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Horace B. McKenna, SJ Papers 2

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS235
Scope and Contents

The Horace B. McKenna, SJ Papers 2 consist predominantly of correspondence received during his ministry in Ridge, Maryland, from fellow Jesuits as well as his family members and friends/parishioners. Further, there is printed matter; photographs; and a series of files collected by Thomas E. Ambrose, SJ, Horaces' nephew.

Dates: 1900 - 1992
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:  McKenna’s later ministry centered in Washington, DC, where he was assigned to St. Aloysius Church (1952–1958, 1964–1982), with an interim period as assistant pastor at the Church of the Gesù in Philadelphia (1958-1964).

Stephen Dubuisson, SJ - William Feiner, SJ Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS50
Scope and Contents This collection contains letters, diaries, and other writings of Stephen Larigaudelle Dubuisson, S.J. and William Feiner, S.J. Because the two men served as successive Presidents of Georgetown College in the 1820s, and because both made entries in the letterbooks in this collection, these materials have been grouped together. Dubuisson’s materials consist of loose letters (including several pertaining to students at Georgetown College) and three bound items (a diary, a...
Dates: 1818 - 1842
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:  Afterwards, he served as pastor at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown, Old St. Joseph's Church in Philadelphia, and St.

John McElroy, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS23
Scope and Contents The John McElroy, SJ Papers contain diaries, correspondence, Golden Jubilee materials, retreat notes, biographical information and other writings, and some business and financial records from McElroy’s tenure as Procurator of Georgetown College. McElroy’s diary (1813-1821) documents enslaved people at Georgetown College and at several Jesuit plantations in Maryland. Materials on Slavery Some folders in this collection contain references to...
Dates: 1803 - 1905
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:  He was instrumental in establishing St. John’s Church and St. John’s Literary Institution (both in Frederick).

Sylvia V.C. Twine Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-20250908
Scope and Contents

The collection documents the career of mezzo-soprano Sylvia V.C. Twine. It includes concert programs, advertisements, and newspaper clippings (1989-2016); curricula vitae; portrait photographs; two compact discs of Twine recordings; and Twine's Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan School of Music (2001).

Dates: 1989 - 2016
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Subjects:  Church music
Found in Notes:  Twine is on the voice faculty at The Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC where she directs The Sophisticated Ladies; serves as local chair of The George Shirley African American Art Song & Operatic Aria Competition; and is Music Director for St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. In the spring of 2016, Ms.

Vaughan, Herbert Cardinal, Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS156
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

The Herbert Cardinal Vaughan Collection consists of original and transcribed material pertaining to St. Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart.

Dates: 1841 - 1964; Majority of material found within 1872 - 1877
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:  Churches had been closed by the government and services prohibited.

Georgetown Citizen: Official Organ of the Georgetown Citizen's Association

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-131206
Dates: January 1920-October 1923 (with gaps)
Found in: Georgetown University Archives

Woodstock Theological Center Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WTL-20130101
Content Description

This collection is currently unprocessed and access to it may therefore be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.

Collection contains 35 boxes of papers, photos, and other media from the Woodstock Theological Center.

Dates: 1973 - 2013
Found in: Woodstock Theological Collection Archives
Found in Notes:  This free-standing theological institute was founded in 1973 to stimulate creative theological thinking about critical issues facing the human family, society, and the Church. Over the course of forty years, Woodstock contributed significantly to the rich heritage of Jesuit theological inquiry in service to the Church and the world.

John Kelly Liberia Mission Diary

 Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 38: [Barcode: 39020031368189], Folder: 12
Identifier: GTM-0060
Scope and Contents A diary maintained by Rev. John Kelly during a portion of his Catholic missionary work in Cape Palmas, Liberia. He describes the struggles of Catholic missionaries in their largely unsuccessful efforts to proselytize to African-American colonists and the local Grebo people as well as the persistent health concerns for him and his fellow travelers. Note on Problematic Language Please be aware that this collection contains the use of outdated...
Dates: 1842
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:  There he was made pastor of St. Peter’s Church, Jersey City, where he remained until his death in 1866.

Patrick O'Mahony Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS221
Scope and Contents Material in this collection centers around the human rights work of Fr. Patrick O'Mahony, a major focus of which was on ethical employment and working condition policies and practices of multi-national companies and subsidiaries in the Third World, including South Africa, South America, and countries in Asia. Fr. O'Mahony undertook a study of the moral implications of investments and the responsibilities of shareholders, particularly with regard to the policies of his own diocese of...
Dates: 1954 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1989
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:  There his work began in earnest, and included building the new church of Our Lady of the Wayside, which features remarkable work by sculptor Dame Elizabeth Frink (see Folders 2:32 and 2:42), such as the Risen Christ over the altar.

