The Catholic Historical Manuscripts Collection is an artificial collection containing documents generated by significant Jesuits associated with Georgetown University in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. It includes correspondence, handwritten documents, financial account information, and bound manuscripts. Noteworthy individuals include Simon Brute, Joseph-Pierre de Cloriviere, Pierre Jean DeSmet, Alphonsus Donlon, Louis William DuBourg, Francis Dzierozynski, Benedict Fenwick, Edward Fenwick, Enoch Fenwick, John Grassi, George Hunter, Anthony Kohlman, Thomas C. Levins, William McSherry, Ambrose Marechal, Robert Molyneux, Francis Neale, Leonard Neale, Charles Plowden, Robert Plunkett, J. Havens Richards, James Ryder, Theodore Schneider, Benedict Sestini, and Charles Stonestreet. The collection is arranged alphabetically by individual's name.
Box 1:
1. Ashton, John
2. Barbelin, Felix
3. Beeston, Francis
4-5. Beschter, John William
6. Blumensaat, Hermann
7. Boone, Edward
8. Brown, Albert
9. Brute, Simon William Gabriel
10. Buell, David
11. Campbell, Thomas J.
12. Causey, J. Gardner
13-14. Ciampi, Anthony F.
15. Collin, Paul
Box 2:
1. Connolly, Edward
2. Conway, James I.
3. Cowardin, William R.
4. Creeden, John B.
5. deCloriviere, Joseph-Pierre
6. deMattei, Paschal
7. DeSmet, Pierre Jean
8. DeVos, Peter
9. Doonan, James A.
10. Donlon, Alphonsus
11. Dougherty, Felix
12. DuBourg, Louis William (moved to GTA-820101)
13. Duddy, Patrick
14. Dugan, William
Box 3:
1. Dunn, James Francis
2. Dzierozynski, Francis
3. Emig, John
4. Enders, Joseph
5. Fenwick, Benedict J.
6. Fenwick, Edward
7. Fenwick, Enoch
8. Frisbee, Samuel H.
9. Fulton, Robert (moved to GTM-GAMMS19)
10. Gasson, Thomas I.
11-12. Grassi, John
13. Gregory, William F.
Box 4:
1. Grivel, Fidelis
2. Hall, John
3. Heredia, C. M.
4. Higgins, R. D. William
5. Himmel, Joseph
6. Hitselberger, Alexander
7. Holaind, Rene I.
8-10. Hunter, George
Box 5:
1. Jenkins, Thomas Meredith
2. Kohlman, Anthony
3-4. Levins, Thomas C.
5. Lewis, John
6. Lilly, Samuel
7. Lynch, Daniel
8. Lyons, Charles W.
9-10. McAtee, Francis
Box 6:
1. McCarthy, Francis T.
2. McCloskey, James
3. McDermott, Eric
4. McSherry, William
5. Major, James
6. Maréchal, Ambrose
7. Marshall, Joseph
8. Matthews, William
9. Molyneux, Robert
10. Morgan, John
11. Mulledy, Samuel
12. Murphy, Jean
Box 7:
1. Neale, Francis
2-3. Neale, Leonard
4. O'Callaghan, Joseph
5. Paccarini, Basil
6. Pallhuber, John
7. Paresce, Angelo
8. Perron, Joseph C.
9. Peters, Albert
10. Plowden, Charles
11. Plunkett, Robert
12. Pulton, Thomas
Box 8:
1-2. Quill, Patrick
3. Rainsford Island/St. Joseph's Church (Providence, RI) journal (kept by William F. Tehan, SJ, and William B. Cleary, 1877-1881)
4. Rapp, Andrew
5. Rey, Anthony
6. Richards, J. Havens
7. Rocofort, Aloysius
8. Roth, Aloysius
9. Ryan, Dennis
10. Ryan, Richard Ernest
11. Ryder, James
12-13. Schneider, Theodore
Box 9:
1-1a. Schneider, Theodore
2. Seney, Joshua
3. Sestini, Benedict
4. Sewall, Charles
5. Shaw, Joseph Coolidge
6. Shealy, Terrance
7. Sheehy, John
8. Simpson, James A.
9. Slaughter, Edward
10. Sopranis, Felix
11. Spalding, John
12. Stanislaus, ?
13. Steinbacher, Nicholas
Box 10:
1. Stonestreet, Charles
2. Sumner, John S.
3. Tessier, Jean Marie
4. Thiry, Edward
5. Thorold, George
6. Toohey, John (moved to GTM-200109)
7. Vespre, Francis
8. van de Velde, James Oliver
9. Whitney, John
Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.
Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.
4 Cubic Feet (10 boxes)
English
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository