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Catholic Comic Book Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: CBC

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.

Title
Catholic Comic Book Collection
Subtitle
Guide
Author
University of Notre Dame Archives
Date
2011
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository

Contact:
607 Hesburgh Library
Notre Dame Indiana 46556 United States
(574) 631-6448