Hesburgh Libraries

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Manuscripts dating from the early 1960s, having to do with American Catholic Thought on Social Questions , an anthology edited by Abell and published posthumously in 1968; including drafts of his introduction, bibliography, notes on essayists included in the anthology, photocopies of essays included, and galley proofs.

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Handwritten transcriptions and newspaper clippings of Civil War poems and song lyrics, with a few items pertaining to the Revolutionary War or to events shortly after the Civil War.

Scope and Content A journal documenting the 1867 Davy Wagon Train trip from St. Cloud, Minnesota, to Helena, Montana Territory; including lists of expenses and work done; a promissory note dated 24 June 1867; two letters, one from "Sam", the other from Julian and Mary Rand, both dated 21 February 1867; a Receipt for Special Tax for a retail liquor dealer in Helena (1 July 1868); and a letter from Olive Rand (28 July 1868). At the beginning of the reel is a letter from Fr. William Sherman to...

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Photostats of personal letters that Ryan wrote to "Maggie".

Scope and Contents The Adam Walsh Papers consist mostly of materials related to Adam Walsh's football coaching career, his political career, his induction into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1968, his death in 1985, publications and clipping about Walsh, books inscribed to Walsh, and other correspondence, speeches, photographs, and ephemera from throughout his life.Of particular note are the materials documenting his two years coaching the professional Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams...

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Correspondence (1842-1885), poetry, sermons, and printed material including a copy of his book La Thebaïde en Amérique: ou Apologie de la vie Solitaire et Contemplative (1852).

Scope and Content Correspondence, 1889-1953; manuscripts by Zahm; diaries, 1930-1941; publications and clippings by and about Zahm; correspondence, reports, and other records concerning his involvement with the Smithsonian Institution, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and its Committee on Aerodynamics, the Library of Congress Division of Aeronautics, the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, and the War Department; material collected by Zahm concerning the North Pole; records of his experiments...

Scope and Content Correspondence, 1948-1980; project and OSV office files, 1948-1980; Nevins' writings, such as editorials, articles, talks, and book reviews; reference material used in his work; material documenting Nevins' involvement with the Catholic Press Association (CPA) including press releases, correspondence, interviews, work papers, and financial records of CPA's Latin American Seminar, 1961-1962; minutes of board of director's meetings, and financial records of CPA, 1969-1980; minutes of the...

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Correspondence, 1888-1916; class lectures; grade book, 1904-1920; diary, 1886; books by Kirsch; U.S. Geological Survey Chart of Minerals, 1903-1904; a pamphlet titled "History of Christ Church, Alexandria, Va., 1773-1930"; and photographs.

In English, French, German and Latin.

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Newspaper clippings, obituaries, memorial cards, manuscripts, and a few letters involving members of the Coquillard family and Rev. Edward Sorin, CSC.

Scope and Content Correspondence concerning the distribution of Lourdes water, donations for the construction of Sacred Heart Church and the reconstruction of the Main Building of the University of Notre Dame after the fire that destroyed it in 1879; with letters from Father Edward Sorin, CSC, and American bishops regarding provincial matters, manuscripts of writings on the early history of religious in the Notre Dame area, notes on discipline and spiritual reading, records of the St. Vincent de Paul Society...

Scope and Content Photostats, typewritten transcipts, and microfilm copies of original correspondence and reports of All Hallows College, Dublin, Ireland. Two reels of microfilm contains American missionary correspondence, 1842-1877, in part from members of the American hierarchy, to members and officers of All Hallows, including Bartholomew Woodlock, Daniel Moriarty, and Thomas Bennet (Provincial of the Carmelites). The third reel contains a calendar of the college's correspondence with bishops...

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Photostat of a report concerning Franciscan missions among the Indians of New Mexico, written by Alonso de Benavides and presented to Pope Urban VIII, 12 February 1634.

In Italian.

Scope and Content Pamphlets, leaflets, novenas, liturgical booklets, catechisms, pastoral lettters, papal encyclicals, reprints, and miscellaneous issues of periodicals; concerning the history of Catholicism in the United States, Catholic tradition, doctrine, clergy, religious orders, celibacy, Canon Law, Catholic Action, anti- Catholicism, the Bible, the social teaching of the popes, labor unions, scholasticism, immigration; the Second Vatican Council, birth control, saints, the Irish, Catholic missions and...

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Records of Notre Dame's Alumni Association, including many photographs, videos, and audio recordings.

