Catholic Comic Book Collection
Scope and Content
Many issues (3 linear feet) of "Treasure Chest," a Catholic comic book, dating from 1947 to 1972; issues of other Catholic comic books, including "Catholic Comics" and "Topix"; a small collection of Lives of the Saints comic books; and 13 Catholic cartoon books, 11 of them about nuns (1 by Bill O'Malley, 6 by Joe Lane, 4 by Margaret Carroll, Jerry McCue, and Don Cornelius), one about priests by Joe Lane, and one about children by Cliff Wirth.
Duplicates are filed separately at the end of the collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1947-1995.
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
3.5 linear feet.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Most acquired by purchase; 21 issues of Treasure Chest came from Jeanette Horn; the 13 Catholic cartoon books came from Fr John Carlin; the Life of Pope John Paul II came from Dr Daniel Cherico.
Subject
- O'Malley, Bill (Person)
- Lane, Joe, cartoonist (Person)
- Carroll, Margaret, b. 1899 (Person)
- McCue, Jerry (Person)
- Cornelius, Don (Person)
- Wirth, Cliff, 1927- (Person)
- Title
- Catholic Comic Book Collection
- 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