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Collection Number SC 21 Blume Library Special Collections

StMU Saint Mary’s University of San Antonio One Camino Santa Maria San Antonio TX 78228-8530 USA Phone: 210-436-3011 www.stmarytx.edu

Descriptive Summary Repository Blume Library, Saint Mary’s University of San Antonio, Texas Donors John Cotter Sullivan and Elizabeth Sullivan Clem; donor number: 1968.2 Creator Sullivan Family Members Title Clem-Sullivan Family Collection Inclusive Dates 1854-1930 Reference Code SC 21 Languages Predominately English, with French, German, Spanish, Latin and Greek Extent 5 cubic feet of papers, about 161 books, and about 336 objects Abstract Dan Sullivan was a successful pioneer banker in San Antonio and his children were active in San Antonio civic business during the first third of the 20th century. The Sullivan family papers are one part of a much larger collection that includes period furnishings, fine art, ephemera and a library acquired by four generations of the Sullivan Family from their arrival in the United States during the1850s until the materials were donated after the death of Elizabeth Sullivan Clem in 1968. A large part of the papers relates to the educations of the seven children of Dan Sullivan, the San Antonio banker. Also included among the papers are business records for the insurance agency of one of his sons William C Sullivan (d 1930). The library includes books, pamphlets, periodicals and sheet music. Ephemera in the collection include merchandise catalogs (1866-1920s), seed catalogs (1890-1910), travel brochures (1891-1898), and religions devotional items (1854-1929s).

Administrative Information Restrictions to Access: none Usage Restrictions: none Alternative Forms: none Acquisition History: The collection came to Saint Mary’s University in two stages, first from John Cotter Sullivan and later from his sister Elizabeth Sullivan Clem. John Cotter Sullivan attended the old St. Mary’s College from 1882 to 1893. In 1963 he donated to its successor St. Mary’s University six Gentilz paintings of the San Antonio Missions and a Coppini bust of himself. In 1968, the University received from the estate of Elizabeth Sullivan Clem, deceased, “all books and volumes comprising the library in my residence at 404 Broadway in San Antonio, Texas, together with the bookcases in which such books and volumes are kept.” The Clem-Sullivan estate donation in 1968 was the occasion to begin the Special Collections Department at Blume Library (Bro. Robert Wood, SM). In addition to the books set aside for St. Mary’s University, Mrs. Clem directed that all the furnishings be divided among the St. Mary’s, Incarnate Word College, Our Lady of the Lake University and the private museums of San Antonio. Processing Information: The collection is divided into five series: family papers, ephemera, library, objects, and photographs. The family papers are arranged by the name of the family member by whom they were generated and are housed in the special collections department. The ephemera are arranged by format and stored with the papers. The same is so for the few photographs in the collection (about 8 items). The books of the library are shelved in special collections according to Decimal Classification. Sets of books such as encyclopedias are housed separately in hardwood cabinets from the Clem-Sullivan residence. The extensive collection of sheet music at some unknown time was assigned serial numbers by which they are currently arranged. The objects in the collection consist overwhelmingly of furniture or fine art. These pieces have been used to furnish various meeting spaces throughout the university campus. A list is included at the end of this inventory. A few items of furniture and fine art remain in the special collections room at Blume Library. Preferred Citation: Saint Mary’s University San Antonio, Texas Copyright Notice: Catalog Headings: Harvard University San Antonio (Texas) Education Law Education Catholic Church in Texas

Related Collections Blume Library Special Collections The following was separated from the Sullivan Family Papers: SC40 San Antonio Casino Club Records

Witte Museum John Lincoln Clem military career photos

Institute of Texan Cultures No family papers or photographs; limited to objects

Sullivan Family Personal Papers to…? “In addition, the house contained a large quantity of correspondence, photographs, and other papers and documents covering a period of several generations in the Sullivan family, which we think may be of possible interest from the standpoint of regional history and research. All of these papers were sent to Sister Anne at her request, so that she could review them and retain those items which she wished to keep for personal or family reasons; but she has informed us that she will return to us the larger part of these papers, and these will then also be available for your consideration.” (Letter from Bobbitt, Brite, Bobbitt & Allen of San Antonio, May 16, 1968)

Biographies of the Sullivan Family Members This collection includes items from at least four generations of the Sullivan Family beginning with the patriarch, Daniel Sullivan (1805-1871) who immigrated to the United States from Ireland in 1850 and took up residence in Alexandria, Louisiana.

First Generation Daniel Sullivan (1805-1871) immigrated to the United States from Ireland in 1850 and took up residence in Alexandria, Louisiana where he began a mercantile business. He was unmarried and brought with him his nephew also named Dan Sullivan (b 1844).

