Jesuit Community Audio-Visual Digitization Grant
In 2017, the Loyola Special Collections received a gift of $10,000 from the Jesuit Community of Loyola University Chicago to digitize approximately 138 reel-to-reel tapes, films, and videos from our audio-visual collection. Among the materials digitized through this grant are the audio tapes of the 1970 Centennial Symposium featuring internationally recognized speakers such as Victor Frankl and Hannah Arendt; video tapes from the Matteo Ricci Symposium in the 1980s; audio tapes of lectures given by Jesuits; audio tapes of Raymond C. Baumhart, S.J.'s inauguration in 1970; and films documenting class reunions and Fr. James Mertz, S.J.
Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic impacted work on this project. LUCASC staff are still working on captioning and transcribing the files before they can be uploaded to our digital collections. Below are links to the audio and video currently online.
James J. Mertz, S.J., Collection
The James J. Mertz, S.J., collection includes films and audio of Fr. Mertz.
1985 Campus Tour Film
This film highlights Loyola's campuses as they were in 1985. It was used by Fr. Reinke when speaking to Loyola alumni groups around the country.
Rome Center for Liberal Arts Film
This film showing the Rome Center campus in the early 1970s was created by Susan E. Arslan while she was studying there.
Here is Chicago
A radio program highlighting different aspects of Chicago. It was created by Loyola University Public Relations and aired on Loyola's radio station in the 1950s.
Current Evolution of Men's Sense of Values
Audio tapes of presentations by the keynote speakers at Loyola's Centennial Symposium.
In 2017, the Loyola Special Collections received a gift of $10,000 from the Jesuit Community of Loyola University Chicago to digitize approximately 138 reel-to-reel tapes, films, and videos from our audio-visual collection. Among the materials digitized through this grant are the audio tapes of the 1970 Centennial Symposium featuring internationally recognized speakers such as Victor Frankl and Hannah Arendt; video tapes from the Matteo Ricci Symposium in the 1980s; audio tapes of lectures given by Jesuits; audio tapes of Raymond C. Baumhart, S.J.'s inauguration in 1970; and films documenting class reunions and Fr. James Mertz, S.J.
Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic impacted work on this project. LUCASC staff are still working on captioning and transcribing the files before they can be uploaded to our digital collections. Below are links to the audio and video currently online.