Orestes Augustus Brownson Papers
Scope and Content
Correspondence, journal, clippings, and manuscript drafts of books, speeches, articles, and essays, both published and unpublished, 1823-1876; including correspondence with the Comte de Montalembert, Louis Veuillot, Lord Acton, John Henry Cardinal Newman, George Bancroft, Salmon Chase, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Isaac Hecker, Henry David Thoreau, and Archbishops John Hughes, Francis Patrick Kenrick and Martin Spalding; manuscripts of essays by Albert Brisbane, Archbishop Francis P. Kenrick, George Thompson and others; and a photograph of Orestes Brownson.
Collection available on microfilm from the Archives of the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556.
Calendared
Dates
- Creation: 1823-1876.
Language of Materials
English.
Background
Associate of the New England Transcendentalists; convert to Roman Catholicism; founder, editor, and chief author of the Boston Quarterly Review (1838-1842) and Brownson's Quarterly Review (1844-1864 and 1873-1875). He wrote essays on Church and State, civil and religious freedom, Catholic education, the philosophy of science, and the conflict between conservative and progressive forces in the Church.
Extent
9 linear feet. 1 photograph.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Henry F. Brownson, 1890.
Subject
- Montalembert, Charles Forbes, comte de, 1810-1870 (Person)
- Veuillot, Louis, 1813-1883. (Person)
- Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902 (Person)
- Newman, John Henry, Saint, 1801-1890 (Person)
- Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 (Person)
- Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 (Person)
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. (Person)
- Hecker, Isaac Thomas, 1819-1888. (Person)
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. (Person)
- Hughes, John, 1797-1864 (Person)
- Kenrick, Francis Patrick, 1797-1863. (Person)
- Spalding, M. J. (Martin John), 1810-1872 (Person)
- Brisbane, Albert, 1809-1890 (Person)
- Brownson, Orestes Augustus, 1803-1876 (Person)
- Catholic Church -- Publishing (Organization)
- Title
- Orestes Augustus Brownson Papers
- Subtitle
- Guide
- Author
- University of Notre Dame Archives
- Date
- 2017
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository