Scope and Contents This record group contains primary and secondary source materials created by and pertaining to Bishop James Augustine Healy. Box 1 contains materials relating to Healy's time at College of the Holy Cross, including his diary from his final year at the College, as well as the speech he gave as valedictorian of the first graduating class. Boxes 2 and 3 contain diaries and writings from domestic and international travel as both priest and bishop. Locations include: Smyrna, Europe, New Orleans,...

Scope and Contents The Classics Department record group is split in to three series:Series 1: Office Files Series 2: Courses, Curriculum, and Catalog Changes Series 3: Teaching FilesSeries 1: Office Files contains six document boxes organized chronologically. Box 1 contains materials pertaining to classics theater performances from 1895-1925. Box 2 cotains materials for the 1926 performance of Hecuba, and Box 3 holds a Scrapbook for this Hecuba performance. Boxes 4, 5, and 6 contain...

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This collection consists of notes and writings used by Fr. Higgins when he gave retreats as well as his personal retreat notes. There is one folder of clippings, brochures and material collected by him to use during his retreat. Additionally, the collections has two certificates awarded to Fr. Higgins. Both are in Latin.

Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers of Rev. Town. There are two diaries which contain the details of the day-to-day life of Jerome Town, S.J. in the collection. The diary from 1909 details his study and travels in and around Belgium while he was a student in the country. The diary from 1912 details his daily activities as a teacher at Holy Cross. The Correspondence includes postcards, most sent from Belgium and written in French. Also contained are two retreat resolutions written...

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This collection mostly includes correspondence dating from the 1930s through the 1970s. It also contains Fr. Marique’s documentation of “Classical Folia'' and the Leaders of Iberian Christianity. There are a number of Fr. Marique’s personal effects, such as his Daily Missal. Finally, the collection has an oversized certificate belonging to Fr. Marique that is written in Latin.

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This collection consists of Rev. M. J. Coyne’s notebook from St. Joseph’s Seminary. This handwritten book has 266 pages dating from 1883-1888. Most of the passages of the book are written in Latin. It has a small picture of the seminary. This volume came with other books given to the library by Benjamin Davis.

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This small autograph book contains dated and undated signatures from primarily Jesuits and Novices from the 1880s. Many of the signers wrote messages, approximately half were written in Latin and the other half in English with one in an Asiatic language.

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This volume contains writings in Gaelic as well as two poems in English written by Patrick Denn. The author of the volume is unclear but it is believed to be Patrick Denn. The poem at the end of the volume is dated July 30, 1816 and there is a notation on the first page in Latin for the College of the Holy Cross. There are approximately 200 pages.

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The collection contains four notebooks containing writings of an unidentified priest. Volume one contains contains sermons along with French language exercises. A second book contains a sermon on the life of St. Francis Xavier. A third book is written in Latin and served as a retreat guide. The fourth book contains notes from an 1843 retreat as well as sermon. There are two partial notebooks which contain miscellaneous writings.