Hesburgh Libraries

Scope and Content Crank letter addressed to Bishop Joseph Rademacher of Nashville, September 1884; invitation and program for Centennial Dinner Commemorating the Erection of the See of Nashville, 5 October 1937, from Bishop William L. Adrian to "President and Faculty, Notre Dame University"; letter from John F. O'Hara, CSC, President of Notre Dame, regretting that he will not be able to attend and appointing Rev. Thomas McAvoy, CSC, to represent him; letter, 28 September 1937, from O'Hara to McAvoy...

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Six letters received by Bishop John Chanche (1852-1853); three letters received by Bishop James O. Van de Velde (1855); three letters sent by Bishop William Henry Elder (1861-1864) and a document in Elder's hand, dating from the 1870s, characterizing the Society of the Knights of the Legion of Honor as a secret society; clippings of pastoral letters and articles by Elder (1873-1881); and a few other letters and clippings.

In English, French, German, and Latin.

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Testament of Bishop Augustus Mary Martin, 1 May 1872 (French); printed letter from Bishop Martin approving the Catholic Militant Union of the Cross; obituary clipping "The Late Rt. Rev. A.M. Martin, Bishop of Natchitoches"; Succession of Bishop Martin, deceased, Bishop Francis Xavier Leray, executor, December 1880; and a document written by Bishop Leray commending Rev. Celestine Mahé and releasing him for a five-month leave of absence in his native country, circa 1884 (Latin).

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Manuscript of an oration by Bishop Spalding delivered at the University of Notre Dame in 1886; and material concerning Peoria collected by Sister M. Annella, OP, most of it in the form of letters in reply to Sr. Annella's requests for information, 1949-1953.

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Miscellaneous correspondence of bishops Michael O'Connor, Michael Domenec, John Tuigg, and other letters associated with the territory of the diocese; biographical information, newspaper clippings, and printed ephemera.

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Letter from Bishop David W. Bacon, Portland, to Rev. Joseph O'Brien, Cathedral, Providence, R.I.; typewritten notes concerning Bishop Bacon's ancestry, education, and episcopate (1855-1874); handwritten table of statistics for the Diocese of Portland (1855-1875); funeral announcement for Mrs. Eliza Bacon.

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Newspaper clippings regarding Bishop Hendricken; a report of Catholic statistics in Waterbury, New Haven County, by Hendricken (1863); a letter signed by Hendricken (1885); and copies of the Providence Visitor for 18 May 1934 and 25 May 1934 concerning the consecration of Bishop Keough.

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Transcripts of 65 letters concerning the Catholic history of the state of Indiana from 1787-1837. Correspondents include Pope Benedict XIV, Cardinal Leonardo Antonelli, and Archbishop Joseph Signay; Bishops Jean-Oliver Briand, Simon Bruté, Edward Dominic Fenwick, Joseph Octave Plessis, and Joseph Rosati; and Charles Carroll, Jean Baptiste Louis Crévier, F.X. Dufaux, Pierre Gibault, Sebastian Meurin, Gabriel Richard, and John Tessier.

Scope and Content Transcripts of letters received by Bishops Richard Vincent Whelan and John McGill (1847-1859); a manuscript book by Bishop McGill containing essays on the Catholic version of the Bible, the inquisition, the spirituality of the soul, free will, the Edict of Nantes, Switzerland, the origin of the Swiss confederation, the Swiss reformation, Zwingle, and pseudo-sacred books; microfilm of records in the Diocesan Archives in Richmond, 1850-1939, including correspondence of Bishops McGill, James...

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Photostats of letters from Lamy to Bishop Zubiria and from Martinez and Taladrid; two autograph letters from Lamy to Father Thomas A. Hayes, and one autograph letter to John O'Kane Murray, Catholic historian; a manuscript and a printed copy of Lamy's farewell address of August 26, 1885; two photos of Lamy and several newspaper clippings.

Additional Lamy papers may be found in the New Orleans and Cincinnati collections.

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Official Year Books and Seminary Reports, parish histories, and other printed material having to do with the Diocese of Toledo (Ohio).

Scope and Content Correspondence of bishops of Vincennes (1796-1897), including Simon Gabriel Bruté (1835-1839) and Celestine de la Hailandiere (1810-1875); sermons of Hailandiere (1826- 1836); historical notes by Hailandiere; papers from Hailandiere's seminary days at St. Germain, Rennes, France; journal of Jean F. Rivet (1799-1803), papers of Pierre Gibault, and an article on Anthony Fourcher, all early missionary priests; and 19th- and 20th-century printed material and transcriptions of correspondence. ...

