Collection: Thomas A. Kelly Collection

Scope and Content

Personal photographs, including pictures of Fr. Kelly, his family, Holy Cross seminarians, other Holy Cross priests, the Notre Dame campus, and Holy Cross College in Washington, D.C.

Dates

Creation: 1920s-1970s?.

Creator

Thomas A. Kelly (Person)

Language of Materials

English.

Background

Thomas A. Kelly was born 9 May 1901 in Chicago. He joined the Congregation of Holy Cross, making perpetual profession of vows in 1925. He was ordained a priest in 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame and master's and doctoral degtrees from the Catholic University of America. He taught classics and Latin at the University of Notre Dame, 1935-1954, and spent the rest of his career at the University of Portland. He died 18 March 1976 in Portland, Oregon.