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Herman Joseph Heuser papers

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Call Number:
MC 1
Repository:
Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center
Extent:
10.8 linear feet (; 27 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Herman Joseph Heuser papers, 1811-1933 (MC 1), Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center.
Date:
1890-1925 (bulk) and 1811-1933 (inclusive)
Creator:
Heuser, Herman Joseph, 1851-1933
Form:
Catholic Church--Periodicals, Clippings, Correspondence, Letters, Prayers, Research notes, Scrapbooks, and Sermons
Abstract:
Herman Joseph Heuser, D.D. (1851-1933) was a Catholic intellectual and prolific writer who influenced scholarly circles and clerical life in the United States and abroad through his literary work. Heuser edited the American Ecclesiastical Review (1889-1975) as well as published The Dolphin (1900-1908), a Catholic literary magazine. These publications reflected Heuser's varied interests from clerical subjects to the arts. He published fourteen books, eight of which appeared serially in The Dolphin. This collection includes primarily correspondence, sermons, prayers, scrapbooks, and personal writings. It also includes materials related to Patrick Augustine Sheehan.

Herman Joseph Heuser was born on October 23, 1851 in Potsdam, Germany. Heuser was the first child of Herman Joseph and Julia Neese Heuser, and had a sister two years his junior, Julia. Heuser attended secondary schools in Berlin, Germany and Breslau, Poland focusing on religious education. He also took classes in science, language, art and music. His family emigrated to the United States in 1867 leaving him behind to continue his studies in Poland.

Heuser immigrated to the United States at the age of seventeen and in 1868 he began to attend a diocesan preparatory seminary in Glen Riddle, PA , approximately 15 miles from Philadelphia. Heuser served as a ‘seminarian professor’ at Glen Riddle, leading instruction in Latin, French and Gregorian chants. In 1871 he began teaching at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary at its new campus in Overbrook, PA. He was ordained on February 2, 1876. He became a full time seminary professor and taught there for over fifty years. Heuser also served as an adviser to the Pontifical Commission on Anglican Orders in 1896. In 1905 Heuser received a Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa from Pope Pius X. In 1907, during the controversy over Modernism, Heuser was appointed by the Apostolic Delegate as general censor for all Catholic publications in the United States.

Monsignor James Andrew Corcoran, also a faculty member at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, and helped found the American Catholic Quarterly Review. Heuser aided in editing the publication for 13 years. Through his involvement, he learned about the logistical aspects of running a publication such as scheduling, managing contributors and subscribers and financial concerns.

Heuser began editing the American Ecclesiastical Review in 1889. Serving as the main contributor for the AER, Heuser used the motto “For the upbuilding of the Church” (1 Cor. 14:5) and in order to appeal to and benefit both priests and laity. As a supplement to the AER, Heuser published The Dolphin, a more basic Catholic magazine from 1900-1908. In both these publications attention was paid to music and the arts with articles about the history of Church music, architecture, art as well as included illustrations. Heuser used his position as editor to allow for a debate of diverse subjects and topics. Heuser served as the editor of the AER, with a brief interruption from 1914-1919 when Reverend William Turner took over, until 1927 when he turned over the publication to the Catholic University of America in Washington DC.

Heuser died on August 22, 1933.

This collection largely contains correspondence, both personal and professional in nature. A significant portion of the correspondence is between Heuser and prominent figures within the Catholic Church including Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore, Archbishop Patrick J. Ryan of Philadelphia, Katharine Drexel, and Thomas C. Middleton. Other correspondents include Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Princess Catherine Radziwill, Thomas Eakins and Leopold Stokowski. Some of the topics covered include Catholicity in Russia, church architecture, Catholic American Indians, and the religious aspects of the issue of vasectomy.

A significant amount of materials in the collection relates to Canon Patrick Augustine Sheehan of Doneraile, Ireland, specifically Sheehan's book, My New Curate, which appeared serially in Heuser's magazine. Other notable series include manuscripts by hymnist Emily Mary Shapcote, author of Mary, The Perfect Woman, which also appeared in the magazine. The manuscript materials of Sister Teresa of the Holy Ghost that addresses the history of the Order of the Holy Ghost are also included.

Items, such as drafts and research notes, deriving from Heuser's work with the American Ecclesiastical Review and The Dolphin, are also included. The collection also contains prayers, sermons, some genealogical information, and scrapbooks with miscellaneous materials.

