Box 196

Scope and Contents Biographical/statistical data (1633-1838) pertaining to the Society of Jesus and its members during the early years in the United States. Items of interest include: Extracts from the Catalogues of the Society Kept at Rome in the Gesu [provides statistics concerning the Society and its members in America (1633-1815)]; Biographical sketches of various Jesuits; [Item 7-Z-1] Catalogue of the Maryland Mission (1633-1749); [Item 7-Z-2] Catalogue of the Maryland Mission [1690-1719]; Extracts...

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Contains two MS lists: English Jesuit fathers who came to "these parts" from 1634 until 1790, and a listof those who died on the American mission from 1630 until 1805. The latter provides names and places, but rarely the cause or age before 1800.

**Former finding aid location: 53_18_6**

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1898 copy of Box 196, Folder 2:

Contains two MS lists: English Jesuit fathers who came to "these parts" from 1634 until 1790, and a listof those who died on the American mission from 1630 until 1805. The latter provides names and places, but rarely the cause or age before 1800.

**Former finding aid location: 53_19_1**

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Liber Continens Catalogos Promotorum ad Gradus Professionis 3aut 4. Votor: Coadj. formatorum Spiritualium et Temporatium

**Former finding aid locations: 119_95_2; 502:11**

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Liber Continens Catalogos admissorum ad Vota Scholasticorum

**Former finding aid locations: 119_95_1; 502:10**

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Novice evaluations. Bound book labeled "Examinis Generalis Novitiorum." Each person has about one page of information, with evaluative information such as health and reputation of parents, heredity, health, and his vocation for the religious life.

**Former finding aid location: 53_19_4; 525/13**

Scope and Contents List of Those Who Enter the Novitiate: Bound volume listing entering novices in Maryland from 1860 through 1874. It contains the date, birthdate, place of birth, parents' names an dwhether living or not, number of siblings, education, trade or apprenticeship (if any), sometimes trade of father, and other assorted information. The results after entering the Society are sometimes also mentioned, including death or dismissal (with reasons sometimes given), or success within the Society....