Scope and Contents The Patrick F. Healy, SJ Papers consist of diaries, academic notebooks, correspondence, photographs, newsclippings, and other personal papers written by or concerning Healy and his family. The materials cover the period from 1841-1983; the bulk of the materials date from 1877-1906.The twelve diaries in the collection primarily record appointments. The correspondence consists of a single folder of materials written by Healy (1871-1903), as well as two folders of correspondence...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The Richard H. Clarke Papers consist of letters, essays and printed materials of Richard H. Clarke (1827 - 1911). The papers comprise .20 linear feet of material, arranged in 15 folders in one box. The corresponence and manuscripts of this collection mainly involve Clarke's interest in Catholic history in America. He founded the United States Catholic Historical Society in the mid-1880's and conversed with many Catholic historians such as Martin I. J. Griffin, George Pax, Colonel Lamson,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jenkins Family Papers contain a small number of historical documents pertaining to the prominent Jenkins family of Baltimore. In addition to providing information about the history of that particular family, this collection has a connection to the history of Georgetown College as three of the letters were sent to Georgetown College student Thomas Robert Jenkins in 1838 and 1839. Those letters make references to several leading Georgetown faculty and hint at what the college was like...

Scope and Contents Jesuit obituaries: Claude Ramaz (1956), James Lucas (1847), Joseph Soller (1851), Edward McCarthy (1842), Gaspar de Caray (1627), William H. Morrison (1892), Thomas McGlinn (1871), William P. Brett (1914), Cornelius B. Sullivan (1892), Conrad Widman (1906), John Pierron (1678), Louis da Ponte (1624), Jerome de Prado (1605), Philip Fisher (1652), Benedict Masselis (1913), Thomas A. Becker (1954), James Walton (1803), Aloysius Bosch (1903), Edward X. Fink (1928), Peter B. O'Flanagan (1856),...

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Letters predominantly from others, such as Frs. Thomas M. Jenkins, Angelo M. Paresce, Felix Ciampi, James Major, Joseph O’Callaghan, and Angelo Secchi as well as Yale chemist Benjamin Silliman, Jr. Topics include travels of the Jesuits, physics, chemistry, horticulture, and the clock tower at St. Aloysius Church. Arranged chronologically.