Charles W. Mahan, SJ Papers

All physical materials associated with the New England Province Archive are currently held by the Jesuit Archives in St. Louis, MO. Any inquiries about these materials should be directed to Jesuit Archives. Electronic versions of some items and the descriptions and finding aids to the Archives, which are hosted in CrossWorks, are provided only as a courtesy. Charles W. Mahan was born in Roxbury, MA on March 3, 1899 to Francis A. and Mary (Cunningham) Mahan. He was educated at St. John’s Preparatory School in Danvers, MA. He briefly studied at Boston College before entering into the Society of Jesus on January 22, 1919 at St. Andrew-on-the-Hudson in Poughkeepsie, NY where he also spent his juniorate from 1921 until 1922. He studied Philosophy at Woodstock College, earning his A.B. in 1924 and his A.M. in 1925. He then spent his regency teaching in the Philippines from 1925 until 1928. In 1928, he returned to New England, studying Theology at Weston College until 1932 and was also ordained at Weston College in 1931. After his ordination, he taught Spanish at St.Georges College, Kingston, Jamaica and served as editor of the Catholic Opinion. In 1934, he completed his tertianship in Belgium. His next assignment was teaching English, Mathematics, Religion, and Economics at Baghdad College in Iraq in 1935. In 1957, he left for a year sabbatical at St. Francis Xavier Chapel in Boston, MA, but returned to Baghdad in 1958. During his 35 years in Iraq, he also was prefect at the boarder’s residence at the college. In 1969, shortly before the Iraqi government expelled all foreign missionaries, he became ill and returned to the United States. He lived at Campion Center until his death on May 22, 1982. The collection consists of sermons, homilies, retreat notes, Baghdad College tests/examinations, diplomas, and a play Ziyaret Il Kulliyye. There is also a scrapbook and one-2.5 inch box of photographs of Baghdad College and Iraq

Guidebook for field trips in east-central and north-central Maine: 66th annual meeting October 12 and 13, 1974: title page, maps, table of contents, introductory text

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Guidebook: Fifty-third annual meeting October 13-15, 1961: title page, table of contents, foreword

Front matte

Guidebook for field trips in east-central and north-central Maine: 66th annual meeting October 12 and 13, 1974

Geologic fieldtrips in Main

Guidebook: Fifty-third annual meeting October 13-15, 1961

Vermont Geologic Map Centennial Trip A-1: Excursion across the Green Mountains Hinesburg to Montpelier; Trip A-2: Barre to Strafford via Bradford; Trip B-1: Economic Geology of the Belvidere Mountain Asbestos Area, Vermont Asbestos Mines Division of the Ruberoid Company; Trip B-2: The Barre Granite Quarries; Trips C-1 and C-2: The Glacial Geology of Northern Vermont; Trips D-1 and D-2: Structural Geology of Northern Vermon

Report on Rare and Unusual Plant Species Within the Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project Area

Report on rare and unusual plant species within the Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes project area. New England

Nineteenth annual New England Intercollegiate Geological Excursion: October 12 and 13, 1923, Massachusetts

Locality 1: Cut on Bow Street, south of Turkey Hill, northwest corner of Arlington; Locality 2: Blueberry Mountain, southeast border of Woburn between Woburn and East Woburn; Locality 3: Shore west of West Manchester, on Gloucester branch of the Boston and Maine R.R., third of the way from Beverly to Glouceste

New England Intercollegiate Geological Excursion: Littleton, New Hampshire, October 10, 11 and 12, 1936

Trip A: Littleton quadrangle and northwest corner of the Moosilauke quadrangle; Trip B: Moosilauke quadrangle; Trip C: Mt. Hale, northeast corner of the Franconia quadrangl