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Rockne, Knute, 1888-1931

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 18880304 - 19310331

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Adam Walsh Papers

 Collection
Identifier: AWA
Scope and Contents The Adam Walsh Papers consist mostly of materials related to Adam Walsh's football coaching career, his political career, his induction into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1968, his death in 1985, publications and clipping about Walsh, books inscribed to Walsh, and other correspondence, speeches, photographs, and ephemera from throughout his life.Of particular note are the materials documenting his two years coaching the professional Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams...
Dates: 1914 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1968

Director of Athletics, 1909-29 [1908-1931]

 Record Group
Identifier: ADR
Scope and Contents SERIES ONE comprises files, arranged by sport, for the years 1909-1923. It also contains at least some additional files for each sport through 1929. The division of documents by sport is by no means perfect; likewise, sometimes letters are filed by the name of the correspondent, other times by the name of the school, and other times by subject. The files are quite sparse for the period ca. 1919-1923. SERIES TWO comprises one alphabetic run of files for the period 1924-1929,...
Dates: 1908-1931

Dominic M. Nigro Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: NIG
Scope and Content 2008 accession: A scrapbook compiled by Dominic Nigro while a student at Kearney Military Academy and at Notre Dame, ca. 1911-1914, including photographs, newspaper clippings, event programs, and other memorabilia; a binder titled "Rockne - Nigro - Heathman" containing clippings about the 75th anniversary commemoration of the Rockne plane crash and copies of historical clippings about earlier commemorations; newsletters and a plaque from the Rockne Club of America, ca. 1969; a copy...
Dates: 1911-2007.

Florentine Films Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: FLO
Scope and Content

Film and Audio Segments of the Documentary "Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish" by Florentine Films (1992).

Dates: 1992

Henry E. Hinsenkamp Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: ZBI
Scope and Content Photocopies of letters sent to Hinsenkamp from Syracuse University and Rutgers offering scholarships; from Knute Rockne offering advice and encouragement; from Rupert F. Mills concerning Hinsenkamp's problem with rheumatism in 1928; from John F. Cardinal O'Hara, CSC; from Frank Leahy; from J. Birney Crum, his high school coach; and from others; with a few letters written by Hinsenkamp and a few documents concerning his career at Notre Dame and his continuing interest in the university as an...
Dates: 1924-1973

J. Paul Fogarty Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: ZDR
Scope and Content

Photographs of Fogarty; photographs and letters to Fogarty autographed by famous individuals such as Knute Rockne and other Notre Dame sports figures, Connie Mack, Red Grange, etc.; sheet music for "Betty Coed" autographed by Fogarty; and a few other printed items.

Dates: 1912-1951.

Joe Garagiola Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: JGJ
Scope and Contents The Joe Garagiola Jr. Papers consist of materials related to a 1971 WSND student radio documentary marking the 40th anniversary of the death of Knute Rockne. WSND Sports Director Art Martin and Assistant WSND Sports Director Joe Garagiola Jr. produced the Rockne documentary that aired in March of 1971. The collection contains original correspondence between Martin/Garagiola and players and other people who had known Rockne before his death in 1931. The collection also contains material...
Dates: 1968-1971

John W. Cavanaugh Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: JWC
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...
Dates: 1865-1955.

Knute Rockne Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: KKR
Scope and Content Rockne's chemistry workbook and gradebook, 1917-1918; his annotated copy of a book he wrote and printed for the benefit of the Notre Dame football team, Football Notes ; printouts from ancestry.com of records of Knute Rockne in the 1910 and 1920 US Census and in various passenger lists, 1920s; papers regarding Rockne family legal matters, 1959-1981; mimeographed transcript of Rockne Speech to the Western Company, Chicago, 1929; a typewritten manuscript of a story...
Dates: 1910-1981.

Mary Sullivan Papers

 Fonds — Box UNDA-CC-0004
Identifier: ZCB
Scope and Content

Photocopies of her brief memoirs concerning James Cardinal Gibbons; priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross at Notre Dame including Edward Sorin, William Corby, John Zahm, Charles Doremus, Thomas Walsh, Charles O'Donnell, James Burns, John W. Cavanaugh; and Notre Dame laymen James Edwards, Jerome Green, and Knute Rockne. Also an article about Mary Sullivan, 1985.

Dates: 1900s-1985

Matthew Schumacher Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: MSC
Scope and Content Correspondence with James A. Burns, CSC, Knute Rockne, and others, 1919-1938; minutes of the board of directors, financial reports and audits of the College of St. Thomas (St. Paul, Minnesota), 1929-1935; circular letters of the superior general, Congregation of Holy Cross, 1918-1937; decrees of general chapters of the Congregation of Holy Cross, 1855-1912; manuscripts of Schumacher's dissertation, "The Knowableness of God: Its Relation to the Theory of Knowledge in St. Thomas," (1904); and...
Dates: 1913-1938.

Official Knute Rockne Football Game and World Series Baseball Game in combination with Official Graham McNamee Radio Scoreboard for Football and Baseball

 Item
Identifier: ORMG
Scope and Contents The double-sided wooden board game features Knute Rockneā€™s Official Football Game and the Official Graham McNamee Radio Scoreboard for Football on one side, and the Official World Series Baseball Game and the Graham McNamee Radio Scoreboard for Baseball on the other side.The football game board features images and facsimile autographs of Knute Rockne and Graham McNamee. The baseball game board features two images of Graham McNamee with a radio microphone and features the text,...
Dates: 1931

Osborn Engineering Company Records

 Fonds
Identifier: OSE
Scope and Content The records in this collection document some of the day-to-day details of the planning and construction of Notre Dame Stadium from 1929 to 1930. Although incomplete, the records offer details of a range of the decisions made as the plans for the Stadium were conceived and executed. The records reveal changes made during the construction phase, as well as decisions that were reached about various construction details. The collection does not contain the architectural blue prints or...
Dates: ca. 1922-1956 (bulk 1929-1930).

President 1905-1919: J.W. Cavanaugh

 Fonds
Identifier: PWC
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,...
Dates: 1895-1922

Rodney J. Shaughnessy Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: ZZA
Scope and Content

Photocopies of Rockne's "Football Notes" for his coaches (ca. 1923) and other photocopies of sports-related printed ephemera; program from the 1917 Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin game; a red "St. Mary's Bench" armband; a pamphlet by Frank Leahy regarding the T-formation; a letter from Elmer Layden and photocopies of letters from Knute Rockne and Elmer Layden.

Dates: 1922-1989

Thomas J. Lieb Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: TLB
Scope and Content

Correspondence and manuscripts (CTLB, including agreements, contracts, drafts of a book and various articles, and other documents); printed material (PTLB, including football programs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera); photographs (GTLB); and a few objects (OTLB). Includes correspondence with Knute Rockne (1929-1931) and several Notre Dame related photos from 1921 and earlier.

Dates: ca. 1920-1940 (bulk 1929-1940).