The Woodstock Letters were a

periodical A periodical literature (also called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) is a published work that appears in a new edition on a regular schedule. The most familiar example is a newspaper, but a magazine or a journal are also examples ...

publication by the

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. Originally published by

Woodstock College Woodstock College was a Jesuit seminary that existed from 1869 to 1974. It was the oldest Jesuit seminary in the United States. The school was located in Woodstock, Maryland, west of Baltimore, from its establishment until 1969, when it moved to ...

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

, the letters were intended for distribution among of the Jesuits in North America and later South America. They recounted the Society's works, obituaries of fellow Jesuits, pertinent events, histories of Jesuit institutions, and book reviews. The letters were first published in 1872 and counted 317 volumes before being discontinued in 1969.

References

External links

Woodstock Letters archive at the American Jesuit Archives

Woodstock Letters archive at Saint Louis University

Woodstock Letters index at Boston College's Jesuit Online Library
Book series introduced in 1872 Publications established in 1872 1872 establishments in Maryland 1969 disestablishments in Maryland Defunct magazines published in the United States {{RC-stub