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Correspondence, minutes, meeting material, subject files, and publications. Principal correspondents include the chapter's presidents and secretaries, national AAUP officers, and Notre Dame administrators.

Scope and Content Material concerning the American Federation of Catholic Societies and Anthony Matre, its National Secretary; consisting of proceedings of annual meetings, the federation's bulletin, 1906-1919, issues from the weekly press service of the federation's Social Service Commission, 1913-1918, scrapbooks and newspaper clippings, and various editions of the federation's constitution and bylaws; with correspondence of Anthony Matre and other federation officials to Catholic and secular organizations...

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Records of the American Maritain Association, concerning conferences of the organization and publications related to those conferences; financial records, including papers concerning Indiana non-profit status for the organization; correspondence, reports, membership directories, and material from meetings; with digital data including HTML files from the website and PDF files containing published proceedings of meetings.

Scope and Content Correspondence of William Henry O'Connell, rector of the North American College in Rome (1895-1901) and Cardinal Archbishop of Boston (1907-1944), and John Ireland, Archbishop of Saint Paul (1888-1918), with Countess Sabina di Parravicino of Milan, the Italian translator of Ireland's speeches; correspondence of John Joseph Glennon, Cardinal Archbishop of St. Louis (1903-1946); John Joseph Keane (1839-1918), Bishop of Richmond (1878-1888), first rector of Catholic University (1889-1896),...

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Minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors, 1923-1925; stock certificates; and a letter to the director of the German Literary Society, dated 1905.

Scope and Content CD-ROMS containing images of pages from printed directories, including the 1884 Ancient Order of Hibernians Officer's Directory, the 1902-1904 AOH National Directory of Officers, the 1878 AOH Journal (Richmond, Virginia), the Hibernian Digest for 2002 and 2003, and History of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians in Ohio: a Comparative Analysis (Univ. of Toledo, OH, M.A. thesis, May 2005, by Nicole M. Creech); CD-ROMS containing...

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Disorganized and fragmentary manuscript writings concerning the Catholic Church in western Pennsylvania which were evidently later incorporated into Lambing's A History of the Catholic Church in the Dioceses of Pittsburgh and Allegheny (1880).

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Correspondence and manuscripts of speeches given by Morrissey during his tenure as president of the University of Notre Dame (1893-1905).

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Autographs, letters, and clippings of various Catholic authors which Sister Catherine accumulated while writing book reviews for the Catholic Literary World.

Scope and Content Correspondence (1930s-1983) with Catherine de Hueck Doherty, Paul Hanley Furfey, Reynold Hillenbrand, Bernard J. Sheil, and Leo R. Ward, and a letter from Dorothy Day; diaries, 1940s-1980s; her writings, including articles and lectures; original notes and multiple drafts of the manuscript of her unpublished memoirs; scrapbooks and clippings about both Makletzoff and Friendship House, with a folder concerning the court- martial case of Bernard James; minutes of directors' meetings and other...

Scope and Content Correspondence, including letters from Saul Bellow, John Dos Passos, Robert Graves, Edwin Honig, Russell Kirk, and Mark Mirsky; manuscripts of book reviews, essays, poetry, short stories and translations, including works by Jorge Luis Borges, Camilo Jose Cela, Reinaldo Arenas, Jose Ortega y Gasset, and Miguel de Unamuno; personal records and documents, including the FBI's file on Kerrigan; clippings on Cuba and Nicaragua under Communist regimes; and books and journals containing Kerrigan's...

Scope and Content Papers dating from 1928 through 1993, collected by Anthony Lauck, C.S.C., relating to: 1. Anthony Lauck's projects and artwork; sales, exhibitions, commissions, works-in-progress; for both private collectors/institutions and public display; 2. Exhibits of Anthony Lauck's artwork in museums and private homes; planning, shipping, insuring, and returning artwork, as well as publicity; ...

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Alphabetical file by name of author containing correspondence, enclosures, offprints, mimeographed articles, and other documents; with some documents touching on his career at Notre Dame, his research, his teaching. his service on committees, his participation in conferences, his other professional activities, his earlier research at Bell Labs and his awards.

Scope and Content Papers, audio-visual material, and printed material of Anthony Padovano; consisting of correspondence, journals, brochures, articles, translations, prefaces, audio and video tapes, and books; with critiques of and responses to his writings and lectures, papers having to do with the Justice and Peace Commission, his resignation from the active priesthood, his radio and television appearances, his service as Catholic pastor of the inclusive community at the First Congregational Church,...

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