Hesburgh Libraries

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A group of 5 letters written by naval lieutenant Herbert Benezet Tyson of the U.S.S. Connecticut, during that ship's cruise to and around the Caribbean in winter/spring 1865.

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Notes taken during lectures by Dan Morris, Jacques Maritain, Etienne Gilson, and Gerald Bernard Phelan, 1934- 1939; a few letters received in 1948; and manuscripts of essays by Johnston.

Scope and Content Primarily letters written by siblings Frances Hewitt, Muriel Hewitt, Robert Hayes Hewitt, Father Thomas Edward Hewitt, and William Henry Hewitt to their parents Harry and Agnes Hewitt of Chicago, Illinois, 1927-1969, with some letters between the sibling and a few from individuals outside the family, 1934-1973. Many of these letters are transcribed and included in Patricia A. MacKenzie's "Letters to 814" (Richmond, Virginia, 1997), which is also included in the collection. Also related...

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South Bend Catholic Central High School yearbook "The Trail" 1938-1942; South Bend Catholic High School Yearbook "Victorian" 1940-1943; and a brief history of South Bend Catholic High School in Polish titled "Wyzsza Szkola Polska" (probably 1930s). Also yearbooks from Catholic Central High School, Monroe, Michigan, 1962, and Holy Cross High School, River Grove, Illinois, 1965; and a directory of the alumni and school of the Notre Dame High School for Boys, Niles, Illinois, 1990.

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Diary dating from 12 April to 11 October 1889, including some sketches and drafts of poems; sketchbook dating from 1891, with monochromatic drawings of American landscape; sketchbook dating from 1893-1894, with watercolors of French landscape and buildings; sketchbook dating from 1912, with pencil drawings of European scenes, including mountains, bridges, cathedrals, steeples, towers, soldiers, and Robespierre's house.

Scope and Contents This collection contains the correspondence of Hildegard Sekler as well as Sekler family legal, professional and emigration documents and miscellanea. The core of the collection is personal correspondence to Hildegard Sekler in London, from her parents and Liatowisch, and letters concerning Hildegard's studies from Goller.Several themes of special note occur throughout the collection. These include discussions of conditions for Jewish people in Vienna in the late 1930s and early...

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Historic editions of newspapers, books, and local history material.

What follows are the labels on each of the boxes of microfilm. Often an individual reel of film will contain many additional titles that are not reflected here.

The reels of mircofilm are arranged in geographical order with a few additions (books, for example) at the end of the run.

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Club records including its constitution, minutes, programs of meetings; records of its annual history essay contest; copies of study guides produced by the club; correspondence of its moderator, secretary-treasurer, and bulletin editor; and financial records and membership lists. Individuals represented in the correspondence include Thomas T. McAvoy, CSC, Philip Gleason, Mercedes Muenz, Sister Mary Clarence, SSJ, Grace Modica, and Norbert Skvarla, OSB.

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Holy cards showing Jesus, Mary, Joseph, other saints, and angels; cards with Biblical scenes and Bible stories on the backs, many of them in German, mostly dating from early in the twentieth century; and memorial cards.

Scope and Content Records of missionary work of Holy Cross Fathers at Holy Cross Church, Keystone (Benton County), Iowa, and the surrounding area: record book of baptisms, marriages, and deaths (1884-1902) with entries by James Gleeson, CSC, and T.J. Reynolds; lists of baptisms and marriages (1866-1882) with most entries by Paul Gillen, CSC; a record by Gillen of accounts for pews at Holy Cross Church (1876-1878); records of baptisms and marriages (1885-1887); a letter dated 4 November 1947 from Rose Angela...

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Photostats of annual reports (1895-1930) and a daybook (1908-1917).

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Correspondence, mailings, reports, registers, and by-laws relating to the general history and activities of the Glenmary Sisters and the 1967 development in which many of the members of the order were given dispensation to form a lay organization.

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A group of 76 letters written by or to members of the William and Marilla Clay Houghton family of Vermont, Massachusetts, Alabama, and elsewhere, 1832-1850. Included are 43 letters directed to printer/publisher Henry Oscar Houghton, when the latter was in his teens and 20s.

Scope and Content Microfilmed scrapbooks of newspaper clippings concerning the House of David. The bulk of the clippings concern the history of the group and the legal charges brought against Purnell. An index to eleven volumes appears at the beginning of reel one, but we have only the first seven volumes contained on two reels of microfilm. An item list appears before each volume. The Niles District Library in Niles,...

