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Boston College collection of John Bapst, SJ
Collection
Abstract
This collection documents the first president of Boston College, John Bapst, SJ, from his time as a missionary in Maine in the mid-1800s through the early history of Boston College. It is composed of correspondence, ephemera, publications, and other typescripts. The missionary materials also document the establishment of Catholic churches in Maine, the anti-Catholic Know-Nothing movement, and Jesuit work with the Penobscot Nation.
Restrictions on access
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1851 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1851 - 1887