The collection contains materials related to Pan African composers and musicians that was collected by Hildred Roach. It includes music scores from a variety of Black composers, Hildred Roach concert programs, and music recordings (phonograph records, compact discs, and open reel). The collection includes William Grant Still, Ulysses Kay, George Walker, and many others.
Please see the External Documents section below for preliminary inventories of the collection.
This collection contains papers related to Fr. John J. Toohey's personal and spiritual life; his work at Georgetown University; and written works both published and unpublished.
The Patrick J. Cormican, SJ Papers consist of poetry as well as materials related to Jeannie Gourley Struthers, an actor performing in Ford's Theater when President Lincoln was assassinated.
The Thomas A. Hughes, SJ Papers consist of unpublished drafts for a proposed third volume of A History of the Society of Jesus in North America, Colonial and Federal covering 1773 to 1829. Also included is a report by Fr. Hughes entitled "de abusibus" ("on abuses"), in which he discusses Jesuit issues with modernism and worldly affairs discovered throughout his research, as well as correspondence related to his research.