The records are arranged in five series, three of which have been further arranged in subseries:

Series I. Correspondence

a. Incoming Correspondence

b. Outgoing Correspondence

c. Caroline B. Perot Letters

Series II. Patrick Augustine Sheehan

a. Incoming Correspondence

b. Outgoing Correspondence

c. Letters to Heuser about Sheehan

d. Miscellaneous

e. Manuscripts

Series III. Manuscripts

a. Emily Mary Shapcote Manuscripts

b. Sister Teresa of the Holy Ghost

c. Manuscript Materials

Series IV. Sermons

Series V. Miscellaneous

Hubbert, Joseph G., CM. "'Less Brains and More Heart': Father Herman J. Heuser, Founder of the American Ecclesiastical Review." U.S. Catholic Historian 13 (1995): 95-112.

Accession number 1990.001.

This is a revised finding aid. The Ryan Memorial Library: Historical Collections previously published an extensive item-level finding aid to this collection circa 1960s:

Heuser, Herman Joseph, D.D. Papers. 1872-1933 . A copy of the the older finding aid can be found here:

http://www.pahrc.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Heuser_older-finding-aid-edited.pdf

The arrangement of the collection as outlined in the original finding aid has been altered to allow for better access to materials within the collection.

Materials misplaced into the collection that are dated posthumously have been removed.

People
Organization
Subject
Place

Publisher
Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Amanda McKnight
Finding Aid Date
; Summer 2011
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents note

This bulk of this series is composed of incoming and outgoing correspondence. The topics of the letters are mainly literary and religious. Some subjects addressed are: Catholicity in Russia, Church architecture, sacred heraldry, difficulties of Catholic Indians on Government Reservations, and the religious aspects of the issue of vasectomies. Most of the correspondence is regarding contributions to American Ecclesiastical Review and The Dolphin.

One of the notable correspondents is Katharine Drexel (1858-1955), the founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament dedicated to addressing to the needs of Native Americans and African Americans protesting the injustice of racism. Born to a family which owned a banking fortune, Drexel used her wealth to fund missions and schools. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on November 20, 1988 and canonized on October 1, 2000. The correspondence is from 1907-1930 and are type or handwritten and includes questions about the new constitution for her order, requests for Latin translations, gratitude for well wishes while she was ill and thanks for his feastday greetings. Other correspondents include American realist painter Thomas Eakins (1844-1916), poet and essayist Louise Imogen Guiney (1861-1920), author and abolitionist Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935), essayist Agnes Repplier (1855-1950), photographer and social reformer Jacob Riis (1849-1914), and conductor Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977).

The Caroline B. Perot Letters contain incoming and outgoing correspondence between Heuser and Perot between 1909-1933. The two friends generally discuss personal issues, health concerns and visits. An item of note is a letter dated February 2, 1929 Heuser writes about the author and hymnist Emily Mary Shapcote and how her work, Mary, The Perfect Woman, appeared serially in The Dolphin from 1902-1904.

Arrangement note

The subseries, Incoming Correspondence, is arranged alphabetically. The subseries, Outgoing Correspondence, is arranged by topic and chronologically. The subseries, Caroline B. Perot Letters, are arranged chronologically.

Please note that not all names are listed in this finding aid. For a complete detailed list of correspondents, please see the item-level finding aid found here:

http://www.pahrc.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Heuser_older-finding-aid-edited.pdf

