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Gonzaga College High School Histories

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-000555
Scope and Contents Sketch of Gonzaga College from its Foundation in 1821 till the Celebration of the Diamond Jubilee in 1896. Washington: Published by the College, 1897. Handwritten note at front reads: From the Estate of Tom Cantwell, AB 1908. The coat of arms of the Gonzaga Family is on the front cover.Gonzaga College: An Historical Sketch, From its Foundation in 1821 to the Solemn Celebration of its First Centenary in 1921. Washington: Published by the College, 1922. Illustrations include:...
Dates: 1897-2008

John E. Corrigan Humanae Vitae Controversy Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-0032
Scope and Contents

Photocopies and microfilm copies of correspondence, documents, manuscripts, minutes, and newspaper clippings assembled by John E. Corrigan concerning the Washington Priests Association dispute with Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle over Humanae Vitae. Corrigan served as chairman of the Association during the controversy.

Dates: 1968 - 1970

Thomas F. Meehan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS213
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Thomas F. Meehan Papers consist of correspondence received or acquired by Mr. Meehan for the years 1859-1920. Correspondents include figures from the U.S. Catholic Church hierarchy such as Cardinal John M. Farley, Abp. Michael A. Corrigan, Bp. James McFaul, and Bp. Charles McDonnell, as well as from leading political figures in both Irish and American politics, including Michael Davitt, Alexander M. Sullivan, Perry Belmont, Patrick A. Collins, and Samuel Sullivan Cox. The content of the...
Dates: 1859 - 1920; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1915

Scrapbook: Epistolae Gratulatoriae Jubilaei Universitatis Georgiopolitanae

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-000075-DS
Scope and Contents

Contains printed and handwritten letters of congratulation on Georgetown's Centennial. The letters, addressed to the University President and faculty, are from presidents of colleges and universities, both in the U.S. and in Europe, and from members of the Church Hierarchy.

Dates: 1889

Martin J. Griffin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS61
Collection-level Scope and Content Note This collection consists of the papers of Martin Ignatius Joseph Griffin (1842-1911), Catholic historian, writer and editor, who was a native of Philadelphia. Correspondence in the collection concerns subscriptions and requests for or letters pertaining to historical information, and there is an abundant amount of material pertaining to the Temperance Movement as well as to the Total Abstinence Movement which existed in the Catholic Church of Griffin's day. Also included is correspondence...
Dates: undated

Maurice Adelman, Jr. papers

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Identifier: GTM-940101
Collection level scope note The Maurice Adelman, Jr. Papers consist of correspondence, pamphlets, and clippings by and about John Cardinal Wright. The collection comprises 1 linear foot of material and is arranged in 64 folders in 2 boxes. The collection holds about 150 personal letters from John Cardinal Wright to Maurice Adelman, along with correspondence between Adelman and some of Wright's friends concerning such issues as Wright's will and literary rights, the future writing of Wright's biography, as well as many...
Dates: 1957-1990

Gozos Devotional Broadsides Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-140708
Scope and Contents The collection consists of gozos (also known as gosos or goigs) and other religious devotional printed pieces from the Catalan region of Spain, dating from 1776 to 1982. Many of the gozos relate to Mary, mother of Jesus.It includes:Single folio volume, bound in contemporary tree calf (scuffed) with “Collecion/de/Gozos” stamped on cover. This volume contains 310 separately printed single-sided illustrated broadsides, each with a woodcut (and usually some other...
Dates: 1776 - 1982

Neil J. Gargan, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-211222
Scope and Contents

The Neil J. Gargan, SJ Papers contain sermons and other spoken addresses as well as correspondence and photographs.

Dates: 1928 - 1980

Georgetown University: Community of Character (Pamphlet)

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Identifier: GTA-000368
Scope and Contents

Text of lectures given in 1987 and 1988: The University and The Church by Timothy S. Healy, S.J., April 12, 1988; Community and Diversity at Georgetown by Royden B. Davis, S.J., Feburary 1, 1988; Georgetown University: American Dream, Ignatian Vision By Michael J. Collins, September 30, 1987; Tyranny or Tolerance: Genesis, The Jesuits and Georgetown By Robert B. Lawton, S.J., November 4, 1987; and Education for World Citizenship by Monika Hellwig, April 2, 1987.

Dates: 1987-1988

Horace B. McKenna, SJ Papers 3

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Identifier: GTM-840301
Scope and Contents

The Horace B. McKenna, S.J. Papers 3 document the life of a Roman Catholic priest who served in Southern Maryland and Washington, DC. in the twentieth century. Included is correspondence with Jesuit Fathers Provincial, St. Aloysius Church, and the Archdiocese of Washington. Material about Dorothy Day (two notes) and John LaFarge is also preseved in this collection. Some printed materials and photographs are retained, too.

