ROM A N S O U RC E S for the HISTORY of AMERICAN CATHOLICISM, 1763–1939MATERIAL MATTEO BINASCO Edited with a foreword by KATHLEEN SPROWS CUMMINGS COPYRIGHTUniversity of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indiana University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 undpress.nd.edu Copyright © 2018 by the University of Notre Dame All Rights ReservedMATERIAL Published in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Binasco, Matteo, 1975– author. Title: Roman sources for the history of American Catholicism, 1763–1939 / Matteo Binasco ; edited with a foreword by Kathleen Sprows Cummings. Description: Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2018012506 (print) | LCCN 2018012583 (ebook) | ISBN 9780268103835 (pdf) | ISBN 9780268103842 (epub) | ISBN 9780268103811 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 026810381X (hardcover : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Catholic Church—United States—History—Sources. Classification: LCC BX1406.3 (ebook) | LCC BX1406.3 .B56 2018 (print) | DDC 282/.7307204563—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018012506 This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 ∞ COPYRIGHT(Permanence of Paper). Contents Foreword: Toward a Transatlantic Approach to US Catholic History xi Kathleen Sprows Cummings Acknowledgments xv List of Abbreviations xix Introduction: A Key Tool for the Study of AmericanMATERIAL Catholicism 1 Luca Codignola and Matteo Sanfilippo Roman Sources for the History of American Catholicism: A Different Perspective 25 Matteo Binasco C H A P T E R 1 . Archives of the Holy See Archivio Storico della Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede / 35 Archives of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Archivio Storico della Penitenzieria Apostolica / 37 Archives of the Apostolic Penitentiary Archivio Storico della Pontificia Università Lateranense / 39 Archives of the Pontifical Lateran University Archivio del Pontificio Istituto Orientale / 40 Archives of the Pontifical Oriental Institute Archivio Storico della Congregazione per l’Evangelizzazione dei Popoli, 40 o “de Propaganda Fide” / Historical ArchivesCOPYRIGHT of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, or “de Propaganda Fide” vi Contents Archivio Storico del Vicariato di Roma / 51 Archives of the Vicariate of Rome Archivio del Collegio Urbano “de Propaganda Fide” / 53 Archives of the Urban College “de Propaganda Fide” Archivio Storico della Congregazione per le Chiese Orientali / 54 Historical Archives of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Archivio Storico della Segreteria di Stato, Sezione per i Rapporti con gli Stati 57 (formerly known as Affari Ecclesiastici Straordinari) / Archives of the Secretariat of State, Section for Relations with States Archivio Storico delle Celebrazioni Liturgiche del Sommo Pontefice / 59 Archives of the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff Archivio Storico Generale della Fabbrica di San Pietro / 60 Archives of the Fabbrica di San Pietro Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana / 61 Vatican Library Archivio Segreto Vaticano / 66 Vatican Secret Archives MATERIAL C H A P T E R 2 . Archives of Religious Orders Archivio della Provincia Romana di S. Caterina da Siena 87 (Santa Maria sopra Minerva) / Archives of the Dominican Province of Saint Catherine of Siena (Santa Maria sopra Minerva) Archivio delle Maestre Pie Filippini / 89 Archives of the Maestre Pie Filippini Archivio della Congregazione dell’Oratorio di Roma / 90 Archives of the Congregation of the Oratory in Rome Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu / 91 Roman Archives of the Society of Jesus Archivio della Curia Generalizia Agostiniana / 95 General Archives of the Augustinians Archivio Generale dei Fratelli delle Scuole Cristiane / 97 General Archives of the Brothers of the Christian Schools Archivio Generale dei Cappuccini / 98 General Archives COPYRIGHTof the Capuchins Contents vii Archivio Generale della Congregazione della Missione / 100 General Archives of the Congregation of the Mission Archivio Curia Generale Figlie di Santa Maria della Provvidenza / 105 General Archives of the Daughters of Saint Mary of Providence Archivio Generale dei Carmelitani Scalzi (OCD) / 106 General Archives of the Discalced Carmelites (OCD) Archivio Generale dell’Ordine dei Predicatori (Domenicani) / 109 General Archives of the Order of Friars Preachers (Dominicans) Archivio Storico Generale dell’Ordine dei Frati Minori (Curia Generalizia) / 111 General Archives of the Order of Friars Minor (Curia Generalizia) Archivio Generale degli Oblati di Maria Immacolata / 113 General Archives of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Archivio Generale delle Missionarie del Sacro Cuore di Gesù / 115 General