Archive Record
Metadata
Collection |
St. Bonaventure Parish (Philadelphia) |
Object ID |
1993.020 |
Object Type |
Manuscript |
Scope & Content |
11 boxes Parish records. Box 1 1) File 1 (c. 1927 - 1930) Primarily Bills and Receipts (Gas and Electric, Heat, etc) Various Assessments and Collections Divorce Paper of George and Elizabeth Stidham (July 1927) Contract with Sisters of St. Francis Several Documents in German, one in Italian The Disillusionist and Rupture News 2) File 2 (c. 1930 - 1931) Bills from the Atlantic Refining Company, Electric Bills Subscriptions Letter to Cardinal Dougherty Fees for St. Joseph's College Receipts for Religious Objects A Letter from Jacob Hemmert to His Parents Correspondence with Father Hemmeke, Including One Letter Regarding a Mission Trip Pamphlet for Commencement Exercises 3) File 3 (c. 1927 - 1928) Primarily Bills, Assessments, Dues "Outwitting Old Age" - Correct Eating, Related Letters for Subscribers Census Letter Standard Catholic Books Pamphlet Correspondence in German Letter Regarding Sacred Heart Missions for Mexican Children Marriage Certificate Letter Requesting Aid from Penn Asylum Roman Catholic High School Student Records Subscriptions Box 2 1) File 1 (c. 1928 - 1930) Deposits - Bound Checks 2) File 2 (1932 - 1935) Letters in German Photo - Photohaus Gehrig Clipping from German Newspaper Letter from Catholic Church Extension Society Seminary Collection Carmelite Sisters Letter and Picture Letter and Bequest Form (Xavier University) Pamphlet: Institution for Instruction of Blind Subscriptions and Bills (Especially from Electric Company and Gasworks) Letter Regarding Jubilee Assessments from Cathedral Office Income Tax Documents Letter to Father Hammeke Regarding Christmas Mass Letters to Father Hammeke, including some in German Insurance Certificates Christmas Greetings Card Red Cross Membership Card Advertisements Lenten Donation - Catholic Missions Pennsylvania Museum of Art Membership Hallahan Catholic Girls High School Report Card Catholic Daily Tribune Subscription 3) File 3 (1933 - 1934) Donation for Refugees at Harbin Letter from Cardinal's Office Regarding Movie Theatres Letters Acknowledging Various Monetary Donations Assessments Letter Regarding the Jubilee Newspaper Clipping - The Catholic Standard Request to Give Absolution for a Marriage between a Catholic and Protestant Invoice and Receipts (Plumbing, Electric) National Surety Corporation Certificate Personal Correspondence with Father Hammeke (German) Bell Telephone Bulletin Bills: Candle Co. and Maintenance Philadelphia Museum of Art Membership Donation to National Probation Association Rent Statements Membership Dues: Society for the Propagation of Faith Bureau of Municipal Research Appeal Student Report Cards: Northeast Catholic High School, Roman Catholic High School, etc. List of Students of Hallahan High School Yearly Statement: West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Boys Tuition Payments Paint Receipts Society of St. Vincent de Paul Report Check for United Campaign - Federation Jewish Charities Application for the Use of Wine for Religious Purpose Assorted Receipts Abbie M Young Coal Receipts Box 3 1) Orphan Record Book: 1927 - 1935 2) File 1 3) Souvenir Pamphlets Golden Jubilee - Church of St. Edward (1915) Immaculate Heart of Mary Blessing of Bell Ceremony (1918) Fifty Golden Years - Saint Agatha's Parish (1915) Golden Jubilee - Immaculate Conception (1919) Aid Campaign for St. Patrick's Church and St. Francis' Church (1918) 4) File 2 (Receipts Primarily 1928, Others 1899 - 1908) Primarily Bills and Receipts - i.e. Hardware, Stained Glass, and Gulf Refining Co. Certificate in German Gassen & Blaschke Papers Describing Important Religious Events German Correspondence Letter Regarding Church Spire Telegraph A Decree from the Archbishop's Office Letter/Parcel Registration Certificates (i.e. Fuel Oil Tank) Invoice - Elliot Addressing Machine Company Credit Memos Beautiful New Catholic Hymns List Tuition to American Business College and Cotter School of Shorthand 5) File 3 - Check Books (1921 - 1928) Box 4 1) File 1 (1929 - 1930) Newspaper Clipping - Reprint from The Philadelphia Record Primarily Receipts (Gas Company, Valentine J. Wagner, etc.) Communion Prayer Card Advertisements German Letter to Father Hammeke Safety Deposit Box Form and Letters Assessments Correspondence (Some with Father Hammeke) Regulations for Lent Acknowledgement of Special Collections Letter from the Committee for Unemployment Relief Electric Bills Letter Regarding Fire Insurance Blue Grey Booklet/List German Correspondence Letters from Carmelite Sisters in San Antonio, Texas German Prayer Cards Advertisement for St. Edmond's Home for Crippled Children Acknowledgement of Monetary Donations to the Society for the Propagation of Faith Roman Catholic High School Record - Alvin Bowyer 2) File 2 (1930 - 1934) Printing House Receipt The Pennsylvania Company Deposit Statements 3) File 3 (1927) Mutual Trust Co. Deposit Statements and Checks Envelope from the Colonial Trust Company Colonial Trust Company Deposit Statements and Checks Northern Central Trust Company Deposit Statements and Checks Phoenix Trust Company Deposit Statements and Checks Box 5 1) Loose Items at Top of Box (1921 - 1928) Building Agreements Building Proposals Bills and Contract Letters Various Building Estimates and Statements Business Cards Prayer Book Order Form Certificates "Uncharted Channels" Matinee Advertisement Children's Contest Advertisement "The Fortune Teller" Advertisement Thank You Letter to Patrons of a Show Honorary Member Night Invitation Commercial Printer Receipts Pages from a Notebook Petro Oil Burner Catalogue 2) File 1: Mutual Trust Co. Deposit Statements and Checks (1924 - 1927) 3) File 2 (1931) The Pennsylvania Company For Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities (Colonial Branch): Statements and Checks Other Assorted Deposit Statements and Checks 4) File 3 (1935) Invitation to Solemn Mass in the Cathedral Invitation to the Closing Exercises of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Newspaper/Magazine Subscription Renewals Letter Regarding Annual Seminary Collection Tuition Statements Letter Regarding Clerical Retreats Episcopal Fund Assessments Letter Regarding Annual Mission Feast Electric Bills Assessment Receipts: Gas Works Co., Gulf Refining Co. Letter from Mrs. J. B. Hoff Letters in German (Some from St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum) Church Supply Receipts Fuel-Oil Contract and Related Documents Catholic Near East Welfare Association Pamphlet and Membership Certificate Painting Receipts and Contracts Envelope with Letters from the Department of Labor and Industry Regarding Insurance Hallahan High School Annex Report Cards for Roman Catholic High School, Northeast Catholic High School, Hallahan Catholic High School Letter from Catholic Young Men's Association Advertisement Christmas Order Request - Catholic Protectory for Boys Catechism Order Form Property Taxes Receipts - Metal, Coal, J. Wolfe Furniture Co. Box 6 1.Record Book of Collections (1916 - 1927) 2.File 1 (1922 - 1924) This File has fallen apart and the items inside are loose.) "Bills: D. J. McCrudden Paints and Fine Varnishes "Sacramental Wine Application and Announcement "Bell Telephone Company Bills "Letters from the Society of the Divine Word (One in German) "Steamboat Notice "Handwritten Notes about an Event "Letter in German from Philadelphia District Catholic Women's Union "Receipts for Painting, Printing, Miscellaneous Items, Ice cream "Letter from Bell Telephone Company Regarding Toll Calls "Letter in German from Joseph Schaefer Company "Letter to Father Hammeke from La Salle College "Letter From Trust Company Regarding Will of Elizabeth B. Rustenbach "Letter from the Society for the Propagation of the Faith with an Enclosed Picture "Acknowledgement of Donations and Other Documents (Letters, Receipts) from the Society for the Propagation of the Faith "Organ Tuning Service Card "Subscription to the Oakdale Weekly "Beeswax Candle Orders "Applications for domestic Money Orders "Thank you Note from the House of the Good Shepherd "Postcard with a Photograph of a Family "A Large Amount of Personal Correspondence (Much in German), Some