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...

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Carbon copies of letters from Powell to Cleve McElroy, Bill Ryan, and Carl Schmidt. Included is typed manuscript for an unpublished novel by Powell, entitled, "The Dennings."

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...

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Letters from Donald T. Powell (carbon copies).

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Quigley archive is, properly speaking, the photo “morgue” of Quigley Publications, active under various titles since 1915 in motion picture industry trade publishing (Motion Picture Herald, Motion Picture Daily, and others). Primarily an assemblage of publicity photos, the archive is a unique national resource for photographs of motion picture industry people: producers, directors, animators, and their colleagues. Actors and actresses figure less prominently, but are well represented...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Quigley archive is, properly speaking, the photo “morgue” of Quigley Publications, active under various titles since 1915 in motion picture industry trade publishing (Motion Picture Herald, Motion Picture Daily, and others). Primarily an assemblage of publicity photos, the archive is a unique national resource for photographs of motion picture industry people: producers, directors, animators, and their colleagues. Actors and actresses figure less prominently, but are well represented...

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Letter to Mulledy. McElroy discusses ministering to US Army troops in Matamoros (Mexico) while positioned there as an chaplain during the Mexican-American War.

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Produced monthly by Richard Law, S.J. Written for Georgetown students serving in the armed forces. Contains news of campus events, faculty, and alumni deaths.

Scope and Contents Three Autograph Letters Signed:Fr. John Hughes, Archbishop of NY. ALS, dated 1859 July 6 to Mrs. Susan Lay, congratulating her on her son's application..John Gilmary Shea. ALS, dated 1886 December 8, to "My Dear General" indicating that Shea is pressed for time with his current projects; sent from Elizabeth, NJ.John Gilmary Shea. ALS, dated 1867 June 27, to H.B. Dawson, offering to write an article on Parkman's book or an article on an alphabet; sent from...

Scope and Contents Jesuit obituaries: James Buteux (1652), Charles Worpenberg (1888), Peter J. Leeson (1894), Eulogio Consejo (1925), George F. Strohaver (1934), Anthony McElroy (1841), James Marquette (1675), Walter Hill (1907), Edmund J. O'Sullivan (1891), Francis J. Adams (1917), Clement Alten (1914), Aloysius J. Guiney (1936), Nicholas Congiato (1897), J. Franklin Ewing (1968), John Cunningham (1889), Pedro Paez (1622), Leonard Ximenes (1786), Joseph Fruzzini (1880), Stephen le Fevre (1659), Peter de Smet...

Scope and Contents Jesuit obituaries: John McElroy (1894), John F. Mahan (1885), John T. Kuhlmann (1887), Patrick H. Toner (1887), Daniel A. Doherty (1901), Aloysius Roth (1904), Leonard Lessius (1623), Edward D. Boone (1916), Joseph Hanselman (1923), William H. Judge (1899), Martin de Lyonne (1661), Michael Tüffer (1873), Edmund McFadden (1863), Benedict Sestini (1890), Basil Haefely (1897), James Alvarez de Paz (1620), Aemilius de Augustinis (1897), Joseph West (1841), Thomas Haggerty (1887), Anthony Maria...

Scope and Contents This series contains correspondence to Mulledy from Frs. Peter Kenney, Anthony Kohlmann, John McElroy, and Anthony Rey as well as future Archbishop John Hughes. It also includes materials related to Mulledy's travels in Italy from 1820-1828 alongside scholastics Frs. Charles Pise, William McSherry, James Ryder, John Smith, and George Fenwick. Materials on Slavery This series contains contains materials related to Jesuit slaveholding....

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Letters to Mulledy. Rey, while positioned near Monterrey (Mexico) as a chaplain during the Mexican-American War, writes about local peace negotiations and providing sacraments to soldiers. He also discusses moving toward Matamoros, where Fr. John McElroy is stationed.