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Bruno Scott James Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS135
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Bruno Scott James Papers consist of correspondence and manuscript material belonging to Msgr. James. Correspondence by Msgr. James is limited and in xerox form. The originals are located in other collections, specifically, the Douglas Woodruff papers and the Sir Arnold Lunn papers at the Georgetown University Special Collections Division. The bulk of the correspondence relating directly to Msgr. James is to or from his friend, the Bishop William Gordon Wheeler of Leeds. This concerns the...
Dates:
1957 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1976 - 1984
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Bruno continued his studies of the early Church Fathers. According to Rev. Wheeler, Fr. Bruno was never quite comfortable in the Church of England, and during a visit to the Slipper Chapel in Walsingham, Fr.
Gerard Mannion Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20220623
Scope and Contents
The collections contains the papers of Catholic scholar Gerard Mannion (1970-2019), who served as a professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Georgetown University from 2004 until his death in 2019. The collection includes materials from his studies at Oxford and Cambridge, as well as his teaching materials from Georgetown University, the University of Tubingen, Liverpool Hope University, the University of Leeds, and San Diego University. Many of Mannion's research...
Dates:
1987 - 2019
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
"Routledge Companion to the Christian Church" (2008, ed.).
"Where We Dwell in Common: Pathways for Dialogue in the 21st Century" (2015, ed.).
"Where We Dwell in Common: Pathways for Dialogue in the 21st Century" (2015, ed.).
Wilfrid Parsons, SJ Papers 2
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS433
Scope and Contents
The Wilfrid Parsons, SJ Papers 2 consist primarily of letters sent to Parsons, an editor for America, from Annie Christitch. Christitch's letters to Fr. Parsons document in detail the role of Catholicism in Yugoslavia during the 1920s and 1930s. Her letters also touch on the subject of Catholicism in Czechoslovakia during that same period. In her correspondence, Christitch discusses many significant individuals, including King Alexander of Yugoslavia, Antun...
Dates:
1919 - 1965; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1936
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Subjects:
Catholic Church -- Czechoslovakia -- History-- 20th century
William D. Wheeler Papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39020030751559]
Identifier: GTM-140718.1
Scope and contents note
The William D. Wheeler Papers consists of one box of correspondence, photographs, typed and handwritten notes, and published documents primarily pertaining to Wheeler’s interest in photography. Many of the materials have a heavy emphasis on techniques of color photography. Additionally, the collection includes a folder of memorabilia and receipts from a photography exhibit, the Federal Workers Union, and a reimbursement for travel from the military. The collection also includes a folder...
Dates:
1906 - 1918
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
On 31 July, 1912, he married Mary Church Turtle, who survived him. During his retirement, he compiled an extensive genealogy of the Wheeler family.
Paraguayan Jesuits Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS101
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The Paraguayan Jesuits Collection consists of 20 manuscript and 4 printed documents ranging in date from 1639 to about 1744. A number of the manuscripts deal with the employment of Indian laborers from the Jesuit 'reductions' on the fortification of the ports of Buenos Aires; others touch on the incursions of hostile Indians against the reductions. A major emphasis of the collection, however, is on the continuing struggle between the Jesuits and the antagonistic representatives of the Church...
Dates:
1639 - 1744
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
A major emphasis of the collection, however, is on the continuing struggle between the Jesuits and the antagonistic representatives of the Church and the Spanish government.
There are manuscripts giving detailed responses to the anti-Jesuit memorials of Diego de Villalon (envoy to Spain of Archbishop Bernardino de Cardenas) in the 1650's; rebutting the charges brought by Martin de Barua in the 1730's; and, finally, a very lengthy 'examen' of the manifesto written by the Redemptorist Miguel de Vargas Machuca, dating from about 1740 and providing in its course a rather full survey of the Jesuits' difficulties with their ecclesiastical and governmental opponents.
There are manuscripts giving detailed responses to the anti-Jesuit memorials of Diego de Villalon (envoy to Spain of Archbishop Bernardino de Cardenas) in the 1650's; rebutting the charges brought by Martin de Barua in the 1730's; and, finally, a very lengthy 'examen' of the manifesto written by the Redemptorist Miguel de Vargas Machuca, dating from about 1740 and providing in its course a rather full survey of the Jesuits' difficulties with their ecclesiastical and governmental opponents.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin - Francoise Raphael Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-850212
Scope and Contents note
The Raphael - Teilhard de Chardin Collection consists of thirty-seven letters, a manuscript drawing, two typed manuscripts, and a number of offprints on evolution and anthropology, all from the collection of Mrs. Francoise Raphael, an old friend of Teilhard from his early days in China. There is also a folder of black-and-white photographs.
