Box 3

Scope and Contents Contains correspondence, predominantly with editor F. H. (Franklin Henry) Hooper, pertaining to the "Society of Jesus" entry for the 1936 Encyclopedia Britannica. Also includes: a report of the "Meeting of Historians to Discuss the Preparation and Writing of Article on the Society of Jesus" (12-22-1935); "Religion and the Catholic Church in the Encylopedia Britannica," an attack of Fr. John Wynne on the "erroneous" and "offensive" Church-related entries in the 1929 edition; and "Objections...

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Contains correspondence, predominantly with editors F. H. (Franklin Henry) Hooper and Walter Yust, related to articles for the Encyclopedia Britannica Books of the Year for 1938-1942. Includes a typescript draft of Talbot's article on Pius XII.

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Talbot's "Shining in Darkness," translated by Artutor Quintavelle (staff writer at L'Osservatore Romano), as published in Sunday editions of the newspaper between 12-1-1925 and 5-31-1936.

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A copy of of Talbot's Saint Among the Hurons: The Life of Jean de Brébeuf with handwritten corrections. Also includes a letter from author Evelyn Waugh discussing how an author should feel after completing the writing of a work.

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Contains typescript "Catholicism in America," a chapter written by Talbot for America Now: An Inquiry Into Civilization in the United States by Thirty-Six Americans.

Scope and Contents Correspondence and clippings regarding the Dionne quintuplets, born in Ontario 5-28-1934, the first set of quintuplets known to have survived infancy. Talbot was especially invested in the reunion of the five children with their parents after a lengthy custody battle and wrote on them in America. Also included is his 1941 piece "The Quints Want to Go Home" (a condensed version of an America article reprinted in ...

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Correspondence and planning materials related to the Washington/Loyola Retreat House project for which Talbot served as assistant director for organization, financing, and construction in 1953. He stepped down from the position that same year, but the project would eventually be completed in 1958 as the Loyola-on-Potomac Retreat House in Faulkner (Maryland).

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Correspondence regarding Talbot's retirement as editor-in-chief of America and his testimonial dinner that took place 9-26-1944. Also includes a program for the dinner and a copy of the address he gave.

Scope and Contents Contains photographs of Talbot: a portrait (1938); on deck the MS Kungsholm en route to Havana (1940); near the home of the Dionne quintuplets (1940); at Thomas F. Meehan's honorary degree ceremony at Fordham University (1941); with his own honorary degree group at Fordham (1941); at a Sigrid Undset lecture in Chicago (1941); with the "North-West Pilgrimage to Canadian Shrines" group in Caughnawaga/Kahnawake (1942); and at a tenth anniversary gathering for the Gallery of Living Catholic...