Hesburgh Libraries

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Records of Notre Dame's Department of Anthropology, including three photographs.

Scope and Contents SERIES ONE comprises files, arranged by sport, for the years 1909-1923. It also contains at least some additional files for each sport through 1929. The division of documents by sport is by no means perfect; likewise, sometimes letters are filed by the name of the correspondent, other times by the name of the school, and other times by subject. The files are quite sparse for the period ca. 1919-1923. SERIES TWO comprises one alphabetic run of files for the period 1924-1929,...

Scope and Content 2008 accession: A scrapbook compiled by Dominic Nigro while a student at Kearney Military Academy and at Notre Dame, ca. 1911-1914, including photographs, newspaper clippings, event programs, and other memorabilia; a binder titled "Rockne - Nigro - Heathman" containing clippings about the 75th anniversary commemoration of the Rockne plane crash and copies of historical clippings about earlier commemorations; newsletters and a plaque from the Rockne Club of America, ca. 1969; a copy...

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Correspondence; academic and teaching files representing his work with the graduate school, foreign studies, and the English department; committee files; writing and publishing files; files reflecting his membership in organizations and his participation in conferences; and subject files.

Scope and Content Research files and by-products of research into the history of the Lourdes Grotto at the University of Notre Dame and similar grottos at Saint Mary's College and in South Bend; also files on untimely deaths at the University of Notre Dame. Later accessions include additional research files, personal correspondence, collections of poems, and other writings documenting her spiritual journey, thought processes, and the relationships that informed her research on the history of Notre...

Scope and Content Pamphlets, catechisms, encyclicals, and pastoral letters concerning the lay apostolate, the Mystical Body of Christ, birth control, the Holy Ghost, heaven, forbidden books, worship, marriage and family life, education, parochial schools, conversion, the constitution, communism, college life, Church and State, Catholic Action, the Bible, atheism, the Blessed Virgin Mary, shrines, migration, immigration, refugees, the military, nuns, peace, the poor, prayer, the life of priests and brothers,...

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Clippings, cartoons, leaflets, photocopies, articles by and about Edward Fischer, reviews, issues of the Notre Dame Magazine, seven bound volumes containing Fischer's column in The Ave Maria (1953-1969), the St. Joseph College Alumni Merit Award, and faculty contracts; concerning communication, worship, films, the Bible, college education, books, missionaries, art, and newspapers.

Scope and Content Correspondence or copies of correspondence from Stephen T. Badin, Julian Benoit, and various American bishops regarding local and university legal and religious matters; letters to Vicar General Augustus Mary Martin at Terre Haute, Indiana, and Saint Theodore Guerin, Mother Superior of the Sisters of Providence at St. Mary of the Woods, Indiana; writings, meditations, instructions; a statement by Sorin on the relationship between the sisters at Notre Dame and those at St. Mary's College...

Scope and Content Correspondence, agenda, minutes, reports, newsletters, and constitutions for the Academic Council, 1966-1976; American Association of University Professors, 1971-1976; Arts and Letters Advisory Committee, 1974-1975; Campus Honor Committee, 1972-1973; Dean's Committee on Collegiate Development, 1971-1972; English Department, 1968-1972; Graduate Council, 1967-1968; Honor System at Notre Dame, 1963-1970; Humanities Committee, 1971-1972; and the Student Life Council, 1969-1971; concerning...

Scope and Content Eight photographs, most of them albumen cartes-de-visites, dating from late in the nineteenth century, several by James Bonney, with images of Notre Dame faculty members Auguste Lemonnier, CSC, William Corby, CSC, Joseph Lyons, Dr. C. J. Lundy, and Professor Arthur Stace; of Timothy Howard and Mrs. Howard; of A. Calameri; of twins who joined the Sisters of the Holy Cross, Sister Presentation Tong, CSC, and Sister Purification Tong, CSC; and a few unidentified others; also one...

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Letters and cards from William A. Moloney, CSC, to Edyth Spalding; a copy of St. Patrick's Church Bulletin, 19 uly 1931, announcing that Fr. Moloney will leave the parish; printed material concerning the death of Fr. Moloney; and printed ephemera concerning the Bengal missions of the Congregation of Holy Cross.

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58 letters written by Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., to Sister Elaine DesRosiers, O.P., (1963-1976), and a background narrative by DesRosiers concerning the letters (1992); annals written by Sister Elaine, 1976-1998, and a copy of her family's history, Gregoire - Des Rosiers, by Ben Fontaine (Baltimore, 1996).

