Hesburgh Libraries

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,...

Scope and Content Correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, clippings, agenda, reports, newsletters, pamphlets, photographs, plans, bills, questionnaires, statistics, training courses, and background papers; concerning catechetics, teaching, work with youth, race relations, black power, civil rights, fair housing, integration, poverty, birth control, minimum wage, credit unions, co-op housing, welfare, crime, Catholic Action, voter registration, urban rehabilitation, and ethnic populations of cities all over the...

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Class and lecture notes (from Holy Cross College and Catholic University), exams, and a gradebook (Notre Dame).

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A 1951 student paper written by Craig titled "Oviposition Sites of Floodwater Mosquitoes on the Flood Plain of the Sangamon River".

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Photographs of General William Tecumseh Sherman's campaign in Tennessee, of Atlanta occupied by Union troops, and of Sherman's march to the sea. We have the set that belonged to General Sherman, and they constitute part of the William T. Sherman Family Papers in our archives.

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Correspondence, notes, church documents, and printed material; concerning Bornemann's work as a leader of the German American Catholic Congresses and his interest in organizations of German American Catholics such as the Staatsverband Societies of Pennsylvania and Ohio, the Catholic Central Verein, and the Amerikanish Deutschen Priester Vereins. Correspondents include J.N. Enzlberger, William Faerber, Joseph Schroeder, and bishops Leo Haid, OSB, and P.J. Hurth, CSC.

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Records of Bishop Fulcher's service as a member of National Conference of Catholic Bishops in deliberations over the text of The Challenge of Peace , the Bishops' pastoral letter on war and peace (1983); consisting of drafts, bishops' responses, criticism from experts, files of pertinent articles (printed or mimeographed), and reactions from the Vatican and from scientists.

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Correspondence, 1893-1918; photostats of two letters from Henri Bergson, 1906 and 1908; manuscripts of articles written by Sauvage for the Catholic Encyclopedia; Directory of the Congregation of Holy Cross, 1912; clippings; address book; degree from Catholic University; and photographs.

Scope and Content Correspondence, reports, minutes, interviews, notebooks, clippings, contracts with publishers, and drafts of essays, speeches, and books; including letters from Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jacques Maritain, Padraic Colum, Hilaire Belloc, Van Wyck Brooks, Francis J. Sheed, Saul Alinsky, Dietrich von Hildebrand, Heinrich Bruning, and Konrad Adenauer; with material pertaining to his visits to Germany in 1937- 1938,...

Scope and Content Rickey Collection Catalog of Artists; Hand Hollow Foundation Records; Financial Records, including bank records, workshop accounting, paid bills, check registers, payroll sheets, and check stubs; dating chiefly 1970-1998; office files, including: insurance 1999-2009; financial records 1985-1986; Yaddo files; Rickey Workshop accounts 1999-2000s; correspondence 1960-1988; income tax, bank statements, bills, Chatham property book, 1956-1964; credit applications, sales tax, unemployment claims,...

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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.

Scope and Content Papers of Gerald Fitzgerald, consisting of correspondence dating chiefly from the 1960s but with some letters from later in the 20th century; with related papers, including a draft of a biography and an outline of the Servants of the Paraclete archives; Images of Italy and one of Gerald Fitzgerald laid out for a wake; pamphlets and books by or about Gerald Fitzgerald and the Servants of the Paraclete, including two books he wrote during his time as a member of the Congregation of Holy...

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Correspondence with Eugene P. Burke, CSC, Joseph Burke, CSC, and John W. Cavanaugh, CSC; clippings on Notre Dame life, 1921-1926; photographs; and printed matter including a pamphlet "Love and the Irish" by Cornelius Hagerty, CSC, and the funeral sermon for John Mangan preached by Eugene P. Burke, CSC, 1950.

Scope and Content Papers documenting his participation in Pax Christi USA and in the peace movement in general; files representing courses he taught; research papers and drafts of his writings; correspondence, reports, material distributed at meetings, financial papers, periodicals, photographs, and videos. Also material on the U.S. Bishops' peace pastoral and documentation of his interaction with Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and Bishop Carroll T. Dozier. Also records of Janice Vanderhaar's service on the National...

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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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Documents concerning the German-American Publishing Company of New York City consisting of a certification of incorporation dated 26 August 1910, corporate by-laws (missing page one), and corporate minutes (21 September 1910 - 13 January 1913).

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Correspondence, 1886-1896; canonical faculties and official certificates given to Straniero, 1823-1886; Straniero's report on the state of the Catholic Church in America, "Rapporto Sullo Stato della Chiesa Cattolica negli Stati Uniti d'America," 1886; and cards, poems, and letters welcoming Straniero.

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Papers on Mexican Americans collected by Gilbert Cardenas for purposes of scholarly research, filmed in the order in which he kept them.

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Bound typewritten manuscript of Chesterton's autobiography, with autograph corrections.

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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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Records of Notre Dame's Glee Club, including substantial collections of videos, audio recordings, and photographs.

Scope and Contents Contains 199 photographic slides that Tim Gohmann created during his year in Innsbruck, Austria, through Notre Dame’s study abroad program. Slides depict scenes from daily life, accommodations at Pension Steinbock, and study at the University of Innsbruck; fellow Notre Dame students; points of interest during travels in Austria and surrounding countries; and arrival and departure at seaports in the United States and France. Collection also includes an item-level inventory of slides and...

Scope and Contents Records of Notre Dame's Golden Dome Productions, including a large collection of video recordings, most of which have to do with Today's Life Choices, a series of thirty-minute programs, produced by the University of Notre Dame, that examine various attitudes and beliefs relating to contemporary social issues. The programs, produced on location throughout the United States and overseas, capture personal stories and feature leading experts who present their own...

Scope and Content Correspondence, memoranda, clippings, reports, and other papers; photocopies, brochures, printed ephemera, pamphlets, books, and other printed material; photographs, audio-visual material, and digital data; representing the career of Gordon Charles Zahn, especially his life-long efforts to promote peace, and his work in making known the life and martyrdom of Franz Jaegerstaetter. Papers include documentation of academic career, his writings, his life at Camp Simon as a...

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Photocopies of clippings from British newspapers and journals, most of them by or about Hilaire Belloc, with a few about G.K. Chesterton, Lytton Strachey, and H.G. Wells, and a few by Arnold Bennett, J.B. Priestley, Alice Meynell, and other writers of their time; concerning Catholicism, fundamentalism, and English history and historiography; with reviews of Belloc's books, accounts of his lectures, and descriptions of his controversies.

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Minutes, 1897-1915; correspondence, 1897-1931; clippings, 1897-1915; and a medal and certificate from a GAR reunion held in 1900; with material on Peter Paul Cooney, William Corby, and James A. McLain.

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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.

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Filmstrips with associated audio cassette tapes and scripts, including "Every Heart Beats True," concerning conscientious objection and Catholic teaching on military service (1980), "Weapons in Space" (1984), "Whose Budget Is It Anyway?", and "Hostage at Hell's Bottom: the Economy and the Pentagon"; VHS video tapes, including "A Step Away from War" (1986) and "Citizen Ambassador Program" (1993); and many slides concerning peace and militarism.

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...