The St. Albans Press Collection contains pamphlets and other printed items from St. Albans Press, a private printing press operated by Stephen Augustus Hurlbut. The collection focuses primarily on ecclesiastical works, some of which are in Latin. The materials include hymns, poems, and Christmas and Easter cards. One letter from Stephen Augustus Hurlbut to Eric F. Menke is present, too.
School log book of student attendance for St. Mary's Mixed (Catholic) School, Cresswell, Staffordshire, England, beginning June 29, 1863 and ending June 19, 1902. Printed title with autograph entries in various hands. Maintained by the principal teacher. Dealer's note: This log book is particularly interesting as it is for a Catholic school in a community where the local lords of the manor, the Draycotts, refused to accept the Anglican religion at the Reformation.
Gift of Leonor K. Sullivan, 1976/1977.
Collection consists of photocopies; originals located at St. Louis University Library, St. Louis, Missouri.
Material pertains primarily to U.S.-Panama treaty negotiations relating to the Panama Canal and a proposed interoceanic Atantic-Pacific sea-level canal.
A bound album entitled "Century of Autographs" compiled by Patrick F. Dealy, SJ as a memorial of a fair held in the Church of St. Francis Xavier at W 16th St., New York City, in 1880. A list of contributors is provided in the front of the volume.
In addition to the Arabia and The Empty Quarter materials, the Harry St. John Bridger Philby Collection contains two annotated carbon manuscripts of "The Background of Islam: Being a Sketch of Arabian History in pre-Islamic Times."
The Herbert Cardinal Vaughan Collection consists of original and transcribed material pertaining to St. Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart.
The James Pye Neale, SJ Papers consist primarily of correspondence to his mother Sarah Neale from 1856 to 1894 while she was living in Hearne, Texas. Fr. Neale focuses on updates regarding family and friends in his earlier letters (-1876) and transitions into discussing his missionary work in the parishes (namely St. Inigoes) as his time in the Society progresses.
This collection contains the papers of Charles Constantine Pise, SJ, 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.
The Mark H. Bauer, SJ Papers contain material related to his Jesuit formation; his graduate work in biology; and honors received throughout his life. Also includes correspondence, photographs, talks, and resumes.
The Virgil H. Barber, SJ Papers contain correspondence, notes, a prayer book, and clippings relating to his Jesuit formation, his work in New England missions, and the conversion of his family to Catholicism.
