Ludwigs-Verein Records
Scope and Content
Five reels of letters from the United States to the Ludwig Mission Society and two reels of the society's magazine, Annalen der Glaubensverbreitung, volumes one through twenty-one (1848-1868), in which many of the letters were published.
Correspondents include Rev. Franz Xaver Weninger, bishops Frederick Baraga, Egidius Jünger, Joseph Melcher, Ignatius Mrak, Michael O'Connor, Maurice de Saint-Palais, Rupert Seidenbusch, OSB, John Timon, CM, Richard V. Whelan, and others. Most correspondence pertains to conditions in the American missions, particularly among German Catholics, and contains requests for money.
In German, Latin, French, and English.
Dates
- Creation: 1831-1875.
Creator
- Ludwigs-Verein (Organization)
Language of Materials
In German, Latin, French, and English,
Background
A society founded by John Frederick Résé in 1838 to help Catholic missions in America and Asia and to support the Franciscans who maintained the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, chiefly by collecting and distributing money.
Extent
7 reels of microfilm.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Archdiocesan Archives, Munich.
Subject
- Baraga, Frederic, 1797-1868 (Person)
- Jünger, Aegidius, 1833-1895. (Person)
- Melcher, Joseph, 1806-1873. (Person)
- Mrak, Ignatius, 1810-1901 (Person)
- O'Connor, M. (Michael), 1810-1872. (Person)
- Résé, John Frederick, 1791-1871. (Person)
- Saint-Palais, Jacques Maurice de, 1811-1877. (Person)
- Seidenbusch, Rupert, 1830-1895. (Person)
- Timon, John, 1797-1867. (Person)
- Whelan, Richard Vincent, 1809-1874 (Person)
- Weninger, F.X. (Francis Xavier), 1805-1888. (Person)
- Catholic Church -- Missions -- Societies, etc. (Organization)
- Catholic Church -- United States -- History (Organization)
- Title
- Ludwigs-Verein Records
- Subtitle
- Guide
- Author
- University of Notre Dame Archives
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository