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Other Ecclesiastical Collections in Rome 
Some have been but poorly kept, and are not more easy of use than of access. 
At the present time nearly all the orders are alive to their value and are pre¬ 
paring to present the more important of their contents to the world, each by 
the activity of its own members and in its own publications. It is, of course, 
a misfortune for American students that attention is nearly always devoted 
first to the documents of the earliest period. While outside students can under 
proper auspices obtain entrance into such archives, it is extremely improbable 
that any one student could secure the use of a large enough number to serve 
satisfactorily for a study of the growth of orders generally. 
Carmelites, Scalzi. 
The headquarters of this order are at S. Teresa, 39 Corso d’ltalia, and are 
said to contain archives of interest to American history. 89 
Dominicans. 
The Dominicans have moved several times since the Italian occupation, and 
are now only temporarily located at 10 Via S. Sebastianello, a new and more 
permanent convent being in construction. This has prevented a complete or¬ 
dering of their archives, which are nevertheless used by a few scholars. Access 
is very closely guarded, even members of the order being admitted only with 
caution. For the period before 1800 there is much valuable material, but not 
connected and complete archives, and few if any registers of correspondence. 
For the later period the archives are satisfactory. The index notes two hun¬ 
dred numbers on American history. Particularly important are the reports 
of the procurators of the several provinces. Material from the collection is 
printed in the Monumenta of the order. 40 
Franciscans. 
Minor Observants. St. Isidore. This house of the Irish Franciscans and 
home of Luke Wadding has been remarkably free from disturbance and its 
records are fairly complete. Here are a few references to America, and items 
might be gleaned for the biographies of students in residence here, who sub¬ 
sequently worked in America. 
St. Quarante. 44 This house belongs to the Spanish branch, and contains 
the general archives of the order 42 besides an interesting library of eighteenth- 
century books. Both have long been neglected but the archives are now being 
ordered. It is probable that they will be moved to the new Collegio di San 
Antonio, in the Via Merulana, the residence of the general of the recently re¬ 
united branches of the order. The amount of American material is rela¬ 
tively large. I note two numbers: leg. 54 , “ Documentos referentes a la Pro- 
curacion de las Indias ... a la Provincia del S. Evangelio de Mejico ,, ; leg. 
65 , “ Description Topografica, Phisica, Natural, Politica y Metalurgica de las 
Missiones de Propaganda Fide, y del Colegio de Guadalupe, Zacatecas The 
reports of the provincial procurators, where they exist, are of great impor- 
30 The Carmelites unsuccessfully tried to establish a mission in America about 1635. 
They do not seem to have re-entered the field until 1864. 
40 See Monumenta Ordinis Fratrum Praedicatorum, vols. II. and IV., for slight ref¬ 
erences to these general archives. 
41 The entrance is hard to find; it is in the Via di San Francesco, to the left of the 
church of St. Quarante. 
42 See Vallicelliana N. 39, No. 2, for an index to certain manuscripts in this collection. 
This index was not examined but is probably of no present value. These were moved 
from Sta. Maria in Ara Coeli, at the time of the Italian occupation. 