Dates:
1938 - 1950
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
In a number of letters, Teilhard describes his thoughts on a new, broader "Science of Man" to replace anthropology; one can also find expressions of his disappointment with the Church's view of his philosophy.
Thomas Merton - Edward Rice Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS197
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection contains thirteen letters of the correspondence between the Trappist monk Thomas Merton (1915-1968) and the writer, artist, and photographer Edward Rice (1918- ), written between the years 1959-1967.
Dates:
1959 - 1967
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
When Merton made the decision to enter the Catholic Church in 1938, it was Rice that Merton asked to act as his godfather.
Leopoldo Duran Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-110727
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily contains correspondence from Graham Greene to Leopoldo Duran (1964-1990). It also includes correspondence from Vivien Greene, Hugh Greene (brother) and Elizabeth Dennys (sister). Of note is a common place book containing autograph entries by Greene dating from the late 1970s. This was a gift from Duran whose intention was for Greene to jot down notes about his readings and thoughts. Nicknamed "the Picasso" by Duran who conceived the idea after a visit to the Picasso...
Dates:
1960 - 2008
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Subjects:
Catholic Church
Edward P. O'Connell, SJ Oral History
Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 14 (Compact discs/DVDs): [Barcode: 39020030723483], disk: 39020030755519
Identifier: GTM-0045
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an oral history interview conducted by John P. Williams with Edward P. O'Connell, SJ. In the three-hour interview, Fr. O'Connell took Williams on a tour of southern Maryland and spoke on the original Jesuit missions there and the foundations of US Catholicism.
Dates:
2008
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
From there he was at the Church of the Gesú (1973-1978, Philadelphia), Georgetown University (1979), St.
Charles J. Hennessy, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS30
Scope and Contents
The papers of Charles J. Hennessy, SJ contain two diaries kept intermittently throughout his Jesuit formation at Frederick, Woodstock, and Georgetown College between 1896 and 1907.
Dates:
1896 - 1907
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Joseph's College (Philadelphia, 1917), and St. Joseph's Church (Philadelphia, 1918-1919), where he served in various administrative positions.
Aylmer Family papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS200
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection contains the correspondence of the Aylmer family of Petersburg, Virginia, written over the period 1833-1878 and spanning three generations. The correspondence provides us with a glimpse into what life was like for a family in a small Southern town during this time period. The bulk of the collection is comprised of the correspondence between Robert R. and his parents during the years he spent at Georgetown and Mt. St. Mary's College, detailing what life was like for the...
Dates:
1833-1878; Majority of material found within 1836 - 1840
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
Henry Aylmer, who owned his own business, and his wife were Catholic and active in local church affairs. They sent their son Robert R. to Georgetown and Mount St.
Philip Cardella, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS44
Scope and Contents
The papers in this collection cover a wide variety of places and events--not all clear in their relationship to Cardella. Most are in Spanish (letters to and from Central America as well as sermons for his New York community). There are seven folders of correpondence, received and sent, with some undated drafts of letters; four folders of material for and about the Spanish community in NYC; and small amounts of teaching material, legal documents and opinions, and inscription drafts.
Dates:
1872 - 1920; Majority of material found within 1887 - 1901
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He attempted to build a Spanish Church for them, went to Mexico to raise money for it, but did not get the task accomplished.
John Briley Walsh Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS454
Scope and Contents
The John Briley Walsh Papers date almost entirely from his student days at Georgetown and Woodstock College. They primarily consist of class material in the form of loose notes and notebooks, very few of which are dated (folders 3-44). In addition to documenting his academic training, the papers also contain items relating to his spiritual formation at Woodstock (folders 45-52). Also present, a fragment of correspondence from Bernard M. Lochboehler, a Jesuit writing from the Philippines...
Dates:
1917 - 1949
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
The papers reveal little of Walsh's personal life, although portions reflect a deep interest in the Catholic Church.
