Hesburgh Libraries

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Letters from family, friends, and American bishops, most of them dating from the time when Chatard lived in Rome; concerning the North American College and its students and European travels of American friends; with requests from American bishops for assistance in dealing with Vatican officials, inquiries about political conditions in Rome, and requests for accomodations at the College for the First Vatican Council.

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Correspondence, 1902-1962; magazine articles by Kervick; floor plans for Sorin Hall, Corby Hall, Walsh Hall, and Cushing Hall of Engineering on the Notre Dame campus; electrical specifications for the mission house of the Congregation of Holy Cross; proof sheets of Kervick's Architects in America of Catholic Tradition; his autograph collection (e.g., Sinclair Lewis, Lucy Stone, John Forsyth); a list of Notre Dame WWII dead as of May, 17, 1946; and photographs.

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Pigskin Review files 1937-1957; manuscripts of books, screenplays, short stories, and magazine serials; correspondence with Notre Dame, literary agents, sports figures, etc.; press guides and game programs; magazines from the 1920s through 1950s, most containing Wallace by-lines; galley proofs of books relating to Notre Dame; clippings; books; and photographs.

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Notebooks; scrapbook and clippings about Wenninger; pamphlets, articles, lectures, and sermons (many by Wenninger); a copy of his M.A. thesis "A Biological Study of Miranda Aurantia," 1917; grade books, 1916-1940; a card catalog, prepared by Wenninger, of books on biology and evolution; articles on science in the Notre Dame Scholastic, 1875-1887; maps of South Bend and Mishawaka, Indiana; and photographs.

Scope and Content Correspondence to, from, and mentioning Pierz, including four letters to Bishop Frederick Résé of Detroit (in German 1837-1839); 48 letters to Bishop Peter Lefevre of Detroit (in French and English) which include mission reports from Arbre Croche, Michigan, (1842-1852); summaries of letters from Bishop Lefevre to Pierz (1835-1853); and letters mentioning Pierz from records of the Diocese of Detroit (1840) and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati (1854) and from the papers of Richard Henry Clarke...

Scope and Content Seventeen letters in German and one in English (1863-1888 and several undated) exchanged between John Ackermann, Franz [Ackermann?], Amanda Ackermann, Amanda Pfiffner, and Catherine Schlupp; a letter to Francis Xavier Ackerman from J. E. Walsh, 1 September 1888; letters from Ackerman to Charlotte Mayne and Paul Dienhart, 1935-1943; Dienhart and Mayne correspondence with Notre Dame, 1943 and 1947-1948; letters received by Francis X. Ackerman 1943-1946, but primarily in 1945, from former...

Scope and Content Record books of the Sisters and of their institutions, 1874-2009, including records of members, financial records, and some student records; and ephemeral publications of schools run by the sisters: student periodicals and circulars for alumnae; vocation and formation files, 1932-2000; films, some concerning their New Guinea missionaries; audio recordings including oral histories, the Gospel of Mark in the Crow language with a written text, and songs of celebration; also a film strip program...

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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.

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Photographs of Notre Dame campus scenes, the Ice House fire, Walsh Hall, the Stations of the Cross, dormitory life, baseball player Ray Scanlan, and the football train to Purdue.

Scope and Content Personal correspondence, photographs, and newspapers comprise the bulk of the collection; with the addition of company records, army records and printed materials. The collection spans from 1918-2009. The bulk of the collection was generated from 1939 to 1945 during Flynn's years as a college student and member of the armed forces. Materials from World War II form a large portion of the collection. Handwritten correspondence with family members, solider's guide books, newspapers, and ration...

Scope and Content Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to personal and business affairs and to politics, primarily in the 1930s and 1940s; minutes, proceedings, reports and press releases of the Executive Council, the National Emergency Council and the Post Office; financial reports of the Democratic National Committee 1924-1938, 1943-1944; reports on the motion picture industry, and correspondence and reports concerning the Notre Dame Board of Lay Trustees and the Notre Dame Foundation; a tape...

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Speeches and articles from The Carpenter (a trade union magazine); concerning labor-management issues from a strongly pro-labor position, with emphasis on the importance of persistence in the labor wars and of union membership.

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Papers concerning Geno Baroni collected by Frank J. Cavaioli; and six cassette audio tapes containing Cavaioli's interviews with Baroni.

Scope and Content A citation and testimonial from the Massachusetts Committee, Catholics, Protestants, and Jews, 25 May 1950; "Resolutions on the Resignation of Frank Leahy from Notre Dame University," from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1 February 1954; the Banshees Award for Sportsmanship, 15 September 1955; a certificate from the Notre Dame Club of Chicago, 7 December 1964; a certificate appointing Leahy a Sagamore of the Wabash, 13 January 1969; an official citation from the...

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Correspondence, 1923-1960s; speeches by Folsom, 1940s; diaries and daily logs, 1940s-1960s; photographs, scrapbooks, and clippings involving Folsom, 1943-1963; and printed material including reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 1957-1963.

Scope and Content Photostats of manuscripts including correspondence from Patrick Charles Keely, 1849-1851; photographs used in two books by Francis Kervick: Architects in America of Catholic Tradition and Patrick Charles Keely, Architect: a Record of His Life and Work; two photo albums documenting the dedication of the Notre Dame Architecture Center in Rome, Italy (1986); a 23 June 1937 dinner menu from the French packet boat Ile-de-France; a company...

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Papers documenting Brown's work in flow visualization, including manuscripts, printed material, 35mm slides, and 8mm and 16mm film.

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Letters received by Rev. Frank O'Brien, including one appointing him Dean of the new Kalamazoo Deanery (7 December 1886); and documents concerning his appointment by Governor of Michigan Russell A. Alger to the State Board of Corrections and Charities, an appointment that O'Brien did not accept.

Scope and Content The Frank W. Kelly Papers chronicle Professor Kelly's activities in the Notre Dame Speech Department during the 1940's. The arrangement of the collection was imposed on it by the arranging archivist; there was no order to the materials when they arrived in the archives. The collection is now split into two series, Class Records and Course Materials. The Class Records consist of registration cards, (arranged by class day and time when years are not evident) exams and theses, and...

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Letters of the Fransen brothers (Albert, Rene, Vondel, and Adolph) to their parents, 1917-1925; photocopies of related material; photographs of Notre Dame sports; and snapshots of minim life.

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The athletic papers and attendant printed matter of Chicagoan Fred L. Steers, deriving from his years of administrative service to the Central Association of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, the national AAU, and the American Olympic Committee. The collection includes substantial materials on the Olympic Games of 1928 (Amsterdam), 1932 (Los Angeles), and 1936 (Berlin), all of which Steers attended as manager of the U.S. women's track and field team.

Scope and Content Copies of typewritten transcripts of documentation assembled by the Bishop Baraga Association in support of the cause for his canonization as a saint; consisting of correspondence, reports, journal and account-book entries, and invoices. Also microfilm containing correspondence, 1850s-1860s; an Indian language (Ottawa or Chippewa) catechism; an introduction to Catholicism in North America, in German, possibly written for the Leopoldine Society; and correspondence and records of...

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Papers of Frederic Syburg, including theatre programs, posters, telegrams, correspondence, printed ephemera, and other papers, dating chiefly from the second half of the twentieth century, representing his many years of service to the University of Notre Dame as a teacher of dramatic arts and director of over 50 theatrical productions.

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Letters including one from Nicholas Murray Butler and one from John W. Cavanaugh, CSC; biography of Wile; and a transcript of a speech by Wile on the causes of World War I.

Scope and Content Correspondence, minutes, reports, and printed material, 1940-1982, from his active involvement in religious organizations, including the Catholic Commission on Intellectual and Cultural Life, Albertus Magnus Guild, Pax Romana, and Catholic Association for International Peace; professional organizations, including the National Academy of Science, American Chemical Society, and Argonne Universities Association; campus organizations, including and the University of Notre Dame Research Council,...

Scope and Content Photocopies of Hochwalt's correspondence concerning Sister Formation Conferences (1950-1964), federal aid to education (1944-1964), UNESCO (1944-1965), and the proper role of Catholic educators in the National Education Association (1947-1965); a bibliography of articles written by Hochwalt; copies of articles and speeches written by Hochwalt including a transcript of a debate between Hochwalt and Oswald CJ Hoffmann on federal aid to education, 1961; press releases of the NCWC, 1940s-1950s;...

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Manuscript, "The Theory of Eulerian Integrals with Relation to the Gauss Product Function," 1926; class record book, 1953-1961; and diplomas from the University of Notre Dame, 1916, and Catholic University of America, 1925.

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Files from the office of Frederick J. Crosson documenting his faculty service, his work with Phi Beta Kappa (of which he served as the first Catholic president), his teaching, his research, and his professional activities.

Scope and Content Correspondence, speeches, reports, and other papers; with material on the Kenkel family, clippings, maps, notebooks, a reel of microfilm containing letters from Kenkel to Joseph Matt (1906-1913), photographs of Kenkel and members of his family and books from Kenkel's library. Correspondents include Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, John A. Ryan, Congressman John J. Cochran, and Brother Joseph Dutton. Extensive family correspondence includes letters from those serving in World War...

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A certificate appointing McKeon an army chaplain and general orders from the War Department (1918-1919); newspapers The Courier-Journal, Camp Zachary Taylor Edition (1918), and The Chicago Daily Hoosier (1913); and photographs.