University of Notre Dame. President (1905-1919 : Rev. John W. Cavanaugh, C.S.C.)

Scope and Content Personal correspondence, much of it concerning life at Notre Dame, 1891-1935; correspondence concerning Rhodes Scholarships, 1911-1914, Laetare Medals, 1908-1919, Cavanaugh's work with the Liquor Control Board of the State of Indiana, 1933-1934, and his work in the preparation of Knute Rockne's autobiography, 1931; correspondence of Joseph Burke, CSC, concerning Cavanaugh's death, 1935; Cavanaugh's diary, 1908; his sermons, speeches, class notes, writings, clippings and scrapbook; a draft of...

Scope and Contents These records contain approximately thirty-seven linear feet and one reel of microfilm of letters received by Notre Dame Presidents Sorin, Dillon, Corby, Lemonnier, Colovin, T. Walsh, Morrissey, and J. W. Cavanaugh during the years 1856-1906. A few additional Morrissey letters for the years 1904-1905 may be found in the J. W. Cavanaugh Presidential Records. Unfortunately, no letters survive for the years before 1856, and very few survive for the period prior to 1870. A complete body of...

Scope and Contents The first part of the collection (boxes 134-215) consists of three series: Student Employment, 1906-07 & 1909-11 (boxes 152,153,209,212) Concerts, Lectures, Films, & Movies, ca.1911-20 (boxes 213-215) General Correspondence, ca.1905-1911 (boxes 134-211) Scattered Cavanaugh correspondence for 1905-06 may be found in in UPEL 115-133/. The bulk of the correspondence in this part of the collection dates 1906-11, though there are some runs as early as 1904 and as late as 1912,...