Tag: correspondence
Pusey House, Oxford Joins NINS Digital Collections
For readers who are interested in using the Pusey House collections for their research, here is an overview of what we have. Only original materials have been digitized, so the digital collection is slightly smaller than the physical one, but every authentic Newman item we have should now be accessible online.
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The Spanish Edition of Newman’s Letter to Pusey
Newman’s influence is not relegated to the English-speaking world only; rather, it can be seen in the Spanish-speaking world as well.
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Why Lingard Didn’t Like Newman
Lingard remarked upon Newman’s career several times in his correspondence, usually with a mixture of suspicion and curiosity.
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Letters from a Scientist: Newman’s Correspondence with St. George Jackson Mivart
While the unravelling of Mivart’s reputation among the Catholic leadership primarily occurred after Newman’s death in 1890, a correspondence between Newman and Mivart is housed in the NINS Digital Collections.
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Letter from a Poet: Gerard Manley Hopkins to Ignatius Ryder
Just seven months before his death, the now famous poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ, penned the following letter to Henry “Ignatius” Ryder.
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Newman in America: Correspondence with J. B. Purcell, Archbishop of Cincinnati
In 1875 John Baptist Purcell wrote to Newman that some in the United States were opposed to a pamphlet he published in a Catholic Liverpool paper.
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