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Article: 186 years of Carmelite history: Sisters organizing books, artifacts from The Catholic Review, 10/22/1976, on the rare books and archives of the Baltimore Carmel.

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Article from the Catholic Review, 09/08/1961, entitled: First Monastery in U.S. Was Founded in 1790 by the Carmelites. Part of article from page 1 is missing.

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Article in The Catholic Review, dated Sept 8, 1961, entitled The Carmelites: Port Tobacco to Dulaney Valley. Includes pictures of the old monastery (Port Tobacco) and the new monastery (Dulaney Valley).

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Biographies of Elizabeth Carbery: The Story of Elizabeth Our Country's First Nun by Rose L. Martin published by Twin Circle Publishing Company, 1968, and brief biography by Father Tracy, S.J. in the Woodstock Letters, 1884.

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Laurence Kelly Research: An autographed booklet entitled: A Carmelite Shrine in Maryland, written by Laurence J. Kelly, SJ, in 1950; subtitled: The Carmelites Come To America.

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Laurence Kelly Research: A Carmelite Shrine in America by Rev. Laurence J. Kelly, SJ, published in 1957. This booklet includes a history of the restoration and dedication of the monastery buildings at Port Tobacco. An insert, Mount Carmel In America, Thirtieth Year of Restoration, is included which notes Laurence Kelly's death on Oct 15, 1955.

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Laurence Kelly Research: A Southern Maryland Shrine, a booklet published in 1940, the year the Carmelite Nuns celebrated "the sesquicentennial of the introduction of their Order into this country."

Scope and Contents Laurence Kelly Research: Historical sketch, "Early Attempts by Religious Women from Europe to make Foundations in America," substantiating the Carmelite claim to be the first foundation in the United States, detailing the significance of Charles Neale's guidance and protection, including a letter from Robert Molyneux, SJ, re: the loss of Charles Neale to the Jesuit Order, and a letter from John Carroll re: the Jesuit Superior General's authority to reassign Charles Neale and Carroll's own...

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Notes: The Foundation of the Baltimore Carmel, typescript, ca 1935, containing mention of The Pious Guide, Bishop Gross' sermon in 1874, statistics on U. S. foundations, religious and secular names of the four foundresses and those who entered Carmel at Port Tobacco, Discalced Carmelite Nuns in the United States (lists the foundations), and a necrology 1904-1927. No author, but authorized by Mother Seraphim.