Aertnys - Albert, 1889-1922, undated.
Box 1 Folder 1
Albright, 1920-1929.
Box 1 Folder 2
Aldering - Assisium, 1889-1933.
Box 1 Folder 3
Audsley, 1902-1915.
Box 1 Folder 4
Azarias, 1889-1891.
Box 1 Folder 5
Baart - Baldwin, 1899-1922.
Box 1 Folder 6
Baptist - Benson, 1891-1932.
Box 1 Folder 7
Benziger, 1889-1930.
Box 1 Folder 8
Benzig - Borgmann, 1891-1929.
Box 1 Folder 9
Bouquillon - Brownson, 1890-1930.
Box 1 Folder 10
Brucker, 1899-1926.
Box 1 Folder 11
Bruehl - Burke, 1811, 1893-1914.
Box 1 Folder 12
Burnett, 1917-1927.
Box 1 Folder 13
Burns - Byrne, 1897, 1900, 1913-1922.
Box 1 Folder 14
Cabroz - Cavanaugh, 1891, 1898-1904, 1911-1922, 1928.
Box 2 Folder 1
Chadet - Cloutier, 1891-1908, 1913, 1919-1926 .
Box 2 Folder 2
Coakley - Comes, 1904, 1910-1913, 1922.
Box 1 Folder 3
Conaty - Cormican, 1887, 1890, 1897-1904, 1910, 1911, 1917-1931.
Box 2 Folder 4
Cosgrove - Corrigan, 1888-1891, 1897-1901, 1904, 1918.
Box 2 Folder 5
Craft - Cuthbert, 1889-1892, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1909, 1921, 1922.
Box 2 Folder 6
Dale - Dammann, 1904, 1905, 1915, 1922-1925, undated.
Box 2 Folder 7
Day - DeLaTaille, 1890, 1891, 1902-1913, 1921-1925.
Box 2 Folder 8
Delplace - DeWaal, 1891, 1897-1899, 1904, 1905, 1912-1915, 1919, 1925-1930.
Box 2 Folder 9
Dewees - Donahue, 1904, 1905, 1910-1913, 1919-1923, 1929-1932.
Box 2 Folder 10
Donelly, 1898, 1902-1906, 1912, undated.
Box 2 Folder 11
Donavan - Doyle, 1898, 1903, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1919-1926.
Box 2 Folder 12
Drexel, 1907-1918, 1929-1930, undated.
Box 2 Folder 13 & 14
Drinkwater - Dyer, 1892, 1897, 1902-1905, 1910-1916, 1919-1926.
Box 2 Folder 15
Eakins - Eaton, 1902-1908, 1913, 1921, 1927, 1932.
Box 3 Folder 1
Ebersweiler - Edgerton, 1897, 1889, 1926, 1928.
Box 3 Folder 2
Edmonda - Eiffe, 1891-1892, 1898, 1909, 1918, 1920-1927.
Box 3 Folder 3
Elder - Elsenheimer, 1889, 1897-1899, 1901-1903, 1909, 1922.
Box 3 Folder 4
Emard - Ermoni, 1902-1904, 1916.
Box 3 Folder 5
Eschbach - Ewing, 1894, 1901-1902, 1906, 1922, 1925, undated.
Box 3 Folder 6
deFabribeckers - Falconio, 1897-1914.
Box 3 Folder 7
Farley - Finlay, 1889-1891, 1897, 1900, 1902, 1911, 1919, 1922, 1932.
Box 3 Folder 8
Finn, 1916, 1919-1931, undated.
Box 3 Folder 9
Finn - Fitz-Maurice, 1890, 1897, 1899-1905, 1913, 1915.
Box 3 Folder 10
Fitzmaurice - Ford, 1898-1905, 1908, 1911-1922.
Box 3 Folder 11
Fontana - Frick, 1894, 1897-1908, 1911-1918, 1922, 1927-1930.
Box 3 Folder 12
Friends, Society of - Funke, 1900, 1905-1913, 1918-1927.
Box 3 Folder 13
Gabriels - Galbally, 1889-1892, 1895-1905, 1908-1916.
Box 3 Folder 14
Galen - Garrigan, 1882, 1889, 1890, 1897, 1898, 1902, 1905-1908, 1911, 1914, 1924-1926.
Box 3 Folder 15
Garvey - Geyser, 1895, 1898, 1900-1905, 1908, 1911, 1917, 1922, 1924, 1928.
Box 3 Folder 16
Gibbons - Glennon, J.J., 1888, 1889, 1896-1898, 1902-1905, 1911, 1912, 1918-1920, 1924-1927.
Box 4 Folder 1
Glennon, M.L. - Gravel, 1889-1891, 1894, 1897, 1902, 1908, 1911, 1917-1923, undated.
Box 4 Folder 2
Grennan - Guinan, 1897, 1901-1904, 1908-1914, 1918, 1922, 1924, 1929.
Box 4 Folder 3
Guiney - Guldner, 1898, 1921-1926, undated.
Box 4 Folder 4
Hagan - Harty, 1882-1885, 1897-1899, 1901-1905, 1908, 1911-1913, 1918-1922, 1925.
Box 4 Folder 5
Harvard University - Herder, 1889, 1891, 1897-1901, 1905, 1920-1929, 1932.
Box 4 Folder 6
Heuser - Hildegarde, 1891-1892, 1895-1899, 1902-1912, 1916-1920, undated.
Box 4 Folder 7
Hill - Hobson, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1911, 1920-1922, 1927-1931.
Box 4 Folder 8
Hogan, 1889-1892, 1896-1901, undated.
Box 4 Folder 9
Holaind - Holmes, 1891, 1892, 1900, 1916, 1917.
Box 4 Folder 10
Holweck - Howley, 1894, 1897, 1903, 1910, 1922-1926, 1931.
Box 4 Folder 11
Hudson, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1896, 1897, 1911, 1913, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927, undated.
Box 4 Folder 12
Hughes - Hussey, 1891, 1892, 1897-1904, 1907, 1909, 1918-1925.
Box 4 Folder 13
Ignatius - Ita, 1908, 1911-1931.
