Marshall Smelser Papers
Scope and Content
Correspondence with Eugene McCarthy, Hubert Humphrey, and others; diaries, financial records, legal documents, manuscripts, memoranda, research and writing notes, sheet music, teaching material, booklets, and clippings; concerning his career as a history professor, his travels, his political activities, his research, his advice to the administration of Cardinal Newman College, and his lifelong interest in baseball.
Also the manuscript of his book The Winning of Independence (1971); and index cards containing research notes for his courses and his books The Campaign for the Sugar Islands, 1759 (1955), The Congress Founds the Navy (1959), The Democratic Republic: 1801-1815 (1968), and The Life that Ruth Built: A Biography (1975).
Dates
- Creation: 1864-1968.
Creator
- Smelser, Marshall. (Person)
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
Inventory.
Background
Historian, professor at the University of Notre Dame, and biographer of Babe Ruth.
Extent
8 linear feet. 27 linear feet of index cards.
Subject
- Smelser, Marshall. (Person)
- Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948. (Person)
- United States. Navy (Organization)
- Cardinal Newman College. (Organization)
- McCarthy, Eugene, 1916- (Person)
Topical
- Title
- Marshall Smelser Papers
- Subtitle
- Guide
- Author
- University of Notre Dame Archives
- Date
- 2005
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository