Hesburgh Libraries

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Documentation of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in the South Bend area, 1972-1980s; consisting of correspondence, mimeographed and ditto material, and printed ephemera on the People of Praise and Charismatics; also some material on cults, and an anthropological study of True House by Fr. Ken McGuire, CSP: "People, Prayer and Promise" (Ph.D Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1976).

Scope and Content Manuscripts of works by Zahm, including his South American trilogy and Women in Science; publications by Zahm; correspondence, bills, and receipts concerning purchases of Italian books and art, 1901-1906; personal correspondence, lectures, drafts of essays, pamphlets, postcards, a bibliography on women, articles on Zahm published after his death; tintypes and albumen and silver gelatin photographs, with images of South America, including pictures of Zahm and Theodore Roosevelt, with whom he...

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Correspondence, minutes, and clippings, 1958-1978, of the Notre Dame Library Council, collected by John Bennet Shaw, who was board chairman from 1963 to 1978. The purpose of the Library Council was "to create a group of book collectors and book lovers who will work for Notre Dame's library by contributing rare and expensive books."

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Letters received by Cappon, from his brother and others in Belgium, and letters regarding his parish, personal finances, and diocesan questions such as marriage dispensations from bishop; some correspondence unconnected to Cappon; and sermons, notes, certificates, and church documents. Correspondents include Rev. John De Neve, Bishop Peter Paul Lefevre of Detroit, and Bishop Caspar H. Borgess of Detroit.

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Letter book with entries dating from 13 May 1848 to 22 April 1850, including letters to Robert Walsh (U.S. Consul, Paris), John Jay, Commodore W.C. Bolton, Daniel J. Carroll, General Jackson Morton, William Carroll, and James Richard; and photographs. Most of the letters have to do with patents, settlement of estates, payment of bills, and the circumstances of the Brent family after the death of John Carroll Brent's father.

Scope and Content Correspondence and subject files; copies of published articles and columns; drafts of Cogley's memoirs (A Canterbury Tale); bound volumes of Today (1947-1950) and the Chicago Catholic Worker (1938-1941); clippings of his reports on the Second Vatican Council for Religious News Service (1964) and of his columns for the diocesan press (1967-1968); correspondence and clippings relating to his writing for the New York Times (1964-1975); an unpublished manuscript of a collection of his writing...

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Correspondence dealing mostly with Shea's writing and his financial difficulties; manuscripts of the first three volumes of his History of the Catholic Church in the United States; and a manuscript of his American Martyrology: lives of Catholic missionaries killed on the Indian missions in Canada and the United States from the earliest times.

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Scope and Content Primarily correspondence; correspondents include Henry Hussman, John B. Quinn, Boniface Rauch, OSB, and Theodore Vose; some of the correspondence involves Ursuline Sisters, School Sisters of Notre Dame, and the Missouri State Historical Society. Also manuscripts of several historical articles, a catalog of Rothensteiner's personal library and of the Rothensteiner collection at Mundelein College; and personal papers of William Faerber (1841- 1905). The Notre Dame University...

Scope and Content Pamphlets, reprints of articles, newspaper clippings, bibliographies, and unpublished papers relating to social issues such as labor unions, communism, economics, and civil rights, as well as a wide range of topics in moral theology (1935-1977); notes and syllabi for courses Cronin taught at St. Mary's Seminary (1967-ca.1974); copies of Cronin's unpublished report "The Problem of American Communism in 1945" (1945) completed for the National Catholic Welfare Conference; correspondence and...

Scope and Content Schemata, quaestiones, modi, relationes, animadversiones, texti emendati, texti recogniti, votae, normae, disquisitii, allocutiones, observations, reports, liturgies, correspondence, circular letters, newsletters, notes, lists, agenda, minutes, and other documents, most of them in Latin, from the Second Vatican Council (1962- 1965), Roman synods (1967-1985), consistories of cardinals (1969-1985), and meetings of Vatican congregations, secretariats, and commissions (1962-1987); Records...

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Legal documents including his will; a notebook of arithmetic and poetry; and manuscripts of articles on the history of astronomy. Two volumes contain his financial accounts dating from his years as a merchant; part of one volume filed with early Notre Dame financial books (ULDG), contains further financial records.

Scope and Content Correspondence relating to Noll's personal affairs, 1920-1955, the construction of the national shrine, 1936, and his work with the National Legion of Decency, 1930s, the National Organization for Decent Literature, 1930s-1950s, Our Sunday Visitor, 1925-1955, and the National Catholic Welfare Conference, 1948-1953; manuscripts of Catholic radio broadcasts, 1940s-1950s, articles for Our Sunday Visitor, and articles by Noll; personal papers such as sermon notes and occasional papers relating...

Scope and Content Correspondence, 1908-1960; sermons, lectures and editorials by O'Hara; clippings about him; notes taken by him; class records, 1917-1931; excerpts from the diary of his sister Elizabeth O'Hara, 1940-1951; correspondence, press releases, and clippings concerning his role as military delegate of the armed forces of the United States, 1940-1945; photographs, pamphlets, and medals. Also microfilm of clippings concerning Theodore Roosevelt's trip to South America with John A. Zahm,...

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Correspondence, clippings, articles collected by Sheehan, and speeches given by Sheehan.

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Correspondence, occasionally with drawings included; clippings, including a biographical article and picture of Striebel; photographs and sketches; and slides designed to accompany silent movies; with mention of J.P. McEvoy.

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Nineteen letters (thirteen original and six photostats) of John Henry Cardinal Newman; including two letters from Newman to Monsignor James Nugent, 1875 and 1890, a letter from Newman to the rector of the Catholic University of Ireland, and two letters to Dr. Russell, 1862 and 1874.

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Correspondence and related papers of John Ireland; scrapbooks; and supplementary papers including Denis O'Connell letters. For a more detailed description, see Guide to a Microfilm Edition of The John Ireland Papers by Scott Jessee (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1984).

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Photographs of his sculpture, including statues of St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Jerome, St. Joan of Arc, St. Michael the Archangel, St. Augustine, St. Patrick, and John Henry Cardinal Newman; photographs of Notre Dame sculptors John J. Bednar, C.S.C., and Eugene Kormendi; and photographs of studio scenes.

Scope and Content Correspondence; manuscripts of Berkery's memoirs of the Catholic Action movement; newsletters; clippings, including articles by and about Joseph Cardinal Cardijn; photocopies and mimeographed material including pieces by Pat Keegan and Paul McGuire. With the exception of one folder concerning St. Therese of Lisieux, the papers all pertain to the Young Christian Workers, Young Christian Students, Christian Family Movement, and other Catholic Action organizations. Also books,...

Scope and Content Home movies taken by John J. Brennan of activities in the parishes he served in the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, and footage of vacation trips he took; a diary of a cross country trip he took in 1923; printed including a program from his silver jubilee and a testimonal dinner, and a short history of St. Philip Neri parish (Northport, NY). Also copy prints (inkjet prints) of photos of John J. Brennan and other priests from the parishes he served, and a CD-ROM containing digital images of...

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Manuscript book containing Carroll's sermons, 1884-1888, a list of Christmas offerings for St. Thomas Church, and the church financial statement, 1887.

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Correspondence with members of the Joseph Kennedy family (Rose, Edward, Jacqueline, Joe, and Kathleen), clippings, a plaque given Cavanaugh by the Commerce Council, a scrapbook from the testimonial for Cavanaugh by the Notre Dame Club, Los Angeles, 1952, a copy of the homily delivered by Father Hesburgh at Cavanaugh's funeral, and photographs.

Scope and Content Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, material distributed at meetings, reports, circulars, printed material, photographs, and audio and video recordings; representing Egan's early career in Chicago, his years at Notre Dame, and his life in Chicago after he left Notre Dame; with material on the Association of Chicago Priests, the Cana Conference of Chicago, the Office of Urban Affairs of the Archdiocese of Chicago, his parish work, labor issues, race relations, social justice, and...

Scope and Content Nine books of class notes taken by Fitzgerald during the last years of his undergraduate education at Boston College (1932-1933), during the years of his doctoral training at the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium (1933-1937), and during a term of postdoctoral research at Louvain (Fall 1947); with notes on Thomist philosophy. Also a mimeographed booklet called Notes on Cosmology printed at Boston College (1932); and a printed Boston College Junior Philosophy Oral...

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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings documenting cases heard, 1909-1916, by John J. Freschi.

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Photostats of correspondence, including letters to and from Theodore Roosevelt and John Mitchell, but nothing concerning the coal strike of 1902 except for one newspaper clipping.

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Correspondence, minutes of meetings of the board of directors, publicity material and financial statements, reports of the editor and publisher, and printed material; concerning the early years of the National Catholic Reporter and its controversial coverage of the Vietnam war, civil disobedience, the Special Papal Commission on Birth and Population Control, priestly celibacy, and the hierarchy of the church.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of football grid graphs created by John J. McGrath while listening to radio broadcasts of Notre Dame football games. McGrath took notes during the game and charted the action on the field as described by the announcers. He recorded and described each play of the game on a football-field shaped diagram, using arrows, lines, and descriptive notes.McGrath’s grid graphs typically went through several phases. The grid graphs started from notes and diagrams...

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The John J. Kennedy papers consist of correspondence, course files, printed material, and files regarding international and Latin American studies. Some documents are in Spanish.

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A spiritual journal emphasizing the virtue of humility, dating from his seminary days and early priesthood (1861-1866); and records of his interactions with the Vatican dating chiefly from his years as a bishop (1876-1909).