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Chas. Milvo Circus Clown and Acrobat Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10013
Content Description
This collection consists of 26 letters written from the road by a travelling circus clown and acrobat to his wife or girlfiend. The author of the letters, identified only as "Chas.", was a member of "The Milvo's Comedy Acrobats" two-man act then performing with Sells and Gray's Circus. The act consisted of acrobatics and clown antics. The letters written during the summer and fall of 1900 were posted from various cities in southern and southwestern states, including Missouri, Kansas,...
Dates:
July 22, 1900-November 11, 1900
Christopher C. McKinney Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5003
Abstract
5 personal letters written between August 1861 and February 1862 by Confederate army lieutenant Christopher C. McKinney, as regimental adjutant, 8th Tennessee infantry.
Dates:
1861-1862
Cicero R. Barker Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5040
Scope and Contents
A manuscript personal letter written from the defenses of Richmond on 1 December 1864 by Confederate soldier Cicero R. Barker, 8th North Carolina Infantry.
Dates:
1 December 1864
Clarence Manion Papers
Fonds
Identifier: MNN
Scope and Content
Copy of a letter that Manion, the Dean of Notre Dame's Law School between 1941 and 1952, wrote to Phillip Moore, CSC, recounting his years as professor and Dean (30 January 1969); a list of the titles of and guests on each installment of the Manion Forum radio program, 1954-1979; an alphabetized card index version of the same; notes, obituaries and biographical sketches of Manion; eleven books and articles written or published by Manion; and issues of the ...
Dates:
1954-1979
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Cleveland Murphy papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 10025
Scope and Contents
This collection chiefly consists of correspondence Cleveland Murphy received while serving in the military during the 1950s and 1960s. These include letters received from family, including his mother in Indianapolis, with news of home. He also received letters from his first wife between 1952 and 1953, discussing various personal and family matters, including her father's murder trial. The bulk of correspondence is from women Murphy dated in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In addition to...
Dates:
1952 - 1966
Collection of Early Modern European Documents
Collection
Identifier: MSE/EM 3600
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the early modern European documents (dating from the 16th to 18th centuries) owned by the Hesburgh Library which are not part of a discrete archival collection. That is to say, this is an artificial collection of early modern European documents, grouped not by provenance, but by origin (early modern European) and genre (diplomatics). As such, it is composed of a wide variety of diplomatic genres, including: papal bulls, lease and releases, leases, surrenders,...
Dates:
1500 - 1800
Cristina Peri Rossi Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSH/LAT 0080
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials forming a record of Cristina Peri Rossi's personal and professional career. Included are drafts of Peri Rossi's fiction and poetry, primarily unpublished; manuscripts and notebooks of Peri Rossi's writings; and clippings of her nonfiction wors from newspapers and magazines. There is also professional and personal correspondence, personal photographs, and academic works on Peri Rossi's writings, such as theses and dissertations. The collection also...
Dates:
1940-2014
Curt Flood Legal Documents Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSSP 10008
Scope and Contents
This small collection consists of legal documents and correspondence related to Curt Flood’s lawsuit, Flood v. Kuhn against Major League baseball’s reserve clause in the early 1970s. The legal documents include official court papers from the Appellate Court case in the Second Circuit of Appeals (1971) and the Supreme Court decision (1972) against Flood. The correspondence largely consists of letters to and from the law firms Arnold & Porter and Wilkie, Farr, &...
Dates:
1970 - 1971
Daniel B. and John S. Harris Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 10186
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection consists of letters created by brothers, Daniel B. and John S. Harris as they each relocated west from their hometown in York, Maine to seek greater economic opportunities during the Civil War era. The Harris brothers held opposing religious and political views, particularly regarding the Abolition Movement, and a portion of their correspondence reflects their views on these issues. John witnessed the outbreak of the Civil War in Missouri in 1861 while...
Dates:
1785 - 1888; Majority of material found within 1854 - 1861
Daniel O’Connell Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1007
Scope and Contents
Letters written by Daniel O’Connell to various recipients during the 1830s-1840s, a brief newspaper article, and one black-and-white portrait. Two letters date from 1843, O’Connell’s hoped-for “year of repeal,” and relay information about that movement.
Dates:
1835 - 1894
Daniel P. Connor, Jr., New Hampshire Cliff Diving Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSSP_7004
Content Description
The primary item in this collection is a scrapbook compiled by the physical culture enthusiast and swimming and diving instructor Daniel P. Connor, Jr. The main focus of the scrapbook is the young cliff divers that Connor taught. The scrapbook particularly covers the performance of the divers during the summer of 1922 and at the Manchester, New Hampshire, Winter Carnival of 1923. During the Carnival, the young daredevil cliff divers dove through ice and received considerable publicity. There...
Dates:
1919-1931; Majority of material found within 1922-1923
Dennis H. Arnold and Mary E. Arnold Correspondence
Collection — Box: MSN/CW LDOC CC-1
Identifier: MSN/CW10193
Scope and Contents
The Dennis H. Arnold and Mary E. Arnold Correspondence, 1862-1863, comprise Civil War era letters between Corporal Dennis H. Arnold in Hilton Head, South Carolina and Mary E. Arnold, his wife, in Rockland, Rhode Island. Corporal Arnold’s letters primarily discuss his arrival in Hilton Head, soldiers' generally unfavorable reactions to General Hunter’s emancipation proclamation, efforts to create an African American regiment, a siege train going to Savannah, illness at camp, and food. Mary...
Dates:
1862-1863
Diocese of Hartford Collection
Fonds
Identifier: DHT
Scope and Content Note
Chiefly correspondence (1840-1874) of Francis Patrick McFarland with priests of the Dioceses of New York and Hartford and with members of the American hierarchy. Also one letter written by John England, Bishop of Charleston (1830); one letter written by William Tyler, first Bishop of Hartford (1849); the manuscript of a lenten sermon by Bishop Tyler, written in 1841 and delivered in 1844 and 1848; other papers concerning Catholic affairs in the Diocese of Hartford (1874-1892); photographs...
Dates:
1830-1892 (bulk 1840-1874)
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Diocese of Marquette Collection
Collection
Identifier: DMA
Scope and Content Note
This collection focuses primarily on the early years of the Diocese of Marquette (then known as the Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette) under Bishop Frederic Baraga and later Bishop Ignatius Mrak. Included are the correspondence and papers of Ignatius Mrak; transcripts of letters written by Ignatius Mrak and Frederic Baraga; catechisms composed by Ignatius Mrak, Francis X. Pierz, and Reverend Nicholas Louis Sifferath in Ottawa; a manuscript polyglot dictionary of French, German, and...
Dates:
1808-1968 (bulk 1839-1895)
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Doe Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 5035
Abstract
A group of 13 manuscript letters, mostly written by Charles C. Doe to his parents. The letters, for the most part, describe a trip from New Hampshire to Janesville, Wisconsin.
Dates:
1842-1850; Majority of material found within ( 1849-1850)
Dr. George Marshall Oakden Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSE/MD 3820
Abstract
The manuscript diaries of Surgeon Lieutenant George Marshall Oakden, who served in the British Navy from 1914 to 1919, and the letters of his brother, Arthur, who died in the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915.
Dates:
1915-1917
Dr. Richard L. Sutton, Jr., Billiards Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSSP_10016
Content Description
A collection of material related to billiards gathered by Dr. Richard L. Sutton. The materials include correspondence related to contemporary billiards and the history of billiards, printed ephemera, and one album of historical billiards photos.
Dates:
c. 1921-1979
Enoch P. Hill Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 5011
Abstract
A group of 40 personal letters written in 1899-1901 by Illinois native Enoch P. Hill, mostly during his army service in Cuba, the U. S., and the Philippines. The letters are directed to Hill's future wife, Mary E. Chilton.
Dates:
1899-1901
Ethel Mannin Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1523
Scope and Contents
This collection primarily consists of correspondence sent from Ethel Mannin to a number of her fans. Includes seventeen letters from Ethel Mannin to various correspondents including George Arthur Fleet (1899-1988), Victor Croxford, a “Mr. Threadgold,” and a “Cecil.” Additionally includes thirteen carbon copies of letters sent from George Arthur Fleet to Ethel Mannin, a postcard from Fleet to Mannin, a collage including the letter to Victor Croxford, a card from Mannin to “Cecil” and a...
Dates:
1961 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1983
Evgeniia Ginzburg and Antonina Axenova Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSE/REE 0021
Abstract
The collection consists of documents, letters, photographs, and some manuscripts relating to Evgeniia Ginzburg, the author of Krutoi Marshrut, an autobiographical account of the author's experience in the Soviet labor camps. Krutoi Marshrut has been translated into English in two volumes: Journey into the Whirlwind and Within the Whirlwind. The collection also includes materials relating to the life...
