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John F. Bannon Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 633
Scope and Contents The John F. Bannon Manuscript Collection documents the research, writing, and teaching of a prominent Jesuit professor who was associated with the Department of History at Saint Louis University for 34 years (1939-1973), with 28 of them as chairman. Bannon's writings and memoirs comment on his life as a priest, his academic community, the local Jesuit community, SLU's Department of History, and the history of the University. As a scholar, his research focused on the trans-Mississippi West...
Dates: 1888-1983

John R. Bradstreet Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 635
Scope and Contents The material consists of correspondence from John R. Bradstreet, S.J., a California Province Jesuit, to his sister Consuelo in the years just prior to, during, and immediately after his service as a United States Army chaplain in the Second World War. There are also a few letters to Bradstreet from soldiers with whom he had served, and several notes to Consuelo from family members as well as acquaintances of her brother. The letters in this collection give an account of the daily experiences...
Dates: 1941-1947