Box 1

Scope and Contents Letters received predominantly regarding seismology, the purchase of seismological equipment, and vivisection from colleagues in science as well as students. Includes correspondence from Jay B. Woodworth, John C. Soley, Fr. J. Havens Richards, Thomas L. Watson, Stephen D. Parrish, Charles F. McGuire, D. E. Jackson, A. S. Loevenhart, Walter B. Cannon, and W. W. Keen. Of note is a letter from chief of the US Weather Bureau Willis L. Moore appointing Fr. Tondorf as special seismological...

Scope and Contents Letters received by Fr. Tondorf from colleagues in science on the subjects of seismology and vivisection, especially regarding the reissue of the Georgetown "Vindication of Vivisection" lecture series (2nd ed., 1923). Includes correspondence from Charles H. Mayo, W. W. Keen, E. Duque Estrada, C. S. Bluemel, James S. Stone, J. F. Nagle, Stephen A. Yesko, E. C. Schroeder, James L. Edwards, Walter B. Cannon, Harry Pratt Judson, R. G. Hoskins, Carl Heinrich, A. M. Stimson, Charles E. Munroe,...

Scope and Contents Letters received from colleagues in science as well as the general public, especially following the printing of Fr. Tondorf’s article "How the Earth Telegraphed Its Tokyo Earthquake to Washington" in National Geographic (October 1923), on the subjects seismology and vivisection. Includes correspondence from Theodore Hough, Simon Flexner, William C. Woodward, John B. Kennedy, R. W. Ellis, Fr. Alphonse M. Schwitalla, John C. Soley, Max Borst, and...

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Letters received largely discussing vivisection and seismology with continued public responses to Fr. Tondorf's October 1923 National Geographic article "How the Earth Telegraphed Its Tokyo Earthquake to Washington." Includes correspondence from Charles E. Munroe, Erich Becker, John C. Soley, Jay B. Woodworth, Albert L. Midgley, Francis M. Munson, and John J. Shugrue.

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Letters received, largely on the subject of seismology, from scientific journals requesting articles as well as colleagues and laboratories. Includes correspondence from Jay B. Woodworth, Joseph F. Elward, Sofie A. Nordhoff-Jung, Ernest A. Hodgson, Hollis Godfrey, J. Harris Rogers, Fr. Simon Sarasola, John R. Freeman, P. S. Constantinople, Robert L. Faris, and Leonard D. Marinaro.

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Letters and telegrams received, largely on the subject of seismology, with a substantial number from former students, Jesuit colleagues, and scientific journals. Includes correspondence from Sofie A. Nordhoff-Jung, John C. Soley, Albert L. Midgely, John R. Freeman, Ernest A. Hodgson, W. R. Jillson, and William Bowie.

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Letters to Fr. Tondorf, largely discussing seismology, from Jesuit colleagues and former students. Includes correspondence from Paul R. Stillman, Ernest A. Hodgson, John J. Shugrue, and Joseph F. Wagner.

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Letters received by Fr. Tondorf largely on seismology with a few on science and religion. Includes correspondence from Ernest A. Hodgson, Charles E. Munroe, William Bowie, and Sofie A. Nordhoff-Jung.

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Personal letters recieved by Fr. Tondorf from senders including William J. Butler, Estelle R. Byrne, and Edward Greco; undated but likely from the 1920s.

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Letters written to a former Georgetown University student, Vincent E. Ferretti, who had been Fr. Tondorf's informal secretary while working towards a law degree (photocopies). This folder of materials was donated by Ferretti in 1969.

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Letters and telegrams received, predominantly by Georgetown University president Fr. W. Coleman Nevils, expressing sympathy regarding the death of Fr. Tondorf.

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Letters and certificates appointing Fr. Tondorf as a member of scientific societies and inviting him to submit proposals for the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine.

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Transcript of graduate school work in physics completed by Fr. Tondorf.

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Copies of "A Vindication of Vivisection" (2nd ed., 1923), based on a course of lectures on animal experimentation given at Georgetown University in 1920, as well a supplement to the first edition (1922). Also included is a photocopy of "The Registration of Earthquakes and Press Dispatches on Earthquakes from January 1, 1921, to January 1, 1922" (1922).

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A photograph of Fr. Tondorf.

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Correspondence, mostly from Michael L. Mullaney, concerning striking a medal, erecting a medical school library, and commissioning a painting in honor of Fr. Tondorf. Also includes one of the medals used in raising funds for the proposed memorial library and several newsclippings.