Hesburgh Libraries

Scope and Contents This collection consists of papers relating to the career of Éilís Ní Dhuibhne. The bulk of the collection is comprised of handwritten, typescript, and computer printout manuscripts in various stages of development for novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, and poems by the author, as well as related miscellany (including drawings and a video recording). Titles well-represented within the collection include the novels The Dancers Dancing, ...

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58 letters written by Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., to Sister Elaine DesRosiers, O.P., (1963-1976), and a background narrative by DesRosiers concerning the letters (1992); annals written by Sister Elaine, 1976-1998, and a copy of her family's history, Gregoire - Des Rosiers, by Ben Fontaine (Baltimore, 1996).

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Russian and French manuscripts, notes, bibliographical material, and transcriptions of early sources for the study of St. Maxim the Greek, about whom Denissoff wrote a prize-winning book, Maxime le Grec et l'Occident, contribution à l'histoire de la pensée religieuse et philosophique de Michel Trivolis (Paris: Desclée, de Brouwer, 1943), with a small quantity of material having to do with his other books and research.

Abstract Elisabeth Markstein (1929-2013) was highly regarded for her translations from Russian to German, including Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago (under the pen name Anna Peturnig). She was also a teacher and literary scholar as well as a staunch supporter of the dissident writers in the Soviet Union. This collection consists of personal documents, correspondence (family, personal, and professional), papers dealing with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, scholarly research materials, photographs, and...

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A manuscript journal kept by Connecticut native Elisur H. Rogers from 23 January to 15 October 1849, recording his experiences on a trip to the California gold fields.

Scope and Content Correspondence, including letters sent to Edward Sorin, CSC, John A. Zahm, CSC, James Edwards, Maurice Francis Egan, and Frank Earle Hering, and letters received from Francis Patrick Kenrick, Archbishop of Baltimore; manuscript of Starr's book Isabella of Castile, 1492-1892; and clippings pertaining to Starr. Incorrectly listed in the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (MS 67-936) as dealing chiefly with correspondence of Archbishop Martin John Spalding. Extensive...

Scope and Content Personal papers, correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, subject files, photographs, audio-visual material, books, journal articles, book chapters, other scholarly writings, lectures, emails, and printed ephemera; with documents from her youth, her days as a student at the Catholic University of America, her career as a theologian at Catholic University and Fordham, her presidency of the Catholic Theological Society of America, and her life as a Sister of Saint Joseph; including media...

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Manuscripts and tear sheets of her fiction, non-fiction, and verse, including Observer columns; her dissertation on childhood in the work of Graham Greene; her memoir of teaching at DePauw and Notre Dame; and a file on Juniper Press autograph parties. Also copies of books published by Juniper Press, i.e. students in her book publishing course.

Scope and Content Manuscript book (10" x 12.5" x 1.75", bound in red leather with gold stamping) containing samples of writing in many languages, presented to Ella B. Edes; with photographs and lithographs of prelates, Roman scenes, and artworks; a musical composition in five parts for four voices, "Tota Pulchra Es Maria" by D. Lareto Sacovacci; and autographs of prelates with good wishes and blessings. Languages represented in the book include (as identified by the compiler of the book): English, Hebrew,...

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This collection consists of several letters and ephemera sent from Ella Young to Mrs. Roland G. Hopkins while Young was traveling in the United States, 1925-1926. Included are seven letters and one leaflet.

Scope and Content A few letters, writings, and notes of Jolly concerning her movement to erect a national monument to the service of nuns during the Civil War, her gift to Notre Dame of the Immaculate Conception Dogma Medal that she received from Arthur J. Burns, and the life of Mary Seton (d. 1615). Also the ceremonial key to the Nuns of the Battlefield Monument (Washington, D.C.) that she presented to Notre Dame in 1926; and a photograph of Irish poet Mary J. O'Donovan Rossa (1868), with the...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the personal papers of Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane, including her correspondence, biographical materials, and diplomas. The collection also documents her political activity as one of the leading feminists of twentieth-century Argentina through her professional papers, such as records for the Asociación Pro-Derechos de la Mujeres, speeches, and essays. Also included are photographs of Dra. Sara Justo and ephemera and records relating to various feminist...

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Letters and writings relating primarily to Flemish nationalism.

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Photographs of the St. Joseph's Novitiate fire on the Notre Dame Campus (1913) and a photograph of an interhall marble game (ca. 1916).