Daniel “Dan” Sullivan, Sr. (b 1844-d 1931) was born in Cork County, Ireland. He came to the United State in 1850 in the company of his unmarried uncle also named Daniel Sullivan (1805- 1871) who took up residence in Alexandria, Louisiana. The younger Daniel attended a school in Alexandria conducted by schoolmaster B. L. Lynch. The family moved to Indianola (then called Powder Horn) in 1857. At the age of fourteen, he entered the Jesuit school at New Orleans remaining there until 1861 when he returned to his family in Indianola. Daniel volunteered for the Confederate Army in Company B of the First Regiment of Texas Calvary, organized in May 1861 at Victoria. The regiment fought in Louisiana where Daniel was wounded in the battle of Pleasant Hill. He remained with that regiment until it disbanded on May 23, 1865 at Corsicana. At the death of his uncle who was childless, Daniel inherited the wholesale grocery and general merchandise businesses. The hurricane of September 16, 1875 at Indianola carried off his home and its contents together with stores and warehouses of his businesses. Daniel Sullivan continued these businesses until he moved his family to San Antonio in January 1882. Around 1884 he opened a private bank, D. Sullivan & Co., Bankers, San Antonio, Texas. He continued in the banking business until his death on November 30, 1931, at the age of 87 years. His residence at the time of his death was 404 Broadway Street. He was regarded as a “pioneer banker” of San Antonio and his estate was unofficially estimated to be worth $20 million.

Anne Cotter Sullivan (b 1842-d 1904) a native of Ireland, came to the United States in 1856 with her uncle Daniel Sullivan. She married his nephew, also named Daniel Sullivan on January 5, 1868 at Indianola, Texas with Bishop C. M Dubuis of Galveston presiding. They had seven children: William, Eleanor, Annie, Daniel, John, Mary Elizabeth, and Walter.

Second Generation William Cusack Sullivan (1868-1930) – Also known as WC Sullivan, he was born at Indianola and died at San Antonio. He was unmarried. He attended school at Victoria, and then was a student at St. Mary’s College, San Antonio, Texas. He attended the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard University in 1899. He then attended the University of Pennsylvania’s Pierce School of Business. His name appears on the letterhead of D. Sullivan & Co. Bankers. He was an insurance agent, 311 Brady Building, San Antonio, Texas, in 1924. He was a member of the San Antonio Club (in at least 1897).

Eleanor (“Nellie”) Alice Sullivan (1870-1931) – Also known as “Nellie” and “E. A. Sullivan,” she attended school at the Ursuline Convent, San Antonio and then at Notre Dame College, Maryland. She married James Robert Collins of Atlanta, Georgia in March 1894. She died at San Antonio in March 1931; he died at Harlingen, Texas in 1947. They had one child, Eleanor Sullivan Collins, born March 12, 1895 at Atlanta, Georgia.

Anne Marie Sullivan (1872-____) – Born at Indianola, she attended school at the Ursuline Convent at San Antonio, Texas, at Notre Dame College, Baltimore, Maryland, and the Sacred Heart Convent in Paris. She lived in San Antonio and was one of the five survivors who inherited her father’s fortune.

Daniel Joseph Sullivan, Junior (1874-1948) – Born at Indianola, he attended Saint Mary’s College, San Antonio. Next he attended Rock Hill College, Ellicott City, Maryland, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the Class of 1895. Then he attended Pierce College School of Business, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the spring semester of 1896. He assisted his father “Dan” in the management of the D. Sullivan Bank and assumed control after his father’s death. He was named the independent executor of his father’s will and charged with making distribution of the property. He married Josephine Saylor at San Antonio, Texas, during October 1904. He died in San Antonio leaving one child, Daniel Sullivan III.

John Cotter Sullivan (1875-1966) – Born at Indianola on December 24, 1875, he attended St. Mary’s College, San Antonio, from 1882 to 1893, and then Rock Hill College, Ellicott City, Maryland, graduating with A. B. degree, in 1896. He attended Harvard Law School from 1896- 1899, and graduated with the Class of 1899. Returning to Rock Hill College he graduated with a Master of Arts degree in 1902. He was an attorney and counsellor at law in San Antonio. During his career he handled occasional legal matters for his father’s bank but was not involved in its operations. He was active in the Saint Mary’s College Alumni Association and served as president (1908). JC was a member of the special committee of the Chamber of Commerce that consulted Mayor Callaghan in 1909 about Pompeo Coppini’s proposal for a civic auditorium to be built near San Pedro Springs. Col. John L. Clem also served on that committee. He married Florence Fletcher April 24, 1909; they were without children. In 1931 he was one of the five survivors who inherited a fifth share of his father’s fortune. A press account (in 1934) reported that John had such bad hearing that he was obliged to conducted matters of business through written messages. He was a philanthropist and made generous donations to St. Mary’s University Law School including the original set of Southwest Reporters and other books. In 1963 he donated to St. Mary’s a six paintings of the San Antonio Missions by Theodore Gentilz and a bust of himself sculpted by Pompeo Coppini. His place of residence (in 1959) was 1249 South Saint Mary’s Street in San Antonio. He maintained his law practice at the same address.

Mary Elizabeth Sullivan Clem (1878-1967) – She is also known as “Bessie” and “B. Sullivan” and Mrs. John Lincoln Clem. Born at Indianola, she attended school San Antonio, Texas then Notre Dame College, Baltimore, Maryland. After graduation she spent a year in Paris at the Sacred Heart Convent. She married Colonel John Lincoln Clem in 1903 and had one child, Anne Elizabeth Clem, born 1905 in San Antonio, Texas. She resided in Washington, DC at the time of her father’s death in 1931. She was one of the five survivors who inherited an equal share of her father’s fortune.

Walter Sullivan (1881-1905) – was born at Indianola and attended school at St. Mary’s College, San Antonio. He attended Rock Hill College, Ellicott City, Maryland, Academy of Music, from 1895 graduating in June 1897. He applied for admission to Harvard College in 1897. He studied for a year at Harvard, and then enrolled at Yale University, graduating from there with the Class of 1903. He was lost at sea July 12, 1905, from a Pacific liner between San Francisco and Honolulu while enroute to Manila, Philippine Islands, to visit Mrs. John Lincoln Clem, his sister. He died unmarried and without issue.

John Lincoln Clem (1851-1937) – was born in Newark, Ohio, on August 13, 1851. He was legendary as a military figure in the United States Army beginning as a ten-year old drummer boy who participated in combat with the federal army during the US Civil War. He married Anita Rosetta French in 1875. She died in 1899, and he married Bessie Sullivan (Mary Elizabeth Sullivan) of San Antonio in 1903. Clem spent a number of his army years in Texas. From 1906 to 1911 he was chief quartermaster at Fort Sam Houston. He rose to the rank of major general by the time he retired in 1916. During his last years in the army he was the sole remaining Civil War veteran on active service. After retirement he remained in Washington for a few years then returned to San Antonio. Clem was the father of two children. He died in San Antonio on May 13, 1937, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. (Robert L. Talmadge, Handbook of Texas Online)

John Lincoln Clem, army officer, was born in Newark, Ohio, on August 13, 1851. In May 1861 he attempted to enlist in the Third Ohio Volunteers but was rejected because of his youth. He attached himself unofficially to the Twenty-second Michigan Infantry and participated in the battle of Shiloh as a drummer. He enlisted shortly thereafter and participated in the battle of Chickamauga, in which, at the age of twelve, he shot a Confederate colonel who demanded his surrender. After the battle, the "Drummer Boy of Chickamauga" was promoted to sergeant and placed upon the roll of honor, the youngest soldier ever to be a noncommissioned officer in the United States Army. After participating with the Army of the Cumberland in many other battles, being twice wounded and a prisoner of war, he was discharged in 1864. He returned home and graduated from high school in 1870. After he attempted unsuccessfully to enter the United States Military Academy at West Point, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him second lieutenant in the Twenty-fourth United States Infantry. Clem graduated from artillery school at Fort Monroe in 1875, transferred to the quartermaster department in 1882, and rose to the rank of major general by the time he retired in 1916. During his last years in the army he was the sole remaining Civil War veteran on active service. Clem spent a number of his army years in Texas. From 1906 to 1911 he was chief quartermaster at Fort Sam Houston; after retirement he remained in Washington for a few years, then returned to San Antonio. He married Anita Rosetta French in 1875. She died in 1899, and he married Bessie Sullivan of San Antonio in 1903. Clem was the father of two children. He died in San Antonio on May 13, 1937, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. (Robert L. Talmadge, Handbook of Texas Online)

Third Generation Eleanor Sullivan Collins Rogers (b 1895- ), born on March 12, 1895 in Atlanta, Georgia, was the daughter of Eleanor A. Sullivan and James Robert Collins. Her uncle John C. Sullivan called her “Sweetie” and “Eleanor Junior.” She married Major Donald B. Rogers and was known as Eleanor Collins Rodgers. She was the only grandchild to inherit with her uncles and aunts an equal share of her grandfather’s fortune.

Anne Elizabeth Clem (1905), born 1905 in San Antonio, Texas, was the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Sullivan Clem (b 1878- ) and Colonel John Lincoln Clem. Anne Elizabeth made her debut in Washington in 1925. In 1929 she entered the Order of the Discalced Carmelites, and resided at the Carmelite Monastery of Indianapolis, Indiana, as Sister Anne of the Trinity. She was residing at the Carmelite Convent in Reno, Nevada at the time of her mother’s death in 1967.

Daniel Sullivan III (b____-) was the only child of Daniel Joseph Sullivan, Junior (b 1874) and Josephine Saylor Sullivan.

