Hesburgh Libraries

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Correspondence, including letters from George Shuster and Kerndt Healy, CSC; a diary (1916); teaching material, including gradebooks, student papers, handouts and lecture notes; printed matter, including books, pamphlets, sheet music, and magazines; and photographs.

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Photostats of Gillen's service record, 1861-1865, records of his experiences and sales as a book agent, account books and records of land transactions in Iowa, and biographical information in manuscripts dating from 1973.

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Clippings concerning the last months and death of Dr. Tom Dooley from cancer 19 January 1961; also a copy of a pamphlet, The Dr. Tom Dooley Story by Barbara C. Jencks (South Bend, Indiana, 1961).

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Manuscripts including "Pioneer Efforts in Cathoic Journalism in the United States (1809-1840)"; personal documents such as his application for naturalization and his ordination papers; newspaper clippings from The Catholic; and photographs.

Scope and Content General correspondence files (1960-1990); lecture notes and student papers from courses on canon law taught by Boyle; correspondence and reports from his tenure as president (1964-1965) of the Canon Law Society of America; subject files (1965-1974) on canon law as it affects religious life; correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and financial reports (1974-1983) from Boyle's close association with Stewardship Services Inc. (La Salette Fathers) and the Religious Communities Trust; minutes and...

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Correspondence, voting records and fact sheets, proceedings, newspaper clippings, phonograph recordings, and other material relating to the Democratic Party and political life, principally between 1950-1960.

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Correspondence, legal documents, manuscripts of articles, and two scrapbooks, one with clippings of editorials he wrote and the other detailing the 1930 concert season at the Ravinia, Illinois.

Scope and Content Fr. Marx's papers consist primarily of twenty years of correspondence between Marx and church officials; brother priests and men and women religious interested in HLI's pro-life activity; fellow Benedictines regarding Marx's work with HLI and business related to the order and to St. John's Abbey; HLC/HLI personnel and members of the HLI Board of Directors; the leaders of other pro-life groups including, notably, Judie Brown of the American Life League and Dr. Jack Willke of the National...

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Scrapbook of photographs, clippings, and ephemera, many having to do with the University of Notre Dame.

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Correspondence, manuscripts of essays, poems, diary entries, biographical sketch, obituary, and a pencil sketch of Father William Corby. Correspondents include James F. Edwards.

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Early accounts of the work of the Society of Missionary Priests of St. Paul the Apostle (CSP), known as the Paulists, officially founded in 1858.

Scope and Content Records of the American chapter of Pax Christi, including correspondence, financial and membership records, subject files, records relating to the American chapter's affiliation with Pax Christi International, files from the group's conferences and special projects, audio and video tapes, and photographs. Principle correspondents include Etienne de Jonghe, Eileen Egan, Joseph Fahey, Thomas Gumbleton, Gordon Zahn, Walter Grazer, Mary Ellen Jegen, Carol ter Maat, Gerard...

Scope and Contents Betacam SP tapes, small and large Betacam SX tapes, small DVCPro tapes, Mini DV tapes, CDs, DVDs and MP4s shot or produced by Pentavision, relating to Notre Dame football; Irish Weekly and Blue and Gold Illustrated video shows; various Notre Dame fundraising productions; Men's Basketball games, melts, player b-roll, Banquets and highlights; some Women's Basketball games and b-roll; Basilica of the Sacred Heart Masses (mostly special occasion masses like feast days, Christmas, Easter,...

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Correspondence; records of canon law cases; manuscripts of his canon law books Legal Formulary (1898) and The Roman Court (1895); papers related to his study of Catholic orphanages, Orphans and Orphan Asylums (1885); pamphlets on Catholic problems; and photographs. Correspondents include Arthur Preuss, William H. Sadlier, Bishop Henry J. Richter, and Francesco Cardinal Satolli.

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Reilly's Notre Dame file, consisting of photographs of Notre Dame: buildings, personalities, and events; and letters, 1950-1957, mainly transmitting the photographs; with a few letters between Notre Dame and his son, Peter C. Reilly, Jr. Also a typewritten biographical sketch and copy of the sermon delivered by James E. Norton at the funeral of Peter C. Reilly; a photograph of Reilly; copies of Reilly's obituaries; and clippings about Reilly.

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Clippings of his publications; sermons; correspondence; reports of his observations of plant and bird life on the Notre Dame campus and in Berrien County, Michigan; and photographs.

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Notes taken by Father Peter E. Hogan, SSJ, on Martin John Spalding, Archbishop of Baltimore, the books he wrote, and the history of his family; consisting chiefly of typewritten information taken from books, clippings, and manuscripts; including a transcription edited and indexed by Hogan of parts of Spalding's journal, 1860-1864, with such headings as Short Accounts of Louisville Institutions, Register of Correspondence with Propagation of Faith, and Diocesan Correspondence.

Scope and Content Letters from John W. Cavanaugh, CSC, Nicholas Dietz, James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop John Glennon, and Frederick P. Kenkel to Peter E. Dietz; concerning Dietz's work in support of organized labor and his interest in social service and social reform; with material on the Militia of Christ and the American Federation of Labor. Also correspondence between Dietz and officers of the Catholic Central Verein concerning cooperation between the Verein and the American Federation of...

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Diary (1866-1878) containing financial records; exercise book (1870-1875) containing translation exercises.

In Latin, French, and English.

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Correspondence with Peter Mueller (1931-1934) and a few other letters (1895, 1908, 1909); a copy of his appointment as Bishop of Dacca by Pope Leo XIII; the bull of Pope Pius XI making him Titular Archbishop of Bostra; souvenirs of his time in India; clippings; an anniversary booklet; and a photograph.

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Photocopy of typewritten transcript of Canon Benoit's diary of a trip to America, 6 January to 8 June 1875, including descriptions of Josephite missions among freed slaves.

Scope and Content Correspondence, 1855-1904; Cooney's sermons and speeches; his Civil War diary, 1864-1865; manuscripts of his works, 1861-1890; a notebook describing his tour of the United States to collect material on the role of Catholic chaplains and nuns in the Civil War, 1890; clippings he collected on the Civil War, Ireland, and temperance; and printed matter including Child's Recollection of General Grant (1885) and a map of the Chickamauga battle field, 1886. Records of the...

Scope and Content Correspondence (1882-1887) involving Bishop Martin Marty, OSB, Edward Sorin, CSC, William Corby, CSC, Alexis Granger, CSC, and Alexander Kirsch, CSC, concerning financial problems of the mission at Deadwood, South Dakota, and other problems of clergy in the Dakotas; pamphlets, clippings, and a photograph of Rosen (1894); a tour book he wrote, Hundert Tage In Europa (St. Louis: Druck der Amerika, 1895); and a broadside describing a religious conversion in South Dakota; with information on the...

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Collected material in support of research into Church - State conflicts in twentieth-century South Africa. Also papers having to do with Notre Dame's divestment in South Africa.

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Photocopies of letters written by Foley, most of them addressed to his bishop, 1845-1847; also a biographical precis, and two pages concerning St. Andrew Parish.

Scope and Content Professional correspondence, 1967-1976; manuscripts of publications; correspondence and programs from the Orestes Brownson Memorial Conference, University of Notre Dame (1976), and the American Catholic Historical Association meetings at Notre Dame (1968, 1979); correspondence and minutes concerning the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee for the Bicentennial, 1975-1976; correspondence, directories and papers from the Catholic Commission on Intellectual and Cultural Affairs,...

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Manuscript of The Last Crisis: the British State and the Catholic Church 1850-1851, an unpublished book by Philip Hughes intended as a sequel to The Catholic Question; Lingard letters transcribed by Philip Hughes, 1803-1827; two pamphlets by Hughes (An Analysis of Barraclough's Papal Provisions and Conversion of the Roman Empire); and a bibliography of his works on index cards.

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Proceedings of national workshops for priests who served as spiritual moderators of the National Conference of Catholic Men (NCCM) and National Conference of Catholic Women (NCCW), 1949-1951; proceedings of regional priests' workshops on the Lay Apostolate, 1950-1951; correspondence and meeting material from priests' workshops on the lay apostolate, 1950-1951; and related correspondence and clippings, 1950-1955.

Scope and Content Papers of Philip J. Murnion, 1961-2003; consisting of talks, lecture material, board meeting files, lay ministry material, files on Church trends, social ministry, community, small Christian communities, culture ministers, parishes, pastors, Pastoral Life Conferences, social justice, inner city ministry, Catholic schools, Biblical studies, Call to Action, Mexico, military chaplains, Cardinal Bernardin, the Second Vatican Council, civil rights, Brencanda, and other material of interest to the...

Scope and Content Background material including biographical sketches, obituaries, notebooks, and files dating from Scharper's years as a student, a Jesuit scholastic (1937-1948), and a college professor (1947-1955); subject files representing his service to the Bridgeport Diocese, the Christophers, the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the John XXIII Institute, Maryknoll and Orbis Books, the Religious Education Association, Sacred Heart University, Sheed and Ward, the Second Vatican Council, and...