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Edward Nangle and the Achill Mission Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSE/IR 1052

Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials related to the history of Achill Island and the genealogy of its inhabitants. Included is the correspondence of a prominent local historian, John O’Shea, and his research files and notes on genealogy of the island’s inhabitants and the island’s founder, Edward Nangle. Also included are publications about the island or created on the island, including Nangle’s publications, Achill Missionary Herald and Western...

Dates: 1836-1894, 1996-2015

Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

French Funerary Materials Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSE/MD 2816

Abstract

Collection of documents relating to interment and mortuary law in early modern and modern France with a concentration on bureaucratic records from the Entreprise Générale des Inhumations of the Napoleonic era.

Dates: 1668-1888

Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Gene Tunney Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSSP 2013

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the personal papers of boxer Gene Tunney. Materials cover his boxing career in the 1920s until his retirement in 1928, his marriage and honeymoon in 1928-29, and his charity work with youth groups in the 1930s and 1940s, especially the American Youth Group, of which he was chairman in 1940. The collection includes both personal and business correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks of his career, personal account books and calendars, and various boxing-related...

Dates: 1858 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1945

Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

George Colin McKee Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSN/MN 0501

Abstract

Personal, professional, and political correspondence and other papers of the Mississippi lawyer, planter, and politician George Colin McKee (1837-1890). McKee was a "carpetbagger" and moderate Republican who represented the Vicksburg district in Congress during Reconstruction. Most of the material dates from the 20 years following the Civil War, though there are McKee family papers extending into the 20th century.

Dates: 1860-1934; Majority of material found in ( 1864-1883)

Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Gomberg-Verzhbinskaia and Rabinowich Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSE/REE 0013

Abstract Eleonora Petrovna Gomberg-Verzhbinskaia was a well known art critic and historian of art, and the collection consists of documents, diaries, correspondence, written drafts, photographs, books, and slides. Gomberg's daughter, Nina Rabinowich, is a practicing artist, and her husband, Boris Rabinowich, was an important non-conformist artist. The family emigrated to Vienna, Austria, in 1977, and the collection includes catalogs, brochures, and posters for art exhibits of both Boris and Nina as...

Dates: 1900-2014; (bulk 1930s-1990s)

Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Jack Gamble Collection of Liam Miller and Dolmen Press

Collection

Identifier: EPH 5010

Content Description The collection contains chapbooks, pamphlets, catalogues, and specimen pages, letters and other material related to the Dolmen Press. The collection was assembled by Jack Gamble of Belfast, and is largely composed of personal copies belonging to Liam Miller, founder and owner of the Dolmen Press. The collection includes finely-printed chapbooks and pamphlets published by the Dolmen Press as well as many catalogs and informational printed papers on the books of Dolmen Press and Cuala Press....

Dates: 1950-1986

Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

J.J. O'Kelly (Sceilg) Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSE/IR 1030

Scope and Contents This collection primarily consists of the personal papers, letters, manuscripts, notes, and ephemera of John Joseph “J.J.” “Sceilg” O’Kelly in the years 1916-1948. Also included are Seán Óg O’Kelly’s notes and letters on various mid-century Irish labor disputes. Materials include letters, notes, speeches, drafts, manuscripts, typescripts, notebooks, booklets, short stories, ballads, poems, telegrams, letters of condolences, sympathy cards, mass cards, administrative minutes, administrative...

Dates: 1903 - 1971; Majority of material found within 1916 - 1948

Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

John H. Bracey, Jr. Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSN/MN 10064

Scope and Contents The John H. Bracey, Jr. Collection comprises 27 boxes of materials containing professional files for John Bracey. Materials include but are not limited to professional papers, drafts, correspondence, publications, bulletins, reports, lecture notes, financial records, and administrative files. Additionally, Bracey collected ephemera and kept subject files on various topics throughout his career. Significant topics include Jesse Jackson’s Presidential campaign, the Caribbean, Malcolm X,...

Dates: 1816-2022

Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Mary Taussig Hall Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSN/MN 0511

Scope and Contents This collection chiefly consists of the correspondence of Mary Taussig Hall. Early letters (circa 1920s) to and from Mary Taussig Hall frequently concern her family, travels, and studies. Later (1930s-) topics of note include her family and social life, travels, and growing interest in social work and political causes. Most correspondence is with family and friends though professional correspondence is also present. Mary’s time at Hull House is well-described, as is a Depression-era job...

Dates: 1855 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1960

Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

National Ideal Benefit Society (NIBS) Records

Collection

Identifier: MSN/MN 10024

Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of the National Ideal Benefit Society (NIBS), an African American insurance cooperative headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. It also contains related papers of NIBS founder A.W. Holmes. The correspondence in the collection is mostly written by African Americans, from NIBS policy holders to leaders of the African American community. There is also correspondence between A.W. Holmes and various local churches and benefit societies, national charitable...

Dates: 1912 - 1964

Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Norah Borges Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSH/LAT 0004

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the personal letters of Norah Borges. All but one letter are sent to Esther Haldo de Amorim, with one letter sent to Aurora Haldo de Haldo. Also included are four drawings by Borges, and two programs of Borges’ exhibitions. Materials include letters, postcards, drawings, and pamphlets.

Dates: 1932 - 1971

Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Patrick McCabe Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSE/IR 2717

Scope and Contents This collection documents the professional career of Irish writer Patrick McCabe. The majority of the collection consists of rough drafts of his drama, prose, and poetry, including some of his most popular works in film and literature, Breakfast on Pluto and The Butcher Boy. The collection also contains various ephemera and promotional materials for his published works. Also included are newspaper and magazine interviews, works of other writers,...

Dates: 1946-2013; Majority of material found in 1980-2010

Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Red Smith Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSSP 10061

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the professional and personal papers of Pulitzer Prize-winning sports columnist Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith. It includes: Smith's clipped copies of his printed columns, mostly 1954-1982; newspapers and magazines with pieces by or about Smith; clipped columns of Stanley Woodward and Joe H. Palmer; manuscripts and/or proofs of several of Smith's books; an accumulation of around 125 manuscript letters preserved by Smith, including examples signed by Melvin Belli, ...

Dates: 1888 - 2010; Majority of material found in 1945-1982

Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Reverend Bernard Schlegel Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSN/MN 5026

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters written 1952-1956 from Bernard Schlegel to his parents while studying to be a priest at the Pontifical North American College in Vatican City. Also included are two essay drafts, a journal, pamphlets, and prayer cards marking the ordination of fellow priests.

Dates: 1949-1956

Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Richards Family Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: MSN/EA 5023

Abstract

A group of 67 personal letters written by or to members of the Richards family of Massachusetts and Montgomery County, Illinois, chiefly during the late 1830s, 1840s, and 1850s.

Dates: 1835-1902; Majority of material found in ( 1835-1858)

Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Robert Creeley Ephemera

Collection

Identifier: EPH 5009

Abstract

A collection of non-book material, much of it printed ephemera, acquired with the University's purchase of the 6000-volume personal library of the American poet Robert Creeley. The collection includes printed mailings and other announcements, periodical issues, broadsides, and posters, as well as photographs, photocopied texts of various kinds, and a small manuscript component.

Dates: 1951-2005

Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

Uruguayan Political Ephemera Collection

Collection

Identifier: MSH/LAT 0078

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of political ephemera associated with various Uruguayan political parties. Materials include documents from the Movimiento Revolucionario Nacionalista, as well as from Wilson Ferreira and Uruguayan political parties, including the Partido Nacional (Blanco) and the Partido Colorado. Materials include broadsides, posters, newspaper/magazine articles, pamphlets, manifestos, manuals, speeches, presidential decrees and electoral propaganda.

Dates: 1829-2010

Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

William Pfaff Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSN/MN 10026

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of journalist William Pfaff. Pfaff’s professional materials include his writings from each stage of the writing process, such as research notes, drafts, proofs, and published materials. The collection also contains conference materials and speeches, financial records, and materials from Pfaff’s work at the Hudson Institute, a non-profit research center on public policy. Also included are Pfaff’s personal papers which consist of...

Dates: 1942-2015; Majority of material found in 1965-2015

Found in: University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections

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Edward Nangle and the Achill Mission Collection

French Funerary Materials Collection

Gene Tunney Papers

George Colin McKee Papers

Gomberg-Verzhbinskaia and Rabinowich Papers

Jack Gamble Collection of Liam Miller and Dolmen Press

J.J. O'Kelly (Sceilg) Collection

John H. Bracey, Jr. Collection

Mary Taussig Hall Papers

National Ideal Benefit Society (NIBS) Records

Norah Borges Letters

Patrick McCabe Papers

Red Smith Papers

Reverend Bernard Schlegel Letters

Richards Family Correspondence

Robert Creeley Ephemera

Uruguayan Political Ephemera Collection

William Pfaff Papers

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