Charles H. Fulmer, SJ papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS48
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
Fulmer (1833-1880) received the usual Jesuit education, was ordained in 1861, and spent most of his career teaching although some years were passed in mission work and he also did parish work for the last two years of his life. Two notebooks, each of some 360 pages, bound in boards, containing poems, comprise the collection. The majority of the poems are copied, but there are apparently a few originals.
Dates:
1849-1863
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
He was assinged in 1878 to St. Mary's Church in Boston, where he died in 1880.
[Source: "Woodstock Letters" volume 19, page 116].
[Source: "Woodstock Letters" volume 19, page 116].
Bioethics Research Library Collection of Newsletters
Collection
Identifier: BRL-035
Abstract
The collection consists of more than 250 publications created by organizations, universities, societies, and other groups to promote and examine bioethical issues. Some of these topics include: Abortion, AIDS and HIV, Animal research, Business ethics, End of life care, Euthanasia, Disability rights, Health care and law, Health care and religion/Christianity, Hospitals, Human experimentation, Human reproduction and family planning, Medical ethics, Medical humanities, Mental health ethics,...
Dates:
1963 - 2019
Found in:
Bioethics Research Library Archives
Found in Subjects:
Bioethics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
Evelyn Simpson-Curenton Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-20230711
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Evelyn Simpson-Curenton music manuscriots, scores, programs, correspondance, materials related to the 1990 Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman performance at Carnegie Hall, and one compact disc of recorded music by Simpson-Curenton titled "Reflections" (2009).
Dates:
1980s-2024
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Subjects:
Church music
American Catholic Sermon Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-840320
Scope and Contents
The American Catholic Sermon collection was formed from sermons in the Woodstock College Archives, the Maryland Province Archives, and the Georgetown University Archives. It contains manuscript sermons by over 40 different preachers, all but two of which are Jesuits, including 54 texts by Archbishop John Carroll and seven by Georgetown's first president Fr. Robert Plunkett. The sermons are arranged alphabetically by preacher last name.When possible, folder level descriptions of...
Dates:
1692 - 1815
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Subjects:
Catholic Church -- Sermons
James H. Bailey papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS402
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
The papers of James H. Bailey comprise this collection. The first series is made up of alphabetically listed correspondence between Bailey and a number of scholars, associates, friends, and publishers. In particular there are numerous letters between Bailey and author Charles C. Tansill. He also corresponds with Peter Ireton, the Bishop of Richmond, and Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Many of the letters discuss Bailey's dissertation work or job positions...
Dates:
1945-1989; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1989
Found in:
Georgetown University Manuscripts
Found in Notes:
There are numerous articles related to St. Peter's Church as well as writings by Bailey regarding Virginian history.
William Coleman Nevils, S.J. Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTA-GAMMS012
Scope and Contents
The William Coleman Nevils, S.J. Papers include correspondence, manuscripts of his writings, and related items. Much dates from his tenure as Georgetown University President, although there is also material relating to his post-GU presidency activities, including his work with relief for Jesuits in Poland 1939-1942.The correspondence from the time of his Presidency does not pertain to the day-to-day running of the University. For that, researchers should look to the subject...
Dates:
1899 - 1955; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1955
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
In July 1935, he left Georgetown and returned to New York where he served as pastor of St. Ignatius Loyola Church and rector of Loyola and Regis High Schools.
Old Archives: Paintings in Georgetown Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTA-000655
Scope and Contents
Old Archives numbers: 241-1, 241-2, 241-3, 241-4, 241-5, 241-6, 241-7. 259-1, 259-2, 259-3, 259-4, 259-5, 296A-1, 296A-2, 296A-3, 296A-4, 296A-5, 296A-6, 296A-7. Contains correspondence, clippings and photographs. Includes information about: "Calling of St. Matthew" by Luca Giordano (241-1); Van Dyke's "The Jesuit" (241-2); paintings of Mr. and Mrs. William Brent (241-3); mosaics, portraits of Cardinals, portrait of Elizabeth Dahlgren, portrait of William Duggan by James B. Murrin, "Descent...
Dates:
1889-1967
Found in:
Georgetown University Archives
Found in Notes:
Hussey by Lely, View of Church and Isle of S. Giorgio by Guardi; Hunting Scene by Savery, Madame Bonaparte by Ingres/Market Scene by Van Cleve/Rustic Scene by Van Cleve, Byoir, Elton McDonald (259-2); Flemish 18th Century Landscape by Vermeulen/English 19th Century Landscape by Vickers, Sermon of St.