Rev. Patrick J. Higgins, S.J. Collection

Collection — Box: SC080-HIGG-001

Identifier: SC080-HIGG

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains Fr. Higgins’ teaching material dating from circa 1941 to 1945. There are materials pertaining to teaching conversational and written Japanese during World War II as well as materials for some of his history courses. Some semester exams are included with these items. Finally, the collection contains an undated and unbound history class textbook written by Rev. Higgins entitled, “Freshman History.”

Dates

Creation: circa 1941-1945

Creator

Higgins, Patrick J., S.J., Rev., 1893-1968 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions

Conditions Governing Use

Materials believed to be under copyright or other restrictions are available for limited noncommercial, educational and personal use only, or for fair use as defined by United States copyright law and with proper citation. Please note that the College of the Holy Cross may not hold the rights to all items in this collection. Users assume responsibility for identifying all copyright holders and for determining whether permission is needed to make any use of the content. For permission under rights held by the College, please contact archives@holycross.edu.

Biographical Note

Patrick Higgins was born in Lawrence, MA in 1893 and graduated from Boston College in 1914. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1914 at St. Andrew-on-Hudson and he studied at Woodstock College. He earned his Ph.D. in history at Fordham University in 1940. Fr. Higgins was ordained a priest in 1940. He taught at Boston College, Georgetown University and at Holy Cross, where he was chairman of the history department from 1932-1942. From 1957-1963, Fr. Higgins was archivist at Holy Cross. He died in 1968.