Dates: 1930 - 1974

Horace B. McKenna, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-821201
Scope and Contents The Rev. Horace B. McKenna, SJ Papers are comprised of files kept by Father McKenna at the time of his death. Consequently, they date primarily from the 1960's and 1970's and concern his activities as assistant pastor of St. Aloysius Church and his involvement in numerous projects. Father McKenna was a major force in the adoption of innovative social action programs to combat problems encountered in the inner-city. The Papers contain files on his work with the St. Vincent De Paul Society, as...
Dates: 1899 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1982

Richard H. Clarke papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS92
Collection-level Scope and Content Note 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,...
Dates: 1863-1911

Bernard A. Maguire, S.J. Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTA-GAMMS17
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Bernard A. Maguire, S.J. Papers include correspondence (mainly letters to Father Maguire) during both of his tenures as President of Georgetown College, although not all of the content pertains to College affairs. Also present are: notes from a diary he kept between 1839 and 1870 which references events in his life and happenings on campus, including the impact of the Civil War; clippings relating to his death and funeral; and handwritten notes relating to theology lectures he attended...
Dates: 1848 - 1886; Majority of material found within 1848 - 1867

William B. Ullathorne Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-801119
Scope and Contents Papers of William Bernard Ullathorne (1806-1889), Bishop of Birmingham from 1850-1889. Primarily consists of correspondence documenting changes in the Roman Catholic Church in England during the middle to late nineteenth century. Includes correspondence relating to Ullathorne's "Notes on the Education Question" (1857). Letters from John Moore Capes, Bishop Paul Cullen, Charles Langdale, Thomas William Marshall, George Talbot, and many from Nicholas Cardinal Wiseman.Click on...
Dates: 1848 - 1883

John Gilmary Shea Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS269
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The preeminent American Catholic historian of his day, John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) amassed an extraordinary collection of correspondence, manuscripts, and research materials. The John Gilmary Shea Papers preserved in the Georgetown University Library Special Collections Division provide valuable documentation of both American History in general and American Catholic History in particular. The papers are contained in 26 boxes (11.5 linear feet). Along with a small amount of outgoing...
Dates: 1600 - 1892; Majority of material found within 1700 - 1890

Felix G. Robinson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS140
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The Felix G. Robinson Papers consist of the correspondence, manuscripts, notes and photographs of Felix Griffon Robinson, along with the genealogical notes of Charles Hoye and the correspondence and other papers of "Tableland Trails" and the Mountain Choir Festival. The Papers comprise 25 linear feet, arranged in 586 folders contained in 21 boxes.The Felix G. Robinson Papers trace Robinson's career as a Lutheran pastor, a musician and a local historian. His career as a Lutheran...
Dates: 1905 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1967

175th Anniversary: School of Nursing Program (March 20, 1964)

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-000465-DS
Scope and Contents Includes: invitation; overview and sketch of historical development of School; program; "Excellence in Nursing: Papers Presented at the School of Nursing Program for the 175th Anniversary Observance (by Lawrence C. McHugh, S,J., Carl A. Hangartner, S.J., Lulu Wolf Hassenplug, and Margaret Dolan); and related correspondence. Also material relating to the broader 175th Anniversary celebration, including: program from Faculty Dinner, September 28, 1963; program from Convocation to Commemorate...
Dates: 1964

St. Mary's County Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-480526-DS
Scope and Contents Contains captioned Tercentennial photographs of St. Mary's County and St. Mary's City, Maryland, including Blackiston Island as seen from Kopel's Point, Wharf at St. Mary's City, monument to Leonard Calvert, site of first State House, reproduced State House, one of Lord Baltimore's cannons, and Saint Ignatius Church (exterior and interior). Also contains timeline of events in England and Maryland during the 1600s and 1700s, map of St. Mary's City as it was ca. 1634, and citations to...
Dates: 1933; Majority of material found in 1933 - 1933

Msgr. Joseph J. Hartnett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-19880620
Scope and Contents

The collection contains materials from Msgr. Hartnett's service as an official with Catholic Relief Services in Asia, in particular Vietnam and India. It includes correspondence, reports, clippings, and other documents.

Dates: 20th century

Harry Sylvester Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS220
Scope and Contents The major portions of the Harry Sylvester Papers consist of correspondence and manuscripts for his published novel, “Moon Gaffney”; and an unpublished work, “A Watch in the Night.” Notable correspondents include writers, publishers, scholars, political and religious leaders, such as Harry L. Binsse, Paul Beecher Blanshard, Harvey Breit, Dorothy Day, William A.S. Dollard, Waldo Frank, John Farrar, Brendan Gill, Matthew Hoehn, Nathan I. Hentoff, Stanley J. Kunitz, Eugene J. and...
Dates: 1930 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1944 - 1970

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