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Field trip notebooks, lecture notes, correspondence and subject files, papers, offprints written by Winkler, and 21 color slides of stone architectural features at Notre Dame, 1970s-1990s.

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Film and Audio Segments of the Documentary "Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish" by Florentine Films (1992).

Scope and Content A few original manuscripts, but chiefly photocopies, transcriptions, and translations of correspondence and documents concerning the history of the Catholic Church in Kentucky; correspondents include missionary priest Stephen T. Badin and bishops John Baptist David, Benedict Joseph Flaget, Martin John Spalding, Peter Joseph Lavialle, and William George McCloskey. Portraits of Catholic clergy and religious along with photographs and photomechanical prints of Catholic churches,...

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Pigskin Review files 1937-1957; manuscripts of books, screenplays, short stories, and magazine serials; correspondence with Notre Dame, literary agents, sports figures, etc.; press guides and game programs; magazines from the 1920s through 1950s, most containing Wallace by-lines; galley proofs of books relating to Notre Dame; clippings; books; and photographs.

Scope and Content Personal correspondence, photographs, and newspapers comprise the bulk of the collection; with the addition of company records, army records and printed materials. The collection spans from 1918-2009. The bulk of the collection was generated from 1939 to 1945 during Flynn's years as a college student and member of the armed forces. Materials from World War II form a large portion of the collection. Handwritten correspondence with family members, solider's guide books, newspapers, and ration...

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Letters of the Fransen brothers (Albert, Rene, Vondel, and Adolph) to their parents, 1917-1925; photocopies of related material; photographs of Notre Dame sports; and snapshots of minim life.

Scope and Content Correspondence, minutes, reports, and printed material, 1940-1982, from his active involvement in religious organizations, including the Catholic Commission on Intellectual and Cultural Life, Albertus Magnus Guild, Pax Romana, and Catholic Association for International Peace; professional organizations, including the National Academy of Science, American Chemical Society, and Argonne Universities Association; campus organizations, including and the University of Notre Dame Research Council,...

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According to the first page of the scrapbook: "This is a book of both records and pictures of Notre Dame belonging to Gerald E. McAdams, 108 Corby Hall / 42 Walsh, March 5, 1914." The scrapbook consists of photographs, images, news clippings, and pages from Notre Dame publications, reflecting an interest in Notre Dame sports and scenery.

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Correspondence, 1965-1977; subject files, including files on Heller, Solzhenitsyn, Voegelin, and Wittfogel; publications, lectures, research notes and drafts, Episcopal church matters, sermons (1973-1993), musical and personal matters, and financial material.

Thanks to Prof. John Roos and graduate research assistant Adam Seagrave for providing abstracts describing the contents of each folder of manuscripts.

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Printed contact sheets of the glass plate negative collection (GGPN) regarding 19th century life at the University of Notre Dame. Also included in subject matter are scientific images and some images probably taken for the 1893 Columbian Exposition.

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Glass plate negative collection regarding 19th century life at the University of Notre Dame. Also included in subject matter are scientific images and some images probably taken for the 1893 Columbian Exposition.

Due to the fragility of the negatives, their use is restricted to the contact prints made in GGPP.

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Notre Dame athletic memorabilia, nearly all concerning football, including scrapbook material, letters, playbooks, tickets, a scouting report, films, a record album, photographs, a plaque, and football programs.

Scope and Content Black and white photographs of the Notre Dame campus buildings and landscape; faculty, students and their clubs, and administrators; sporting events such as baseball, football, and basketball games, along with portraits of the teams and coaches; scenes from dorms, classrooms, laboratories, and dining halls; the university farms; religious ceremonies; commencements and dedications; and other campus activities. These photographs were primarily the work of amateurs, including students working...

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Mostly clippings and scrapbooks concerning Peter A. Gushurst, pioneer businessman in Lead, South Dakota, his wife Josphine Gushurst, and their son Fred Gushurst, football star at the University of Notre Dame, 1912-1914, and businessman in Denver, Colorado.

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Notre Dame photographs taken by Heather Gollatz Dukeman starting circa 1998.

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Files of court cases and subject files concerning civil rights collected by Howard A. Glickstein in the 1960s.

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Correspondence, 1943-1957; funeral sermons for John Cushing, F.T. Wenninger, and John J. O'Brien; itineraries; college football clippings; and University of Notre Dame religious bulletins, 1933-1952.