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University of Notre Dame. Archives

 Organization

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

Anti-Catholic Printed Material Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: ANT
Scope and Content

Anti-Catholic printed material and printed material concerning anti-Catholicism: books, pamphlets, leaflets, periodicals, offprints and printed ephemera.

Dates: 1827-1991

Book Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: BKC
Scope and Content

Books having to do with the history of the Catholic Church in the United States and territories that eventually became part of the U.S.; reference works likely to be helpful to researchers in the Notre Dame Archives; and books collected by Francis P. Clark.

Dates: 1805-[ongoing]

Catholic Comic Book Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: CBC
Scope and Content Many issues (3 linear feet) of "Treasure Chest," a Catholic comic book, dating from 1947 to 1972; issues of other Catholic comic books, including "Catholic Comics" and "Topix"; a small collection of Lives of the Saints comic books; and 13 Catholic cartoon books, 11 of them about nuns (1 by Bill O'Malley, 6 by Joe Lane, 4 by Margaret Carroll, Jerry McCue, and Don Cornelius), one about priests by Joe Lane, and one about children by Cliff Wirth. Duplicates are filed separately at...
Dates: 1947-1995.

Catholic Directories Collection

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Identifier: DIR
Scope and Content The Catholic Directories or Almanacs provide information concerning the Roman Catholic archdioceses and dioceses of the United States, their clergy and parishes, and the religious orders and Catholic institutions that operate within them, including schools, seminaries, monasteries, convents, hospitals, and orphanages. They often have similar information on the Catholic Church in Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland. In 1995 Mark G. Thiel compiled an Index to...
Dates: 1817, 1822, 1833-[ongoing]

Catholic Literature for Children Collection

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Identifier: CLC
Scope and Content

Chiefly story books written by brothers of the Congregation of Holy Cross telling the lives of saints; with some books about priests, sisters, classical composers, sports heroes, and other exemplary Catholics; also books for children by other Catholic authors brought out by other publishers, including standard Catholic readers dating from 1909; and a dozen illustrated pamphlets, most of them by Daniel A. Lord, SJ, teaching children about prayers, liturgy, and sacraments.

Dates: 1909-1966

Civil War Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: CIV
Scope and Content

Dropfiles containing clippings, offprints, newsletters, and ephemera concerning the Civil War, and specifically the Irish Brigade, the Holy Cross Fathers as chaplains during the war, and the Holy Cross Sisters and other nuns and sisters who served as nurses during the war; also books, many of them published in the nineteenth century, and many with illustrations, concerning the Civil War. Also related photographs and objects.

Dates: 1850-2013

Congregation of Holy Cross Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: CSC
Scope and Content

Collected digital data, photographs and printed material having to do with the priests, brothers, and sisters of Holy Cross.

Dates: 1843-2011

Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes Collection

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Identifier: DAG
Scope and Content

Sixteen daguerreotypes and ambrotypes (early photographs), most of them portraits.

Dates: 1840s-1860s?

Francis P. Clark Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: FCP
Scope and Content

Correspondence, microfilm center records, financial papers, family papers, checklists, finding aids, and printed material documenting Francis P. Clark's collecting and microfilming activities, with information concerning some of the collections that came to the University of Notre Dame Archives through his agency.

Dates: 1949-1979

General Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: GEN
Scope and Content Pamphlets, periodicals, and printed ephemera collected by the University of Notre Dame Archives; concerning the history of Catholicism in the United States, Catholic tradition, doctrine, clergy, religious orders, celibacy, Canon Law, Catholic Action, the Bible, the social teaching of the popes, labor unions, scholasticism, immigration; the Second Vatican Council, birth control, saints, the Irish, Catholic missions and missionaries, Catholic education, Fascism, communism, socialism, racism,...
Dates: 1775-[ongoing]

Holy Card Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: HCD
Scope and Content

Holy cards showing Jesus, Mary, Joseph, other saints, and angels; cards with Biblical scenes and Bible stories on the backs, many of them in German, mostly dating from early in the twentieth century; and memorial cards.

Dates: 1800s-1900s.

Ku Klux Klan and Notre Dame Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: KKK
Scope and Contents

Material concerning the 1924 riot in South Bend, Indiana, between Notre Dame students and the Ku Klux Klan specifically; and the Ku Klux Klan and Notre Dame, in Indiana and in the USA more generally.

Dates: 1920s-.

Material Separated from Audio-Visual Collections

 Fonds
Identifier: AVX
Scope and Content

Transcripts, programs, sleeves, liner notes, or other material separated from audio or video recordings.

Dates: 1928-1986

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: CMM
Scope and Content

Miscellaneous manuscripts assembled by the archives.

Dates: 1770-1987

Miscellaneous Records

 Fonds
Identifier: MIS
Scope and Content

Records of the Congregation of Holy Cross at Notre Dame, and other records having to do with people associated with Notre Dame.

Dates: 1840-1960s.

Music Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: MUS
Scope and Content

Printed and mimeographed sheet music, booklets, and lyrics, both sacred and secular; with a copy of the 1829 edition of Allen D. Carden's Missouri Harmony . Also a few audio recordings of Dennis Doyle and Paula Doyle.

Dates: 1829-1948

Newspaper Special Issues Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: NSI
Scope and Content

Special issues of newspapers, most of the Catholic, celebrating anniversaries of dioceses, bishops, and newspapers, or dealing with some special event or holiday.

Dates: 1887-1994

Newspapers Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: NEW
Dates: 1811-1988

Notre Dame Archives

 Fonds
Identifier: ARC
Scope and Contents

Records of the University of Notre Dame Archives, including audio recordings, photographs, and printed material.

Dates: 1921-

Notre Dame: Laetare Medalists Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: LAE
Scope and Contents

Chiefly black-and-white prints of Laetare Medal recipients, with a few photographs of medals and associated paperwork. Also a scrapbook, primarily of newspaper and Notre Dame Alumnus clippings, concerning Laetare Medal recipients, 1898-1951.

Dates: 1880s-1978.

Notre Dame Printed and Reference Material

 Fonds
Identifier: NDP
Scope and Contents

Printed material concerning the University of Notre Dame. A "B" in the unit id means "filed in the Boxed series"; an "L" means "filed in the Legal size series"; an "o" means "filed in the 16x20 Oversize series"; an "s" means "filed on the open Shelves in the bookroom"; an "x" means "filed in the 20x24 Extra Oversize series"; for Disabled / Disabilities - see Handicapped

Dates: 1830s-[ongoing]

Notre Dame Student Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: NDS
Scope and Content Individual items and small collections of manuscripts, photographs, and printed material written and/or collected by students at Notre Dame. Includes autograph albums, autobiographical sketches, letters, reminiscences, diaries, compositions and notes, papers, and miscellaneous documents such as certificates, grade reports, and bills; and collections consisting of these materials as well as programs, clippings, cards, tickets, and other memorabilia. Arranged by type of material and then by...
Dates: 1851-[ongoing]

Notre Dame Unidentified Faculty Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: UFC
Dates: ca. 1870s-1950s.

Portraits Collection

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Identifier: POR
Scope and Content

Portraits, mostly photographic, of individuals associated with the Catholic Church in America and/or Notre Dame, arranged alphabetically by last name.

Dates: 1854-1978

Religious Orders Printed Material

 Fonds
Identifier: REL
Scope and Content Pamphlets, leaflets, circulars, biographies, historical sketches, vocation booklets, newsletters, and books from religious orders and congregations throughout the United States, with information on their history, spirit, tradition, and way of life; including Benedictines, Cistercians, Franciscans, Dominicans, Trinitarians, Passionists, Carmelites, Norbertines, Jesuits, Augustinians, Sulpicians, Basilians, Vincentians, Marianists, Poor Clares, Felicians, Trappistines, Ursulines, Sisters of...
Dates: 1935-[ongoing]

Serials Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: SER
Dates: 1834-[ongoing]

Theses and Dissertations Collection

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Identifier: THE
Scope and Content

Theses and dissertations collected by the University of Notre Dame Archives, many of them based on research in the University of Notre Dame Archives and donated by their authors.

Dates: 1971-[ongoing]

Tintypes Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: TTS
Scope and Content

Tintypes (early photographs).

Dates: 1860s-1890s?