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Jesuits

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

America Magazine Records

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS60
Scope and Contents

This processed segment of the America Magazine Records predominantly contains business and administrative material related to the running of the journal. Searchable back issues (1909-2015) of the magazine can be found online here. Note that the collection had previously been named America Magazine Archives until 2024.

The remainder of the collection is currently unprocessed.

Dates: circa1909-1989

American Teilhard de Chardin Association Archives

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-070730
Scope and Contents The American Teilhard de Chardin Association Archives document the activities of a major organization devoted to preserving the writings and legacy of the noted French Jesuit Rev. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. The collection includes materials concerning the administrative functions of the society. The archive also contains files regarding prominent individuals, such as Romano S. Almagno, George Barbour, Minna Cassard, Robert T. Francoeur, Thomas King, Ursula King, Mary Lukas, Ellen...
Dates: 1912 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1989

Arrupe, Pedro, SJ, audio recordings

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-070821
Content Description

The recordings were "discovered" by Nicholas Scheetz, Manuscripts Librarian (2007) and duplicated for use by Georgetown University Office of the President for a project regarding Father Arrupe. See curatorial file.

Dates: Undated

Edward W. Bodnar, SJ papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-120731
Scope and content note Series I includes only works by Edward Bodnar, whether originally authored by Bodnar or translated by him. The series contains multiple drafts of many of these works, from first draft tentative "sense-translations" to final drafts. The card catalogs included in the series also contain photographs of manuscripts found in many of the archives listed. Series II includes not only copies of Ciriaco manuscripts, but also Bodnar's notes on them, meticulously organized by archive, then...
Dates: 1960-2010

Philip Cardella, SJ papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS44
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The papers in this collection cover a wide and curious variety of places and events--not all clear in their relationship to Cardella. Most are in Spanish (letters to and from Central America as well as sermons for his New York community), a considerable number are in Italian, many are in English. A certain number are in French. Some, as occurs with a variegated collection, have no identifiable relevance to Cardella, his life, or his interests. There are seven folders of correpondence,...
Dates: 1872-1920; Majority of material found within 1887-1901

Walter J. Ciszek, SJ Interviews

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS191
Collection-level Scope and Content Note Consisting of audio taped interviews with Walter J. Ciszek, SJ, this collection documents the American-born Jesuit's life, ca. 1938-1963. Discussed are: his mission work in Poland and Russia, 1938-1941; arrest by Soviet secret police in 1941; imprisonment in Moscow and Siberia; and eventual release and return to the United States in 1963. The interviews are contained on 9 tapes (duplicates of tapes 1-8 included). The tapes give no indication, either on their face or by their content, of...
Dates: 1964

Marie-Therese Cosme papers

 File
Identifier: GTM-940608
Content Description

Personal letters and materials relating to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ., collected by Marie-Therese Cosme and written by mutual friends Pierre Leroy, SJ; Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ; and others. Includes offprints of monographs by Leroy and Teilhard de Chardin. Also letters from French explorer and spiritualist Alexandra David-Neel (1868-1969) and Emmanuel de Breuvery, SJ (1906-1970).

Dates: 1939-1981

A. W. Forstall, SJ papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS37
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

Forstall seems to have taught algebra, geometry, and physics. These are his bound notebooks, in French, perhaps used for teaching.

Dates: 1880-1910

Robert T. Francoeur papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-860201
Content Description

Personal papers containing letters and documents relating to Francoeur's scholarship on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., and to the British and American Teilhard associations. Correspondents include George Barbour; Jeanne Mrotier; Walter Ong., S.J.; and a letter from Teilhard de Chardin to Lucile Swan.

Click on External Documents below to link to collection finding aid.

Dates: 1938-1975

Francis S. Fullerton, SJ papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS35
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

Everything in this collection were items received by Fullerton, none created by him. Two are extensive notebooks of poems, and two are small items.

