Scope and Content

Three letters from Bishop Martin Marty, OSB, concerning the withdrawal of the Holy Cross sisters from Deadwood, South Dakota, and church affairs in southwestern South Dakota; and one personal letter from Gleeson's sister, Catherine O'Hearn. One of the Marty letters is also addressed to Patrick J. Colovin, CSC.

Scope and Contents ContentsThese 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...