Hesburgh Libraries

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Documents by and about the Sisters of the Holy Cross at Notre Dame, Indiana, including papers of Mother Ascension and Mother Angela; last wills of eighteen Holy Cross Sisters; papers of three alumnae of St. Mary's College; correspondence of various sisters; and material concerning St. Mary's Academy (later St. Mary's College). Correspondents of Mother Ascension include Father Edward Sorin.

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Photocopies of entries Derrick wrote while at Notre Dame installing an organ in the original Church of the Sacred Heart; with related clippings and a letter, 1956.

Also available on microfilm.

Scope and Content Pamphlets on education, politics, civics, youth action, Catholic social action, ethics, socialism, revolution, racial equality, poverty, hunger, immigration, refugees, citizenship, democracy, communism, trade unions, wages, labor, strikes, crime, alcoholism, justice, Nazis, war, atomic bomb, economics, religious liberty, rural electrification, banking, insurance, milk, food, tobacco, farms, coal, population control, the Civilian Conservation Corps, Methodism, Poland, Ireland, Spain, England,...

Scope and Content Letter of 14 April 1942 from Postmaster General Frank C. Walker to Father Charles Coughlin, the publisher of Social Justice , notifying him of a hearing at which he can show why the second-class mail privileges of his publication should not be revoked; and a long letter from Attorney General Francis Biddle to Walker showing how Social Justice routinely conveyed "false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or...

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Newsletters 1969-1998; convention material 1969-1995.

Scope and Content Letters, 1828-1930, from the United States to the central council at Paris (27 reels of microfilm) arranged by diocese; and letters to and minutes of the central council at Lyon, 1822-1900, arranged chronologically (15 reels of microfilm). Correspondents include many members of the American hierarchy, among them Joseph Sadoc Alemany, August M. Blanchet, Francis Norbert Blanchet, Timothy Corbett, Joseph Fréri, Henry Granjon, John Baptist Lamy, Joseph P. Macheboeuf, Augustus M....

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Correspondence, articles, offprints, clippings, newsletters, brochures, photographs, and other documents representing Maurice Lavanoux continuing interest in modern liturgical art and architecture and his efforts to organize a Society for the Renewal of Christian Art to carry on the work of the Liturgical Arts Society.

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Files kept by Rocco Caporale, officer of the Society of Priests for a Free Ministry, which worked to achieve its vision of a renewed church and proposed alternative liberating structures; consisting of correspondence, memoranda, newsletters, proposals, proceedings, clippings, and other papers.

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Chiefly drafts of her poetry and prose.

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Material concerning the commemoration of Fr. Sorin's birth in Ahuillé, France. The commemoration took place in Ahuillé on 14 September 1978, with Father Theodore Hesburgh, CSC, participating. Consists of correspondence received by the Archives in connection with the event; Hesburgh's speech at the commemoration; and xerox copies of newspaper articles concerning the event.

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Letters received from donors regarding the Jubilee of Father Sorin (1888) and the fundraising for a memorial statue to Father Sorin (1905-1906). Letters were received by Professors Orville Chamberlain and J. A. Lyons, James Cardinal Gibbons, John Zahm, CSC, William J. Marr, CSC, John W. Cavanaugh, CSC, Thomas E. Walsh, CSC, and William Corby, CSC, from friends of the University.

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City Court Clerk's docket and fee book (1937-1939); and South Bend Treasurer's journal (1845-1863) listing income and expenditures.

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Reproductions of historic front pages of the South Bend Tribune from the newspaper's first hundred years, 1872-1972; a special centennial edition of the Tribune; 100 Years on the Road, a history of the Studebaker Corporation, 1952; and a South Bend Tribune clipping concerning the Studebaker Corporation, 1978.

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Nine black-and-white prints dating from 1898, most of them showing the 69th Regiment New York Infantry, a few of them showing Catholic chaplains saying Mass for the troops.

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Records of James Fraleigh's Varsity Shops, chiefly financial, with some regarding the Stadium artifacts auction.

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Account books of Brother Philemon (director of the school), receipts of expenditures, and bulletins from the school's annual play, 1885.

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Notes for sermons, lectures, and classes, with his views of church history, history of philosophy, morals, logic, and French drama; a few letters; manuscripts of lectures, papers, and sermons; a transcript of his philosophy lectures, 1893-1894; and printed lectures, 1897-1898.

ms 67-903

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Correspondence with Birch Bayh, 1975-1980; and clippings and biographical material concerning Kertesz, 1950-1975.

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Photographs, contact sheets, and negatives relating to the activities of the Peace Institute and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, circa 1990-1993. Also included are photographs (primarily portraits of University faculty and administrators) taken for Robert Schmuhl's "Notre Dame: A Contemporary Portrait," (1988).

Scope and Content Baptismal register of Badin's Mission at Notre Dame (1830-1841); a few letters by Badin including one to Bishop William Quarter of Chicago (1846) and drafts of a letter to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in Paris (1845) with translation; copies of documents of Badin's baptism and ordination; documents that mention him, some dating from the twentieth century; photocopies of Badin's accounts recorded in the ledgers of Lathrop Minor Taylor and of S. Hanna & Company (originals...

Scope and Content Files of clippings, statistics, rosters, play-by-plays, and notes for every Notre Dame football game during the 1887-1995 seasons (42 boxes = 52'6"). Notes, compilations, rosters, correspondence, NCAA Bulletins, etc., most dating from the 1960s, regarding Notre Dame football history (2 boxes = 1'3"). Research correspondence with former players regarding the Notre Dame all-time football roster, 1966-1967 (1 box = 3"). Two cardfiles, one with sources used to...

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Records of Notre Dame's Student Activities Office, including audio-visual and printed material.

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Records of Notre Dame's Teachers as Scholars program.

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Calendar cards followed by manuscripts of Texas material in the Archives of University of Notre Dame.

Scope and Content Minutes (1929-1948), preliminary studies (1928-1940), reports (1926-1928), and correspondence (1941-1946) of the Texas Knights of Columbus Historical Commission; and photostats of typewritten transcripts documenting the history of Hispanic America (1671-1885). Microfilm contains records of the Texas Knights of Columbus Historical Commission (1924-1958) including correspondence, newspaper clippings, typewritten and printed articles, minutes, and contracts for research projects;...

Scope and Content Documents dating circa 1921 to circa 1993, divided into five general categories: International, National, Grailville, Special Projects, and Publications; including lectures presented by Grail founder, Jacques van Ginneken, S.J., and international and U.S. Grail leaders; correspondence and program material from Grail teams and centers located in Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Latin American, Europe, and the Middle East; program material from U.S. city centers and three major...

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General Correspondence Files, Subject Files, President's Files, Directors' Files, Executive Committee Files, Rachel Reeder's Files, Editing Department Files, and "Liturgy" Magazine Files.

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Booklets, brochures, correspondence, financial records, manuscripts, and memoranda.

Scope and Contents Records of The Observer, including a large collection of photographs, a collection of issues of the newspaper, and a digital collection with black-and-white and color page images of the newspaper. The photograph collection from The Observer contains multiple formats. The print and negative collection of The Observer graphics...