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Playbills and performing arts programs collected by Valerie and Kenneth S. Lynn. Primarily from New York and Washington, D.C., especially Kennedy Center.

Scope and Contents 1881 proceedings include: roster of officers; line drawings of the exterior of Healy Hall by Paul Pelz; photographs of campus as well as interior of Memorial [later Gaston] Hall; and discussion of aid for "New Building" [Healy Hall].1882 proceedings include: roster of officers; text of poem, "A Retrospect" by James Hoban, Esq; text of oration by Walter S. Cox; and roster of members of Society.1887 proceedings include: roster of officers; text of address by Society...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Quigley archive is, properly speaking, the photo “morgue” of Quigley Publications, active under various titles since 1915 in motion picture industry trade publishing (Motion Picture Herald, Motion Picture Daily, and others). Primarily an assemblage of publicity photos, the archive is a unique national resource for photographs of motion picture industry people: producers, directors, animators, and their colleagues. Actors and actresses figure less prominently, but are well represented...

Scope and Contents Much relates to the celebration of Georgetown’s Centennial. Among those listed in the alphabetical name index at the front of the volume are John Agar, Henry J. Bawtree; Father James Doonan, Father Robert Fulton, Anton Gloetzner, George E. Hamilton, Father Patrick Healy, Thomas Herran, James Hoban, Outerbridge Horsey, James Hoban, Superioress of S. Joseph’s Orphanage Sister Euphrasia, Stephen R. Mallory, Paul Pelz, James Ryder Randall, E. Francis Riggs, John Gilmary Shea, Father Henry...

Scope and Contents Among those listed in the alphabetical name index at the front of the volume are Angelus Publishing Company, American Express Company, Father Francis Barnum, Benziger Brothers, Mrs. Colonel Jerome Bonaparte, Christian Literature Company of New York City, John Vinton Dahlgren, Elizabeth Dahlgren, Charles A. DeCourcy, Donahue’s Magazine of Boston, Father James Doonan, Judge Edward F. Dunne, Globe Furniture Company of Northville, Michigan, Genesee Closet Company, Father Patrick F. Healy, James...

Scope and Contents Among those listed in the alphabetical name index at the front of the volume are Father Francis Barnum, P.F. Collier, Carroll Institute Secretary, Sister Clara, Carroll Statue, Evening Star, Father Robert Fulton, Alexander J.P. Garesche, James Cardinal Gibbons, George Hamilton, James Hoban, Horace Medal, Mrs. Ives, Leary’s Old Book Store, Manhattan College, G.L. Magruder, Father Pye Neale, Paul Pelz, Riggs and Company, Alice Riggs, Jane Riggs, John Gilmary Shea, Washington Star, U.S....

Scope and Contents Among those listed in the alphabetical name index at the front of the volume are Alaska Commercial Company, Mother Leocadia Beckham at Georgetown Visitation, Father Francis Barnum, Sister Mary Cyril, P.F. Collier, Commissioners of the District of Columbia, John Vinton Dahlgren, Elizabeth Dahlgren, Father James Doonan, Sister Euphrasia at St. Joseph’s Asylum, Mother Louise Fink, Mother Mary Fidelis at Georgetown Visitation, A. Garesche, James Cardinal Gibbons, General Electric Company, Father...

Scope and Contents Among those listed in the alphabetical name index at the front of the volume are John Agar, the College Cadets, Superioress of S. Joseph’s Orphanage Sister Euphrasia, James Cardinal Gibbons, Gaston Hall, James Hoban, Bishop James A. Healy, E. Carroll Morgan, Riggs and Company, Thomas J. Semmes, and the U.S. Electric Light Company. Included are letters to: Messrs. J.G. Proud and Sons, Baltimore dated May 20, 1889 referencing a fire in the North Building [Old North]; Mr....

Scope and Contents Jesuit obituaries: Augustine Regnier (1883), Sebastian Huber (1920), Nicolas Russo (1902), Ignatius Brocard (1852), Michael A. McKey (1916), Matthew C. Sarbiewski (1640), William Smith (1853), Ambrose J. O'Connell (1897), Joseph Lambrigger (1850), John P. McCarthy (1878), Vincent C. Hopkins (1964), Daniel Lynch (1884), Peter de Vitry (1749), Leonard Nota (1870), James McCarthy (1880), George J. Krim (1920), Joseph Rimmele (1873), Francis E. Burke (1934), Jean B. Rene (1916), William H....

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Contains ALS: from de Neckere to Stonestreet on need for Society to obtain new church in Washington 5/14 & 17/1856, on same, misc. 5/23/1856; from Henry Hoban, SJ to Stonestreet on same 5/23/1856; from de Neckere to S. Barber with general news of Washington Seminary 6/14/1856; from Joseph O'Reilly to Stonestreet asking dismissal on grounds of family duties 3/17 & 5/13/1856.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_75_26; 224G1-224G2**

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John Early, S.J. Papers include correspondence to and from Fr. Early, a diary of events at Georgetown College from 1870 to 1872, academic and theological notes and notebooks, and printed material. In addition to material relating to Georgetown College, materials relating to Loyola College in Baltimore are present. A great deal of the information in the Georgetown University Archives relating to the impact of the Civil War on Georgetown College is to be found in the correspondence folders...

Scope and Contents Will of Elisabeth Askin (1790); Will of Frederick Brandt (1815); Letter (Jul. 30, 1863) from H. Hoban, S.J., to A.M. Paresce, S.J.; Extract of R.H. Boarman's Will; Memo (1862) of Thomas Carbery, Executor of Boarman Will; Letter (Dec. 4, 1865) of Fr. Paresce [?] ; Letter (Apr. 1, 1864) explains what was left to Georgetown, to College of Washington [Gonzaga] and to Loyola [Baltimore] from Boarman bequest; William Chandler Will (1725); Will (1728) of James Carroll of Fingall [Ann Arundell...

Scope and Contents Contains notice of death of Fr. De Vico 12/15/1848; from Basilio Pacciarini, SJ to Brocard on misc. 12/15/1848, on misc. personnel matters 12/22/1848; from Combs to T. Mulledy on misc. Dec 1848; from John Early, SJ to (?) on Bp's visit to Holy Cross, Society's difficulties in Europe 12/17/1848; from Brocard to McElroy on personnel matters 12/27/1848; from Charles Waterton to Tomei on anti-clerical violence in Italy, Pope's flight from Rome 12/27/1848; from H. Hoban to S. Barber on misc....