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Francis A. Tondorf, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS009

Scope and Contents

The Rev. Francis A. Tondorf, S.J. Papers primarily consist of his correspondence, with manuscripts, Latin verse, and notes also included.

Dates

  • 1891 - 1936
  • Majority of material found within 1910 - 1929

Conditions Governing Access

The Francis A. Tondorf, 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 All unpublished Archives materials dated or bearing solely on events occurring on or after January 1, 1940, shall be open for review upon request subject to a decision by the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).

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Biographical note

Francis A. Tondorf, S.J. (1870-1929) was born in Boston, Massachusetts on July 17, 1870. He entered the Society of Jesus on August 14, 1888. In 1904, he was ordained a priest at Woodstcok, Maryland. Fr. Tondorf served his tertianship at Poughkeepsie. He took his final vows on August 15, 1907. Fr. Tondorf was a seismologist and faculty member at Georgetown, where he was director of the seismological observatory. He was at Georgetown from 1904 until his death on November 29, 1929.

[Source: "Woodstock Letters," vol. 60, page 426ff].

Extent

1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Title
Francis A. Tondorf, SJ Papers
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

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