Fourth Generation [Dan Sullivan, Senior’s obituary accredited him with five great-grandchildren at the time of his death in 1931. ]

Who are the Clemens kids; linear decedents or collaterals? Augustus D. Clemens (____) Eleanor Clemens (____-____) June Clemens (____) Toya Clemens (____)

Sources The Family of D. Sullivan compiled by John Cotter Sullivan, San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Company, 1952 (Blume Special Collections call number: 929.2 S950). The San Antonio Light, The San Antonio Express, Ex-Students’ Association St. Mary’s of Texas Biographical Information Handbook of Texas Online, Robert L. Talmadge

Collection Overview This collection includes papers relating to four generations of the Sullivan Family from the time the family immigrated to the United States during the1850s until the materials were donated after the death of Elizabeth Sullivan Clem in 1968. A large part of the papers relates to the educations of the seven children of Dan Sullivan, the San Antonio banker. Especially well documented are John Cotter Sullivan’s years at Harvard College and Harvard Law School during the 1890s. Also documented are William C Sullivan’s years at Piece Business College in Philadelphia. Other schools with some degree of documentation are Saint Mary’s College in San Antonio and Rock Hill College in Maryland. Business records from the insurance agency of William C Sullivan (d 1930) are for the last years or his career from 1916 to 1929. The ephemera include merchandise catalogs (1866-1920s), seed catalogs (1890-1910), travel brochures (1891-1898), and religions devotional images or “holy cards” (1854-1929s). From the library of the family residence at 404 Broadway in San Antonio are 161 books (1846-1952), pamphlets on timely topics (1848-1893), and a few periodicals (1893-1927). The sheet music numbers about 200 items (1859-1945). The publishers are from Germany, the United States (including some from Texas), England and France. The 336 objects in the collection consist almost entirely of the furnishings of the same residence. The collection is limited to items found in 1968 at 404 Broadway Avenue. The only exceptions are the sculptures and paintings donated by John Cotter Sullivan that are included in this inventory.

Summary of Series Series One: Family Papers Daniel Sullivan (b 1805) Daniel “Dan” Sullivan, Esq. (b 1844-d 1931) William Cusack Sullivan (b 1868-d 1930), School Papers William Cusack Sullivan (b 1868), Business Papers, 1916-1930 Eleanor Alice Sullivan (b 1870-d 1931) Annie Marie Sullivan (b 1872-d ____) Daniel Joseph Sullivan, Junior (b 1874-d 1948), School Papers John Cotter Sullivan (b 1875-d ____), School Papers John Cotter Sullivan (b 1875-d ____), Harvard Papers John Cotter Sullivan (b 1875-d ____), Harvard Law School Lecture Notes John Cotter Sullivan (b 1875-d ____), Personal Papers Mary Elizabeth Sullivan Clem (1878-____) Walter Sullivan (b 1881- d 1905) Rock Hill College, 1896-1900 Manuscript Items Not Attributable Series Two: Ephemera Business or Calling Cards Merchandise Catalogs or Promotions, 1866 to 1920s Seed Catalogs, 1890-1910 Printed Matter Not Attributable, 1886-1920s Travel Related Ephemera, 1891-1898 Religious Devotional Materials Series Three: Library Books Pamphlets Periodicals Sheet Music Series Four: Objects Furnishings Sculptures Scrapbook album Graphic Materials Personal Effects Series Five: Photographs

Series One: Family Papers Arrangement Note: Materials are arranged by the name of the family member to whom they relate. The family members are arranged in the chronological order of their birth dates. The Sullivan family used the same first names through four generations which can result in confusion. Therefore, the name of each Sullivan is followed by the year of birth to disambiguate them. Materials that cannot be assigned to an individual family member appear at the end of the series. Historical Note: The Sullivan boys attended Saint Mary’s College in San Antonio. This is not to be confused with St. Mary’s University of San Antonio. From 1852 to 1923, St. Mary’s College was an elementary and secondary school for boys with a boarding department that was located in downtown San Antonio and conducted by the Brothers of Mary. In 1923 it was renamed St. Mary’s Academy and in 1931 Central Catholic High School. Scope Note: The records of D. Sullivan & Company, Bankers remained at the bank building when it closed in 1934 to be rediscovered in 1950 when the building was renovated. There is no record what happened to the banking records found in 1950 (see San Antonio Light, Sunday, July 2, 1950: 11-B; “New Face for Old Landmark”).

Daniel Sullivan (b 1805) Biographical Note: The “Mr. Sullivan” mentioned in this document is likely Daniel Sullivan (b 1805) who was an uncle of the Daniel “Dan” Sullivan (b 1844) who fathered the Sullivans of San Antonio. The “Miss Cotter” is likely the niece of “Mr. Sullivan” (b 1805) who later married “Dan” Sullivan (b 1844) Text of Document: “Ursuline Convent Galveston April 3rd 1857 – Received of Dan Sullivan $60.00 for board and tuition of six months for Miss Cotter ending January 5th/’60. For three months music and use of instrument $20.00 from April 5th to July 5th 1859. Received payment Sister Saint Felicity depositary” Box 1 Folder 1 Receipt for board and tuition of “Miss Sullivan” April 3, 1859

Daniel “Dan” Sullivan (b 1844) Box 1 Folder 2 O’Connor & Sullivan, Bankers letterhead 1883 Box 1 Folder 2 D. Sullivan & Co. Bankers letterhead 1890s Box 1 Folder 2 Natural Science Association of America Letter 1895 Box 1 Folder 2 Lawrence Science School, Harvard University Letter 1899 Box 1 Folder 2 Line of Credit for John C Sullivan 1899 Box 1 Folder 3 Commercial Catalogs 1894-1895 Burroughs Accounting Machines and Mosler Bank Safes

William Cusack Sullivan (b 1868) School Papers Box 5 Smith’s Grammar School Speller 1858 Box 5 English Grammar by Quackenbos 1862 Box 5 Notes on Diplomatic History of the United States No date Box 2 Folder 15A Hectograph, “Independent Grammarian” leaf 1 May 9, 1886 “An illustrated weekly for the Class of Third Grammar Proprietors HS. Albert, WC. Albert, WC. Sullivan, JH. Lucas Box 2 Folder 15B Hectograph, “Independent Grammarian” leaf 2 May 9, 1886 Box 5 Untitled Note Book 1889 He attended the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard University in 1899. He then attended the University of Pennsylvania’s Pierce School of Business. He joined his father’s bank in San Antonio.

