This collection is currently unprocessed and access to it may therefore be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.
The collections contains the personal and professional papers, correspondence, lectures and photographs of John F.X. Sweeney, S.J.
Photocopies of correspondence between Christopher Simon Sykes and his brother Richard Sykes (dated 1930-1978). Includes letters to the former's uncle, British writer Christopher Sykes (born 1907-1986) from Patrick Balfour, Cyril Connell, Harman Grisewood, Rupert Hart-Davis, Roy Howard, Joan Hoare, and Serena James (photocopies).
This collection is currently unprocessed and access to it may therefore be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.
The collection contains documents related to the 1974 Synod of Bishops including press reports, official and semi-official documents, and episcopal interventions
The John Bannister Tabb Papers consist of more than 40 letters, manuscripts, and cards sent from Fr. Tabb to Dr. Thomas R. Price and Price's family. The letters touch on Fr. Tabb's poetry and publishing matters. A few poems by Fr. Tabb are found among the documents. Most of the letters were sent by Fr. Tabb from St. Charles College in Ellicott City, Maryland. Several prnted items about Fr. Tabb are also retained.
This collection consists of letters from Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to Adrienne Croissant (1946-1954) as well as Teilhard and Teilhard-related publications (1923-1957).
Letters from Teilhard de Chardin to Diane de Margerie. Includes printed articles by and about Teilhard de Chardin. Four offprints bear inscriptions by Teilhard to Ambassador Roland de Margerie and his wife Jenny Fabre-Luce, parents of Diane de Margerie.
Diane de Margerie (b.1927), is a French writer and translator.
The Raphael - Teilhard de Chardin Collection consists of thirty-seven letters, a manuscript drawing, two typed manuscripts, and a number of offprints on evolution and anthropology, all from the collection of Mrs. Francoise Raphael, an old friend of Teilhard from his early days in China. There is also a folder of black-and-white photographs.
Materials pertaining to Pierre Leroy, SJ, particularly relating to his book: "Un chemin non trace: Jesuite au XX siecle" (1992). Includes letters from Abbe Breuil, photographs of Leroy, and an early copy of "La messe sur le monde" by Teilhard de Chardin.
Teaching materials created by Bernard Brown, S.J., and Thomas King, S.J., relating to the philosophy of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
Source material collected by Warre for her exhibitions on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. 18 folders. Items of note include:
1. Copies of typescripts of reminiscences and published articles by Thomas King, SJ; Pierre Leroy, SJ; Solange Soulie; Leo Zonneveld, and Warre, among others.
2. Warre, Janetta, "Travelling with Teilhard de Chardin in Britain." (No publication date.)
3. Teilhard de Chardin Centenary Exhibition catalog, 1983. Inscribed by Warre.
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, printed material and photographs concerning Phillips Temple's national chairmanship of "Catholic Book Week" in February, 1949. The program was sponsored annually by the Catholic Library Association to "stimulate the reading and writing of Catholic literature in various forms." Temple served as librarian of Riggs Memorial Library at Georgetown University from 1937 to 1954.
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