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Catholic Church

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Maurice Adelman, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-940101
Collection level scope note The Maurice Adelman, Jr. Papers consist of correspondence, pamphlets, and clippings by and about John Cardinal Wright. The collection comprises 1 linear foot of material and is arranged in 64 folders in 2 boxes. The collection holds about 150 personal letters from John Cardinal Wright to Maurice Adelman, along with correspondence between Adelman and some of Wright's friends concerning such issues as Wright's will and literary rights, the future writing of Wright's biography, as well as many...
Dates: 1957-1990

American Catholic Sermon Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-840320
Scope and Contents The American Catholic Sermon collection was formed from manuscript sermons from the Woodstock College Archives, the Maryland Province Archives, and the Georgetown University Archives. It consists of some 456 autograph manuscript sermons, two contemporary written transcriptions, and four printed items (some only fragments) by 44 different preachers, including 55 texts by Archbishop John Carroll and seven by Georgetown's first president, Rev. Robert Plunkett. The sermons are arranged...
Dates: 1723 - 1800

Articles By Others, 1953 - 1978

 File — Box 32, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Anna M. Brady Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs that document the career of Anna M. Brady, a Catholic journalist who for many years was the dean of the Vatican press corps, covering synods, papal conclaves, and the Second Vatican Council. There is much about those events and about the Catholic Intercontinental Press. Of note is an extensive run of correspondence of Felix Morlion, O.P. There are also some fine original photographs of Pope Paul VI, Pope John...
Dates: Other: 1953 - 1978

Mrs. Walter R. Benjamin papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-661214
Content Description

Letters written to the Countess Rachele Maria Carolina Toussaint de St. Seigne (b.1875 - d.1954). Correspondents include Amleto Giovanni, Cicognani Elia Cardinal Dalla Costa, Giovanni Battista Montini (Pope Paul VI), Francis Cardinal Spellman, and Domenico Tardini.

See External Documents below for folder list. Added folder #11 contains biographical information re Mary A. Benjamin and Walter R. Benjamin.

Dates: 1937-1953

Anna M. Brady Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-GAMMS330
Scope and Contents The Anna M. Brady Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs that document the career of Anna M. Brady, a Catholic journalist who for many years was the dean of the Vatican press corps, covering synods, papal conclaves, and the Second Vatican Council. There is much about those events and about the Catholic Intercontinental Press. Of note is an extensive run of correspondence of Felix Morlion, O.P. There are also some fine original photographs of Pope Paul VI, Pope John...
Dates: 1938 - 1982

Catholic School Manuscript Book Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: GTM-000006
Scope and Contents The Catholic School Manuscript Book Collection consists of sixty-two bound manuscript volumes, mostly of academic or devotional nature. The volumes have been grouped into five series by subject matter, due to the lack of other unifying characteristics: Series I, Theology and Philosophy; Series II, Mathematics, Science and Rhetoric; Series III, History, Literature and Law; Series IV, Devotional and Religious Works; Series V, Various School Texts.For the purposes of this division,...
Dates: 1557 - 1876

CIP / Pro Deo Materials, No dates

 File — Box 31, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Anna M. Brady Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs that document the career of Anna M. Brady, a Catholic journalist who for many years was the dean of the Vatican press corps, covering synods, papal conclaves, and the Second Vatican Council. There is much about those events and about the Catholic Intercontinental Press. Of note is an extensive run of correspondence of Felix Morlion, O.P. There are also some fine original photographs of Pope Paul VI, Pope John...
Dates: Other: No dates

Leopoldo Duran papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-110727
Collection-level Scope and Contents note Correspondence from Graham Greene to Leopoldo Duran (1964-1990). Includes correspondence from Vivien Greene, Hugh Greene (brother) and Elizabeth Dennys (sister). Of note is a common place book containing autograph entries by Greene. A gift from Duran whose intention was for Greene to jot down notes about his readings and thoughts. Nicknamed "the Picasso" by Duran who conceived the idea after a visit to the Picasso Museum in Antibes. Additionally, the collection includes autograph diaries...
Dates: 1960-2008

