This collection is of interest to local family and Catholic historians, including research into devout Catholic women.
Contains estate file, including will and probate court documents, relating to Mary M. Mattingly. Also: baptismal record (photocopy) and obituary.
The Michael de la Bedoyere papers primarily contain correspondence received from editors and colleagues of the Catholic Herald, as well as from other Catholic journals. Of interest is the correspondence exchanged between Count de la Bedoyere and the Catholic Herald concerning his resignation. Included is correspondence from several of the publishers of books by Count de la Bedoyere.
Span dates: 1929-1960 Bulk dates: 1950-1960 Extent: 0.50 linear feet, 1 box
This collection contains the correspondence between Hilaire Belloc and the James Murray Allison family for the time period 1918-1941. Much of the correspondence in this collection has to do with the column Belloc contributed to "Land and Water," a periodical founded by James Murray Allison to cover aspects of the war efforts during WWI.
The Joseph Wilfrid Parsons, SJ Papers consist of manuscripts and writings; family as well as general correspondence; and photographs. Of note are materials related to the film The Keys of the Kingdom and his book The First Freedom.
The Edward Rice Collection includes correspondence regarding Jubilee Magazine, issues of Jubilee Magazine, information of Rice's friend, Thomas Merton, photographs, and artwork.
The Edward J. O'Dowd Papers are a gift of his niece, Miss J.D. Marguerite Horrigan. The collection consists of a biographical sketch by Miss Horrigan about her uncle; an autograph/memento book belonging to O'Dowd, photographs and some printed items. Abbreviations used in this register include: EO'D (Edward O'Dowd); TLS (typed letter signed). Bulk dates: 1907-1948 Span dates: 1908-1985 Size: 0.25 linear feet, 1 Box
Printed reports, film reels, photographic slides and audio recordings from Abe S. Ashcanase, who worked for USAID (Agency for International Development) in the 1960s and 1970s.
Series 1 contains slides depicting Ashcanase's work in the Middle East and Asia, including Operation HELP in Afghanistan (1972-1973).
Series 2 contains reports, correspondence, and other written material from Ashcanase's career.
Series 3 contains film and audio reels.
The collection contains correspondence and indenture documents relating to the affairs of Colonel John Fitzgerald that relate to local affairs in northern Virginia in the 1790s.
Manuscript and printed material relating to John Tracy Ellis (1905-1992) as collected by John Monagan, including four audio tape cassette recordings of Eugene C. Bianchi's interview of Ellis and Bianchi's corresponding 1981 article in Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia.
The collection contains the papers of Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, dating from 1943 to 2017. It primarily documents his contributions to the field of bioethics, particuarly as an educator and administrator at Georgetown University.
