Box: 1 Fold: 1 Diaries, 1846-1854 Box: 1 Fold: 2 Diary, 1855 Box: 1 Fold: 3 Diaries, 1858-1866 Box: 1 Fold: 4 Diary, 1867-1871 Box: 1 Fold: 5 Diary, 1872-1876 Box: 1 Fold: 6 Scrapbooks, 1877-1878 Box: 2 Fold: 1 Outgoing Correspondence Box: 2 Fold: 2 Correspondence, A - De Box: 2 Fold: 3 Brewer, Thomas M. Box: 2 Fold: 4 Correspondence, Da - Go
Box: 2 Fold: 5 Guiteras, Eusebio
Box: 2 Fold: 6 Correspondence, Ha - Kei Box: 2 Fold: 7 Hecker, Isaac Box: 2 Fold: 8 Hemenway, Maria Josephine Box: 2 Fold: 9 Correspondence, Kel - McA Box: 2 Fold: 10 Correspondence, McC - Ow Box: 2 Fold: 11 Meline, James A. & Mrs. M.E. Box: 2 Fold: 12 Murphy, John Box: 2 Fold: 13 Correspondence, Pe - Se Box: 2 Fold: 14 Smalley, Julia C. Box: 2 Fold: 15 Correspondence, So- We Box: 2 Fold: 16 Catholic Funerals Box: 2 Fold: 17 St. Patrick's Catholic Mutual Relief & Benevolent Society Box: 2 Fold: 18 "Countess Matilda and the Popes" Box: 2 Fold: 19 "Demagogy in the Roman States" (title) Box: 2 Fold: 20 Discourse on St. Patrick Box: 2 Fold: 21 Duties of Fathers and Mothers Box: 2 Fold: 22 Helion of Villeneuve, A French Zouave Box: 2 Fold: 23 Lectures on Italy & Pope Pius IX Box: 2 Fold: 24 Life of Peter Claver Box: 2 Fold: 25 "Retreat Notes During Tertianship" Box: 2 Fold: 26 "John Thayer in Paris and Boston" Box: 2 Fold: 27 Diary, 1856-1858 Box: 3 Fold: 1 "Mary and Mi-Ka" Box: 3 Fold: 2 "Monks of the West" Box: 3 Fold: 3 "Monks of the West" Continued Box: 3 Fold: 4 Unidentified Religious Treatise from St. Francis Box: 3 Fold: 5 "Pere Dieudonne Potot" Box: 3 Fold: 6 "Reverse of Modern Life" Box: 3 Fold: 7 "Rules of the Brookline Catholic Young Men's Institute" Box: 3 Fold: 8 "Sixtus the Fifth" Box: 3 Fold: 9 "Spiritual Rappers" Box: 3 Fold: 10 "Tigranate" Box: 3 Fold: 11 Autobiography of Gustavus M. Finotti Box: 3 Fold: 12 Autobiographical Fragment & Memorial from 1845 Box: 3 Fold: 13 Misc. on American Indians Box: 4 Fold: 1 "To My Venerable Brethren of the Clergy in the United States" Box: 4 Fold: 2 "To the Soldiers" Box: 4 Fold: 3 "Twenty-Six Years a Priest" [Autobiog] Box: 4 Fold: 4 Bibliography of Burning of Ursuline Convent, 1834 Box: 4 Fold: 5 "Review of Book by Carlo Maria Curci"
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1846 - 12/02/1854
DESCRIPTION: 4 diaries of Rev. Joseph M. Finotti,S.J. kept from 1846 to 1854.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1855 - 03/06/1856
DESCRIPTION: 1 diary of Rev. Joseph M. Finotti, S.J., 1855.
DATE SPAN: 03/29/1858 - 02/23/1866
DESCRIPTION: Loose sheets from a diary (1858) and abound, uncovered notebook covering 1859-1866.
DATE SPAN: 01/26/1867 - 11/03/1871
DESCRIPTION: 1 sewn, uncovered, notebook of medium-size spanning from 1867 to 1871.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1872 - 06/22/1876
DESCRIPTION: 1 sewn, uncovered notebook of medium-size format.
DATE SPAN: 04/01/1877 - 12/07/1878
DESCRIPTION: 3 scrapbooks, with handwritten entries and newspaper clippings, mostly from Colorado and Nebraska.
