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.
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.
Unknown text in cuneiform.
Single issue of the broadsheet San Francisco China News, July 14, 1874.
Palm-leaf book (ola) in Tamil, with wooden boards and cord tie, from Chennai (Madras).
"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".
Mortuary scroll with the text of the Bussetsu Amida Kyo, or the Shorter Amida Sutra, written in shell gold on indigo-dyed paper; the calligrapher dates the scroll to 1688, one year after the death of their father.
Traditional stab bound book containing the Japanese text of the 16th century Noh play "Kurama-tengu" written in cursive, or grass script.
Magical/medical knowledge compiled by a member of a class of magician-priests called datu, written in the Batak language of Sumatra.
One playscript copy of Cole Porter's "The Pirate," produced posthumously by the Cole Porter Trusts around 1968. The script includes songs that were omitted from the 1948 film.
Signatures collected by Colonel Joseph Smolinski, with a few taken from the John G. Shea Papers.
