The James Aloysius Geary Papers
The papers span the years from Geary's student days, ca. 1905-1907, to the years just past his retirement, at age seventy in 1953, from The Catholic University of America. The collection includes correspondence, speeches, editorials, research articles, Algonquian and Gaelic language notes, pamp...
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| 100 | 1 | |a James Aloysius Geary, |d 1882-1962. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a The James Aloysius Geary Papers |
| 300 | |a 4 linear feet; 8 boxes, 1 volume | ||
| 351 | |a ArrangementThe Papers of James Aloysius Geary consists of two series:Series 1: Personal Papers, ca. 1901-1955 (Boxes 1-3)Series 2: Academic Papers, 1893, 1905-1958 (Boxes 3-8) | ||
| 506 | |a Restrictions on AccessThere are no access restrictions. | ||
| 520 | 2 | |a The papers span the years from Geary's student days, ca. 1905-1907, to the years just past his retirement, at age seventy in 1953, from The Catholic University of America. The collection includes correspondence, speeches, editorials, research articles, Algonquian and Gaelic language notes, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, poems, and photographs. The personal papers include correspondence with family and friends; legal-financial papers relating to his stock and real estate interests and his contacts with the Internal Revenue Service; and papers relating to the John Spensley estate, for which Geary was executor. Place among the personal papers in addition are materials relating to Geary's avid interest in Irish politics which trace his involvement with the Friends of Irish Freedom and other Irish organizations promoting Irish independence and culture. Correspondence, editorials and newspaper clippings relating particularly to World War I, the League of Nations, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt are also included here. | |
| 545 | |a James Aloysius Geary was born to John J. and Mary A. (Walsh) Geary in Worcester, Massachusetts, November 8, 1882. He attended the public schools in Worcester (1887-1899); subsequently, he studied at the College of Holy Cross, Worcester (1899-1903); the Seminaire de St. Sulpice, Paris, France (1903-1906); the American College, Louvain, Belgium (1906-1907, ordained 1907); after four years of parish work in the Diocese of Portland, Maine, and of Springfield, Massachusetts, he did graduate work at The Catholic University of America (1911-1916) where he received his Ph.D. in 1931. | ||
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| 610 | 1 | 0 | |a Catholic University of America |
| 650 | 0 | |a American Indian culture | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Algonquian and Gaelic philology | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Indians of North America |x Languages | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Philology, Modern Study and teaching (Higher) United States | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War I, 1914-1918 | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Ireland |x Politics and government | |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |u http://libraries.cua.edu/achrcua/geary.html |z View the finding aid online. |