SJ Papers are on deposit at Georgetown University and are the property of the USA East Province of the Society of Jesus. As stewards of the Archives, the Georgetown University Library’s Booth Family Center for Special Collections is responsible for managing access to the material based on policies set forth by the USA East Province. Researchers may view these materials in the Reading Room of the Booth Family Center for Special Collections. General policies for using Special Collections can be found here.

Access to the Archives is governed by the USA East Province and is subject to all Library and Special Collections policies and procedures in addition to the specific guidelines below. These guidelines are a summary of access policies; the Archives may include materials that fall outside the scope of these general guidelines. For information on access to specific materials, please contact the Special Collections staff.

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.

5. Written permission from the USA East Province is required for the publication of substantive portions of any material or publication-quality reproductions of any material.

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

7. Audiovisual, microfilm and other material in the Archives, the original of which is held in another archive, may be consulted and transcribed only. Written permission from the archive holding the original material is required for any duplication, reproduction, or publication of that material.

8. Use the Permission Request Form to request permission (i) to access any restricted processed material or (ii) to publish reproductions or quote substantive portions of the material. Send the completed form by email to the Booth Family Center for Special Collections (speccoll@georgetown.edu).