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Files of court cases and subject files concerning civil rights collected by Howard A. Glickstein in the 1960s.

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Orientation booklets, 2002-2004; Junior Parents Weekend booklets, 2002-2004, 2006-2008; Hall Presidents Council and Treasurer binders, 2003-2007; miscellaneous loose papers, 1986-2005; Compact Discs containing a slide show for the 2006 Junior Parents' Weekend; and a photo scrapbook, ca. 1988-1989.

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Correspondence, 1943-1957; funeral sermons for John Cushing, F.T. Wenninger, and John J. O'Brien; itineraries; college football clippings; and University of Notre Dame religious bulletins, 1933-1952.

Scope and Content Letters received by Howes Goldsborough and his wife from Redemptorists (C.Ss.R.) William Hickley Gross, M.S. Burke, Louis H. Claessens, Timothy Enright, and Joseph Helmpraecht; Jesuits (S.J.) Edward J. Sourin, John Baptist Meurer, and Edward Henehy; and others including Charles Lancaster, G. Dielman, William Luhrman, Chloe Fenwick, Thomas A. Becker, Fred. W. Wayric, J.L. Brent, Livy Vigilante, and M.X. Fallon; concerning the Catholic Church and clergy, with some comments on politics; with a...

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Horan's compilation and classification of quotations gathered during his survey of religious attitudes of Notre Dame students; and some statistical analyses of these attitudes.

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Research material collected in the process of writing his book on Edwin O'Connor; notes and manuscripts.

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Sermons, lectures, poetry, printed material, and manuscripts of articles by Gallagher and others; concerning scripture, sacraments, meditation, Catholic Action, and other religious topics, and Celtic languages, especially Gaelic (Irish). Also the manuscript of a short novel, James Gallagher.

Scope and Contents This collection documents the activities of Hugo Achugar. It contains records of Achugar's professional and academic career, including articles and article drafts; notes; lecture materials; poetry; conference materials; research files; notebooks; calendars; and Achugar's personal library. Also included with the collection are correspondence, photographs, and Achugar's own collegiate coursework. Significant topics represented in these files are poetry; Blanca Luz Brum (1905-1985); and Latin...

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Letters that Desmond, the editor of the Catholic Citizen, received from prominent members of the Catholic hierarchy and preserved for their autograph value. Originally arranged in a scrapbook together with some printed material concerning the correspondents.

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A four-volume illustrated memoir, in scrapbook form, of the World War I military service of Humphrey M. Barbour, an artillery officer in the American Army's 42nd (Rainbow) Division. In addition to a 220-page typescript memoir the volumes contain close to 1000 photographic prints, postcards, published halftones, maps, manuscript military records, and drawings relating to Barbour's service, 1917 to 1919.

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The personal papers and research materials of the English theater and art critic Huntly Carter (1862-1942). The greater part of the collection consists of correspondence, printed ephemera, and photographs, many collected by Carter in interwar Germany and Russia as part of his research on the fine arts.

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Scrapbook of Ideal Bladoni memorabilia (clippings, photos, artifacts, and some manuscripts), 1920s-1990s, documenting his life and career as Chairman of the Saint Joseph County Democratic Party; three cassette audio tapes of an oral history conducted by Jack Colwell with Ideal Baldoni in September 1995, with a transcription.

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Photographs of or related to Rev. Ignatius Horstmann.

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A index providing access to Notre Dame's financial ledgers, 1841-1869 (five-volumes).

Scope and Content Set of documents (photocopies and microfilm copies of the originals) relating to Indiana history: consisting of letters, diaries, journals, business records, church records, minutes, account books, sermons, speeches, memoirs; including journals of Irish immigrant Rev. John Hamilton (1850), and Methodist circuit rider William S. Hooper (1858-1868); an autobiography of Rev. Thomas Butler; and diaries and letters from the Civil War period. Also privately printed commencement...

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A collection of 67 artists' books created under the direction of Thomas (Tom) Coleman, Professor Emeritus at Indiana University School of Fine Arts. Several of the books were created in homage to Bradbury Thompson, who for many years was a visiting critic and visiting professor at the Yale University School of Art and Architecture and was a teacher of Tom Coleman.