Box 5 Folder 1
Jacobi - Junker, 1880, 1897-1904, 1910-1930.
Box 5 Folder 2
Kain - Kelly, 1889-1892, 1897, 1902, 1904, 1911, 1913, 1919, 1922, 1928.
Box 5 Folder 3
Kelly - Keogh, 1897, 1901-1907, 1915, 1919, 1921.
Box 5 Folder 4
Kerby, 1903, 1913, 1916, 1922-1930.
Box 5 Folder 5
Ketcham - Kyle, 1889, 1891, 1903, 1909-1914, 1919-1924.
Box 5 Folder 6
LaFarge - Lambing, 1888-1892, 1901-1904, 1921, 1925-1927, undated.
Box 5 Folder 7
LaRose - Laux, 1892, 1898, 1909-1915, 1919-1927, 1931.
Box 5 Folder 8
Lavelle - Lehmkuhn, 1891-1894, 1897-1905, 1910-1916, 1920-1929.
Box 5 Folder 9
Lenihan - Lodge, 1890, 1891, 1897, 1902-1905, 1908-1912, 1917, 1918, 1921-1924.
Box 5 Folder 10
Longmaus - Lynch, 1873, 1874, 1891, 1899-1905, 1912, 1916-1924, 1929.
Box 5 Folder 11
Maas - McDermott, 1889-1892, 1900-1905, 1908, 1911-1918, 1921-1927.
Box 6 Folder 1
McDevitt - MacDonald, A., 1900-1905, 1911, 1916, 1919-1925.
Box 6 Folder 2
McDonald, I. - McGinley, 1891, 1892, 1897, 1900, 1901, 1904, 1905, 1920, 1921, 1932.
Box 6 Folder 3
McGinnis - McLachlan, 1897-1913, 1916-1921, 1925, 1927.
Box 6 Folder 4
MacMahon - McNabb, 1889, 1895, 1898-1904, 1910-1915, 1919-1924, 1927.
Box 6 Folder 5
MacNeil - McVey, 1890, 1892, 1896-1898, 1903-1905, 1911, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922-1927.
Box 6 Folder 6
Maes - Mannix, 1894-1897, 1900-1905, 1910, 1912, 1916-1918, 1921-1930.
Box 6 Folder 7
Maria - Marty, 1891, 1897-1902, 1909, 1911, 1916, 1921-1925.
Box 6 Folder 8
Mother Mary Agnes - Matz, 1897, 1905, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1920.
Box 6 Folder 9
Mayer - Middleton, 1892, 1897, 1901-1904, 1909-1916, 1922.
Box 6 Folder 10
Misner - Moran, 1889, 1891, 1897, 1900, 1903, 1905, 1911-1915, 1918-1927.
Box 6 Folder 11
More - Murtagh, 1862, 1877, 1878, 1891, 1892, 1897, 1899-1903, 1910-1912, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1924.
Box 6 Folder 12
Naph - Notre Dame, Sisters of, 1889, 1897, 1898, 1903, 1904, 1909, 1913, 1920-1930.
Box 7 Folder 1
O'Brien - O'Hare, 1844, 1888, 1897-1905, 1908-1917, 1920-1930.
Box 7 Folder 2
O'Keefe - Ottonia, 1899-1914, 1919-1923.
Box 7 Folder 3
Pace - Peterson, 1884, 1887-1893, 1897-1908, 1912, 1913, 1917, 1920-1932.
Box 7 Folder 4
Petit - Prendergast, 1889, 1891, 1896, 1899-1903-1906, 1910-1914, 1919-1925, 1929, 1932.
Box 7 Folder 5
Price - Putzer, 1887-1892, 1897, 1900-1903, 1912, 1930.
Box 7 Folder 6
Quigley - Riggs, 1887-1891, 1897-1902, 1905, 1911-1913, 1916-1930.
Box 7 Folder 7
Riis - Robins, 1894, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1908-1914, 1921.
Box 7 Folder 8
Robinson, P., 1904-1931.
Box 8 Folder 1 Box 7 Folder 9
Roderer - Ryder, 1889, 1890, 1897-1904, 1908, 1912, 1921-1924, 1927.
Box 8 Folder 2
Sabetti, 1889-1897.
Box 8 Folder 3
Sadlier - St. Ignatius, 1899-1905, 1909-1923.
Box 8 Folder 4
St. John, Mother - Schremb, 1895-1903, 1914, 1919-1924.
Box 8 Folder 5
Schroeder, 1891-1892.
Box 8 Folder 6
Schulte - Shapcote, 1889-1892, 1897, 1899, 1902-1906, 1909, 1912, 1915, 1921-1924, 1928, 1929.
Box 8 Folder 7
Sheehan - Spencer, 1889-1905, 1909-1915, 1918-1924, 1928.
Box 8 Folder 8
Stadelman - Stoeckli, 1872, 1895-1908, 1920, 1922, 1930.
Box 8 Folder 9
Stokowski - Sword, 1882, 1897, 1909-1912, 1917, 1920, 1922.
Box 9 Folder 1
Talbot - Thurston, 1890, 1895, 1898-1899, 1902-1905, 1910, 1912, 1917, 1922, 1926-1930.
Box 9 Folder 2
Tierney - Tyrrell, 1890, 1891, 1897-1920, 1931-1933.
Box 9 Folder 3
Universal Knowledge Foundation - Williemsen, 1889-1893, 1897-1929.
Box 9 Folder 4
Williams - Zielenbach, 1889-1892, 1898-1913, 1921-1927.
Box 9 Folder 5
Regarding American Ecclesiastical Review and personal letters, 1884-1904, undated.
Box 9 Folder 6
Regarding American Ecclesiastical Review and personal letters, 1904-1914.
Box 9 Folder 7
Regarding American Ecclesiastical Review and personal letters, 1914-1930.
Box 9 Folder 8
Superior Generals et al. and Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, 1905-1916.
Box 10 Folder 1
General note

