Scope and contents note The George Horton Papers consist of 34 boxes. The collection is arranged into eight series: Correspondence; Diaries, Memoirs, and Lectures; Manuscripts and Drafts; Photographs; Newspaper Clippings; Horton Family Scrapbooks and Schoolbooks; Miscellaneous Documents; and Nancy Horton Materials. The contents of these series range from circa-1870 to 1964, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1923-1940. The collection includes information on Horton's work for the U.S. Consular...

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Printed plan for completing the Panama Canal by J. Revin, dated April 1891 with two sheets of "improvements" dated November 1891. Revin proposes using inclined planes, instead of locks, to complete the canal. Written in French and includes some technical drawings.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of papers documenting the spiritual ministry and correspondence of Thomas Mulledy from the time of his entry in the Society of Jesus in 1815 until his death in 1860. The papers include sermons, 1829-1860; discourses, exercises, instructions, and lectures, 1834-1860; mass intentions, 1824-1860; and verses, 1817-1859. They also include two manuscripts: "Liber Manualis Sacerdotum" ("Priest's Manual"), 1815-1828, and "Vade Mecum" ("Go With Me"), 1815-1822....

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The John Carroll, SJ Collection contains original and transcribed correspondence; two religious manuscripts; biographical notes and news clippings; and miscellaneous documents related to the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States and the first archbishop of Baltimore. Of note are transcriptions of letters exchanged with Fr. Charles Plowden in folders 1, 2, and 6.