"Chinese Serial", a newspaper in Chinese printed at the English missionary school Ying Wa College in Hong Kong, with a table of contents in English showing recent major events around the world, and a map of the two hemispheres. The volume was originally stab-bound with twisted paper ties, now disbound. The front page displays a Riggs Library stamp and the written name "Capt. J. Pope / U.S.S. Vandalia".
A series of 17 manuscript volumes under the general title "Magni archivii scriptuarum pro regali jurisdictione regni Neap[olitani]", a general history of the Spanish administration of the Kingdom of Naples undertaken for Philip IV of Spain by Bartolomeo Chioccarelli, completed in 1631. Never published in complete form, this scribal copy was written by several different hands in the eighteenth century.
The collection consists of papers presented at the Choices on our Conscience International Symposium on Human Rights, Retardation and Research, as well as the symposium's program.. The symposium was sponsored by the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation and held in October 1971.
Two boxes. 33 1/3 RPM. With President Edward B. Bunn, S.J., and The Chimes. Paper sleeve has drawing of Dahlgren Chapel in the snow on the front.
Bound autograph manuscript written by Joseph-Marie Amiot. Undated. French title: "Abrege Chronologique de l'Histoire universelle de l"Empire Chinois."
A bound album entitled "Century of Autographs" compiled by Patrick F. Dealy, SJ as a memorial of a fair held in the Church of St. Francis Xavier at W 16th St., New York City, in 1880. A list of contributors is provided in the front of the volume.
A 1733 indenture for property in the City of Philadelphia that involves the following individuals: Adam Lewis, Mary Lewis, John Martin, Thomas Chalkely, Ralph Jackson, John Michener, James Tucker, Mary Tucker, William Carter, and John Dixon.
See the External Documents section below for a transcript of the document.
Personal papers comprised of letters, articles and printed items relating to John Hardy, Sen. Jacob Javits, John F. Kennedy, Robert Lax and Thomas Merton, John S. Monagan, Raymond Roseliep, and Mark Van Doren.
The James Clark, SJ Papers contain spiritual writings as well as correspondence predominantly related to the various positions he held in educational administration. Also included are materials regarding his years at West Point and in the US Army.
Correspondence, photographs, ledgers, genealogy, and other material (1850s-1910s) related to the family of Daniel Boone Clarke, a Washington, D.C. physician and graduate of Georgetown University.
Imperial Map of the City of Edo, Japan, circa 1850. Includes the wooden box that originally contained the 1860 gift of alumnus Nicholas Cleary, with his inscription detailing the gift of this map and a book of costumes, no longer present.
The William B. Cleary, SJ Papers contain a commonplace book maintained by Cleary during his Jesuit formation and early teaching career as well as correspondence, certificates, and other miscellaneous documents.
The James T. Clements' Sons Funeral Home Records consist of ledgers documenting the costs for funeral expenses and certificates of death for individuals whose families used the company's services. The funeral expenses were maintained in ledgers while the death certificates are in partly printed formant. The funeral home was located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The records date from 1875 to 1945.