William Cusack Sullivan (b 1868) Business Papers, 1916-1930 Scope Note: There are five items associated with business dealings of William C Sullivan and Henry Wulff Box 5 Ledger: Cash Accounts 1916-1917 Box 5 Ledger: Store Accounts 1916-1917 Box 5 Ledger: “Day Book” Cash Journal 1916-1917 Box 1 Folder 4 Contracts 1916-1918 Box 1 Folder 5 Letters 1918, 1920 Box 1 Folder 6 Letter Book regarding insurance policies, Aug to Nov 1924 Box 5 Miss E. A. Scheer, Notary Public in Bexar County 1927-1930 Box 5 Ledger: Deliveries Log 1929

Eleanor Alice Sullivan (b 1870) Biographical Note: One finds the term “The Misses Sullivans” on a number of items. Who were these? Eleanor Alice Sullivan (b 1870) and Anne Marie Sullivan (b 1872) both attended Notre Dame College of Maryland. Later Anne attended Sacred Heart Convent School in Paris. Did her journey to Paris provide the occasion for both girls to visit Europe as “the Misses Sullivan.” Box 1 Folder 7 Dress alteration, bank transfer, Canard Lines List 1890-1891 Box 1 Folder 8 Photos of the Grandchildren of Eleanor (b 1870) circa 1930 Box 4 “Theory” Notre Dame of Maryland 1889-1890

Anne Marie Sullivan (b 1872) Biographical Note: One finds the term “The Misses Sullivans” on a number of items. Who were these? Eleanor Alice Sullivan (b 1870) and Anne Marie Sullivan (b 1872) both attended Notre Dame College of Maryland. Later Anne attended Sacred Heart Convent School in Paris. Did her journey to Paris provide the occasion for both girls to visit Europe as “the Misses Sullivan.” Anne is occasionally signed as “A Sullivan.” Box 1 Folder 9 Notre Dame College of Maryland, 26th Annual Catalog 1888-1889 Box 2 Scrapbook Album, French origin, stamped “A. Sullivan” undated Box 4 School notebook labeled: “Zoology / Saints”

Daniel Joseph Sullivan, Junior (b 1874) School Papers Box 1 Folder 10 St. Mary’s College, San Antonio school papers 1886-1889 Box 1 Folder 11 Rock Hill College, Ellicott City, Maryland 1891-1895 Conducted by the Brothers of the Christian Schools Box 1 Folder 12 Pierce College School of Business, Philadelphia 1896 Lease for desk, Pierce College Business Department Feb 1896 Pierce School Bank checks and promissory note Mar-Apr 1896 Pierce School Daybook, expenses Mar-Apr 1896 14 x 21 Folder 2 D. J. Sullivan “Grand Great Balance Sheet” May 1896 Box 3 French No Date Box 3 Latin Vocabulary No Date Box 3 Notes of Literature Sept 1893 Box 3 Notes on the Evidences of Religion 1893-1894 Box 3 Notes on Evidences by W. Edward James, Junior Class 1893-1894 Box 3 Student’s Note Book, Pierce School Oct 1895

John Cotter Sullivan (b 1875) School Papers Box 1 Folder 13 St. Mary’s College, San Antonio; Rock Hill College, MD 1885-1893 Box 1 Folder 14 Sargent Anthropometric Charts 1893 Box 3 Latin Book of Exercises July-Oct 1891 Box 3 Greek, Rock Hill College 1893-1894 Box 3 History (pocket notebook) no date Box 3 Cicero’s Orations (inclusions) no date Box 3 Evidences no date Box 3 Ancient History no date

