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19th Century Cuban Religion Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSH/LAT 0093
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 19th century colonial Cuban manuscripts relating to religion and politics on the island and in relation to Spain. Included are minutes, reports, proposals, and correspondence from various religious and administrative bodies, including the Bishop of Havana, different Cofradias (fraternities), cabildos (boards) of the church, financial tribunals, charitable schools, city mayors, and the Governor of Havana. Significant topics include church-government relations; taxes...
Dates:
1804 - 1909
Abel Blanchard Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 5031
Abstract
A group of around 50 manuscripts retained by the Abel Blanchard family of Peacham, Vermont. Most are personal letters dating from the 1810s and 20s, written to Vermont by family members newly migrated to Canada or western New York state.
Dates:
1795-1852; Majority of material found in 1810-1836
Abram Joseph Ryan Letters
Fonds
Identifier: ZBK
Scope and Content
Photostats of personal letters that Ryan wrote to "Maggie".
Dates:
1880-1881.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Adam Walsh Papers
Collection
Identifier: AWA
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...
Dates:
1914 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1968
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Adrien Emmanuel Rouquette Paper
Fonds
Identifier: RQT
Scope and Content
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).
Dates:
1840-1885.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Albert J. Baldwin Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5089
Abstract
A collection of 55 manuscript personal letters written by Albert J. Baldwin, mostly dating from the author's Civil War service in Battery D, 1st Michigan Light Artillery.
Dates:
1862-1866
Alexander Marion Kirsch Papers
Fonds
Identifier: KIR
Scope and Content
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.
In English, French, German and Latin.
Dates:
1870s-1920s.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Alexis Coquillard Family papers
Fonds
Identifier: ZEB
Scope and Content
Newspaper clippings, obituaries, memorial cards, manuscripts, and a few letters involving members of the Coquillard family and Rev. Edward Sorin, CSC.
Dates:
1890-1969.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
American Federation of Catholic Societies Collection
Fonds
Identifier: AFC
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 and...
Dates:
1901-1961.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
American Slavery Manuscript Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 0200
Abstract
An accumulation of 19 documents and letters, unrelated in origin, with a bearing on slavery in colonial North America and the United States, 1771-1864.
Dates:
1771-1864
Anderson-Reavis Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5004
Abstract
A small Civil War manuscript group consisting mostly of personal letters written home to Alabama by civilian medical doctor Leroy Hammond Anderson.
Dates:
1857-1863; Majority of material found in 1862-1863
Anna de Noailles Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSE/MD 2819
Abstract
Collection of various items by and about the early twentieth century French poet Anna de Noailles, consisting largely of autograph letters from Noailles to various correspondents, and reviews and criticism of Noailles' work in various early twentieth century publications. A number of images and photographs of Noailles are also included, some of which carry inscriptions in her hand.
Dates:
1901 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1904 - 1933
Antoine Garrigues de Flaujac Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 5040
Abstract
Thirteen personal letters written by the French immigrant Antoine Garrigues de Flaujac, mostly directed to his mother in France. The letters describe his experiences in Haiti and the Caribbean (1803-04) and in the area around New Orleans, Louisiana (1804-07).
Dates:
1803-1807
Anton-Herman Chroust Papers
Fonds
Identifier: CHR
Scope and Content
Personal and professional correspondence, 1930s-1981; correspondence, testimony, and financial records dealing with his divorce, 1940s-1950s; Chroust's writings including book-length manuscripts on Aristotle and on the rise of the legal profession in America (1965); his unpublished poetry, 1920s; articles collected by Chroust; exams, student evaluations of Chroust, student papers, and his class lecture notes; tax information and financial records, 1946-1980; photographs; and printed material...