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Clippings concerning diocesan affairs, 1872-1879, including clippings of the pastoral letters of Richard Whelan and John Joseph Kain; and photostats of letters received by Mother M. de Chantal, Superior of the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Joseph's Academy in Wheeling (1874- 1875, 1895).

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,...

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Material related to the development of projects such as the United States bishops' Women's Pastoral, the reactions of bishops and others, and correspondence reflecting the climate and the work of the last quarter of the 20th century; consisting of papers, speeches, diaries, printed material, photographs, and news articles.

Scope and Content Correspondence, 1955-1972; correspondence and reports relating to the Notre Dame faculty senate (1969-1973, 1981-1984) and Notre Dame chapter of the American Association of University Professors, 1969-1977; memoranda, correspondence, minutes, and reports from such Notre Dame library committees as the Library Goals and Objectives Task Force, 1975-1976, Library Appointments and Promotions Committee, 1972-1981, and the Library Committee of the Theology Department, 1975-1977; procedures,...

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...

Scope and Content Approximately 40 films documenting the history of the Dominicans of the Province of St Albert the Great, including dedications, ordinations, historical milestones, special events, and celebrations. Additional films relate to the missions established in Nigeria, Ghana, Bolivia, and Peru. Film projects include St Dominic de Guzman: Preacher of Grace, To Preach the Word: the History of St Albert Province prepared by Fr Richard Woods, the...

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Correspondence, clippings, articles, speeches, ephemera, photographs, and personal papers dating chiefly 1965-1977, with a few items dating from the 1920s.

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A manuscript book of special orders of General William S. Harney, General Persifor Frazer Smith, and Colonel Albert S. Johnston (1853-1856); a manuscript book of letters sent by Buell to assorted military departments and units, primarily concerning orders and monthly strength returns (1853-1856); a book of printed General Orders of the Department of the Ohio (1861-1862); a four-page biography of Buell; and an unidentified index (1841-1846).

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Correspondence; manuscripts of articles and his book The Emerging Layman (1962); research files of clippings, newsletters, and articles; copies of articles by and about Thorman; copies of his speeches; and family and business documents.

Records relating to Thorman's tenure with NCR are in the NCR collection (CNCR). His work with Ave Maria, Act, and Voice of St. Jude is documented only by bound volumes of the publications for some of the years of his employment.

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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 Correspondence files of Donald P. Kommers, representing his work as a teacher and scholar, with some personal letters and some documenting his service at Notre Dame and beyond. Although he identified all of these files as correspondence, many of them contain papers or material distributed at conferences or committee meetings. Some contain no letters (except perhaps a cover letter), and these have been placed at the end of the collection and identified as Articles, Reports, and Research...

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Circular letters, reports, and minutes generated by activities of the Congregation of Holy Cross and the University of Notre Dame, including the University Apostolate, Ad Hoc Committee for the Fatima Apostolate, and the Pastoral Theology Program.

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Files on Catholic Action, high school and college Young Christian Students, and related movements, including correspondence, study weeks, programs, pamphlets, mimeographed material, and bulletins; with publications of JOC (Young Christian) movements in France.

Scope and Content Correspondence, minutes, memoranda, newsletters and clippings from peace, civil rights, social, and religious action groups in the Pittsburgh area, including the Pittsburgh Area Clergy for World Order, 1963-1970; Pittsburgh Ad Hoc Committee on Vietnam, 1960s-1970s; the Catholic Interracial Council of Pittsburgh, 1966-1976; Association of Pittsburgh Priests, 1969-1973; NAACP, 1960s; the United Negro Protest Committee, 1968- 1970; the Greater Pittsburgh Fair Housing Movement, 1966- 1968; Civil...

Scope and Content Research material gathered by Sister Dorothy Ann Blatnica for her doctoral dissertation, In Those Days: African American Catholics in Cleveland, 1922-1961 (Case Western Reserve University, 1992), published as At the altar of their God: African American Catholics in Cleveland, 1922-1961 (New York: Garland, 1995); consisting of transcriptions of interviews; photocopies of historical documents including correspondence, reports, and...

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...

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Letters received or collected by Woodruff including letters or notes from Shane Leslie, Francis Cardinal Bourne, Henry Cardinal Manning, J.M.J. Acton, Alfred Noyes, F.C. Hingeston-Randolph, Frances Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, Alan Herbert, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Robert C. Latham, and others; manuscript prayers and notes; datebooks of Woodruff, 1926, 1958; Mass cards, post cards, Christmas cards, clippings, and photographs.

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,...