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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.

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(Box 1, Folders 1 - 66; Box 2, Folders 1 - 22; Box 3, Folders 1 - 28) This is part I of the Correspondence Series. Folders are arranged alphabetically by individual surnames. Correspondence is primarily by friends and associates of Dr. Joost's, many of whom are noteworthy writers and scholars. Individuals with lengthy correspondence have also been filed in this category.

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

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This series consists of America Magazine General Correspondence. Within this series will be found folders filed by topic and/or names of specific individuals to and from whom correspondence was either addressed or received. In addition, one will occasionally find correspondence which predates the founding of America Magazine. This particular type of correspondence, normally addressed to Father Wynne, the founding editor, was incorporated into the America Magazine general file.

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...

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Photocopy of typed letter in French, from Pierre Teilhard to Jean-Baptiste Janssens dated October 12, 1951.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers of Fr. Walsh throw considerable light on most aspects of his career: as founder and guiding spirit of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; as head of the Papal Relief Mission to Russia in the early 1920s; as president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association; as a representative of the Catholic Church in Mexico; and as an extremely involved consultant at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. Significant correspondents include Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover,...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and a wide variety of supplemental items, which document Murray's career as author, editor, lecturer, professor, and theologian. Murray is perhaps best known for his books We Hold These Truths (1960) and The Problem of God (1964), as well as for his longstanding editorship of Theological Studies. Among Murray's correspondents are Rev. John Tracy Ellis, Henry and Clare Boothe Luce, and Samuel Cardinal Stritch, together with fellow...

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Photocopy of typescript. Dated octobre 1948.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: (Box 1, Folders 22 - 98) This series contains correspondence from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to his long-time friend and fellow Jesuit, Pierre Leroy. Letters date from March 7, 1948 to April 4, 1955, just before the former's death. All letters have been previously published in 'Letters from My Friend, 1948-1955,' collected and introduced by Pierre Leroy and translated from the French with a preface by Mary Lukas. Four unpublished letters included in this collection are dated as follows:...

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...

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Materials regarding Pierre Teilhard de Chardin organized chronologically as they were received by Bronwen Astor.

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Correspondence between Janssens and McKenna.

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series: (Box 1, Folders 22 - 98) This series contains correspondence from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to his long-time friend and fellow Jesuit, Pierre Leroy. Letters date from March 7, 1948 to April 4, 1955, just before the former's death. All letters have been previously published in 'Letters from My Friend, 1948-1955,' collected and introduced by Pierre Leroy and translated from the French with a preface by Mary Lukas. Four unpublished letters included in this collection are dated as follows:...

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This series consists of the personal and professional papers of Jesuits associated with Woodstock, former Woodstock Jesuits, ex Jesuits, and Jesuits within and outside the province. The collection is made up of spiritual notes, sermons, class materials, materials for publication, correspondence between Jesuits and family, photos, scrapbooks, diaries, newspaper clippings, and menologies.

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The Lukas-Teilhard de Chardin Collection comprises the materials used by Ellen and Mary Lukas in the research for their book, Teilhard, a biography of the Jesuit paleontologist and philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. These files consist of original letters, photographs, and photoreproductions of unpublished letters to and from Teilhard, his family, friends, and associates, along with some related printed materials.The material consists of correspondence to the Lukases from...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers of Fr. Walsh throw considerable light on most aspects of his career: as founder and guiding spirit of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; as head of the Papal Relief Mission to Russia in the early 1920s; as president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association; as a representative of the Catholic Church in Mexico; and as an extremely involved consultant at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. Significant correspondents include Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover,...

Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

This series consists of general materials pertaining to the Society of Jesus.

Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and a wide variety of supplemental items, which document Murray's career as author, editor, lecturer, professor, and theologian. Murray is perhaps best known for his books We Hold These Truths (1960) and The Problem of God (1964), as well as for his longstanding editorship of Theological Studies. Among Murray's correspondents are Rev. John Tracy Ellis, Henry and Clare Boothe Luce, and Samuel Cardinal Stritch, together with fellow...