DATE SPAN: 03/06/1851 - 12/23/1876
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence from Rev.Joseph M. Finotti, S.J., while in Alexandria, VA; Boston, MA; and Arlington, MA. In English and Italian.
DATE SPAN: 01/10/1848 - 04/08/1876
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence to Rev. Joseph M. Finotti, S.J. Includes correspondence from James Bellew, Rev. John J. Aiken, S.J., Pat Rergen, Daniel Nickel, James Blakely, S.Buteux, William Beyrne, Thomas S. Clarke, James A. Corcoran, S. W. Cummings, and George Deshon.
DATE SPAN: 09/17/1868 - 11/14/1876
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Brewer, who was a member of the Brewer and Tileston firm of publishers and wholesale booksellers in Boston.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1858 - 12/31/1878
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence to JMF, including correspondence from David J. Doherty, P. Donahoe, John Kelly, Bernad Dorwin, John Dowling, John Doyle, James A. Dupree, Bp. William Henry, John Fagan, and Thomas J. Gargan.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1873 - 12/31/1876
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Eusebio Guiteras of Philadelphia, on bibliographic topics.
DATE SPAN: 12/12/1865 - 04/02/1880
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence to Finotti, including correspondence from Charles R. Hales, August F. Hewit, Mary Bodde, Martha Ann Tanner, and A. M. Keiley, Mayor of Richmond.
DATE SPAN: 07/13/1864 - 08/19/1870
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Isaac Hecker to JMF regarding "Catholic World" (journal), politics, and other publications.
DATE SPAN: 12/31/1869 - 02/10/1877
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from Maria Josephine Hemenway to JMF, mostly regarding religion.
DATE SPAN: 02/10/1868 - 06/21/1875
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence to JMF, mostly regarding bibliography and membership in learned societies. Includes correspondence from William P. Kelly, James A. & John Lanigan, Theodore Lyman, and John A. McAllister.
DATE SPAN: 01/07/1865 - 11/18/1876
DESCRIPTION: Misellaneous correspondence to JMF, including correspondence from William James McClure, Nicola Miale, and John O'Kane Murray.
DATE SPAN: 01/31/1873 - 04/12/1877
DESCRIPTION: Correspondence from James A. Meline, a bibliophile, and after his death in 1873, from his widow to JMF.
DATE SPAN: 06/23/1870 - 11/28/1872
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence from John Murphy of Baltimore to JMF.
DATE SPAN: 06/12/1849 - 09/24/1878
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence to JMF, including correspondence from Octavio Perez, John Savage, and George M. Searle.
DATE SPAN: 05/15/1871 - 12/16/1875
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence from Julia C. Smalley to JMF mostly personal.
DATE SPAN: 09/03/1947 - 01/18/1876
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous correspondence to JMF, including correspondence from Rev. Edward J. Sourin, S.J., Rev. Patrick F. Healy, S.J., James Thoron, Eugenio Vetromile, and Thomas Walsh.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1865 - 12/31/1875
DESCRIPTION: AMs (2 leaves) by JMF about the Boston funeral of Thomas Barrett.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1865 - 12/31/1875
DESCRIPTION: Constitution and by-laws of St.Patrick's Catholic Mutual Relief and Benevolent Society; probably in Arlington, MA.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1865 - 12/31/1870
DESCRIPTION: Mss. (50 leaves) in English on Countess Matilda (time of Gregory VII).
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1850 - 12/31/1860
DESCRIPTION: Apparently a trans. of G.B. Campolini's 1853 work. MS of 28 pp. Period to which it refers unknown.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1853 - 12/31/1873
DESCRIPTION: Text of talk on St. Patrick given in Cambridge, Provincetown, Brookline, Brighton, and Lexington MA and elsewhere over 21 years.
DATE SPAN: 11/01/1856 - 12/31/1856
DESCRIPTION: MS of 3 pp.; lecture to parents from point of view of God.
DATE SPAN: 11/01/1862 - 11/01/1862
DESCRIPTION: Approx 100 pp. MS, trans. from Fr. 1856 original by Count Anatole de Segru (?). Also called a Papal Zouave. Dedicated to Maj-Gen Wm. S. Rosecrans.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1853 - 08/19/1872
DESCRIPTION: Brief notes for lecture, "Pope Pius IX in '72," and text of approx. 40 pp. for talk given several times in 1850s in Boston area.
