Found 13 collections related to Catholic Church

John Gilmary Shea (1824-1892) was a writer, editor, and historian. The collection consists of letters from Shea to various recipients, mostly unnamed, relating mainly to his work for Frank Leslie's Publishing House and his research in American history and the history of the Catholic Church in the United States less

Frederick Starr (1858-1933) was an American anthropologist and ethnologist. He taught biology at Coe College and geography at Chautauqua University and worked as a classifier in the Dept. of Ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History. In 1891 he taught geology and anthropology at Pomona College and the following year organized the Anthropology Dept. at the University of Chicago where he taught until his retirement in 1923. Collection consists of correspondence, reports, lectures, vocabularies, documents, and related materials of Starr and others. Bulk of the papers deals with Starr's work as an anthropologist among the Indian tribes of southern Mexico and includes Spanish translations of poetry and folk tales, vocabularies of Spanish works with Indian translations, anthropometrical data, and Mexican government documents of the 1860s. Also, lectures, studies, reports, and thesis by others; materials concerning Starr's work in Liberia and the Congo; and miscellaneous items relating to China, Japan and Korea. less

Lawrence Lader (1919- ), a journalist interested in the issues of birth control and abortion, became active in the abortion repeal movement. When the National Association for Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL) was formed in 1969, Lader became the first chairman of NARAL's executive committee, chairman of its board from 1972 to 1976 and then was president of Abortion Rights Mobilization (ARM). He also researched and wrote books and articles on abortion and birth control. Collection contains Lader's research files on abortion and birth control, drafts of his books, questionnaires, papers relating to abortion rights groups, and printed matter. Research files include correspondence, reports, articles, unpublished speeches, legal briefs, pamphlets, brochures, clippings, and leaflets. Writings consist of preliminary and final drafts, galleys and page proofs of Lader's books: Abortion (1966), Abortion II (1973), Foolproof Birth Control (1972), and The Bold Brahmins (1961). There are typescripts of miscellaneous articles and questionnaires with information about individual abortions. Papers, 1977-1985, relating to Abortion Rights Mobilization (ARM) consist of correspondence of Lader as president and collateral papers including legal papers concerning a suit brought by ARM challenging the tax-exempt status of the Roman Catholic Church. Papers, 1970-1975, relating to National Association for Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL) include correspondence of Lader when he was chairman, minutes of meetings of the Board, internal memoranda, and publicity materials. Printed matter consists of flyers, brochures, reports, circulars, newsletters, and other print and near-print ephemera mainly from the 1970s concerning abortion, birth control, family planning, and medical and health care needs of women. less

Marco Aurelio Caccavelli, Doctor in Theology of the University of Pisa, Italy, served as a priest at Samana, Santo Domingo, and Miragoane, Haiti. Poetical writings (in Italian) of Caccavelli consist of autobiographical material; letters in verse, 1876; poems and sonnets; and information about Monsignor Casanelli, Bishop of Ajaccio, Corsica. Also, annotations containing correspondence concerning ecclesiastical affairs in Haiti, 1862-1869. less

Sister Mary (Frances White) belonged to the Order of Poor Clares. Collection consists of Sister Mary's letters to her brother and his wife in America, written principally from the Convent of Poor Clares, Baddesley near Knowle, Birmingham, England, telling of the consolation of religion and urging her brother to join the Catholic Church. less

The W. Ward Smith genealogical research papers contains William Ward Smith's genealogical notes, essays, clippings, charts, correspondence, ca. 1920s-1940s; original family letters and documents; and photographs relating to Smith's genealogical research on the Smith family of New York and New England, including the Smiths of Lyme, Conn., and the related Berrien, Cowenhoven, Eliot, Elwes, Leverich, Mather, Riker, Suydam, Trowbridge, Vandevoort, and Ward families. Notable content includes letters, 1816-1851, of Henry Elwes, a Catholic priest, including letters, 1834-1839, while at the English College, Rome, Italy, to his brother Alfred Elwes, a U.S. Army doctor at Fort Hamilton, Long Island, N.Y. (great-grandfather of W. Ward Smith) concerning family, health, personal, and political matters, as well as Elwes' work and training in the priesthood, and from the 1840s-1850s, when he was at Cossey Hall, Norwich, England, written to other family members. The collection also contain letters, 1886-1910, to Smith's grandfather, Albert Mather Smith, Engineer of Distribution for the Consolidated Gas Company of New York City concerning aspects of the gas, lighting, and power business. Photographs includes images of W. Ward Smith as a child, and his parents, Eliza Palmer Ward Smith, and Charles Albert Smith, in Garrison, N.Y. and elsewhere; also, a carte-de-visite of Captain Albert M. Smith, Baltimore, 1862, and two stereoscopic views, one of men of Co. D, 7th N.Y.N.G. at Camp Cameron, Washington D.C., 1861; and of officers of the 37th N.Y.S.M. at Capt. Albert M. Smith's tent, Camp Belger, Baltimore, Md., 1862. less

Jessica Dragonette (c. 1905-1980) was a soprano who achieved popularity through her twenty two year career performing on radio and for her efforts to support troops during World War II. The Jessica Dragonette papers document Dragonette's long and successful career singing on the radio and in concert performances. The papers contain correspondence, legal contracts, press releases, programs, radio scripts, and scrapbooks. less

Papers of the Venetian ambassadors to Great Britain, 1520-1720, comprising copies of letters to their home government on the affairs of Great Britain and Ireland and matters concerning the Catholic Church, and copies of treaties and other state documents, in Italian and Latin less

Edith O'Shaughnessy (d. 1939) was an American author of fiction and autobiographical narratives concerning her life abroad. She was active in causes related to the Roman Catholic Church. Her husband, Nelson O'Shaughnessy (1876-1932), was a U.S. career diplomat who was stationed in Denmark, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Mexico. After leaving the diplomatic service, he had a career in private industry. Elim O'Shaughnessy (1907-1966), Edith and Nelson O'Shaughnessy's son, joined the diplomatic service and served in France, the Soviet Union, Britain, and Hungary. Collection contains materials relating to Edith, Nelson and Elim O'Shaughnessy. Correspondence of Nelson O'Shaughnessy, 1899-1928, concerns diplomatic matters, his career in business, and personal and family affairs; correspondence of Edith O'Shaughnessy, 1907-1936, relates to her social and diplomatic life, war work in France, political activities, career as author of books and articles, and family matters. Some financial records are included with the correspondence. Her notes and diaries, 1907-1935, are largely social in nature. Writings include annotated typescripts and manuscripts of her published and unpublished works. Also, juvenilia of Elim O'Shaughnessy, family photographs, and printed matter pertaining to the O'Shaughnessy careers, literary subjects, Catholicism, and Latin American politics. less