Miscellaneous papers having to do with the Diocese of Albany or with activities within it; with material relating to bishops John McCloskey and John J. Conroy.

Letters from family, friends, and American bishops, most of them dating from the time when Chatard lived in Rome; concerning the North American College and its students and European travels of American friends; with requests from American bishops for assistance in dealing with Vatican officials, inquiries about political conditions in Rome, and requests for accomodations at the College for the First Vatican Council.