Rev. John C. Selner, S.S. (1904-1992). Size: 2 document cases, 1 flat storage case; date span: c. 1933-1970.
Professor of Homiletics and Moral Theology, Director of Liturgical Music, St. Mary’s Seminary, 1931-1958; Vice-Rector, Musician, and Spiritual Director, Theological College, 1958-1969; Associate Professor of Homiletics, Speech, and Ecclesiastical Latin, The Catholic University of America, 1958-1969;
Music Director, National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 1958-1969. Fr. Selner was an accomplished organist and a nationally recognized composer and choirmaster. He was an active member of the St. Gregory Society of America, serving as its president for a number of years. He composed and published hymns and musical studies for the Gregorian Institute of America and the Catholic Choirmasters' Course,
and taught workshops for organists and choirmasters around the country. His works include Chant at the Altar, Breviary and Missal Prayers, and the Seminary Hymnal.
This collection contains published and unpublished works of Fr. Selner, as well as those of his former mentor, Msgr. Leo P. Manzetti.
This collection is a gift of Msgr. William E. Biebel of Erie, PA.
Rev. John Banister Tabb (1845-1909). Size: 6 records storage boxes; date span: c. 1865-1932.
Alumnus, St. Charles College and St. Mary’s Seminary; Priest, Diocese of Richmond (ordained 1884);
Professor of English Grammar, St. Charles College, c. 1882-1909; noted poet and author. This collection contains official and personal correspondence, poems, books, verses, other works, autograph collection, and research notes regarding Fr. Tabb’s writings.
Rev. François Vespre, S.J. (1783-c.1864). Size: 1 document case; date span: c. 1818 and undated.
Alumnus, St. Mary’s Seminary; Faculty, St. May's College, 1818-1819; Member, Society of Jesus (Maryland Province) with assignments in Maryland and Pennsylvania. This collection contains his class notes and spiritual writings with two letters. See also correspondence in the John F. Hickey, S.S., papers.
Rev. Michael F. Wheeler, S.S. (1796-1832). Size: 1 records storage box; date span: undated [c. 1824-1832].
Professor of Mathematics and Physics, St. Mary’s College, 1818-1823, 1828-1832; President, St. Mary’s College, 1827-1828; Chaplain, Georgetown Visitation Convent. This collection contains class notes, sermons, last will and testament, and biographical material. See also photocopies of correspondence on deposit in the Sulpician Archives, Paris, and the John F. Hickey, S.S., papers.
Individuals - General. Size: 1 records storage box and 1 document case; date span: c. 1767-1992 and undated.
This collection contains files created for deceased Sulpicians and individuals associated with the Sulpicians. Material included in these files includes biographical and historical information, correspondence, and personal papers.
These files have been placed in a general individuals collection, because none of the files created for these individuals constitutes enough material to create a separate collection.
Included in this collection are files for: Charles Avisse Family, a French émigré family that became acquainted with Baltimore Sulpician community, records span c. 1798-1835;
Rev. Pierre Babad, S.S. (1763-1846), served with Baltimore Sulpician community, 1799-1820, when he returned to France, also served as spiritual adviser to Mother Seton, records span, c. 1802-1821;
Rev. Stephen T. Badin (1768-1853), a French émigré who was the first priest ordained in the U.S., served on the missions in Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, Illinois, and Ohio, 1793-1853,
records span, c. 1793-1953; Louis Robert Barbey, a French émigré from the island of Martinique, records span, c. 1782-1821;
Bp. John Baptist David, S.S. (1761-1841), served at Sulpician institutions in Baltimore and Emmitsburg, 1792-1811, including as spiritual advisor to Mother Seton and the Sisters of Charity, until he was sent to Kentucky;
later appointed Bishop of Bardstown, records span, c. 1811-1841 and undated; Rev. Charles Duhamel, C.S.Sp. (d. 1818), French Holy Ghost Father who fled to the U.S. from French Guiana with Rev. Mathieu Hérard and
Rev. John F. Moranvillé, where he became close to the Baltimore community of Sulpicians and later served in Emmitsburg, MD, records span, c. 1811-1813; Bp. Benedict J. Flaget, S.S. (1763-1850), came to the U.S. in 1792
and served on the missions in Indiana for two years, when he was recalled to teach at Georgetown; in 1798 he went with Rev. Louis Du Bourg, S.S., to open a school in Havana, Cuba; he returned in 1801 and taught at St. Mary’s College until
he was appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Bardstown in 1808, records span, c. 1812-1992 and undated; Rev. Demetrius Gallitzin (1770-1840), a Russian prince who converted to Catholicism and emigrated to the U.S. where
he entered St. Mary’s Seminary under the name Augustine Smith; he served on the missions in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania until he founded a settlement at Loretto, PA, records span, c. 1794-1996; Mr. Maximilian Godefroy
(1765-c. 1847), engineer and architect who served on the faculty of St. Mary’s College, 1805-1818, and designed St. Mary’s Chapel and Baltimore’s Battle Monument, records span, c. 1941-1975; Rev. Nicholas F.
Kerney, S.S. (1787-1841), an Irish émigré who attended St. Mary’s Seminary, where he also served on the faculty of St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s Seminary, and Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary and College
before being assigned to serve in Norfolk, VA, in 1818; he returned to Baltimore in 1821 and was assigned to St. Patrick’s, Fell’s Point, where he served until his death in 1841, records span, c. 1839-1842; Mr. B. Henry Latrobe
(1764-1820), English-born architect of the U.S. Capitol and Baltimore’s Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and whose sons attended St. Mary’s College, records span, c. 1804-1982; Mr. Michel Victor
Le Roy (d. 1842), St. Dominguan refugee; employed as a tutor in Baltimore; returned to France in 1830, records span, c. 1818-1873; William and Margaret Meredith Family, Maryland lineage of English and Acadian descent dates
back to the colonial period; children attended St. Mary’s College, records span, c. 1768-1864; Rev. John F. Moranvillé, C.S.Sp. (1760-1824), French Holy Ghost Father who fled to the U.S. from French Guiana with Rev.
Mathieu Hérard and Rev. Charles Duhamel, where he became close to the Baltimore community of Sulpicians and served as pastor at St. Patrick’s Church in Fell’s Point, 1804-1823, before returning to France, records span, c. 1804-1842;
Rev. Gabriel Richard, S.S. (1767-1832), served on the missions in Illinois and Michigan territory; elected to represent Michigan territory in U.S. Congress; recognized founder of the University of Michigan, records span, c. 1825-1988;
and Bp. Augustin Vérot (1805-1876), served with the Baltimore Sulpician community, 1830-1857, before being appointed Vicar Apostolic of Florida, records span, c. 1835-1988.