Clippings, 1972-1979

 Collection
Identifier: GTA-000367
Scope and Contents Xeroxes of articles from papers including The Washington Post, Catholic Standard, and New York Times. All relate to the University and discuss faculty, events, issues, medical developments, and sports. Clippings from 1973 discuss: program to bring German students to study in U.S.; appointment of Jayne Thomas Rich as head of Protective Services; and move of Woodstock Theological Center. Clippings from 1974 discuss: program to bring German students to study in U.S.; dismissal of Edmund G....
Dates: September 1972-April 1979
Found in: Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:  Clippings from 1977 discuss: death of Martin Diamond; Unification Church conference on campus; and appointment of Harold S.

George Schwarz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS29
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

This is a collection of late seventeenth-century Latin letters relating to the Church and especially to the Society of Jesus, all bound into one volume. Among other places, they emanate from or discuss Genoa, the South Pacific, the Philippines, Lisbon, Austria, the Balkans, Japan,China, Indochina, Paraguay, Brazil, and Mexico.

Dates: 1672 - 1681
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:  This is a collection of late seventeenth-century Latin letters relating to the Church and especially to the Society of Jesus, all bound into one volume.

Adelman, Maurice Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GRB-000005
Collection-level scope and contents note A collection of personal letters, booklets, ephemera et cet. of Maurice Adelman (1932-1999). Includes pamphlets, magazines, photographs, autographed literature and miscellaneous materia. The collection contains a large number of informational booklets related to the histories of Catholic churches throughout the United States and Europe (from the 1950s to the 1990s). Also of note is the ephemera of Dr. James B. Donovan, former President of the Pratt Institute and foreign negotiator for the...
Dates: 1950-1995
Found in: Georgetown University Rare Books
Found in Notes:  The collection contains a large number of informational booklets related to the histories of Catholic churches throughout the United States and Europe (from the 1950s to the 1990s).

Andre E. Hellegers Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-810811
Scope and Contents

Papers of Andre E. Hellegers, obstetrician, gynecologist and authority on bioethics. Bulk of collection concerns Hellergers' directorship of the Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University (1971-1979). Includes articles by Hellegers and others on abortion, birth control, population research, and bioethics.

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Dates: 1963 - 1979
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Subjects:  Bioethics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church

Theological Studies Journal Records

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-000623
Scope and Contents

The records of Theological Studies consist predominantly of author-editor correspondence but also include material related to the governance of the journal, events, projected issues, finance, promotion, and a handful of miscellaneous subjects from its earliest days through 1995.

Dates: 1938 - 1995
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Subjects:  Catholic Church -- Periodicals

Mark Fax Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-20170822
Scope and Contents Music manuscripts of the composer Mark Fax, including choral arrangements and vocal solos, chamber music, piano and organ pieces, operas, orchestral works, studies and sketches. Fax composed music in many genres, classical, popular, and sacred; all are represented in the collection. Of note are Fax's regular collaborations with poet Owen Dodson and composer Hall Johnson. A small file containing miscellaneous papers related to his music (copyright filings and posthumous notes by his wife,...
Dates: 1932 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1972
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:  To support his family, he worked both as choirmaster and janitor at a Rochester church. Having received the Master of Music in Composition, Fax won a second Rosenwald Fellowship, and taught at the Black Mountain College in 1946.

Charles Constantine Pise Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS18
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the papers of Charles Constantine Pise, a Jesuit who left the Society in 1821 and eventually became Senate Chaplain for the 22nd US Congress in 1832. Materials include correspondence, travel papers, writings, and miscellaneous documents.

Dates: 1818 - 1855
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Subjects:  Church of St. Charles Borromeo (New York, N.Y.)
Found in Notes:  Peter’s in New York, after which he helped found the Church of St. Charles Borromeo in Brooklyn (1849).

Andrew Graves, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS59
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the papers of Andrew Graves, SJ, former pastor of the parishes of Church of the Little Flower in Revere, North Carolina, and Our Lady of Loretto in Hot Springs, North Carolina. The collection consists of various materials regarding the history of Madison County, North Carolina (the location of the two parishes), the Society of Jesus in North Carolina, and the Dioceses of Raleigh and Charlotte.