DATE SPAN: 02/01/1865 - 02/01/1865
DESCRIPTION: Ca. 15 page fragment of lecture on Peter (later St.) Claver, SJ, dated at Boston on Emancipation Day, 1865.
DATE SPAN: 01/10/1849 - 12/31/1865
DESCRIPTION: 1 sewn, covered notebook of large format, mostly devoted to 1849-1850, but with brief entry from 1865.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1850 - 12/31/1860
DESCRIPTION: Trans. of an account written by an acquaintance of Thayer at Avignon, 20 July 1788. Finotti claims greater accuracy than for version published in "Thayer and Leslie Controversy" of unknown date. The MS is in Eng., ca.61 pp. with 10 pp. of notes.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1856 - 03/22/1858
DESCRIPTION: 1 sewn, large-format diary or journal with no cover of JMF kept while in Brookline, MA.
DATE SPAN: 03/01/1869 - 04/20/1869
DESCRIPTION: 1 AMs story of missionary work in China, apparently based upon reports from Peking published in the Annual of Holy Childhood in 1868.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1865 - 12/31/1870
DESCRIPTION: Incomplete 200 page trans. (first 37 pp. missing) from Fr. of Count de Montalembert's "The Monks of the West from St. Bernard to St. Benedict" (?)
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1915 - 12/31/1910
DESCRIPTION: Fragmented continuation of MS in preceding folder.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1855 - 12/31/1870
DESCRIPTION: MS of 90 pp., part of a larger work, apparently prepared for publication.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1873 - 12/31/1873
DESCRIPTION: A much shortened trans. of "Vie duR.P. Potot, de la compagnie de Jesus, ancien avocat, ancien Chef deBattaillon, ancien Chanoine de Metz."Paris, 1847. 279 pp. Dedicated to Richard H. Clarke, LL.D. To be published in Boston by Patrick Donahoe.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1855 - 12/31/1870
DESCRIPTION: 134 page MS of "The Reverse of Modern Life;" an earlier title was "The Reverse of Contemporary Life."
DATE SPAN: 04/25/1864 - 04/25/1864
DESCRIPTION: 5 page MS of the rules of an organization associated with St. Mary's Parish, Brookline.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1860 - 12/31/1870
DESCRIPTION: Approx 125 page MS, undated, with a foreword to "Mr. Christarchus" stating that the author has long deferred approaching this difficult subject.
DATE SPAN: 05/18/1850 - 05/18/1850
DESCRIPTION: Trans. of article on spiritualism from the Feuilleton of the "Univers" (Paris).
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1850 - 12/31/1865
DESCRIPTION: Trans. of Franco's "Tigranate" done at request of Fr. Paresce. Approx. 45 pp.MS; pages missing.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1882 - 12/31/1885
DESCRIPTION: Photocopy of approx. 50 page typsescript autobiography, and memoir, of G.M. Finotti (1812-1891), brother of Joseph M. Finotti. Pp. 17-18 and 34 offer information on J.M. Finotti.
DATE SPAN: 02/01/1875 - 02/28/1875
DESCRIPTION: 15 page pinned MS presenting in English the memorial that Fr. J. Ryder wrote in Rome in early 1845 concerning a mission to negroes in North America.
DATE SPAN: 01/21/1875 - 07/28/1875
DESCRIPTION: Fragments in Eng., Span., Ital., and Indian languages on Timucana, Potowotamies, and Indians of Maine. ALS from Eugenio Vetromile.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1855 - 12/31/1870
DESCRIPTION: 3 page incomplete MS.
DATE SPAN: 11/01/1863 - 11/01/1863
DESCRIPTION: 6 pages encompassing "To the Soliders," "The Sunday of Soldiers," and "The Sunday of Soldiers: Return to the Village."
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1873 - 12/31/1873
DESCRIPTION: 14 page MS recounting experiences in U.S., 1847-1873, in DC; Frederick, MD; Alexandria, VA; and Boston, MA.
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1834 - 04/08/1876
DESCRIPTION: Bibliography and misc. notes concerning the burning of the Ursuline Convent, Charlestown, MA, 11 August 1834. Some entries concern "Maria Monk."
DATE SPAN: 01/01/1875 - 12/31/1878
DESCRIPTION: 11 page MS probably from The Catholic World (journal) of "A Modern Disagreement Between the Church and Italy, Viewed on the Occasion of a Particular Occurrence," by Abbot Carlo Maria Curci. Signed "Mountaineer."
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