on Stationary from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary "Stained Glass Receipt "German Letters from St. Boniface Society "Letter Requesting Special Mass Intention "Letter from Bureau of Catholic Charities Regarding Marriage of Phyllis Miller Smith "Letter Regarding Issues of Today Subscription "Letter from Salvatorian Mission House "Assorted Statements and Receipts "Letter Regarding and Thank you Note from the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions "Acknowledgement of Donation from Mrs. Henry Bowns "Pages that Appear to Be from a Journal "Letter from the Pontifical College Josephinum "Thank you Note from St. Joseph's House for Homeless Industrious Boys "Gas and Electric Bills "Assorted Checks and Dues "Letter Regarding Stocks from Philadelphia Electric Company "Certificate from The Philadelphia fire underwriter's Association "Regulations for Lent (1924) "Letters from the Cathedral Office Confirming Receipt of Payments "Annual Seminary Collections "Appraisal "Tuition Payment "Assessments "Special Collection for Church of St. Anne de Beaupre "Hiring Notice at Bell Telephone Company "Letter from Pope Pius XI "Letter from Philadelphia Organization Committee "Letter Regarding Reception of Bishop McCloskey "Letter Upon the Death of Warren G. Harding "Letters from the Cardinal's Residence "Wax Candle List (Hamilton Candle Co.) "German Pamphlet "Thank you Note from St. Agnes' Hospital "Philadelphia Child Welfare Association Pamphlet and Letter "78th Annual Report - New York Life Insurance Company "Cathedral Candle Company List "Form from The American Committee for Relief of German Children "Dues for the Alliance of Catholic Women "Notification of Upcoming Audit "German Pamphlets "Candlemas Offering "Christmas Prayer Cards "Pamphlet for the Fulda Conferences of Bishops "Gift Subscription (Extension Magazine) "Appeal from Pope Pius XI (Very Fragile, Folded) "Letters from the Dermady "The Harding Memorial Association Pamphlet and Letter "The Catholic University of America Commemorative Document "Appeal for Donations to the Archbishop Ryan Memorial Institute for Deaf Mutes "German Photograph "Pictures that Tell a Story Pamphlet "Letter from the Sesqui-Centennial Exhibition Association "Appeal from Promoting Committee for the Erection of the International Votive Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus "Appeal from the American Oncologic Hospital "The Dermady Cottage Sanatorium Pamphlet 3.File 2 "Photograph of a Woman (Elizabeth?) "Subscriptions "Maryknoll Advertisement, Calendar and Christmas Documents "Letter from Adressograph "Christmas Offering "Diocesan Statement "Invitation to Circus - Misericordia Hospital "Letter in German w/ Picture of Reverend P. Cassian "Collections and Letters Requesting Funds "Appeal from Carmelite Sisters "Letters Regarding Testimonial Letters and Retreats "Semiannual and Annual Assessments "Acknowledgment of Monetary Donations "Agreement from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary to Send a Student "Letter Regarding 5 Marriage Dispensations "Regulations for Lent 1926 "Electric Bills "Royal Insurance Company Advertisement "Receipts for Lumber, Paint, Hardware, etc. "Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Free Hospital for Poor Consumptives and White Haven Sanatoria Association "Estimates "Gas Bills (The United Gas Improvement Company) "Assorted Bills: Plumbing and Heating, Religious Artifacts, etc. "Application for International Money Order "Receipt from A. H. Rosewig (Musical Instruments) "St. Teresa of the Child Jesus Pamphlet from the Society for the Propagation of the Faith "Letter from the Church Printing and Envelope Co. "Assorted Receipts: Paint, Coal "Altar Wines List 4.Loose: The Cambria Building Association and William Krause Advertisements 5.School Student Record Booklet (1930 - 1935) 6.File 3 (1924 - 1931) "The Beneficial Saving Fund Society of Philadelphia Account Statements and Checks "The Beneficial Saving Fund Society of Philadelphia Informational Booklets "Envelope from the Continental Equitable Title and Trust Company Containing Checks and Statements Box 7 "Blue