Charles Frederick Weiher Papers
Scope and Content
Papers that Weiher created over the course of his life and career consisting of clipping files, teaching files, notebooks, class records, handouts, homemade textbooks, sketch books, reading notes on philosophy publications, and manuscripts of writings; childhood and family materials; holy cards and memorial cards; books and pamphlets on apologetics vs. atheism, on science, and on change; and digital documents representing his research and teaching. Collection also includes photographs and slides from travel and other life events and two microcassettes with dictations.
Dates
- Creation: 1911-2002
Creator
- Weiher, Charles Frederick, 1923-2005 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Contractual restrictions may apply. Box 8, folders 1 through 6 are RESTRICTED until 2056.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for original material in this collection has been transferred to the University of Notre Dame du Lac. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Background
A priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Charles F. Weiher earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Notre Dame in 1944. He served in the army, studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and entered Holy Cross Seminary at Notre Dame in 1946. After four years studying theology at Holy Cross College, he was ordained in 1953. He earned a Master of Arts degree from Notre Dame in 1955 with a thesis on Motion and the Categories according to the Principles of St. Thomas Aquinas and a 1960 Ph.D. from Notre Dame with a dissertation on Foundations of an Abstractionist Theory of Natural Number. He joined the faculty of the University of Notre Dame in 1956 and, except for a year at the University of Portland (1961-1962), served there as a professor and residence-hall rector for the rest of his career. He published articles in the New Catholic Encyclopedia, The New Scholasticism, International Philosophical Quarterly, and Philosophia Mathematica.
Extent
9.7 cubic feet (7 record cartons, 1 document box, and 2 half document boxes)
.022 Gigabytes (1,848 files)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Files have been maintained in their original order with the exception of Box 1, Folders 1 to 18, which are arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Laurie J. Echterling, Arts and Letters Space Management and Interior Design, University of Notre Dame.
Processing Information
Weeded approximately 24 inches of duplicate and/or printed titles and other materials of no enduring historical value. For a detailed list of separated books and published materials, please contact the archives.
Subject
- Congregation of Holy Cross (Organization)
- University of Notre Dame -- Faculty (Organization)
- Title
- Charles Frederick Weiher Papers
- Author
- Jason Kauffman
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Edition statement
- Finding aid updated 2023
Revision Statements
- 2023-05-03: Added folder level description for CCFW and GCFW; added scope and content note for DCFW; deleted series headings for PCFW and OCFW
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository