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John Corbett, SJ Papers on Edward H. Welch, SJ

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-0042

Scope and Contents

These papers consist of correspondence, printed material, and research notes written and collected by John Corbett, SJ for a proposed biography on Edward H. Welch, SJ.

Dates

  • 1895 - 1905

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The John Corbett, SJ Papers on Edward H. Welch, SJ 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 All unpublished Archives materials dated or bearing solely on events occurring on or after January 1, 1940, shall be open for review upon request subject to a decision by the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

John Corbett, SJ (1869-1942) was born to Thomas (1830-1912) and Marcella McGann (1838-1917) Corbett in Brooklyn. There he attended St. Peter’s Academy and then St. John’s College (1881-1884) before spending a year studying German grammar and literature in Sarnen (Switzerland, 1885). Fr. Corbett then began his priestly studies at the Canisianum in Innsbruck (Austria, 1886-1888) before returning to the US and entering the Society of Jesus (1888). He was stationed at Frederick (1888-1891), Woodstock (1892-1894, 1900-1903), and Georgetown University (1895-1899) and was ordained in 1901.

Fr. Corbett was then at St. Andrew-on-Hudson (1904) before taking his final vows in 1905. Thereafter he was a professor of Hebrew and sacred scripture at Woodstock (1905-1907); on the editorial staff of the Messenger of the Sacred Heart at Fordham (1909-1932); at the College of St. Francis Xavier (New York, 1933-1940); and at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola (Manhattan, 1941). Fr. Corbett died at St. Andrew-on-Hudson in 1942.

In 1901, Fr. Corbett was asked to write a piece for the Georgetown College Journal in celebration of Fr. Edward H. Welch’s Golden Jubilee. After Fr. Welch’s death in 1904, Fr. Corbett was also asked to develop a biography of the priest for the same publication. They had been stationed at Woodstock and Georgetown together, where Fr. Welch was spiritual prefect, between 1893 and 1899.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (4 folders)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was previously part of the University Archives (prior to 1970).

Related Materials

Materials pertaining to Edward Holker Welch, SJ are also housed in the Edward H. Welch, SJ Papers and the Archives of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus

Processing Information

These materials were removed from the Edward H. Welch, SJ Papers (GTM-GAMMS51) during the reprocessing of that collection in June 2024.

Title
John Corbett, SJ Papers on Edward H. Welch, SJ
Status
Completed
Author
Aleksandra Kinlen
Date
2024-06
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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