Box 1

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A presumably unpublished philosophical lecture on the topic of truth and a letter from Fr.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.

Notebook maintained while Fr. Toohey was at the College of St. Francis Xavier (New York).

Photographs of Fr. Toohey, his parents Joanna and Patrick, and his sister Mary (later Sister Anna de Paul).

Letters to Fr. Toohey from Fr. John Norris (1843-1912) of the Birmingham Oratory.

Letters to Fr. Toohey from Fr. Francis Joseph Bacchus (1860-1937) of the Birmingham Oratory.

Letters to Fr. Toohey from Charles Sears Baldwin (1867-1935), professor of rhetoric at Yale University, as well as several draft replies.

Letters to Fr. Toohey from American philosopher Wilmon Henry Sheldon (1875-1981) as well as several draft replies. They predominantly discuss philosophical topics.

A copy of "Scholastic Philosophy and the Three Cognitive Acts of the Mind" as well as associated correspondence.