Scope and Contents The Jose A. Lopez, SJ Papers contain correspondence, official documents, and manuscripts relating to Lopez's careers as parish priest and army chaplain in Mexico; tutor to the children of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide of Mexico; chaplain of the Visitation Convent in Georgetown; and Acting President of Georgetown College. There are also materials collected by Lopez that do not directly pertain to his own work. Items include a copy of a letter from Simon Bolivar to the Marquis de Lafayette...

Scope and Contents The Rev. Horace B. McKennam S.J Papers are comprised of files kept by Father McKenna at the time of his death. Consequently, they date primarily from the 1960's and 1970's and concern his activities as assistant pastor of St. Aloysius Church and his involvement in numerous projects. Father McKenna was a major force in the adoption of innovative social action programs to combat problems encountered in the inner-city. The Papers contain files on his work with the St. Vincent De Paul Society,...

Scope and Contents This subseries contains selected papers of Jose Lopez, S.J. (also known, after moving to the United States, as the anglicanized Joseph Lopez). The materials primarily concern Don Agustin de Iturbide, the Emperor of Mexico from 1822 to 1823, for whom Lopez served as attorney and political advisor.Jose Lopez was born in Mexico in 1779. After studying canon law, he moved to Europe, where he represented Agustin de Iturbide; he then returned to Mexico during Iturbide’s fight for...