Abraham J. Emerick, SJ Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-180101
Collection level scope and contents note Father Abraham J. Emerick, S.J. (1856-1931) served as a missionary in Jamaica and pastor of various missions in St. Mary's County, Maryland, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The A. J. Emerick Collection consists of correspondence referring to his activities as a Jamaica missionary as well as pastor of the Mission of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, which was supported by the Blessed Sacrament Sisters for Indians and Colored People. Most of the correspondence in the collection (38 letters)...
Dates: 1890 - 1917

Holy Trinity Church archives 1

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-820908
Scope and Contents note The Archives of Holy Trinity Church were placed on deposit at Georgetown University Library Booth Family Center for Special Collections in 1982. The collection span dates are from 1792 to 1982; and bulk dates from 1850 to 1980. Files include financial administration, property management and renovation, church services and events, societies and sodalities, genealogical data, school records, and photographs. It should be noted that material pertaining to Holy Trinity Church may...
Dates: 1792-1982

Holy Trinity Church Archives 2

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-980101
Collection-level Scope and Contents note The Archives of Holy Trinity Church were placed on deposit at Georgetown University Library Booth Family Center for Special Collections in 1982. This part of the collection's span dates are from 1890 to 1997. Files include financial administration, property management and renovation, church services and events, societies and sodalities, genealogical data, school records, and photographs. It should be noted that material pertaining to Holy Trinity Church may also be found in the...
Dates: 1890-1997

William A. Maxwell Holy Trinity Church Oral History Project records

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-170203
Content Description

Notes and research material relating to an oral history project on Holy Trinity Church, Washington, D.C., undertaken by William A. Maxwell.

Dates: Majority of material found in 2011-2016

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 09/02/1962 - 06/13/1973

 File — Box 32, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Anna M. Brady Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs that document the career of Anna M. Brady, a Catholic journalist who for many years was the dean of the Vatican press corps, covering synods, papal conclaves, and the Second Vatican Council. There is much about those events and about the Catholic Intercontinental Press. Of note is an extensive run of correspondence of Felix Morlion, O.P. There are also some fine original photographs of Pope Paul VI, Pope John...
Dates: Other: 09/02/1962 - 06/13/1973

John Henry Newman - Thomas Hayden Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-830721
Scope and Contents

Thirty-three letters dated 1855 to 1865 from St. John Henry Cardinal Newman to Dr. Thomas Hayden, mostly regarding the affairs of the Catholic University of Ireland.

A folder-level inventory to the collection is available in the External Documents section of this finding aid.

Dates: 1855-1865

Photographs, No dates

 File — Box 32, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Anna M. Brady Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs that document the career of Anna M. Brady, a Catholic journalist who for many years was the dean of the Vatican press corps, covering synods, papal conclaves, and the Second Vatican Council. There is much about those events and about the Catholic Intercontinental Press. Of note is an extensive run of correspondence of Felix Morlion, O.P. There are also some fine original photographs of Pope Paul VI, Pope John...
Dates: Other: No dates

Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Materials, 07/02/1978 - 08/09/1978

 File — Box 31, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Anna M. Brady Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs that document the career of Anna M. Brady, a Catholic journalist who for many years was the dean of the Vatican press corps, covering synods, papal conclaves, and the Second Vatican Council. There is much about those events and about the Catholic Intercontinental Press. Of note is an extensive run of correspondence of Felix Morlion, O.P. There are also some fine original photographs of Pope Paul VI, Pope John...
Dates: Other: 07/02/1978 - 08/09/1978

Russell B. Shaw Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-890502
Collection level scope and contents note

The Russell B. Shaw Papers comprise 4.5 linear feet consisting of 43 folders arranged in three boxes. The papers consist almost exclusively of manuscripts of eight books written by Shaw and two books co-authored by C. A. Koob and Germain Grisez.

Dates: 1959 - 1988

Phillips Temple Papers

 Collection
Identifier: GTM-831006
Content Description

Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, printed material and photographs concerning Phillips Temple's national chairmanship of "Catholic Book Week" in February, 1949. The program was sponsored annually by the Catholic Library Association to "stimulate the reading and writing of Catholic literature in various forms." Temple served as librarian of Riggs Memorial Library at Georgetown University from 1937 to 1954.

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

Dates: 1947 - 1949