Archives of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Archivio Generale dei Redentoristi / 116 General Archives of the Redemptorists Archivio Generale della Società del Sacro Cuore / 118 General Archives of the Society of the Sacred HeartMATERIAL Archivio Generale dei Servi di Maria / 119 General Archives of the Servants of Mary Archivio Generale della Società dell’Apostolato Cattolico (Pallottini) / 121 General Archives of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines) CHAPTER 3. Archives of Religious Colleges Archivio del Collegio San Clemente / 127 Archives of the Irish Dominican College, San Clemente Archivio del Collegio di Sant’Isidoro, Roma / 129 Archives of the Irish Franciscan College of Saint Isidore, Rome Archivio di Santa Maria dell’Anima / 131 Archives of the Pontifical Institute of Santa Maria dell’Anima Archivio del Pontificio Collegio Irlandese, Roma / 133 Archives of the Pontifical Irish College, Rome Archivio del Pontificio Collegio Scozzese, Roma / 136 Archives of theCOPYRIGHT Pontifical Scots College, Rome Archivio del Venerabile Collegio Inglese, Roma / 137 Archives of the Venerable English College, Rome viii Contents CHAPTER 4. Other Civil and Religious Archives Archivio Doria Pamphilj / 141 Doria Pamphilj Archives Archivio Storico di San Paolo fuori le Mura / 143 Archives of Saint Paul Outside the Walls Archivio di San Paolo entro le Mura / 144 Archives of Saint Paul Within the Walls Episcopal Church Archivio della Keats-Shelley House / 146 Archives of the Keats-Shelley House Archivio del Museo Centrale del Risorgimento / 147 Archives of the Museo Centrale del Risorgimento Archivio del Cimitero Acattolico / 148 Archives of the Non-Catholic Cemetery Archivio Centrale dello Stato / 149 Central Archives of the State Archivio di Stato di Roma / 152 Archives of the State of Rome MATERIAL Archivio Storico Capitolino / 153 Archives of the City of Rome Archivio Storico Diplomatico del Ministero degli Affari Esteri / 155 Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs CHAPTER 5. Libraries Biblioteca Angelica / 159 Angelica Library Biblioteca Casanatense / 160 Casanatense Library Biblioteca dell’Accademia dei Lincei e Corsiniana / 161 Library of the Accademia dei Lincei e Corsiniana Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma / 162 Rome’s National Central Library Biblioteca della Pontificia Università Urbaniana / 164 Library of the PontificalCOPYRIGHT Urban University Biblioteca Vallicelliana / 165 Vallicelliana Library Biblioteca della Facoltà Valdese di Teologia / 166 Library of the Waldensian Faculty of Theology Contents ix CHAPTER 6. Sources for the History of Italian Immigration to the United States Archivio del Pontificio Consiglio della Pastorale per i Migranti e gli Itineranti / 169 Archives of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People Archivio del Prelato per l’Emigrazione / 171 Archives of the Prelate for Italian Emigration Archivio Generale Scalabriniano / 172 General Archives of the Scalabrinians Archivio Salesiano Centrale / 174 General Archives of the Salesians Pontificia Commissione Assistenza / 175 Pontifical Aid Commission Select Bibliography 177 Index 189 MATERIAL COPYRIGHT MATERIAL COPYRIGHT Foreword Toward a Transatlantic Approach to US Catholic History KATHLEEN SPROWS CUMMINGS The idea for this volume surfaced at a seminar sponsored by Notre Dame’s Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism convened in June 2014 in collaboration with Matteo Sanfilippo (Università della Tuscia) at Notre Dame’s Rome Global Gateway. The seminar focused on transatlantic approaches to writing US Catholic history, with a view to encour- aging scholars of US Catholicism to make more use MATERIALof the Vatican Secret Archives and other Roman repositories. To that end, seminar participants visited seven archives of the Holy See and throughout Rome for hands-on workshops exploring potentially relevant sources. Members of our group, which included graduate students and faculty from universities throughout the United States, were guided by Professor Sanfilippo and other Italian schol- ars, including, most notably, Professor Luca Codignola, then of the University of Genoa. The seminar was an eye-opening experience, revealing the rich potential of Roman archives to enrich individual research projects and the field at large. The earliest generations of US Catholic historians did not need to be convinced of this. Most of them, after all, were clerics or members of religious congregations who had studied in Europe or had close con- nections there. They were conversant in multiple European languages and understood well the transatlantic flows of people, ideas, devotions, and beliefs that shaped the church in the United States. By the 1960s and 1970s, however, the prominence of the American exception-