Reference code: GB-0298-UC/P38
Title: Philip Hughes Papers
Dates of creation: [1920s-1950s]
Extent: 1 box
Held by: Ushaw
Origination: Philip Hughes (b.1895)
Language: English
Philip Hughes was born in 1895 and educated at St Bede's College in Manchester, Ushaw, Leeds and Louvain. He was ordained in 1920 and spent the next four years in Rome and the United States before returning to Manchester. Between 1934 and 1939,
he worked as the archivist at Westminster. He published numerous works on Catholic history (see below). Hughes was awared awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Louvain and the National University of Ireland and was appointed a Domestic
Prelate by the Pope in 1957.
Papers of Philip Hughes, including a manuscript entitled
“The Catholic Question”, photos of Ushaw College and the surrounding area, and a printed score.
Presented to Ushaw College by Ms Audrey Badger, 2006
Open for consultation.
Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from ushaw.library@durham.ac.uk and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. The Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright
owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material
The following is a select bibliography of the works of Philip Hughes:
Hughes, Philip,
The catholic question, 1688-1829 : a study in political history (1929)
Hughes, Philip,
A History of the Church (1947-1948)
Hughes, Philip,
The Faith in Practice (1937)
Hughes, Philip,
The Continental Reformation (1939)
Hughes, Philip,
A Popular History of the Catholic Church (1958)
Hughes, Philip,
The Reformation in England (1950-1954)
Hughes, Philip,
A Popular History of the Reformation (1957)
UC/P38/1/1-3 [1920 x 1929]
Draft manuscript by Hughes, subsequently published as
The catholic question, 1688-1829: a study in political history (1929)
3 files
UC/P38/2 1965
Hager, Carl,
Parish Mass in English. Unison with organ accompaniment (Cincinnati, 1965)
Manuscript letter from Carl Hager to Mgr. Hughes donating this score
1 score
UC/P38/3 [2007]
Photographic prints, mostly of Ushaw College (chapel, library, corridors, building, grounds etc.)
Most of the photographs were taken in 1995, although some are prints of historic photographs, paintings etc.
32 photographic prints
UC/P38/4 [1960 x 1969]
Cuttings from pages of the [?
Ushaw Magazine] of photographs of Ushaw College
15 cuttings
UC/P38/5 2007
92 photographs, some duplicating the photographic prints of Ushaw College, and further photographs of the local area (including Esh and Langley Park)
1 compact disc
