Box 5

Scope and Contents Letters to and from Leo's parents, Lilian and Patrick, while he was under house arrest at the Ateneo de Manila and interned at Santo Tomas and Los Baños:(1) Letter to Lilian from the Office of the Provost Marshal General indicating that the list of civilians in the hands of the enemy are incomplete and Leo's location is unknown, plus a typed letter with information on American nationals in enemy hands (August 24, 1942) (2) Letter to Lillian from the Rochester chapter of the...

Scope and Contents Letters from Welch to family upon his February 23 release from the internment camp at Los Baños. His initial letters from February and March describe the circumstances of his imprisonment and recent liberation while those from June discuss his ongoing health issues and treatment for dysentery at St. Vincent's Hospital (New York). After a stint assisting at St. John the Evangelist (Pulaski) in July and August, Welch received a new position teaching mathematics at Canisius High School...

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Letters from Welch to his family from Buffalo and while traveling back to the Philippines, including during a month-long stopover in San Francisco. And, upon his arrival, contains updates on friends and parishioners in Manila, the destruction of the city, and his new position as a teacher at the Ateneo de Manila.

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Letters from Welch to his family while at the Ateneo de Manila where he was teaching physics, religion, sociology, and catechism classes, including a letter from one of his pupils, Salvador Velasquez (June 9).

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Letters from Welch to his family while at the Ateneo de Manila as well as a letter from Sister Christina to their parents.

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Letters from Welch to his parents and his niece Mary Welch (1928-2019) while at the Ateneo de Manila as well as letters for his mother from Hilda Marie Krenzer, a Webster native visiting the Philippines, and Fr. William F. Masterson.

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Letters from Welch to his parents and Sister Camillus while at the Ateneo de Manila and, after June 22, the Jesuit novitiate in Novaliches (around 15 miles from the center of Manila) where he had become minister.

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Letters from Welch to his parents and Sister Camillus from Novaliches as well as a letter to a Sister Romona in Webster.

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Letters from Welch to his parents, sister Concilia ("Connie"), and Sister Camillus from Novaliches. Also a letter to Sister Camillus from a schoolchild in Manila, Betty Fernandez (January 27).

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Letters from Welch to his parents and Sister Christina from Novaliches, including discussion of the deaths of Sister Camillus (July 18) and his brother Henry (October 8). Also a letter to the Welch's from a fellow Jesuit at Novaliches, Fr. Jose V. Aquino.

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Letters from Welch to his parents and Sister Christina from Novaliches.

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Letters from Welch to his parents from Novaliches.

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Letters from Welch to his parents from Novaliches and, after May 11, while at the Ateneo de Davao in Davao City. Also contains a card/spiritual bouquet from the veteran brothers at Novaliches on the occasion of Leo's birthday (February 20) and a note from Basily Stepanoff to Leo regarding his son Alexander, who was a student in Leo's class (December 12). Further includes a letter from Rosie Ebo, the wife of a worker at the Ateneo de Davao, to Leo's mother (December 28).

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Letters from Welch to his parents and Sister Christina while at the Ateneo de Davao.

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Letters from Welch to his parents while at the Ateneo de Davao.