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...

Scope and Contents The L. N. Schlechter, S. J. Collection contains the personal writings of a Jesuit priest in the late nineteenth century who served the Saint Louis area and its German community. Schlechter was associated with the local German Academy as well as St. Joseph’s Church in St. Louis, which served many German immigrants. His handwritten diaries, financial accounts, and sermon notebooks reflect on his religious practices and spiritual teachings, as well as his involvement with the Sodality of the...