John Cotter Sullivan (b 1875) Harvard Papers Box 1 Folder 15 Clubs and Subscriptions at Harvard University 1896-1899 Box 1 Folder 16 Personal Services at Harvard University 1896-1899 Box 1 Folder 17 Board at Cambridge, Massachusetts 1896-1897 Box 1 Folder 18 Payments to Harvard Bursar 1896-1899 Box 1 Folder 19 Courses and Exams 1896-1898 Box 1 Folder 20 Harvard University Publications 1896-1899 Directory of Officers and Students, October 20, 1896 Harvard Volunteers, War with Spain, 1898 Harvard Handbook, 1898-1899 Box 3 Personal Financial Accounts, Harvard University 1896-1899 Box 1 Folder 21 Harvard Law School Directories 1897, ‘98, ‘99 Box 1 Folder 22 Personal Correspondence (various correspondents) 1897-1899 Box 1 Folder 23 Harvard Southern Club documents 1897-1898 “Any student of Harvard University, by birth or residence a Southerner, shall be eligible to regular membership.” Box 1 Folder 24 Harvard Social and Athletic Events 1897-1899 Box 1 Folder 25 Personal Bank Records in Massachusetts 1898-1899 Box 1 Folder 26 Massachusetts State Bar Examination 1899 Box 1 Folder 28 Calling Cards from numerous individuals Undated “Spanish for Sale” (vocabulary) signed by J. Sullivan Undated Box 1 Folder 29 Merchandise Catalogs, Boston and Cambridge 1890s The Copley Prints, Curtis & Cameron, Boston, 1898 Boston Family Wine Store, Boston, no date Men’s Hats, Hall & Hancock, Boston, no date List of Veritone Prints and Other Publications, Cambridge, Mass., 1898 Laws of Texas, Harvard Co-operative Society, 189_ FS 24-2 Folder 5 SC 21 Map of Cambridge [Massachusetts] in the Vicinity of Harvard College 1897-8” 1897-1898

John Cotter Sullivan (b 1875) Harvard Law School Lecture Notes Box 3 Bills and Notes, Williams Oct-Dec 1897 Box 3 Massachusetts Practices 1897 Box 3 Persons, Smith Oct-Dec 1897 Box 3 Agency by Professor Wambaugh, Jan-Apr 1898 Box 3 Law Lectures, various fragments Undated Box 3 Suretyship Undated Box 3 Carriers of Goods Undated Box 3 Property III Undated Box 3 Public Domain, Professor McMaster Undated Box 3 Annual Examinations in Law 1888, 1896-1899 Box 4 Conflict of the Laws, Part I, by Beale Undated Box 4 Conflict of the Laws, Part II, by Beale Undated Box 4 Partnership, Brannan Undated Box 4 Constitutional Law Undated

John Cotter Sullivan (b 1875) Personal Papers Box 1 Folder 27 Letter to Eleanor S. Cotter re Walter H. Page 1923

Mary Elizabeth Sullivan Clem (b 1878) Box 1 Folder 30 Unrelated personal items 1887, 1929, 1944 Box 4 School notes: Synopses of Shakespearian Plays 1897

Walter Sullivan (b 1881) Box 1 Folder 31 School related documents 1892-1897 Saint Mary’s College, San Antonio, 1892 Rock Hill College Commencement, June 1897 Letter declining his request to transfer to Harvard College, 1897 Box 4 Stamp Collection Album Undated Box 4 Chemistry Notebook Undated Box 4 Student Notebooks I, unbound Undated Box 4 Student Notebooks II, unbound Undated Box 4 Collection of Composition by Walter Sullivan 1894-1895 Box 4 Notebook entitled: “Walter’s Vigil” 1897 Box 4 Elocution Undated

Rock Hill College, 1896-1900 Scope Note: These materials are somehow related to a Sullivan who attended Rock Hill College between 1896 and 1900. Based on the available biographical information it is not known who this was. Box 4 Caesar Translation 1896-1897 Box 4 Caesar Words and Meanings, Rock Hill Class of 1900 [1896-1897] Box 4 Rules for Spelling, Sophomore Class 1897-1898 Box 1 Folder 32 Rock Hill College documents 1898-1899

Manuscript Items Not Attributed Arrangement Note: Manuscript items are arranged by the name of the family member to whom they relate. Items that cannot be associated with an individual family member are described here. Box 1 Folder 34A Manuscript fragments Undated Box 1 Folder 35 Typescript “Life of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola” Undated Box 5 Physical Geography Notes Property of Ross T. Elliott No date Box 5 Spanish Language student notebook No date

Series Two: Ephemera Scope Note: Ephemera are printed materials intended for a one-time use. Arrangement Note: Materials that cannot be assigned to an individual family member appear in this series of ephemera.

Business or Calling Cards Note: Nineteenth century calling cards, many with handwritten inscriptions; many likely but not confirmedly from John C Sullivan Box 1 Folder 28 Calling Cards from numerous individuals Undated

Merchandise Catalogs or Promotions, 1866 to 1920s Box 1 Folder 33 Sewing Machines 1868 Box 1 Folder 33 Western Union Telegraph Company message blanks 188_ Box 1 Folder 33 Henry A. Dreer Flower and Vegetable Seeds, Philadelphia 189_ Box 9 Publications of Western Methodist Book Concern 1893 Box 9 Ralston Health Club 1897 Box 9 Cathedral Library Catalogue, New York 1894 Box 1 Folder 33 US Playing Card Co, Cincinnati (card) 1906 Box 1 Folder 33 Oxford Linen Mills, New York 1909 Box 1 Folder 33 Assurance League of America, New York 1909 Box 1 Folder 33 Various San Antonio Business promotions (5 items) 1920s Box 1 Folder 33 Grande Magasins de Nouveautes, Paris (card) ____ Box 1 Folder 33 Benziger Brothers, New York (card) ____ Box 1 Folder 33 Manitou Mineral Water Co., Manitou Springs, Colo. ____ Box 1 Folder 33 L Wolfson, Dry Goods, Clothing, San Antonio ____ Box 9 Furniture Catalog of an unknown Chicago firm ____

