Hesburgh Libraries

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Personal correspondence between Irena S. Verblovskaia and her first husband Revolt I. Pimenov, who was one of the founders of the dissident movement in the Soviet Union, written during their imprisonment for "anti-Soviet" activities (1958-1963).

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Collection consists of over 600 broadsides, most measuring 28 x 11 1/2 cm. Broadsides were printed and sold in streets and at fairs and markets from the early days of printing, often by ballad singers.

Scope and Content Handwritten papers in Latin defending theses concerning church history and theology, probably produced by students at the Irish College circa 1866. Microfilm containing letters from members of the American Catholic hierarchy to the rectors of the Irish College in Rome, who acted as their agents, namely Paul Cullen, later Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin, and Tobias Kirby; pertaining mostly to administrative affairs in the American hierarchy; with letters from Francis Patrick...

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A small collection of materials relating to tariff reform in Ireland in 1910.

Scope and Content Correspondence of the Friends of Irish Freedom and record book of Irish bond subscription, South Bend, Indiana, 1920s; reprints, broadsides, handbills, booklets, clippings, and periodicals concerning the Irish independence movement, 1916-1922; an 1846 letter from the Carrol family on the potato famine in Ireland; and a pamphlet, "Letters on the State of Education in Ireland; and on Bible Societies," by J.K.L. (Dublin: Richard Coyne, 1824). NUCMC MS 67-911 mistakenly describes...

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This artificial collection consists of theatre programs, totaling approximately 600 items, created by theatres and theatre companies throughout Ireland. Materials include programs, black-and-white photographs, and pamphlets.

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A personal letter written on 9 April 1864 by Confederate corporal Isaac Ira White, Co. H, 11th Virginia Cavalry, from camp in Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Scope and Content Correspondence and photocopies of correspondence with other artists, museums and galleries, admirers of his work, Yugoslav emigrants, clients who have commissioned work, and friends and family; contracts, reports, and architectural plans relating to his commissions; his unpublished manuscripts of poetry, a novel, a play, and two books on Michelangelo; articles on and interviews with Mestrovic; and contracts and inventories relating to the disposition of his homes, artwork, and other...

Scope and Content The microfilm from the Syracuse Unversity Archives' Ivan Mestrovic Papers consists of General Correspondence 1926-1962 (bulk 1948-1954); Norman L. Rice Correspodence 1954; Book Announcement and Reviews 1948, 19S7-1959; Christmas cards of Chancellor William P. Tolley 1947-1955; Clippings 1918-1964 (bulk 1946-1962); Printed Works About and By Ivan Mestrovic in the Syracuse University Library as of 30 June 1955; Press Releases 1933 and 1946-1955; Commemorative Postage Stamp 1963; Tributes 1955...

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Photographs of Fogarty; photographs and letters to Fogarty autographed by famous individuals such as Knute Rockne and other Notre Dame sports figures, Connie Mack, Red Grange, etc.; sheet music for "Betty Coed" autographed by Fogarty; and a few other printed items.

Scope and Content Audio cassettes transcriptions of oral histories conducted in German for Wegs' book Growing Up Working Class: Continuity Change Among Viennese Youth, 1890 to 1938(University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1989); research material (photocopied articles in German) collected in support of his unpublished book on crime Austrian youth at the end of the 19th century, with some material related to his research into Austrian collaboration with Nazi Germany in...

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Copies of correspondence, biographical sketches, and photographs of Dickman, including lengthy and detailed letters he wrote to his family while on active duty in Cuba (1898-1899), the Philippines (1909-1910), and France and Germany (1918-1919).

Scope and Content Photocopies of articles (1975-1985) by Lawrence Chominski from The Citizen, Hamtramck, Michigan, on the History of Detroit's Polonia; related articles by Allan R. Treppa, James J. Tye, and others; an inventory of the J. William Gorski collection at the State Library and Archives in Lansing, Michigan; articles by Richard Kubinski compiled by J. William Gorski from the English Section of the Polish Daily News,...

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One watercolor, eleven colored pen and ink drawings, and thirteen Jack Appleton limited edition prints of Notre Dame buildings and scenes.

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A collection of about 600 Jack Benny Program radio and television scripts, 1943 to 1965. The typescripts are original working copies of George M. Balzer, one of Benny's writers.

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....

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Manuscript drafts and research materials for the unpublished book Sports and Pastimes of the Presidents, by Jack Level of Elmhurst, New York.

Scope and Contents The Jack Pfefer Wrestling Collection comprises more than 120 cubic feet of materials accumulated by Pfefer over a 45-year promotional and managerial career in professional wrestling, 1924-1969. Types of materials especially well represented include business and financial records; letters and telegrams; photographs; posters, handbills, and other publicity graphics; newspaper and magazine clippings; and wrestling programs and periodicals. Pfefer himself referred to these items, with...

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A group of around 60 manuscript personal letters, almost all written by and/or to members of the Jackson family of Moore County, North Carolina before and during the Civil War. The collection includes letters of eleven Confederate States soldiers, serving in the 26th or 30th North Carolina Infantry or the 2nd North Carolina Cavalry.

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A manuscript diary kept by a young Philadelphia drug store worker named Jacob Russel, from October 1857 to February 1859.

Scope and Contents Watercolor album by a young Jacques Hilpert. The album consists of twenty-four leaves plus one partial leaf of watercolors (rectos only) over pencil sketches, most of which are signed. The sketches represent street scenes, cafés, and restaurants during la Belle Epoque, with workers, waiters, cyclists, gendarmes, soldiers, well-dressed ladies and gentlemen. The album is sewn in paper wrappers and has a manuscript inscription by the artist "Peint par Jacques Hilpert 15 ans ½" on the front...

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An annotated typescript of a paper "On the Meaning of Contemporary Atheism" delivered at the University of Notre Dame, 23 March 1949; and a letter addressed to "Monsieur et cher confrere", 30 August 1927.

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Correspondence, especially relating to "Jake Kline Day," 1953, his college baseball hall of fame selection, 1968, the 1970 NCAA tournament, and his 500th victory, 1972; newspaper clippings; certificates; and photographs.

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Correspondence, 1905-1938, primarily with Francis W. Howard, having to do with the National Catholic Educational Association; copies of his diary, 1895-1900,1926; and research notes and printed material.

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Photostats and transcriptions of medieval manuscripts: the Glossa Ordinaria on Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, Hugh of St. Cher on Proverbs, Stephen Langton on Proverbs, Andrew of St. Victor on Proverbs, Guerric of St. Quintin on Proverbs, and William of Auvergne on Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.

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A group of 22 family letters written by or to the merchant seaman James A. Loughead from 1827 to 1850, including seven written by his father, Robert L. Loughead, as United States Consul at Londonderry, Ireland.

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A transcription of his diary for 1852-1853 made by his widow; a diary written for his wife during 1857; a daybook written during 1857-1861; accounts for 1857-1859; a short sketch of his life written by his widow; eulogies; and a photo of Mulligan in uniform.

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Correspondence with bishops, priests, prominent Catholics, and relatives, especially his son John; and drafts of a series of articles on prophecies.

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ms 67-528

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A Civil War letter written on 5 February 1865 by Confederate lieutenant James B. Jordan, 26th North Carolina Infantry, from the Federal prison camp at Johnson's Island, Ohio.

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A short-entry Civil War manuscript soldier's diary for the calendar year 1863, kept by James Boardman, Co. B, 3rd Minnesota Infantry.