Hesburgh Libraries

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Anti-Catholic printed material and printed material concerning anti-Catholicism: books, pamphlets, leaflets, periodicals, offprints and printed ephemera.

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Books having to do with the history of the Catholic Church in the United States and territories that eventually became part of the U.S.; reference works likely to be helpful to researchers in the Notre Dame Archives; and books collected by Francis P. Clark.

Scope and Content The Catholic Directories or Almanacs provide information concerning the Roman Catholic archdioceses and dioceses of the United States, their clergy and parishes, and the religious orders and Catholic institutions that operate within them, including schools, seminaries, monasteries, convents, hospitals, and orphanages. They often have similar information on the Catholic Church in Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland. In 1995 Mark G. Thiel compiled an Index to...

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Chiefly story books written by brothers of the Congregation of Holy Cross telling the lives of saints; with some books about priests, sisters, classical composers, sports heroes, and other exemplary Catholics; also books for children by other Catholic authors brought out by other publishers, including standard Catholic readers dating from 1909; and a dozen illustrated pamphlets, most of them by Daniel A. Lord, SJ, teaching children about prayers, liturgy, and sacraments.

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Sixteen daguerreotypes and ambrotypes (early photographs), most of them portraits.

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Correspondence, microfilm center records, financial papers, family papers, checklists, finding aids, and printed material documenting Francis P. Clark's collecting and microfilming activities, with information concerning some of the collections that came to the University of Notre Dame Archives through his agency.

Scope and Content Pamphlets, periodicals, and printed ephemera collected by the University of Notre Dame Archives; concerning the history of Catholicism in the United States, Catholic tradition, doctrine, clergy, religious orders, celibacy, Canon Law, Catholic Action, the Bible, the social teaching of the popes, labor unions, scholasticism, immigration; the Second Vatican Council, birth control, saints, the Irish, Catholic missions and missionaries, Catholic education, Fascism, communism, socialism, racism,...

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Material concerning the 1924 riot in South Bend, Indiana, between Notre Dame students and the Ku Klux Klan specifically; and the Ku Klux Klan and Notre Dame, in Indiana and in the USA more generally.

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Transcripts, programs, sleeves, liner notes, or other material separated from audio or video recordings.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts assembled by the archives.

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Special issues of newspapers, most of the Catholic, celebrating anniversaries of dioceses, bishops, and newspapers, or dealing with some special event or holiday.

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Records of the University of Notre Dame Archives, including audio recordings, photographs, and printed material.

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Printed material concerning the University of Notre Dame. A "B" in the unit id means "filed in the Boxed series"; an "L" means "filed in the Legal size series"; an "o" means "filed in the 16x20 Oversize series"; an "s" means "filed on the open Shelves in the bookroom"; an "x" means "filed in the 20x24 Extra Oversize series"; for Disabled / Disabilities - see Handicapped

Scope and Content Individual items and small collections of manuscripts, photographs, and printed material written and/or collected by students at Notre Dame. Includes autograph albums, autobiographical sketches, letters, reminiscences, diaries, compositions and notes, papers, and miscellaneous documents such as certificates, grade reports, and bills; and collections consisting of these materials as well as programs, clippings, cards, tickets, and other memorabilia. Arranged by type of material and then by...

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Portraits, mostly photographic, of individuals associated with the Catholic Church in America and/or Notre Dame, arranged alphabetically by last name.

Scope and Content Pamphlets, leaflets, circulars, biographies, historical sketches, vocation booklets, newsletters, and books from religious orders and congregations throughout the United States, with information on their history, spirit, tradition, and way of life; including Benedictines, Cistercians, Franciscans, Dominicans, Trinitarians, Passionists, Carmelites, Norbertines, Jesuits, Augustinians, Sulpicians, Basilians, Vincentians, Marianists, Poor Clares, Felicians, Trappistines, Ursulines, Sisters of...

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Theses and dissertations collected by the University of Notre Dame Archives, many of them based on research in the University of Notre Dame Archives and donated by their authors.

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Tintypes (early photographs).