Scope and Content Correspondence, 1938-1978; book reviews, articles, and manuscripts by Schossberger; information and notes on book editing projects of the University of Notre Dame Press; programs and minutes of the American Association of University Presses, 1965-1975; minutes and correspondence of the executive committee of the Midwest Chamber Orchestra, 1975-1978, and the Christian Education Committee of Sacred Heart Parish (Notre Dame), 1975-1977. Notes, lectures, and syllabi for classes...

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Records (1968-2001) of the work of the English Language Liturgical Consultation and its predecessor the International Consultation on English Texts (international ecumenical groups) towards the creation of common liturgical texts; consisting of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and drafts of liturgical texts for common use by English-speaking congregations.

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A group of 40 personal letters written in 1899-1901 by Illinois native Enoch P. Hill, mostly during his army service in Cuba, the U. S., and the Philippines. The letters are directed to Hill's future wife, Mary E. Chilton.

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Shelf list of the library of the Episcopal Church Divinity School, Philadelphia.

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Manuals, sermons, articles, constitution, magazines, newsletters, programs, minutes, ceremonials, etc., mainly for the Western, Northern, and Southern Lieutenancies (but also a few foreign titles as well), mainly dating 1950s-1980s.

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Field trip notebooks, lecture notes, correspondence and subject files, papers, offprints written by Winkler, and 21 color slides of stone architectural features at Notre Dame, 1970s-1990s.

Abstract The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections holds a considerable collection of items relating to the work of Eric Gill, a 20th-century English craftsman. These include proofs and original engravings, drawings and designs, woodblocks, bookplates and printed ephemera. Notable among the collections are annotated drawings and designs; signed engravings; posters, leaflets, and other printed matter by the St. Dominic's Press; two scrapbooks Gill kept during his time with the Royal Air...

Scope and Content Papers collected by Eric J. Jumper concerning scientific study of the Shroud of Turin and use of technology to produce a three-dimensional model based on data latent in the shroud. In addition to files supporting and documenting the Shroud of Turin Research Project, this collection contains books, periodicals, and clippings having to do with the Shroud of Turin, publicity for the research project, background publications, multi-media programs, video and audio tapes, slides, x-rays, prints,...

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Correspondence with and clippings about Dr. Thomas (Tom) Dooley, MEDICO, and his work in Southeast Asia, mainly late 1950s through early 1960s, and some through the early 1990s. Also related photographs, printed material, and two earrings.

Scope and Content Files concerning his work with the Notre Dame Department of Philosophy, its Carnegie Summer Seminars, 1968-1972, conferences, book publishing plans, Notre Dame commitees, office correspondence (ca. 1990) for the Program in History and Philosophy of Science in the John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at Notre Dame; also files representing his service on national and international committees; research files, reprints of articles, annotated secondary sources, his...

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Chiefly correspondence, but also clippings, notes, sermons, circulars, and photographs. Correspondents include James McMaster and Bishops Francis Chatard, Celestine de la Hailandière, Maurice de Saint-Palais, Napoléon Joseph Perché, and James Wood.

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Alphabetical files, professional files, personal files, and Notre Dame files, including drafts of poems, correspondence, teaching material, memorabilia, certificates, diplomas and clippings documenting his career as a poet and as a professor.

Scope and Contents This collection includes more than 300 exhibit cards featuring images of boxers. Cards are the size of postcards. The fronts of most cards contain an image of a boxer with his name and sometimes other information like hometown, nicknames, etc. The backs of cards from the 1920s often contain short bios and/or selected match results, and many have a postcard back for mailing. Some of the cards from the 1920s are tinted in different colors. Many cards, especially those printed after 1928,...

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The ESPN Promotional Posters Collection contains six promotional posters printed in about 1982 for the television network ESPN. Each full-color poster depicts a different sport televised by ESPN. The bottom of each poster features the tagline “The Total Sports Network” and the logo for ESPN.

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A scrapbook kept by the donor's mother while in Massachusetts before and after her marriage to Naval Officer and Doctor Peter Larkin, bulk 1948-1949. Includes letters and cards, photographs, magazine articles, and other printed ephemera. Several of the letters were from James McDonald and relate to Notre Dame; and three football-themed window decals printed by the Angelus Pacific Company showing a Fighting Irishman dominating an Army Mule, a Navy Goat, and a USC Trojan Helmet.

Scope and Contents This collection primarily consists of correspondence sent from Ethel Mannin to a number of her fans. Includes seventeen letters from Ethel Mannin to various correspondents including George Arthur Fleet (1899-1988), Victor Croxford, a “Mr. Threadgold,” and a “Cecil.” Additionally includes thirteen carbon copies of letters sent from George Arthur Fleet to Ethel Mannin, a postcard from Fleet to Mannin, a collage including the letter to Victor Croxford, a card from Mannin to “Cecil” and a...