Dates: 1857-1879; Majority of material found within 1871-1879

Charles H. Fulmer, SJ papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS48
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

Fulmer (1833-1880) received the usual Jesuit education, was ordained in 1861, and spent most of his career teaching although some years were passed in mission work and he also did parish work for the last two years of his life. Two notebooks, each of some 360 pages, bound in boards, containing poems, comprise the collection. The majority of the poems are copied, but there are apparently a few originals.

Dates: 1849-1863

Robert Fulton, SJ papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS19
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

Collection consists of correspondence, biographical material, and one diary.

Dates: 1800-1895; Majority of material found within 1876-1895

Aloysius J. Hogan, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS27
Scope and Contents This collection contains the writings, general sermons, speeches, and lectures of Father Aloysius J. Hogan. Included in the collection are dedication sermons, convocation speeches, a typed manuscript commentary on a pack of propagandistic seventeenth-century playing cards, classroom notes taken as a student, a 1925 diary from his time as a student in England, and a 1927 diary from a trip to the European Continent. The collection also includes a later memorabilia album from a trip to Europe,...
Dates: 1909 - 1943; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1943

Jose A. Lopez, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-20210614
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...
Dates: 1781 - 1840

Thomas M. King, SJ papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-130716
Content Description

Correspondence and source materials relating to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Includes material (primarily printed articles and some memoranda) on abortion rights, Georgetown University student group GU Choice, and Catholic identity.

Dates: 1963 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1981 - 1993

Pierre Leroy - Constantin Kluge collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS154
Collection-level Scope and Content Note

The Constantin Kluge - Pierre Leroy collection consists of 34 personal, autograph signed letters from Father Leroy to his friend Constantin Kluge, in addition to first-hand background information provided by Kluge on his acquaintance with Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and his circle (especially Pierre Leroy and Claude Riviere). A complete typed transcription of the 34 letters has been graciously provided by Mme. Solange Soulie, a close friend of Pierre Leroy.

Dates: 1976-1993

Pierre Leroy, SJ Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS78
Collection-level Scope and Content Note The collection consists of correspondence to Pierre Leroy, S.J., from his long-time friend paleontologist and theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, as well as from mutual friends such as George Barbour, Lucile Swan, Helmut and Rhoda de Terra, Marguerite Teillard-Chambon (cousin of Teilhard de Chardin), as well as Teilhard's biographer Mary Lukas. The collection includes some 77 individual letters written by Teilhard de Chardin to Father Leroy primarily during the former's final...
Dates: 1947 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1955

Horace B. McKenna, SJ Project Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-130312
Scope and Contents note

The Horace B. McKenna, SJ Project Collection consists of recordings, transcripts, notes, and article clippings relating to an oral history project on Horace McKenna, S.J., undertaken by Joseph K. Hines in the mid-eighties. Includes "Christ is with the Poor: Stories and Sayings of Horace McKenna, S.J." edited by John Dear, S.J., and Joseph Hines (1989), which is based on many of the oral history recordings collecting by Hines.

Dates: 1960 - 1989

Monagan, John S., Papers

 File
Identifier: GTM-970507
Content Description

Correspondence and research materials relating to publication of Monagan's book on Horace McKenna, S.J.: "Horace, Priest of the Poor" (Washington, D.C: Georgetown University Press, 1985).

Dates: 1958 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1987

Miguel Pro Execution Scrapbook

 Collection — Box GTM Shared Box 5 (Letter): [Barcode: 39020030726437], Folder: 13
Identifier: GTM-20221201
Scope and Contents Scrapbook documenting the execution of Fr. Miguel Pro Juarez and two other men in Mexico on November 23, 1927, for an alleged attempt on the life of former Mexican President Álvaro Obregón. It includes photographs of the execution and of Pro's funeral. The scrapbook contains notes on the execution and an explanation of the origin of the scrapbook by Mary D. Kenna.The scrapbook was sent to Fr. Nevils, "Archivist of Georgetown University," by Mary D. Kenna of New York City in1942...
Dates: 1927, 1942