This collection contains selected primary sources from University Archives and Special Collections, Xavier University and the St. Xavier High School Archives related to their shared origins as St. Xavier College.
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Account book, 1842-1844
Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Ledger recording the financial transactions of St. Xavier College and the Jesuit community in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1842-1844. The account book shows the receipts (mainly tuition payments) and expenditures made by the college (as indicated by "contra") for wages, labor, supplies, travel, services rendered, and donations. The ledger documents events of interest such as the travel of President Father John Elet and others to and from St. Louis, Missouri.
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St. Xavier College Student Registry, 1840-1870
St. Xavier College (Cincinnati, Ohio)
The St. Xavier College Student Registry, 1840-1870, (also referred to as the Alumnorum Album Regula) is a handwritten, bound ledger listing students enrolled in coursework during the sessions 1840-1841 through 1869-1870. The ledger includes pages with columns for name, parent or guardian, residence, date of entrance, rank (day or boarder), age, religion, department, and remarks. The registry also includes the college's schedule, curriculum, rules, and expectations of both boarders and day scholars. Many of the student names also appear in the Catalogue of Students published annually in the college's course catalogs, but not all.