Seed Catalogs, 1890-1910 Box 9 Seed Catalogs, 16 items 1890-1896, 1910

Printed Matter Not Attributable, 1886-1920s Box 1 Folder 34B Mixed subjects, 6 items 1886-1920s Box 2 Folder 3 Engraved book illustrations no dates Box 2 Folder 4 Engraving from Appleton’s Journal no dates Box 2 Folder 5 Engraved book illustrations (acidified) no dates Box 2 Folder 6 Book illustrations, not engraved no dates Box 2 Folder 7 News Clippings 1856-1871 Box 2 Folder 8 News Clippings 1898-1916 Box 2 Folder 9 Illustrations, Litho or offset 1900s 3 color (8 ½ x 11), 8 black/white (9 x 12) Box 2 Folder 10 Illustration, “A Bashful Lover” no date Box 2 Folder 11 Illustration, girl with kittens and flowers no date Box 5 Year Book of the Catholic University of America 1895-1896 Box 2 Folder 12 The Nation “Prof. Dicey on Law at Harvard” 1899 Box 2 Folder 13 Engraving, “Priestly Admonition” no date Box 2 Folder 14 The Columbian, Knights of Columbus weekly June 18, 1926

Travel Related Ephemera, 1891-1898 Scope Note: These materials include railroad timetables, tourist brochures, and maps Box 1 Folder 36 Mexico, Klondike, England 1891-1898 Box 1 Folder 37 Florida, Southern USA 1897 Box 1 Folder 38 New York, Boston, Vermont 1898 Box 1 Folder 39 Quebec 1898

Religious Devotional Images Description Note: Devotional images, known colloquially to English-speaking Roman Catholics as “holy cards,” are small cards similar in size to trading cards that depict Jesus, Mary, the Saints, biblical passages or various prayers. The cards collected by the Sullivans range in dates from 1854 to the 1920s. They are printed in one of four languages (French, German, English and Latin). The older cards are engraved and fringed with paper lace. The later cards are made by lithograph or offset press. Many of the cards bear names of the Sullivans or others and some have personal inscriptions. Box 2 Folder 1 Devotional Images (“Holy Cards”), 100 cards 1854-1920s Lace-bordered cards of French origin (16 cards) Lace-bordered cards of German origin (12 cards) Lace-bordered cards of USA origin (7 cards) Lace-bordered cards of undetermined origin (10 cards) Straight-edged cards of French origin, engraved or Litho (20 cards) Straight-edged cards of German origin, Litho or offset (15 cards) Straight-edged cards of USA origin, Litho or offset (8 cards) Straight-edged cards of undetermined origin, offset (12 cards)

Series Three: Library

School Books Box 3 Elements of the Law (book fragment) 1848 Box 4 Philosophy (front cover and fore matter missing) Undated Box 4 Sadlier’s Excelsior Geography 1891 Box 5 Smith’s Grammar School Speller 1858 Box 5 English Grammar by Quackenbos 1862

Pamphlets Arrangement Note: The items listed below are without clear association with a particular Sullivan with the exception of the Royal Museum of Antwerp Catalogue (1891) with bears the names of “The Misses Sullivan” Box 2 Elements of the Law, book fragment 1848 Box 5 Smith’s Grammar School Speller 1858 Box 5 English Grammar by Quackenbos 1862 Box 5 The Histrionic Speaker 1873 Box 5 Points of Etiquette, Sadlier 1881 Box 5 Morning and Evening Prayers St. Mary’s Institute 1884 Box 5 De Witt’s School Speakers, No. 15 Columbian Undated Box 5 Hermigild by Rev. John Oechtering Undated Box 5 Hints on “Camping Out” in Summer Undated Box 5 St. Anthony, We Tune to Thee (prayer card) Undated Box 5 Description of the Regalia of Scotland Undated Box 5 Hőher als die Kirche Undated Box 5 Rumford Modern Method of Cooking Undated Box 5 The Prophet by G. Meyerbeer, NY Met Opera House Undated Box 5 The Power of the Memorare, by Ella McMahon 1890 Box 5 Royal Museum of Antwerp Catalogue 1891 Box 5 Souvenir Programme Turkish Theater World’s Fair 1892 Box 5 Guide to Marriage, by Lougest & Co. 1893 Box 3 The Land Question by Henry George 1893

Periodicals Box 2 Pernin’s Monthly Stenographer 1893-1894 Box 9 The Western Penman, Grand Rapids, Iowa 1893-1894 Box 9 The St. Vincent de Paul Quarterly, New York 1896, 1897 14 x 21 Folder 1 The Ladies’ Home Journal May 1897 Box 9 The Petterson Magazine, New York July 1897 Box 9 Donahoe’s Magazine, Boston 1897-1899 Box 9 Recreation, New York 1899 Box 5 Besford Quarterly and Calendar of the Little Flower 1927 19 x 29 Folder 1 Music, The Republic, Stobbe, “Beatrice” 1893 19 x 29 Folder 2 Newspaper, George Washington Centennial 1889 19 x 29 Folder 2 Newspaper, New Orleans Times 1867 19 x 29 Folder 2 Poster: Natl. Geographic “Argosy of Geography” 1920 19 x 29 Folder 2 Newspaper, Among the Clouds 1898

Books Arrangement Note: The private library of Sullivan consisting mostly of literary classics including some first editions. The books are classified mostly in the 800 class of the Dewey decimal classification..

