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Correspondence, article drafts, research notes, and newspaper clippings for a National Jesuit News series entitled "Jesuit History in Stamps," written predominantly by Fr. Paul J. Gibbons.

Scope and Contents Contains images of U.S. Presidents, mostly at inaugurals. Includes: George and Martha Washington, John Adams, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln (includes detail of his signature), first inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant in 1869, first inauguration of Grover Cleveland in 1885 (2 photographs, one showing streetcar in front of a decorated Willard Hotel), Benjamin Harrison (presumably his inauguration), William McKinley (at inauguration, with James Cardinal Gibbons, and Admiral Dewey, and lying in...

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Items collected by Gerard O'Brien relating to American Catholic and Jesuit notables of the 17th and 19th century.

Scope and Contents Includes program and photographs. Highlighted productions include: School for Wives; Murder in the Cathedral; Summer and Smoke; Beekeeper; Tabletalk; Danny Boy; Mourning Becomes Electra; Calliope VII: One Sleepless Knight; If I had a Yardstick I Could Rule the World!; The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd; Richard III; Calliope VIII: Come Back Little Phoenix. Among those photographed: Nigel McLauchlan; Louis Pangaro; Russ Suda; Dan Ortmeyer; Arturo Rovera; Tom Lydon; Louis...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The George Merriam Hyde Papers consist of a small number of letters written to George Merriam Hyde (1865-1899), literary critic and editorial writer, who spent some of his career in New York City. Correspondents include notables in the editorial business, such as William Crary Brownell, Edward Livermore Burlingame, Frank Moore Colby, James Gibbons Huneker, James Brander Matthews, Harry Thurston Peck, and Edmund Clarence Stedman. As the documents include references to various items for...

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The John LaFarge, SJ Papers contain correspondence, typescripts, manuscripts, clippings, and other items covering the entire range of his life and activities.

Scope and Contents The John D. Crimmins papers consist of the personal correspondence sent to Mr. Crimmins between the years 1877-1910 together with some miscellaneous papers and a handwritten diary (1879-1907). The subject of the correspondence is related largely to his charitable activities. Of interest are letters from James Cardinal Gibbons and Patrick Cardinal Ryan. Also included in his correspondence file are four letters from U.S. Civil War General and Democratic presidential candidate Winfield Scott...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren papers consist of one scrapbook intact, containing material dating from 1885 through 1888; a fragment of a scrapbook, containing material dating 1877 through 1879; and one tintype, possibly of the Irish statesman, Charles Stewart Parnell. The following description of this collection begins with the complete scrapbook, designated Scrapbook I. The fragmented Scrapbook II follows, with the tintype as the last item in the collection. Itemization of material within...

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Advertisement for book Faith of Our Fathers by Archbishop Gibbons.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

This series contains a variety of material on Catholic and Negro life in Southern Maryland.

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This series consists of material on the Cardinal Gibbons Institute at Ridge, MD. (Please note that additional materials on the Institute can be found elsewhere in the collection.)

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Contains incoming correspondence to John Gilmary Shea. Arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: This series contains a collection of the correspondence from the private papers of John D. Crimmins. The subject of the correspondence is primarily related to the philanthropic activities Crimmins was engaged in for the period 1877-1910. Among the people Crimmins corresponded with are Mother Jones, SCJM, James Cardinal Gibbons, Patrick Cardinal Ryan, and Winfield Scott Hancock. Also included in this collection are two letters addressed to Crimmins' wife, Lily Lalor Crimmins (d. 1888), a...

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Correspondence received by JPJM mainly in response to requests by JPJM for autographs and photographs of notable artists, writers and composers of the 1930's, 40's and 50's.

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Document by Archbishop Gibbons granting faculties to the Rev. Rector at Woodstock.

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Only one series.

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The Individual Authors Series contains correspondence, manuscripts, questionnaires from the Gallery of Living Catholic Authors, photos, publications, and clippings relating to individual authors who were accepted or considered as members of the Gallery of Living Catholic Authors established by Sister Mary Joseph, S.L., in 1932. The series is arranged alphabetically by author. Boxes 1-66.