In the original arrangement Box 10 was Box 26.

Letters, 1896-1909.
Box 10 Folder 2
Letters, 1922-1929.
Box 10 Folder 3
Letters, 1930.
Box 10 Folder 4
Letters, 1931-1933.
Box 10 Folder 5

Scope and Contents note

This series contains materials from and regarding Canon Patrick Augustine Sheehan. Canon Patrick Augustine Sheehan (1852-1913) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest. Born in Mallow, County Cork to Patrick Sheehan and Joanna Regan he attended Long Room National School followed by secondary school at St. Colman’s College in Fermoy and to prepare for priesthood St. Patrick’s College in Maynooth. In 1884 he was appointed parish priest in Doneraile, one of the largest parishes in the Diocese of Cloyne. Sheehan used weekly meetings of parishioners to focus on topics like modern agricultural methods, social issues and understanding land issues brought up by the Land Purchase Acts. The most well known novel by Sheehan is My New Curate, which centers around a fictional parish priest dealing with social issues. He also wrote other books including Luke Delmege (1901), Glenanaar (1904), and The Intellectuals: An Experiment in Irish High Club-Life (1911) as well as articles and was published in many other languages including German, Spanish, Czech and Italian. Heuser wrote a biography about Sheehan, Canon Sheehan of Doneraile (1917).

The correspondence features letters about articles in the American Ecclesiastical Review as well as letters to Heuser about Sheehan. It also includes My New Curate, which was specifically written by Sheehan for, and appeared serially in The Dolphin.

Arrangement note

The subseries Incoming Correspondence, Outgoing Correspondence, and Letters to Heuser about Sheehan are arranged alphabetically. The subseries Miscellaneous and Manuscripts are arranged by topic.

