Hesburgh Libraries

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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).

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Class notes and papers written at University of Notre Dame, University of Pittsburgh, and Bowling Green State University, 1950s-1960s; correspondence of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Notre Dame chapter, of which Lyon was secretary, 1970s; and reports, minutes, and newsletters, from the AAUP, 1970s, and the University of Notre Dame Faculty Senate, 1968-1981.

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Correspondence, 1913-1938; correspondence, financial records, clippings, and dedication program for the John Banister Tabb Memorial, 1925-1941; grade books, 1913-1945; University of Notre Dame School of Journalism bulletins, curriculum, and mailing lists, 1920-1930s; with reflections on women in journalism.

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Documents having to do with preparatory work at Harvard, the University of Michigan, and Caltech, leading up to observations of neutrinos from a supernova explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.

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Eight bound typewritten manuscripts by Rev. John M. Ryan, C.S.C., including notes, lectures, essays, sermons, a book-length manuscript on constitutional law, and two volumes on moral theology: justice and rights, restitution and contracts (parts three and four of a longer work).

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Papers relating to the five sessions of the Special Papal Commission on Birth and Population Control and to the three meetings of the planning groups: consisting of material from meetings, correspondence, theological papers, demographic papers, sociological papers, economic papers, medical papers, and psychological papers.

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Diary and ledger of John Mary Odin, with names of those baptised and married, the days he preached, and a sketchy itinerary of his trip to Europe in 1852 as well as journeys in the United States; also three letters of 1843 and 1850 to church officials in New Orleans.

The original diary is in the Catholic Archives of Texas, Chancery Office, Austin Texas.

Scope and Content Papers of John Matthias, consisting of notebooks; drafts of poems, essays, and editorial work; limited and signed editions and/or pamphlets and chapbooks; letters from British and American poets; drafts of translations and correspondence with translators; letters from editors, critics and scholars; and other files documenting his career as poet, critic, scholar, translator, teacher, poetry fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, editor of Notre Dame Review, and the subject of literary study by a...

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Notebooks, essays, photocopies of articles, correspondence, photographs of paintings, and other papers of John Minor Wisdom, Jr., Curator of Paintings and Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas.

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Correspondence and clippings regarding Notre Dame's gift of a George Gipp sweater to President Ronald Reagan, 1989; four photographs; and letters from prominent people, 1956-1979, including John F. Shea, J. Peter Grace, Frank T. Judge, Jr., Alfred M. Gruenther, Henry Ford II, John F. Kennedy, John M. Harlan, William J. Brennan, Jr., Kenneth Holland, John Brademas, Alan T. Waterman, John V. Mara, John H. McCain, Frank C. Walker, Ann Landers, and Jacques Maritain.

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Correspondence, extensive newspaper clippings on labor activities of the 1930s and 1940s, notes on cases heard by the New York State Labor Relations Board (1939-1942), speeches and essays by Boland, records from his postwar trips to Europe and Japan, and photographs.

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Correspondence with and concerning Sherwood Anderson, Charmian (Mrs. Jack) London, and Senator Joseph McCarthy, 1929-1957; clippings concerning McCarthy, 1949-1957, John F. Kennedy, 1960-1963, General William T. Sherman, and Thomas Sherman, SJ; clippings on Wisconsin history; and the Milwaukee County Historical Society Newsletter, 1964- 1965.

Scope and Content Digitized papers of John R. Quinn, with files on the Pontifical Commission on Religious, "Essential Elements of the Church's Teaching on Religious Life," the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the United States Catholic Conference, the California Catholic Conference, "The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise and our Response," the Papal Visit (1987), bishops' meetings in Rome, his Oxford lecture, the Conference of Major Superiors of Men, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious,...

Scope and Content Personal correspondence, much of it concerning life at Notre Dame, 1891-1935; correspondence concerning Rhodes Scholarships, 1911-1914, Laetare Medals, 1908-1919, Cavanaugh's work with the Liquor Control Board of the State of Indiana, 1933-1934, and his work in the preparation of Knute Rockne's autobiography, 1931; correspondence of Joseph Burke, CSC, concerning Cavanaugh's death, 1935; Cavanaugh's diary, 1908; his sermons, speeches, class notes, writings, clippings and scrapbook; a draft of...

Scope and Content Charismatic Renewal files representing meetings of the Chicago Day of Renewal (CDOR), Immaculate Conception Prayer Group of Benet Lake, Boston College and Cheverus High School Jesuit Community (Portland, ME). 15 audio cassette tapes, 14 from CDOR, 1 from Ann Arbor Eastern General conference, 1977: generally talks by speakers at the Chicago Days of Renewal, including presentations by Fr. James Connelly, C.S.C., Fr. Edward O'Connor, C.S.C., Fr. James Burke, O.P., Fr. George Montague, S.M., Fr....

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Photographs from the "Old Faces -- New Places" column in the Notre Dame Alumnus by John Wilson, CSC.

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Manuscripts of "Thomas Lectures I," "Über das Gute und das Böse," and "Einführung (der Philosophie)." In German and English

Scope and Content Correspondence, manuscripts, and printed material including clippings and offprints of articles, columns, and book reviews; representing Breig's interest in Catholicism, the Garabandal Apparitions, abortion, and Humanae Vitae; with samples of editorial work and promotional material, cartoons by Earl Wolf based on ideas suggested by Breig, and poems by Breig's friends; also a small quantity of photographs, certificates and drawings by Breig, including material from...

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Genealogical records on the Joseph A. LaFortune family and the February 1987 issue of Canadian-American Genealogical Journal.

Scope and Content Identified on the cover of each notebook as: "Historical Memoranda collected by Rev. Joseph A. Thie, at one time pastor of St. Paul's Parish, Tell City, Indiana". Thirty-nine notebooks roughly 7" x 8", with alphabetically arranged tabs bearing names of states. The notes tend to provide some scrap of information about a Catholic church, priest, or bishop, with few citations of sources. For example: "Buffalo, Jan 1890. St. Adelbert's Parish. This young parish has serious trouble over change of...

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Clippings of literary events and reviews of plays at Notre Dame, 1858-1885; scrapbooks of dramatic performances at Notre Dame celebrating Washington's birthday, Founder's Day (St Edward's Day), and St Patrick's Day; records of Notre Dame students in the Junior Department, their classes and extracurricular activities; manuscripts of works by Lyons; ribbons, awards, authorizations, and copyright certificates granted Lyons; and correspondence, 1861-1888.