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Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: SC-037
Abstract
The 1915 calendar of Saint Francis of Assisi, 1914, contains eleven drawings of important places connected to Saint Francis. On each page is the calendar for that month along with a description of the drawing and its connection to the saint. Saint Francis of Assisi was born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone in Italy in late 1181 or early 1182 to an Italian father and a French mother. He gave up his life of luxury in 1205 to devote himself to spreading the gospel of penance and peace in Italy...
Dates:
1915
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: SC-013
Abstract
The Alger Hiss to Robert Knowles letter, June 8, 1973, documents Hiss's thoughts on a speech given by an individual named Williams at his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University. Alger Hiss graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University and earned his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1929. He is best known for being accused of espionage and Communist Party membership in 1948 and being convicted and sentenced to prison for perjury committed during his trials.
Dates:
1973 June 8
Collection
Identifier: SC-031
Abstract
The Arthur Jones collection of Evelyn Waugh materials, 1998-2003, consists of correspondence, research materials, and manuscript drafts related to a biography Jones planned to write about Waugh. Arthur Jones was born in Liverpool, England in 1936 and moved to the United States in 1958 following a stint in the Royal Air Force. Jones joined Forbes magazine in 1969 as the European bureau chief then began his 44 year career with the National...
Dates:
1998 - 2003
Collection
Identifier: SC-056
Abstract
The Baltimore Latin American Immigrant oral history collection, 2021, contains interviews with immigrants from Latin America living in the Baltimore, Maryland area. The interviews were conducted by students in David Carey Jr.'s class HS485: Oral History in the Americas. In the interviews, interviewees discuss their life and upbringing in Latin America, the circumstances that brought them to the United States, their adjustment to life in a new country, and the values, beliefs, and priorities...
Dates:
2021
Collection — Box: Shared Oversize Box 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: SC-055
Abstract
Being Ye Historical Map of Baltimore County on its 300th Anniversary is a map drawn by Richard Q. Yardley that showcases the history of Baltimore County.
Dates:
1959
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: SC-012
Abstract
The C.A.E. Spainer to Mary Neisendorfer letter, February 5, 1910, describes Spainer's visit to the Phillippines and his life in the small Japanese town of Takamatsu. Spanier composes the letter on a long piece of decorated rice paper to show Neisendorfer the daintiness of Japanese art.
Dates:
1910 February 5
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-023
Abstract
The Cardinal John Henry Newman collection, 1860-1886, contains handwritten letters sent by Cardinal Newman to personal acquaintances, his banker, and Catholic worshippers during his time at the Oratory in England. Cardinal John Henry Newman was born February 21, 1801 in London to banker John Newman and Jemima Fourdrinier, a descendant of a prominent English Huguenot family. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1825 and supported the Oxford Movement through 1839, when he began to question...
Dates:
1860-1886
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: SC-036
Abstract
The Cardinal Shehan fifty-year anniversary supplement to The Catholic Review, 1972, consists of a series of articles and advertisements celebrating Cardinal Shehan's 50th anniversary as a priest in the Catholic Church. Lawrence Joseph Shehan was made a cardinal in 1965 and served in Baltimore until his retirement in 1974. Cardinal Shehan celebrated his golden jubilee on December 23, 1972.
Dates:
1972 December 15
Collection
Identifier: SC-054
Collection
Identifier: SC-029
Abstract
The Christensen family papers, 1945-1986, consist of letters written by John Francis (J.F.) Christensen to his wife, Alcyone Christensen, and mother-in-law, Nellie Condon, from 1945 to 1947. The collection includes certified copies of Alcyone's and J.F.'s birth certificates and baptismal records as well as a certified letter confirming their 1926 marriage. Thomas Condon's 1954 death certificate, Alcyone's 1971 will, and Helen Christensen's Mount Saint Agnes College autograph book can be...
Dates:
1945 - 1986
