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Paul C. Bussard Papers

 Fonds
Identifier: BUS

Scope and Content

Clippings documenting Bussard's development of the Leaflet Missal (1929-1930), his reports from Europe (1947), and his participation in the Holy Year Press Flight (1950); correspondence, memoranda, reports, budgets, graphs, affadavits, depositions, pleadings, subpoenas, and clippings related to his suit against St. Thomas College and Catholic Digest, initiated in 1969 when the college, to which Bussard had given his stock in the magazine, removed him from his job as publisher; including legal files of Bussard's attorney, James R. McClure, and letters to and from Archbishop Leo Binz, Archbishop Leo C. Byrne, and Bishop James P. Shannon; manuscripts of Bussard's sermons on the collects of the Roman Missal and of his unpublished book The Case of the Catholic Digest; copies of his books Life and Death in the Philippines (New York: Vantage, 1978) and How to Get Ready to Die (Hicksville, NY: Exposition, 1978); and photographs.

Dates

  • Creation: 1929-1978

Creator

Language of Materials

English.

Background

Editor and publisher of Catholic Digest.

Extent

2 linear feet. 19 photographs.

Title
Paul C. Bussard Papers
Subtitle
Guide
Author
University of Notre Dame Archives
Date
2011
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository

Contact:
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