Hesburgh Libraries

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Ufer correspondence and other papers, chiefly 1913-1936, with some pre-1913 and some post-1936; one foot of notebooks or diaries; one roll of paintings. Also Record cards of Ufer's art sales, 1912-1927.

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Minute book, constitution, and by-laws of the Athenian Junto, a literary society 1839-1847; records of Justices of the Peace and their hearings 1829-1831; and a record book of the annual meeting of the Christian churches of Washington county, 1899-1927, including financial reports, collection for foreign and home missions, names and salaries of church officials, historical sketches, and clippings.

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Incomplete typescript of early court proceedings copied from original book, including mention of road overseers, stock marks, licenses and bonds, property transfers, fixing tavern rates and prices, estates, taxes, appointments, binding minors to apprenticeships, and slaves; with an emancipation order for a slave.

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This collection contains manuscript material created by or related to the Watson Family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Included are various autograph manuscripts, indenture releases and a mortgage, poetry, legal manuscripts, a passport, two diaries belonging to John and Martha Watson, and a manuscript containing a personal memoir and a Native American speech.

Scope and Content Letters, notebooks, photographs, clippings, and printed material of Wendell T. Phillips, including two personal letters from Father John W. Cavanaugh, CSC, to Phillips and his son dated 20 May 1915; two business letters from Holy Cross College (Worcester, MA), 1925; a scrapbook of clippings and a few photos compiled while he was in high school and at Notre Dame; a notebook with college and professional architecture notes; a notebook listing Maginnis and Walsh projects he worked on, probably...

Scope and Content Documentation of his career at Notre Dame, including coursework and administrative files; of his professional life, including academic and research material and files representing his membership in organizations; personal papers including correspondence, family papers, papers from his education in high school, at Cornell University, and at Northwestern University, certificates, and diplomas; a scrapbook containing clippings about him or his family and some correspondence; medical and...

Scope and Contents This collection consists primarily of letters addressed to the West Philadelphia Base Ball Club during the season of 1867 with a few letters from 1866. Many items are challenge letters or letters otherwise scheduling matches. There is also a 6-page letter from the Excelsior Base Ball Club of Milford, Delaware, inquiring about a player named Fisher, who pitched for the West Philadelphia Base Ball Club and another team during the 1867 season. Most of the correspondents are from the...

Scope and Contents This collection centers on the familial correspondence of Clifford Wicker Buydden, Wade James Buydden, Rachel Reno Wicker, and other members of the Wicker and Buydden families in the early twentieth century. Over a third of the collection is devoted to courtship correspondence between Clifford Wicker Buydden and Wade James Buydden. Of particular note within the collection are Clifford’s manuscript on health and food, Wade’s college application materials, Wade’s letters from Masonic...

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Two unrelated letters written by the major American author Willa Cather (1873-1947). The first is to a "Mr. Towne" and is dated 17 November [1922]. The second is written to Brother Emil Mohr, CSC, and is dated 7 May 1937.

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Correspondence (1904-1935); newspaper clippings; manuscripts of sermons; and three scrapbooks.

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Letters from William Allingham of Ballyshannon to his brother John Allingham of Dublin.

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Records of college Young Christian Students, including correspondence; minutes of meetings, study workshops, study days, study weeks, and retreats; newsletters, reports, working documents, pamphlets, inquiry booklets and mimeographed circulars; also papers collected by Mary Good from her participation in Young Christian Workers.

Scope and Content Cold Weather Transportation Technology Project files, including reports, correspondence, task leaders files, awards files, contract documents, budgets, films, reference material, computer disks, publications, photographs, slides, overhead foils and transparencies, mailing lists, presentation brochures, articles, publications, videos of experiments and trials, and a sample of equipment. Files regarding the Electric Race Car Program in the Department of Electrical Engineering,...

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Five manuscript personal letters written in 1777-78 by William Beatty, Jr., an officer in the Maryland Line of Continental Troops.

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Correspondence, 1923-1959; photographs, clippings, lecture notes, sermons, pamphlets, and a thesis, "The Inadequacy of Sensism," 1920.

ms 67-906

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Papers representing William C. McCready's work with the National Opinion Research Center, his lectures and speaking engagements, his sociological projects, his parish consultations and presentations, and his conference and commission participation.

