Associated Archives
Mailing Address
5400 Roland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21210
Contact: Alison Foley
Phone: 410-864-4074
E-mail: afoley@stmarys.edu
Web: www.stmarys.edu/archives
Hours of Service
Monday through Friday by appointment only.
Overview
The Associated Archives at St. Mary's Seminary and University opened in the spring of 2002. Located on the campus of the nation's first Roman Catholic seminary, this program brings together the archives of the Archdiocese of Baltimore (est. 1789), St. Mary's Seminary and University (est. 1791), and the Associated Sulpicians of the United States (U.S. Province est. 1921), making it one of the most significant repositories for records relating to the early history of the Catholic Church in the United States.
Special Services
- Microfilm printouts
- Photo print service
- Photoduplication services
Type of Materials
- Architectural Documents
- Artifacts
- Audiovisual Materials
- Books and Monographs
- Digital Collections
- Institutional Records
- Maps
- Microforms
- Musical Scores
- Newspapers
- Personal Papers
- Photographs
- Primary Resources
- Printed Ephemera
- Prints and Drawings
- Serials
- Vertical File Material
Detailed Description of Collections
Archdiocese of Baltimore Collection
This collection documents the founding, growth, and development of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. The records date from the creation of the Archdiocese in 1789.
St. Mary's Seminary & University
This collection is comprised of the non-current records of St. Mary's Seminary and University that have permanent historical, legal, fiscal or administrative value. When the Associated Archives at St. Mary's Seminary and University was established, the decision was made to create a separate archives program for the seminary. Up to that time, the records for St. Mary's had been part of the Archives of the U.S. Province of the Society of St. Sulpice. The year 1968 was designated as the starting point for a separate archives program, because it was in 1968 that the position of President of St. Mary's Seminary and University was separated from the responsibilities of the Sulpician Provincial. The Archives of St. Mary's Seminary and University, then, is made up principally of documents dated 1968 and after. Photographs, publications, artifacts, artwork, and blueprints of St. Mary's have also been placed with the Archives of St. Mary's Seminary and University. The documentary records for St. Mary's prior to 1968 remain with the Archives of the U.S. Province of the Society of St. Sulpice because they are so closely intertwined with the Provincials' papers.
U.S. Province of the Society of St. Sulpice
This collection documents the founding, growth, and mission of the Society of St. Sulpice, its members and institutions, in the United States. The records date from the arrival of the Sulpicians in this country in 1791, and cover official and unofficial aspects of its prominent members, of related individuals and religious orders, and of the seminaries and colleges it founded during its more than two hundred year history.