Dates:
1924-1981.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Archdiocese of Baltimore Collection
Fonds
Identifier: ABA
Scope and Content
Correspondence and copies of correspondence, including three autographs of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, several autographs of Archbishop John Carroll, and correspondence of Bishop John Cheverus of Boston, Bishop Michael Egan of Philadelphia, Daniel Brent, John Carroll Brent, and Howes Goldsborough of Easton, Maryland; diary of Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, 1818-1827; diary and account book of Archbishop James Whitfield, 1827-1828; clippings and related material. Also microfilm of...
Dates:
1717-1960 (bulk 1800-1899).
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Archdiocese of Boston Collection
Fonds
Identifier: ABO
Scope and Content
Correspondence, including original letters and photostats from the Archdiocesan Archives of Boston and the National Archives. Correspondents include missionary priests Stephen Theodore Badin and John Thayer; Jean Lefebvre de Cheverus, first bishop of Boston, and Benedict Joseph Fenwick, second bishop of Boston; and Joseph M. Finotti, collector of Catholic Americana. Also records of the Tabernacle Society of the Convent of Notre-Dame, Berkeley Street, Boston (1898-1906) consisting...
Dates:
1817-1952.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Archdiocese of Chicago Collection
Fonds
Identifier: ACH
Scope and Content
Records of the Archdiocesan School Board (1968-1978) and material from the Archdiocesan Media Center and Justice Lending Library; occasional letters from Bishops Quarter, Van de Velde, O'Regan, Duggan, Foley, Feehan, and Quigley, and from Auxiliary Bishop Alexander J. McGavick and Bishop John McMullen, vicar general (1877-1879) and administrator (1879-1880) of the diocese; manuscripts by Bishop O'Regan, including a sermon on Immaculate Conception and a Biblical exegesis; and photostats of...
Dates:
1845-1978
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Archdiocese of Cincinnati Collection
Fonds
Identifier: ACI
Scope and Content
Correspondence consisting chiefly of letters received by Bishops Edward Dominic Fenwick, O.P., and John Baptist Purcell, and representing also the first two years of the episcopacy of Archbishop William Henry Elder. Correspondents include Sylvester H. Rosecrans, who served as auxiliary bishop from 1862 to 1868; priests of the diocese; Fathers Stephen T. Badin and Edward Sorin, C.S.C.; and many members of the American hierarchy. Also miscellaneous related material, 1815-1885, including two Papal...
Dates:
1815-1963 (bulk 1815-1885)
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Archdiocese of Detroit Collection
Fonds
Identifier: DET
Scope and Content
Correspondence of Rev. Gabriel Richard, co-founder and vice-president of the University of Michigan and U.S. Representative from Michigan; of Frederic Baraga, missionary to the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan and later bishop of Marquette, Michigan; and of Bishops Frederic Résé, Peter Paul Lefevre, and Caspar Henry Borgess. Other correspondents include the missionary, Rev. Francis Xavier Pierz; the civic leader, Rev. Martin Kundig; Rev. Edward Sorin, founder of the University...
Dates:
1797-1870.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Archdiocese of Dubuque Collection
Fonds
Identifier: ADU
Scope and Content
Letters sent by Bishops Loras and Hennessy; manuscripts of lectures by Bishop Loras; drawings of saints for the Dubuque Cathedral; and a Denkschrift of Adam Handl, Richmond (Washington County), Iowa, 1861.
Dates:
1832-1950.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Archdiocese of New York Collection
Fonds
Identifier: ANY
Scope and Content
Occasional correspondence of the prelates of the Diocese of New York; letters (1875-1876) received by John O'Kane Murray of New York; commemorative material having to do with the diocese; letters received by John Talbot Smith (1849-1934); a minute book of the New York Ladies' Seamen's Friend Society (1842-1847); and a book of handwritten notes (1836) by James Roosevelt Bayley (later Bishop of Newark and Archbishop of Baltimore) before he converted to Catholicism. Correspondents...
Dates:
1762-1972.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Archdiocese of Philadelphia Collection
Fonds
Identifier: APH
Scope and Content
Letters, pamphlets, clippings and manuscripts of speeches and sermons, with material concerning a riot in 1844 over the version of the Bible to be used in public schools, the Eucharistic Convention held in Philadelphia in 1899 sponsored by the Priests' Eucharistic League, and the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. Correspondents include the prelates of the diocese in the 19th century and laymen. Also typed copies and photostats of German letters, 1891- 1892,...
Dates:
1793-1957.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Archdiocese of Westminster Collection
Fonds
Identifier: DWE
Scope and Content
Letters, pamphlets, and documents dealing with Catholicism, religion, and government in the English colonies of North America and in the United States; with notations of volume, number, and page of the location in the Archives of the Archdiocese of Westminster.
Dates:
1580-1828.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Arthur J. Hope Papers
Fonds
Identifier: HOP
Scope and Content
Correspondence; manuscripts of his History of Notre Dame, Life of J.W. Cavanaugh, Life of James French, and Life of John F. O'Hara; research material used in his works; James Corbett's typewritten History of Notre Dame, used by Hope; yearly chronicles of Notre Dame life prepared by Hope, 1955-1961; and photographs.
Dates:
1930s-1960s
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Arthur Preuss Papers
Fonds — Box: UNDA-CC-0001
Identifier: PRE
Scope and Content
Letters (1895-1935) from John J. Ming, S.J., of St. Ignatius College in Cleveland, Joseph H. Meier of the Official Catholic Directory, Frederick P. Kenkel of the Catholic Central Verein, Joseph M. Schifferli of the (Buffalo) Echo, Peter Guilday of the American Catholic Historical Association, Simon Baldus of the Catholic Press Association, and others; correspondence between Preuss and F. Makert, SVD, of the Mission Press, Techny, Illinois (1905-1931); correspondence with and concerning...
Dates:
1882-1933.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Aubrey De Vere Letters to Robert Perceval Graves
Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1040
Scope and Contents
This collection centers on a series of letters sent from the poet Aubrey De Vere to the clergyman Robert Perceval Graves over the course of fifty-five years, particularly pertaining to the life of their mutual friend, William Rowan Hamilton. Also present are several of De Vere’s letters that were sent to an unidentified person, likely Bishop Charles Graves. Additionally included are three letters sent from Elinor O’Brien to Robert Perceval Graves.All of the letters are handwritten,...
Dates:
1833 - 1891; Majority of material found within 1879 - 1883
Augustus Vincent Tack Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 0505
Abstract
Incoming letters and documents preserved by the American painter Augustus Vincent Tack, mostly relating to his tenure (1914-1915?) as treasurer of the American Oil Development Company of Pittsburgh, the Tack family business.
Dates:
1914-1923; Majority of material found within ( 1914-1915)
Austin O'Malley Papers
Fonds
Identifier: AOM
Scope and Content
Correspondence, 1897-1898; clippings, 1897-1901; New York Freeman's Journal and Catholic Register, 1898; catalogue for the College of Holy Cross, 1896-1897; and pamphlets. Also letters received by O'Malley in 1897 regarding his requests for information about the number of Catholic students attending non-Catholic colleges. The results of this survey were apparently included in an article in the June 1898 issue of Catholic World. Letters received 1897 available in...
Dates:
1896-1901.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Barrier Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5057
Abstract
More than one hundred letters written during the Civil War by two brothers serving in the Confederate army, Sgt. William Lafayette Barrier (1st North Carolina Cavalry) and Col. Rufus Barrier (8th North Carolina Infantry). The letters are mostly directed to the brothers' father, Mathias Barrier, in Mt. Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Dates:
1861-1868; Majority of material found in ( 1861-1865)
Bellamy-Smart Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 5041
Abstract
A collection consisting mainly of 55 personal letters, including courtship letters, directed to Amanda Bellamy (later Amanda Smart, ca. 1810-1845) of Warrenton, North Carolina and Petersburg, Virginia. There are also letters received by Amanda's daughter, Mollie Smart, and other family papers.
Dates:
1825-1933; Majority of material found in 1825-1865
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