Please note that not all names are listed in this finding aid. For a complete detailed list of correspondents, please see the item-level finding aid found here:

http://www.pahrc.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Heuser_older-finding-aid-edited.pdf

Egan - Holmes, 1905-1913, undated.
Box 11 Folder 1
McNabb - O'Riordan, 1904, undated.
Box 11 Folder 2
Russell, 1903-1909, undated.
Box 11 Folder 3
Unknown, [Raphael] - Ryan, 1897-1914, undated.
Box 11 Folder 4
Unknown - Nunan, 1900, 1903, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1925, undated.
Box 11 Folder 5
O'Connell - Spalding, 1913-1918, undated.
Box 11 Folder 6
Clippings and Research, 1904, 1910s, undated.
Box 11 Folder 7
Folder Cover, undated.
Box 11 Folder 8
My New Curate, Chapters 8, 9, 13, 14, 17, 18, 1898.
Box 12 Folder 1
My New Curate, Chapters 19-24, circa 1898.
Box 12 Folder 2
My New Curate, Chapters 25-31, circa 1898.
Box 12 Folder 3
Luke Delmege: Idiota, Chapters 1-8, circa 1901.
Box 12 Folder 4
Luke Delmege: Idiota, Chapters 9-15, circa 1901.
Box 12 Folder 5
Luke Delmege: Idiota, Chapters 16-22, circa 1901.
Box 12 Folder 6
Luke Delmege: Idiota, Chapters 23-27, circa 1901.
Box 12 Folder 7
Luke Delmege: Idiota, Chapters 28-33, circa 1901.
Box 12 Folder 8
Luke Delmege: Idiota, Chapters 34-38, circa 1901.
Box 12 Folder 9
Luke Delmege: Idiota, Chapters 39-42, circa 1901.
Box 12 Folder 10

Scope and Contents note

This series contain manuscripts written by Emily Mary Shapcote, Sister Teresa of the Holy Ghost and materials written by Heuser.

Emily Mary Shapcote was born in 1828 in Liverpool, England as Emily Mary Steward. She married Edward Gifford Shapcote, a priest, in Pancras, London while he was a Curate of Odiham in Hampshire. She was a hymnist and her work includes "Heavenly Father, from Thy Throne," "Jesus, Holy, Undefiled," and "O Jesus, Dearest Lord, I Cry to Thee." She died in 1909. The manuscripts in this series are handwritten books ranging in date from 1904-1909.

Origin and Development of the Archconfraternity of the Servants of the Holy Ghost, 1877-1880 is a handwritten manuscript inscribed to Heuser from Sister Teresa of the Holy Ghost with warm regards as "from the author, with my sincere regard." It chronicles the formation of the archconfraternity and also includes prayers and hymns of the Servants of the Holy Ghost. The Servants of the Holy Ghost was established in 1877 at the Church of St. Mary of the Holy Angels in Bayswater, London. It received papal confirmation and special indulgences in 1878.

It also includes manuscript materials written by Heuser on various subjects including the Holy Trinity, Priesthood, Canon Law, and Dogma.

Arrangement note

The subseries Manuscript Materials is arranged by topic and a pre-existing numbering system found on sections of text.

Affinities with the Unseen World, undated. 98 pp..
Box 13
Physical Description

98 pp.

Autobiography of a Souls, 1904. 3 volumes, 764 pp. with Index.
Box 13
Physical Description

3 volumes, 764 pp. with Index

Autobiography of a Soul, Part II, 1905. 278 pp..
Box 13
Physical Description

278 pp.

Immaculata the Pearl of Great Price, 1904. 40 pp..
Box 13
Physical Description

40 pp.

The Little Pilgrim in Search of the King's Highway, 1904. 85 pp..
Box 13
Physical Description

85 pp.

Mysteries of the King, 1904. 201 pp..
Box 13
Physical Description

201 pp.

St. Mary Magdalen, 1904. 278 pp..
Box 13
Physical Description

278 pp.

The Little Pilgrim's King Highway, 1905. 190 pp..
Box 13
Physical Description

190 pp.

Discourses with Myself in the Watches of the Night, 1906, 1908. 2 volumes; 121 pp. and 78 pp..
Box 13
Physical Description

2 volumes; 121 pp. and 78 pp.

Simple Reflections, 1908, 1909. 2 volumes; 215 pp. and 150 pp..
Box 13
Physical Description

2 volumes; 215 pp. and 150 pp.

Truth or the Mysteries of the Mystic, 1909. 177 pp..
Box 13
Physical Description

177 pp.

