Guide to the Peter Masten Dunne, S.J. Papers 5600 DunP

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Guide to the Peter Masten Dunne, S.J. Papers 5600 DunP

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Table of contents

Series I. Personnel files, California Province of the Society of Jesus, 1918-1957

General note

This series contain Provincial Curia files, 1927-1957, biographical material, information on earned royalties, academic records, and devotional items.

Box 1

Provincial Curia files, biographical material, 1927-1957

Language of Material: English

Box 1

Transcripts

Series II. Correspondence

Box 2

Personal and professional correspondence, 1920-1957

Language of Materials note: English, Spanish, French, and Latin

General note

This subseries includes publisher's responses, letters dealing with historical research related to Peter Dunne's writing, and news clippings arranged in chronoligical order. Also included is documentation of the estate settlement of Peter and Josephine Dunne, 1936-1952.

Box 3

Correspondence foldered by individual

Individual correspondents

Pierre Bouscaren, S.J., 1924-1925

Gerard Decorme, S.J., archivist of Mexican Province, 1934-1953

Herbert E. Bolton, 1933-1953

Joseph Vraštil, S.J., 1934

Mabel Adelaide Farnum, 1941

Marquis McDonald 1952-1954

Ernest J. Burrus, S.J., 1953-1954

John F. Bannon, S.J., 1957-1958

Box 3

Annotated pamphlets included in correspondence files

Series III. Religious Formation and Devotional Life

Box 3

Devotional writing and notes

Box 4

Course notes and materials

Box 4

Early clipping file with devotional notes (topical)

Box 5

Theologate, Hastings, England, 1919-1923

Box 5

Sermons and exhortations

Box 6

Retreat outlines and talks

Box 6

Teaching materials

Series IV. Personal Items

Box 6

Miscellaneous from 1920s

General note

This subseries contains address books and notebooks, devotional objects, and items used in traveling.

Box 7

Scrapbook, 1916-1921

Box 8-9

Series V. Published monograph manuscripts, 1929-1958

Language of Material: English

Box 9-11

Series VI. Unpublished monograph manuscripts, 1951-1954

Language of Materials note: The series contains, among other manuscripts, translations of other authors' work from French and Latin.

Box 12

Series VII. Archival materials

Language of Materials note: Most of the photostat copies in this series are in Spanish with a few in Latin.

General note

Peter Dunne gathered photostat copies of documents from archives he visited in the United States, Mexico, and South America. Sources include: Codigo de Misiones, 1610-1764; Juan Nentvig letters; and "Establemento y progresos de las Misiones de la Antiga California" among others. These copies represent sources he used in his research.

Box 12-14

Series VIII. Research notes

Language of Materials note: Peter Dunne's notes were made in English. Typescripts and copies from original documents are written mainly in Spanish and some Latin.

General note

Folders in this series represent the original order of Peter Dunne with his hand-written notes and annotations, mostly undated. There are included in the folders transcriptions of documents and some photostat copies. Research resources ennumerated include: Archivo General de Indias (Seville), Archivo Historico de Hacienda, and Archivo General y Público de la Nación (Mexico), among others.

Box 14-16

Series IX. Published articles, 1919-1957

Box 16

Series X. Published book reviews, 1927-1956

Box 17

Series XI. Unpublished articles and book reviews, 1920-1956

General note

This series includes texts of two radio broadcasts by Peter Dunne, 1942 and 1955.

Box 18

Series XII. Other historical resources

South American sabbatical trip, 1943-1944

California History file, 1936-1956

Spain History file, 1937-1950

Box 19-20

Series XIII. Photographs

General note

The subject matter of the photographs are personal, including portraits and Dunne's early years, and photographs related to his historical research. Also include are ordination cards of Peter Dunne and his Jesuit associates, 1906-1947.

Collection Contents

Series I. Personnel files, California Province of the Society of Jesus,

Provincial Curia files, biographical material,

Transcripts

Series II. Correspondence

Personal and professional correspondence,

Correspondence foldered by individual

Annotated pamphlets included in correspondence files

Series III. Religious Formation and Devotional Life

Devotional writing and notes

Course notes and materials

Early clipping file with devotional notes (topical)

Theologate, Hastings, England,

Sermons and exhortations

Retreat outlines and talks

Teaching materials

Series IV. Personal Items

Miscellaneous from 1920s

Scrapbook,

Series V. Published monograph manuscripts,

Series VI. Unpublished monograph manuscripts,

Series VII. Archival materials

Series VIII. Research notes

Series IX. Published articles,

Series X. Published book reviews,

Series XI. Unpublished articles and book reviews,

Series XII. Other historical resources

South American sabbatical trip,

California History file,

Spain History file,

Series XIII. Photographs

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