This processed segment of the America Magazine Archives currently consists of 68 boxes and is comprised of 39 series, the contents of the latter being found in the series description.
The remainder of the collection is currently unprocessed.
Letters written to the Countess Rachele Maria Carolina Toussaint de St. Seigne (b.1875 - d.1954). Correspondents include Amleto Giovanni, Cicognani Elia Cardinal Dalla Costa, Giovanni Battista Montini (Pope Paul VI), Francis Cardinal Spellman, and Domenico Tardini.
See External Documents below for folder list. Added folder #11 contains biographical information re Mary A. Benjamin and Walter R. Benjamin.
Photocopies and microfilm copies of correspondence, documents, manuscripts, minutes, and newspaper clippings assembled by John E. Corrigan concerning the Washington Priests Association dispute with Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle over Humanae Vitae. Corrigan served as chairman of the Association during the controversy.
The collection contains the papers of Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, dating from 1943 to 2017. It primarily documents his contributions to the field of bioethics, particuarly as an educator and administrator at Georgetown University.
Notes and research material relating to an oral history project on Holy Trinity Church, Washington, D.C., undertaken by William A. Maxwell.
Thirty-three letters dated 1855 to 1865 from St. John Henry Cardinal Newman to Dr. Thomas Hayden, mostly regarding the affairs of the Catholic University of Ireland.
A folder-level inventory to the collection is available in the External Documents section of this finding aid.
One Protective Pass for Enyedy Laszlo from the Apostolic Nunciature in Budapest, issued by Monsignor Angelo Rotta in 1944. As Papal Nuncio, Rotta issued passes such as this to protect Jews from the Nazi Holocaust in Budapest.
The Russell B. Shaw Papers comprise 4.5 linear feet consisting of 43 folders arranged in three boxes. The papers consist almost exclusively of manuscripts of eight books written by Shaw and two books co-authored by C. A. Koob and Germain Grisez.