Series Four: Objects

Acquisition Note: The executors distributed the furnishing from the Clem-Sullivan estate in three rounds. Saint Mary’s University, Incarnate Word College and Our Lady of the Lake College participated in all of these rounds with various local museums participating in one or the other round. Participating museums included the Witte, the Conservation Society, Fort Sam Houston Military Museum, and the Institute of Texan Cultures.

Fine Art The following items were donated separately by John C. Sullivan in 1963: Pompeo Coppini sculptures: Plaster cast of Mrs. D. Sullivan Plaster cast of John C. Sullivan Bronze cast on marble pedestal of John C. Sullivan Theodore Gentilz, -1906, oil paintings: Six paintings of the San Antonio Missions (on loan to the San Antonio Museum of Art)

Personal Effects Arrangement Note: The items in this container could not be attributed to any individual Sullivan. Box 8 Wallet Box 8 Student Identification case Collegium Georgio-Politanum 1789 Box 8 Ribbons with Holy Cards Box 8 Opalite Scouring Powder

Furnishings Note: A large number of furnishings were selected from the Clem-Sullivan residence by Betty Raba (Mrs. Ernest A. Raba) acting as a representative of Fr. Louis J. Blume, president of St. Mary’s University. One objective of the selection was to furnish a room at the university for receptions and teas.

Series Five: Photographs

Box 1 Folder 8 Photos of grandchildren and great grandchildren circa 1930 (1) Eleanor Collins Rogers and Major Donald B. Rodgers (2) Augustus D. Clemens in military cadet uniform (3) Donald B. Rodgers Augustus D. Clemens Eleanor Clemens June Clemens Toya Clemens

Box 2 Folder 2 Photographs, 7 items all unidentified circa 1890s-1930s

Appendix One Historical Note about Letter of John Cotter Sullivan Dated August 21, 1923

THE LETTER: John writes to his sister Eleanor Sullivan Collins (1870-1931), about books sent to him by her daughter, also Eleanor Sullivan Collins (b. 1895), whom John refers to as “Eleanor Junior.” In his letter, John refers to the following:

Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) – president of Princeton University from 1902-1910; governor of New Jersey 1911-1913; elected President of the United States in 1912 with 42% of the popular vote in a four-way race; author of A History of the American People, published originally in 1901, 1902 and republished in 1918 (New York & London: Harper & brothers, 1918, enlarged edition in ten volumes). Woodrow Wilson subscribed to the land value tax reformer Henry George, whose Progressive doctrine was known popularly as “Georgism” and those who espoused it as “Georgists.”

Doubleday Page & Company – The firm was founded as Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897 by Frank Nelson Doubleday and magazine publisher Samuel McClure. In 1900 the company became Doubleday, Page & Company when Walter Hines Page joined as a new partner and vice president from 1900 to 1913. In 1913, Page was named Ambassador to Great Britain by President Woodrow Wilson.

Walter Hines Page (1855-1918) – was an American journalist, publisher and diplomat. He was the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom during World War I. He worked on several newspapers including the New York World and the Evening Post. He was the editor of The Atlantic Monthly for several years (1896-1899) and literary adviser to Houghton Mifflin. As ambassador to Britain he defended British policies to Wilson. He was criticized for his pro- British stance by those who thought he should be defending US interests against British claims such as the right to stop and search American ships including mail pouches. Owing to illness, Page resigned his post in 1918 and returned to the US. He is buried in Old Bethesda Cemetery in Aberdeen, North Carolina but a memorial plaque in his honor was installed in Westminster Abbey.

“This Year’s Biographical Dussie” – is probably a reference to The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, by Burton J. Hendrick published originally in Garden City, NY by Doubleday, Page & Company with two volumes in 1922 and a third in 1925, having Page’s letters to Woodrow Wilson.

Harvey—Unable to identify this figure

Appendix Two Transcript of Receipt to Dan Sullivan, Sr., April 3, 1857

Ursuline Convent Galveston April 3rd 1857 Received of Dan Sulivan [sic] $60.00 for board and tuition of six months for Miss Cotter ending January 5th/’60 For three months music and use of instrument $20.00 from April 5th to July 5th 1859.

Received Payment Sr. Saint Felicity depositary

Appendix Three Illustration of Johnny Clem, Drummer Boy of Shiloh

Source: National Parks Brochure about Shiloh Battlefield Monument