Institute of Jesuit Sources
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[edit] Address and Contact Info
Address: The Institute of Jesuit Sources, 3601 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108
Telephone & fax: Phone: (314) 633-4622. Fax: (314) 633-4623
Web site: E-mail ijs@jesuitsources.com. Web page: http://www.jesuitsources.com
Principal contacts for the collection: Director: John W. Padberg, S.J.
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[edit] Collection Summary
The institute maintains a small reference library, primarily of Jesuit historical materials for its own work. This library includes among other important items a complete collection of the Monumenta Historica Societatis Iesu (presently numbering 158 volumes of critically edited primary source material on the first century and the half of the history of the Society Jesus, (approximately 1540 to 1600), a complete collection of the Bibliotheca Instituti Historici Societatis Iesu (scholarly studies in most current European languages, presently 60 volumes, on the history of the Society of Jesus and on individual Jesuits, Jesuit projects and persons and movements connected with the Society of Jesus), and a complete collection of the Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu, (a semi-annual scholarly historical journal appearing since 1932). All three of these collections are published by the Historical Institute of The Society of Jesus in Rome, but the authors and editors thereof include not only Jesuits but men and women of whatever nationality or religious persuasion. The library also includes scholarly historical journals and reference works appropriate to its work. Although an entity independent of Saint Louis University, the IJS can usually arrange for scholars and researchers to use the university library resources of more than a million holdings.
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[edit] Fellowships and Funding Opportunities
Unfortunately, the institute does not have the resources to offer fellowships and awards. The director may appoint as a visiting scholar a person who wishes to work on a project connected with the purposes of the institute or as an intern a Jesuit preparing for work in a field connected with those of the institute.
[edit] Major Topic Areas
Catholicism, Society of Jesus