Scope and Content Correspondence, memoranda, bonds, printed announcements, circulars, clippings, photographs, and religious pictures; concerning the issue of mortgage bonds and loans to churches, hospitals, religious orders, and charitable organizations including the Roman Catholic dioceses of St. Augustine, Baltimore, Detroit, Manila, San Antonio, Santa Fe, Seattle, Galveston, El Paso, Toledo, Chicago, Indianapolis, Altoona, Fort Wayne, Wheeling, Cleveland, Monterey-Fresno, Vancouver, Mobile, and Richmond;...

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A volume including manuscript diary entries dated from August 1863 to October 1864 written by Civil War soldier William Cline, as a member of Co. B, 73rd Ohio Infantry. The book also includes a 53-page memoir chronicling Cline's service from 1861-1863.

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9 Civil War letters written by Union private William Combs, during his service in Co. C, 14th New Hampshire Infantry. Also present is a ferrotype portrait of Combs in uniform.

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Correspondence, 1862-1897; sermons, 1887-1897; clippings on the Corby family; records of financial services rendered Civil War soldiers, 1862-1865; a manuscript in which an unnamed regular army officer writes about chaplains he knew in the Army of the Potomac, 1864; and printed material concerning Corby, his death, and the monuments erected in his honor at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and at the University of Notre Dame.

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Files of exams, class lists, review questions, outlines, etc. for Management Department courses he taught; files on meetings and conferences; research / publications files; University Club and Credit Union Board files; files regarding the Dept. of Business Management, College of Business Administration, University, and Faculty Senate. and his records as a member of many committees, including Education for Justice, Faculty Senate, Traffic Judicial Board, and Value Lines Committee.

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Reel to reel audio tapes by William G. Storey concerning liturgy.

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A collection of about 50 manuscript personal letters directed to the Lowell, Massachusetts law student William H. Anderson. Many are written from friends around Natchez, Mississippi, during the secession crisis of 1860-61.

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Letters chiefly to Sister Catherine at St. Mary's Convent, Monroe, Michigan, concerning Reaney's Naval service and his activities with fraternal lodges; scrapbooks, clippings, and cards; one bound volume containing an article by Reaney's father on the Monitor and the Merrimac; and one photo album containing pictures that Reaney collected during his career in the Navy, including some pictures of Father Damien on Molokai and his work among the lepers.

ms 67-928

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Seven letters received by William H. Safford of Chillicothe, Ohio, dated 1825 and 1860. Letters are from Joseph and Therese Blennerhassett of St. Louis, concerning the publication of a biography of Harman Blennerhassett.

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A manuscript diary recording the experiences during the California gold rush of William H. Zerbe of Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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Political correspondence, family letters, and miscellaneous personal papers of William Harris Crawford, Republican of Georgia, who from 1807 to 1825 served as U. S. senator, U. S. minister to France, secretary of war, and secretary of the treasury. Crawford was also a candidate in the contentious presidential campaign of 1824. The collection includes around 175 manuscript letters, 1806-1868, and around 35 additional manuscripts.

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Correspondence, 1880-1938; tax receipts, 1891-1897; insurance policies, 1900s-1930s; records of legal cases handled by Hoynes; expense account and report of a commission of the Department of the Interior's Office of Indian Affairs to examine treaties, 1890-1891; pamphlets by Hoynes such as "Preparedness for War and National Defense," 1916; pamphlets and speeches by Charles Ulysses Gordon, president Southern States Republican League, 1920s-1930s; and photographs.

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Circular letters of the Holy Cross Provincial (Indiana Province), 1925-1948, and Superior General, 1908-1946; canon law cases, 1920s-1940s; correspondence and reports of the Committee on Studies, Moreau Seminary, 1937-1941; report "Peter's Pence, Catholic University and Foreign Missions Collections," 1930s; program from his Golden Jubilee, 1974; and pamphlets he collected.

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Radio transcripts and a manuscript entitled Pacific Microphone, by William J. Dunn, CBS war correspondent covering the Pacific action during World War II. Transcripts feature site broadcasts form Batavia, Bandoeng, Melbourne, Sydney, Port Moresby, Hollandia, Leyte, Manila, Yokohama, Luzon and Tokyo. Manuscript, published in 1988 by Texas A & M University Press, provides an account of Dunn's wartime experiences.