Dates: 1906 - 1984
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:  Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, 1965-1966). He then returned to North Carolina and was stationed at the Chapel of the Redeemer in Hot Springs (1967-1985) where he also become pastor.

America Magazine Records

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS60
Scope and Contents

This processed segment of the America Magazine Records predominantly contains business and administrative material related to the running of the journal. Searchable back issues (1909-2015) of the magazine can be found online here. Note that the collection had previously been named America Magazine Archives until 2024.

The remainder of the collection is currently unprocessed.

Dates: circa 1909-1989, 2009
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Subjects:  Catholic Church
Found in Notes:  He was also determined that the journal should defend the Church against the prejudices he saw against Catholicism; however, it was not until December 8, 1909, the issuance date of Superior General Francis Xavier Wernz's "Ordinatio, that it was founded.

Robert Collyer 80th Birthday Scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39020030756244]
Identifier: GTM-0029
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a scrapbook assembled to celebrate the 80th birthday of Robert Collyer. It includes a program for the celebration held at the Church of the Messiah (34th Street and Park Avenue, NYC) and congratulatory letters from numerous individuals (including Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie, among others).

Dates: 1903
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:  It includes a program for the celebration held at the Church of the Messiah (34th Street and Park Avenue, NYC) and congratulatory letters from numerous individuals (including Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie, among others).

Carl Barsch Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-071003
Scope and Contents Note The Carl Barsch Diaries comprise four diaries kept by a relation of Carl Barsch of Philadelphia in a "Wanamaker Diary" for the years 1913, 1914, 1915, and 1916. The diaries contain discussions of his education, teaching, family, and various activities. Mention is made of working as a traveling salesman and watching baseball. The diary records on July 5, 1914: "Saw Pres. Wilson leaving the White House to attend Church. We visited the Library of Congress." Also includes a few printed...
Dates: 1913 - 1916
Found in: Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:  Wilson leaving the White House to attend Church. We visited the Library of Congress." Also includes a few printed items which had previously been kept loose in the bound diaries.

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Dilworth, Thomas 1
Drexel, Katharine Mary, Saint, 1858-1955 1
Dubuisson, Stephen, 1786-1864 1
Duran, Leopoldo 1
Edmund D. Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics 1
Eichhorn, Rudolph J., 1893-1964 1
Emerick, Abraham J., 1856-1931 1
Episcopal Church in Scotland. Clergy 1
Fax, Mark (Mark Oakland Fax), 1911-1974 1
Feiner, William, 1792-1829 1
Fielding, Gabriel, 1916-1986 1
Fitzgerald, John, -1799 1
Fulton, Robert, 1826-1895 1
Gargan, Neil J., 1907-1985 1
Georgetown University. Medical Center 1
Gill, Eric, 1882-1940 1
Graves, Andrew, 1904-1995 1
Halpern, Samuel, 1922-2005 1
Hancock, Eugene W. (Eugene Wilson), 1929-1994 1
Hanrahan, Edward J., 1892-1976 1
Hartnett, Joseph J., 1910-1987 1
Hastings Center 1
Healy, Patrick Francis, 1830-1910 1
Helms, Richard 1
Hennessy, Charles J., 1877-1942 1
Hines, Joseph K., 1957- 1
Horton, William F., 1911-1992 1
Hristić, Annie, 1885-1977 1
Hume, Paul, 1915-2001 1
Isenstead, Erich W. (Erich Wolfgang Isenstead), 1918-1994 1
Jackson, Edward, Jr., 1933-2016 1
James T. Clements' Sons Funeral Home 1
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Jones, David, 1895-1974 1
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation 1
Kelly, John, 1802-1866 1
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
Kilmer, Aline, 1888-1941 1
Kilmer, Kenton, 1909-1995 1
Kilmer, Michael, Sister, 1914-1999 1
Kumm, Marguerite, 1902-1992 1
Law, Richard C., 1902-1960 1
Lunn, Arnold, 1888-1974 1
Mannion, Gerard, 1970-2019 1
Marshall, Bruce, 1899-1987 1
Martin, Tonita Ridgway 1
Maryland State Colonization Society 1
McElroy, John, 1782-1877 1
McRae family 1
Monagan, John S. 1
Mudd, Richard Dyer, 1901-2002 1
Mulledy, Thomas F., 1794-1860 1
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