Journal w/ Red Corners (May 1931 - September 1936): Record of Various Expenditures "Account Book w/ Cardinal Dougherty's Name Listed First (January 1936 - December 1947): List of Receipts and Expenditures "Red Book w/ Blue Stripes on Side (January 1951 - December 1958): List of Receipts and Expenditures, Contains Letter from Catholic Charities Appeal "Brown Book w/ No Spine (1896 - 1905): Record of Income (Receipts) and Expenditures, Collections, Annual Reports, Recapitulation, Insurance (pg.1), Some Documents and Letters Scattered Throughout "Second Brown Book w/ No Spine (1916 - 1934); Record of Expenditures, Receipts, Taxes for Orphans, New School Costs, Funeral Expenses; Expense Summaries; Annual Cathedral Report (1933 -1934); Assorted Letters at the Beginning "Bottom Book "Entry on First Page Dating as Far Back as 1900 "Festivals (1899 - 1901) "Record of Contributions to New Church, Expenditures of New Church (approximately 1901 - 1905) "Records from Seminary, ca. 1904 - 1907 "Seminary Collection (1910 - 1934) "Basement and Rectory Expenses (1894 and 1895) "Brown-Red Book Along the Side (1906 - 1916): Collections Record for Church Bulletin Box 8 1) Parish Calendars 1939 (2) 1940 1941 1942 1943 1948 1949 1952 1954 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 2) Framed Letter of Thanks from Cardinal Dougherty (March 1945) 3)Framed Latin Certificate for Father Hammeke (April 1893), Another Copy on Cardboard Paper 4)Letter from Archdiocesan Chancellor's Office (January 1893), Cardboard Paper 5)Framed Latin Certificate for Father Hammeke (1907) Box 9 1) File 1 1. Notes and calculations regarding 1918 income taxes 2. Letter from Archbishop Dougherty to Father Hammeke (June 1920) 3. Letter in German dated November 28, 1919 4. Thank you note from Archbishop Dougherty for condolences on his mother's death (1920) 5. Two documents (w/copies) re the Estate of August Hirschmeyer (1913, 1914) 6. Three postcards to Fr. Hammeke from Germany 1919, one from 1908 7. Miscellaneous: unused postcards, holy card, etc. 8. Bill for funeral expenses of Barbara Eastman, August 31, 1919 9. Two letters from Germany to Fr. Hammeke (June 1920) 10. Supplement to The Ecclesiastical Review (November 1907), being a reprint of the Encyclical of Pope Pius X on the Doctrines of the Modernists 11. Father Hammeke's tax returns for 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 2) File 2 (1926) 1. Mainly comprises paid bills and receipts for the year 2. Many letters are filed under "L" and most are in German 3. Lease for Philadelphia Washington Park for parish "Pic-Nic" on 19 June 1905 4. Holy Name Society materials as follows: Pamphlet "The Junior Holy Name Society" (1926) "How to Build Up and Maintain a Successful Holy Name Society" (1924) The Holy Name Journal, July 1926 "Catalogue of Official Holy Name Supplies and Other Religious Articles" 3) File 3 (1935) 1. Mainly comprises paid bills and receipts for the year 2. Invitation to attend installation of Gerald P. O'Hara as Bishop of Savannah by Archbishop Dougherty on January 15, 1936 3. Small glass plate w/ painted picture (color) of St. Theresa and Pope Leo XIII Box 10 File 1 Hundreds of cards and letters wishing Fr. Hammeke well on the occasion of his Golden Jubilee in the priesthood (May 1928) File 2 Mainly comprises bills and receipts for the parish (1928) Under letter "R" is an owner's manual for a Radium Ore Revigator, which was a ceramic water crock lined with radioactive materials designed to irradiate your drinking water overnight to cure all manner of afflictions 3) File 3 - Empty 4) Account book, Receipts and Expenditures 1906-1915 5) St. Joseph's Prep, Annual Catalogue for the 1927-1928 School Year Box 11 1) File 1 Parish paid bills and receipts for the year 1932 2) File 2 Paid bills and receipts for 1929 and 1930 Father Hammeke's income tax returns for the years 1921, 1922 3) File 3 This file primarily comprises baptismal certificates from other churches that parishioners were required to obtain in order for them to participate in sacraments at St. Bonaventure, e.g., to get married, serve as a godparent, or a sponsor at confirmation. |