Virtually Garraghan

The Jesuits of the Middle United States

The Jesuits of the Middle United States. was originally published in 1938, and the three-volume work remains an indispensable resource for researchers of Catholic, Jesuit history in the United States. In cooperation with Loyola University Press, the Jesuit Archives and Research Center is pleased to provide you with Virtually Garraghan.


Volume One

Title Page and Table of Contents
Introduction –  p. 1-8
Chapter One: The Maryland Jesuits – p. 9-34
Chapter Two: Bishop Du Bourg and the Society of Jesus – p. 35-78
Chapter Three: The Journey to Missouri – p. 79-91
Chapter Four: The First Years at Florissant – p. 92-146
Chapter Five: St. Regis Seminary – p. 147-169
Chapter Six: First Missionary Ventures among the Indians – p. 170-194
Chapter Seven: Early Parochial Ministry – p. 195-227
Chapter Eight: Missionary Excursions in Missouri and Illinois – p. 228-268
Chapter Nine: The Beginnings of St. Louis University – p. 269-308
Chapter Ten: The Visitation of 1831-1832 – p. 311-330
Chapter Eleven: Recruiting the Mission – p. 331-375
Chapter Twelve: The Kickapoo Mission – p. 376-421
Chapter Thirteen: The Potawatomi Mission of Council Bluffs – p. 422-446
Chapter Fourteen: The Mission of Central Missouri – p. 447-481
Chapter Fifteen: The Succession of Superiors, 1831-1848 – p. 482-512
Chapter Sixteen: John Anthony Elet, Vice-Provincial, 1848-1851 – p. 513-549
Chapter Seventeen: The Succession of Superiors, 1851-1871 – p. 553-592
Chapter Eighteen: Training the Personnel – p. 593-660

Volume Two

Title Page and Table of Contents
Chapter Nineteen: The Residences – p. 1-47
Chapter Twenty: The Ministry of the Exercises – p. 48-102
Chapter Twenty-One: Literary Work-Relations with Hierarchy and Sisterhoods – p 103-146
Chapter Twenty-Two: The Jesuits and the Civil War – p. 147-172
Chapter Twenty-Three: The Potawatomi of Sugar Creek- p. 175- 235
Chapter Twenty-Four: The Oregon Missions, I – p. 236-346
Chapter Twenty-Five: The Oregon Missions, II – p. 347-441
Chapter Twenty-Six: The Indians of the Plains – p. 442-492
Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Osage Mission – p. 493-593
Chapter Twenty-Eight: St. Mary’s of the Potawatomi, I – p. 594-699
Chapter Twenty-Nine: St. Mary’s of the Potawatomi, II – p. 1 – 65
Chapter Thirty: Peter De Smet: Personal Aspects – p. 66 – 107
Chapter Thirty-One: Educational Problems and Conditions – p. 111-128
Chapter Thirty-Two: A Jesuit College in Louisiana – p. 129-156
Chapter Thirty-Three: St. Xavier College, Cincinnati – p. 157-202
Chapter Thirty-Four: St. Louis University, 1833-1867 – p. 203-252
Chapter Thirty-Five: Educational Ventures in Louisville – p. 253-290
Chapter Thirty-Six: St. Joseph’s College, Bardstown – p. 291-348
Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Origins of Marquette College, Milwaukee – p. 349-388
Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Antecedents of St. Ignatius College, Chicago – p. 389-420

Volume Three

Title Page and Table of Contents
Chapter Thirty-Nine: Provincial Superiors, 1871-1919 – p. 423-434
Chapter Forty: Colleges – p. 435-511
Chapter Forty-One: Missions, Home and Foreign – p. 512-531
Chapter Forty-Two: The Parochial Ministry – p. 532-565
Chapter Forty-Three: Service in Many Fields – p. 566-581
Chapter Forty-Four: The Jesuits of the Middle West: A Survey – p. 582-597
Bibliography – p. 598-614
Index – p. 615-666