Contains various statistics and reports and copies of University and Library master plans.
Manuscript account of the life of Saint Colette (b.1381-1447), as related by the Abbot of Saint-Laurent (c.1750-1770). Full title in French: "La Vie de la bienheureuse Collette Reformatrice des Religieuses de Sainte Claire." Bound volume, 285 pages.
One autograph book book dating from 1850 to 1854 that belonged to a New England woman named Lillie. It includes handwritten transcriptions of poetry, notes to Lillie from friends, and handcolored, stamped illustrations. Lillie appears to have attended a school named Barnard. There are references to the town of Marblehead, Massachusetts throughout the book.
Contains autobiographical booklets by members of the Georgetown Jesuit Community. Included are the reflections of: Gerard J. Campbell, S.J. (volume 1); Edward W. Bodnar, S.J. (volume 3); Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J. (volume 4); Br. Donald J. Dixon, S.J. (volume 7); Patrick A. Heelan, S.J. (volume 8); John W. O'Malley, S.J. (volume 10); and William M. King, S.J. (volume 12). All volumes are copyrighted to the Georgetown University Jesuit Community, 2008.
Contains publications, clippings and correspondence re Georgetown, Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland history. Much relates to buildings or places and to Jesuit or Catholic history. Material about Maryland's celebration of its Tercentenary in 1934 is found in the Maryland section.
Sermons, perhaps a few other scattered papers, by or relating to Rev. William Logan, SJ, apparently a graduate of Holy Cross in philosophy in 1849. Virtually none of the material is dated or signed; it is in more than one hand, and some sermons have 'Norwich' or 'New London' and dates 1849 and 1850 penciled in.
The Loughborough Family Papers 2 document the history of the Loughboroughs, a prominent nineteenth century family with connections to the neighborhood of Georgetown and Georgetown University. Of note are documents by and about early U.S. Comptroller of the Treasury Nathan Loughborough, U.S. Congressman John Randolph of Roanoke, Hamilton Loughborough, Confederate officer James Henry Loughborough, artist Margaret M. Loughborough, and others.
One map titled "Lower Mesopotamia" printed in Dehradun, India, by the Survey of India in 1914. One of 500 printed copies that were issued to British staff officers on the eve of the Mesopotamian Campaign and the invasion of Ottoman Iraq. It depicts central and southern Iraq, Kuwait, southwestern Persia, and the head of the Arabian Gulf.
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