Dual Unity in the Church, Circa 1909. 62 pp..
Box 13
Physical Description

62 pp.

Origin and Development of the Archconfraternity of the Servants of the Holy Ghost, 1877-1880. 36 pp..
Box 13
Physical Description

36 pp.

The Holy Trinity, 2-16, undated.
Box 14 Folder 1
The Holy Trinity, 17-27B, undated.
Box 14 Folder 2
The Holy Trinity, 27C-29, undated.
Box 14 Folder 3
The Holy Trinity, 29-36, undated.
Box 14 Folder 4
The Holy Trinity, 37-41, undated.
Box 14 Folder 5
The Holy Trinity, 42-49, undated.
Box 14 Folder 6
The Holy Trinity, Unnumbered, undated.
Box 15 Folder 1
The Holy Trinity, 5-8, undated.
Box 15 Folder 2
The Holy Trinity, 9-15, undated.
Box 15 Folder 3
The Holy Trinity, 50-56, undated.
Box 15 Folder 4
The Holy Trinity, 57-65, undated.
Box 15 Folder 5
The Holy Trinity, 56-67, undated.
Box 15 Folder 6
The Holy Trinity, 68-72, undated.
Box 15 Folder 7
The Holy Trinity, 73-77, undated.
Box 15 Folder 8
The Holy Trinity, 78-80, undated.
Box 15 Folder 9
The Holy Trinity, 33, 1-4, undated.
Box 16 Folder 1
The Holy Trinity, 33, 5-9, undated.
Box 16 Folder 2
The Holy Trinity, 33, 14-18, undated.
Box 16 Folder 3
The Holy Trinity, 33, 19-20, undated.
Box 16 Folder 5
The Holy Trinity, 33, 21-24, undated.
Box 16 Folder 6
The Holy Trinity, 33, 25-30, undated.
Box 16 Folder 7
The Holy Trinity, 33, 31-35, undated.
Box 16 Folder 8
The Holy Trinity, 33, 36-42, undated.
Box 16 Folder 9
The Holy Trinity, 33, 43-49, undated.
Box 16 Folder 10
The Holy Trinity, 33, 50-54, undated.
Box 16 Folder 11
The Holy Trinity and Penance, 34, 1-4, undated.
Box 17 Folder 1
The Holy Trinity and Penance, 34, 5-8, undated.
Box 17 Folder 2
The Holy Trinity and Penance, 34, 9-17, undated.
Box 17 Folder 3
The Holy Trinity and Penance, 34, 18-19, undated.
Box 17 Folder 4
The Holy Trinity and Penance, 34, 20-26, undated.
Box 17 Folder 5
The Holy Trinity and Penance, 34, 27, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
The Holy Trinity and Penance, 34, 28-36, undated.
Box 17 Folder 7
The Holy Trinity and Penance, 34, 37-42, undated.
Box 17 Folder 8
The Holy Trinity and Penance, 34, 43-47, undated.
Box 17 Folder 9
The Holy Trinity and Penance, 34, 48-52, undated.
Box 17 Folder 10
The Holy Trinity and Penance, 34, 53-56, undated.
Box 17 Folder 11
The Holy Trinity and Penance, 34, 57-61, undated.
Box 17 Folder 12
Methods of Catholic Theology, 1-2, undated.
Box 18 Folder 1
Methods of Catholic Theology, 3-5, undated.
Box 18 Folder 2
Methods of Catholic Theology, 6-10, undated.
Box 18 Folder 3
Methods of Catholic Theology, 11-18, undated.
Box 18 Folder 3
Methods of Catholic Theology, 19-22, undated.
Box 18 Folder 4
Priesthood, 19-22, undated.
Box 18 Folder 5
Priesthood, 23-26, undated.
Box 18 Folder 6
Priesthood, 27-29, undated.
Box 18 Folder 7
Priesthood, 30-32, undated.
Box 18 Folder 8
Sunday Gospel Sermons, 35, 33-34, undated.
Box 18 Folder 9
Sunday Gospel Sermons, 35, 35-37, undated.
Box 18 Folder 10
Sunday Gospel Sermons, 35, 38-39, undated.
Box 19 Folder 1
Sunday Gospel Sermons, 35, 40-41, undated.
Box 19 Folder 2
Various Subjects, 1-2, undated.
Box 19 Folder 3
Various Subjects, 3-5, undated.
Box 19 Folder 4
Various Subjects, 6-7, undated.
Box 19 Folder 5
Various Subjects, 8-9, undated.
Box 20 Folder 1
Various Subjects, 10-11, undated.
Box 20 Folder 2
Various Subjects, 12-13, undated.
Box 20 Folder 2
Various Subjects, 14-18, undated.
Box 20 Folder 4
Various Subjects, 19-20, undated.
Box 20 Folder 5
Notes, 1-2, undated.
Box 20 Folder 6
Notes, 3-5, undated.
Box 20 Folder 7
Notes, 6-7, undated.
Box 20 Folder 8
Notes, 8-10, undated.
Box 20 Folder 9
Notes, 11-12, undated.
Box 21 Folder 1
Notes, 13-18, undated.
Box 21 Folder 2
Notes, undated.
Box 21 Folder 3
Notes, undated.
Box 21 Folder 4
Notes, undated.
Box 21 Folder 5
Notes, undated.
Box 21 Folder 6
Notes, undated.
Box 21 Folder 7
Notes, undated.
Box 21 Folder 8
Notes, undated.
Box 21 Box 9
Notes, undated.
Box 21 Folder 10
Notes, undated.
Box 21 Folder 11
Notes, undated.
Box 22 Folder 1
Notes, undated.
Box 22 Folder 2
Notes, undated.
Box 22 Folder 3
Notes, undated.
Box 22 Folder 4
Notes, undated.
Box 22 Folder 5
Notes, undated.
Box 22 Folder 6
Blessed Herman Joseph Heuser, His Life and Labors, undated.
Box 22 Folder 7

