Box 1

Fr. Toohey's correspondence with others such as Lydia J. Hennessy Bahlmann (1890-1935), Elaine T. Whitside Tyler (1905-1955), (Mary) Phyllis Campion Bullock-Webster (1900-1968), and Fr. Scott Youree Watson (1914-1989).

Materials related to FR. Toohey's role as moderator of the Philodemic Society at Georgetown University, including its constitution and by-laws (1911), debate scripts/texts, and several event programs.

Letters from friends in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Fr. Toohey's entrance in the Society (Golden Jubilee).

Certificates, faculties for hearing confessions, and other authorizations pertaining to Fr. Toohey's priestly duties.

Materials pertaining to Fr. Toohey's role as chaplain at Georgetown Visitation, including bacccalaureate addresses; prize and trophy night speeches; and speaker introductions. Also includes a program for a recital in honor of Fr. Toohey (1944).

Letters surrounding donations to Sister Clare Agnes Mooney (1880-1969) of Georgetown Vistiation for the commission of Fr. Toohey's portrait.

Sermons preached by Fr. Toohey, predominantly at Georgetown Visitation. Arranged following the pre-Vatican II liturgical calendar.

Sermons preached by Fr. Toohey, predominantly at Georgetown Visitation. Arranged following the pre-Vatican II liturgical calendar.

Notes for a five-day retreat held at Woodstock led by Fr. James T. Casey.

A list of personal resolutions written by Fr. Toohey while at Frederick between 1895 and 1899.

Notebook intermittently maintained by Fr. Toohey after he joined the Society; it includes diary-types entries as well as notes on miscellaneous topics such as shorthand.

Sermons not intended for a specific liturgical date. Arranged chronologically.

Correspondence to Fr. Toohey predominantly from the publishing house Longmans, Green, & Company regarding his book An Indexed Synopsis of the 'Grammar of Assent'. Also includes censor reports from the provincial level and an offprint of a precursory article entitled "The 'Grammar of Assent' and the Old Philosophy" published in 1907.

Correspondence between Fr. Toohey and the publishing houses Schwartz, Kirwin & Fauss and Appleton-Century-Crofts regarding his book An Elementary Handbook of Logic. Also includes censor reports from the provincial level, reviews, and correspondence with critics.

A presumably unpublished philosophical lecture on the topic of truth and a letter from Fr. Anthony C. Cotter regarding it.

Correspondence regarding Fr. Toohey's involvement in the American Catholic Philosophical Association, including an off-print of his 1936 presidential address entitled "Philosophy and Common Sense."

Diaries maintained January-August 1892; February-July 1907; and November 1913-January 1914, predominantly discussing daily activities and details surrounding illnois (i.e., typhoid) in 1913 and 1914.

Trigonometry and analytical geometry notebook maintained while Fr. Toohey was at the College of St. Francis Xavier (New York).

Notebook for a chemistry course maintained while Fr. Toohey was at the College of St. Francis Xavier (New York). Later used for copying down poetry from various sources such as the Georgetown College Journal and the Messenger of the Sacred Heart.

Notebook containing discussion of Cardinal John Henry Newman's writing style as well as transcriptions of select Newman manuscripts, letters, and other documents.