Dates:
1914-2014; Majority of material found in 1930s-1970s
Francis E. McMahon Correspondence
Fonds
Identifier: ZBE
Scope and Content
Letters from Archbishops Robert E. Lucey of San Antonio and Samuel A. Stritch of Chicago to McMahon, a liberal Catholic internationalist and Notre Dame faculty member, concerning peace and internationalist issues.
Dates:
1943.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Franciscans. Province of St. John the Baptist Circular letters
Fonds
Identifier: FRP
Scope and Content
Mimeographed letters chiefly from provincial superiors Dominic Limacher, Vincent Kroger and Sylvan R. Becker to members of the province of Saint John the Baptist of the Order of Friars Minor (OFM), 1951-1962.
Dates:
1951-1962.
Found in:
University of Notre Dame Archives
Frank Slocum Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10021
Content Description
This collection contains professional and personal papers of Frank Slocum, a longtime administrator in major league baseball. A majority of the collection pertains to Slocum's work in the Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball during the 1940s-1960s. These records include correspondence, circular memos, and research developed by the office. Topics covered include the reserve clause and engagement with politicians, the minor leagues, amateur baseball, little league, and other...
Dates:
1942-1989
Franklin Knowles Young Chess Papers and Boston Chess Club Records
Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10020
Content Description
Six bound volumes of papers and records related to the game of chess gathered or compiled by Franklin Knowles Young, a noted chess player, chess strategist, and author. Three ledgers document the operation of the Boston Chess Club during the late ninteenth and early twenteth century, including meeting minutes, member lists, tournament results, match results, contents of the library, notes on strategy, and other information about the Club. Three of the ledgers records Young's personal chess...
Dates:
1875-1908
G. Julian Pratt Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5041
Scope and Contents
Of the seven manuscripts in the group, five are letters by Pratt to his mother or father—one written from western Virginia in August of 1861, and four from various locations in the Shenandoah Valley, December 1862 to November 1863. The two remaining documents (March-June 1862) are letters to Pratt from the headquarters of Brig. Gen. Wise, responding to Pratt's own, perhaps repeated entreaties that Wise use his influence to expedite Pratt's exchange. Pratt's initial assignment to Wise's...
Dates:
1861-1863
Gene Tunney Family Letters Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSSP_2001
Scope and Contents
This small collection of letters were mostly written by Gene Tunney to his friend Robert R. Gros. The collection also includes three letters written by Tunney to other correspondents, notably Hamilton Fish III, one telegram from Gros to Tunney, and five letters/postcards from Tunney’s wife, Mary Lauder "Polly" Tunney, to Gros written mostly after Tunney had died. The letters primarily involved family matters, coordinating visits, and sharing family news, with some mentions of politics,...
Dates:
1938-1980; Majority of material found within 1955-1961
Gene Tunney Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSSP 2013
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the personal papers of boxer Gene Tunney. Materials cover his boxing career in the 1920s until his retirement in 1928, his marriage and honeymoon in 1928-29, and his charity work with youth groups in the 1930s and 1940s, especially the American Youth Group, of which he was chairman in 1940. The collection includes both personal and business correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks of his career, personal account books and calendars, and various boxing-related...
Dates:
1858 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1945
George F. Kennan-John Lukacs Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 5018
Abstract
The manuscript correspondence of U.S. diplomat, State Department official, and historian George F. Kennan and Hungarian-born American historian John Lukacs, ranging from 1952 to 2004. The collection includes some 360 letters.
Dates:
1952-2004
George Petrie Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1038
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a small group of correspondence sent to the Irish antiquarian George Petrie from a wide variety of fellow antiquarians and historians over the course of forty-two years. The collection comprises twenty-two handwritten letters primarily dealing with various antiquarian interests and one printed portrait of George Petrie.Notable items in the collection include Irish nationalist Charles Gavan Duffy’s letter to Petrie, written while Duffy was imprisoned at...
Dates:
1822 - 1864
George W. Crawford Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 0500
Abstract
The collection consists primarily of manuscript letters directed to the Georgia Whig politician George W. Crawford during the 1840s and early 1850s.
Dates:
1784-1853; Majority of material found in 1843-1853