Arrangement note

This series is arranged by a pre-existing numbering system.

Scope and Contents note

This series is comprised of sermons written by Heuser regarding varying topics such as the belief in miracles, the Blessed Virgin, how to pray, purgatory, religious orders and desire.

#5-41, and 5 unnumbered, 1895, undated.
Box 23 Folder 1
#43-62, undated.
Box 23 Folder 2
#63-78, undated.
Box 23 Folder 3
#82-99, undated.
Box 23 Folder 4
#101-112, undated.
Box 23 Folder 5
#114-123, undated.
Box 23 Folder 6
#124-134, undated.
Box 23 Folder 7
#136-171, undated.
Box 24 Folder 1
#172-184, undated.
Box 24 Folder 2
#185-198, undated.
Box 24 Folder 3
#202-218, undated.
Box 24 Folder 4
#220-240, undated.
Box 24 Folder 5
#241-260, undated.
Box 24 Folder 6

Scope and Contents note

This series contains various materials including correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, ephemera, personal notebooks as well as botanical scrapbooks. The correspondence includes a letter from Father Finlay regarding Canon Patrick Augustine Sheehan and letters from Emily Hickey and are primarily written German and English.

Correspondence, 1898-1900, 1904, 1906, 1913-1917, 1921, 1926.
Box 25 Folder 1
Emily Mary Shapcote writings, 1905, undated.
Box 25 Folder 2
On religion and art, undated.
Box 25 Folder 3
Regarding The Ecclesiastical Review, 1891, 1899, 1925, undated.
Box 25 Folder 4
Clippings and ephemera, 1884, 1897, 1929, 1930, undated.
Box 25 Folder 5
Poetry, 1885, undated.
Box 25 Folder 6
Programs, pamphlets and printed papers, 1900, undated.
Box 25 Folder 7
Notebooks, undated.
Box 25 Folder 8
Notes, undated.
Box 25 Folder 9
Notes, undated.
Box 25 Folder 10
American Report on Irish Education and The Life of Cardinal Manning, undated.
Box 25 Folder 11
Foundation of the Institution and a Harvard address, undated.
Box 25 Folder 12
Commentarius de Judicio Sacramentali, 1897.
Box 26
(Blue) Notebook, 1870.
Box 26
(Black) Notebook, undated.
Box 26
Notes on Retreat Meditation & 5 Instructions, undated.
Box 26
Mosses and Memories (Botanical Scrapbook), 1871-1883.
Box 26
C'est a Rire (Scrapbook), 1907.
Box 26
Analysis Florum Sylvestruim, 1870.
Box 27
Monita, undated.
Box 27
Meditations during Advent, undated.
Box 27
Liturgy, 1883-1885.
Box 27

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