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 (Cincinnati, Ohio).
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Student Sundry Accounts, 1847-1852
Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Handwritten ledger containing student account information for tuition and board, 1847-1852, organized alphabetically by last name. The majority of the boarding students represented in this account book came from southern states and the accounts are generally with their guardian or parent. News clippings of transportation lines (railroads and steamboats) are found toward the end of the volume pasted over accounts. A full description of the collection is available in the XUA-114 Xavier University Account Books finding aid.
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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, SJ, and others to and from St. Louis, Missouri. A full description of the collection is available in the XUA-114 Xavier University Account Books finding aid.
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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. A full description of the collection is available in the XUA-114 Xavier University Account Books finding aid.
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Account book, 1840-1846
Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Handwritten ledger recording accounts and payments of St. Xavier College and the Jesuit community in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1840-1846. The ledger is organized alphabetically by name (examples: last name, name of business). A full description of the collection is available in the XUA-114 Xavier University Account Books finding aid.
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Account book, 1840-1864
Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Handwritten ledger recording the financial transactions of St. Xavier College and the Jesuit community in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1840-1864. Ledger includes some financial records related to St. Xavier Church. A full description of the collection is available in the XUA-114 Xavier University Account Books finding aid.
