Hesburgh Libraries

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Photostat of a report concerning Franciscan missions among the Indians of New Mexico, written by Alonso de Benavides and presented to Pope Urban VIII, 12 February 1634.

In Italian.

Scope and Content Chiefly papers of bishops Luis Penalver y Cardenas, 1793-1810; Louis Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg, 1815-1826; Joseph Rosati, CM, apostolic administrator, 1827-1829; Leo Raymond de Neckere, 1829-1833; Anthony Blanc, 1835-1860; Jean Marie Odin, 1861-1870; Napoleon J. Perché, 1870-1883; Francis X. Leray, 1883-1887; and Francis Janssens, 1888-1897. Other correspondents include the Capuchin bishop, Cyril Antonio Sieni, better known as Bishop Cyril of Barcelona, who was the first resident...

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Digitized copies of articles, speeches, homilies, statements, and other writings of Ricardo Ramírez, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Las Cruces (New Mexico).

Scope and Content Correspondence; historical and religious writings; and research and reference files on Bishop Simon Bruté, Father Stephen T. Badin, Girolamo Savonarola, early missions in Mexican America, Indiana Catholic history, and the Benedictine order in the United States. Also Schmitt's collection of autograph letters, calling cards, and signatures of authors, British and American legislators, presidents of the United States, archbishops, and cardinals (1777-1893). The papers of Father...

Scope and Content An inventory of material collected by Sister Helen Angela for her biography of Ireland, John of St. Paul: The Making of Archbishop Ireland; correspondence concerning the biography, 1953-1961; and clippings and a manuscript by Sister Angela concerning Ireland's work as a Civil War chaplain. Also microfilm containing notes and transcripts of letters in two different hands and clippings that span the years 1892-1905; concerning Catholic schools in America, the Spanish-American...

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This collection consists of a number of musical compositions by José Porfirio “Pepe” Gallart Carcasses. Included are fourteen musical compositions in manuscript, one printed set of sheet music, one concert recording of the 130th Birthday of José Porfirio Gallart, one photograph, and various ephemera relating to the commemoration of José Gallart and his works.

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Chiefly drafts and criticisms of the documents of the Second Vatican Council, with some related correspondence; schemata, circular letters, memoranda, interventions, and commentaries; handwritten, typewritten, mimeographed, photocopied and printed material.

Scope and Content Office files including committee minutes and correspondence; financial records such as receipts, check stubs, accounts of program expenditures, fundraising proposals, and fundraising information; subject files on demographics, labor conditions of migrant workers, immigration, bilingual education, and other topics; La Raza news releases, clippings, and scrapbooks; correspondence and clippings from the Groundskeepers Rights Association, University of Notre Dame, 1977-1979; and files of the...

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Miscellaneous manuscripts assembled by the archives.

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Photocopies of correspondence and articles by and about Romero; his pastoral letters and speeches; books and pamphlets containing his writings, including his diary; and a biography by Jon Sobrino.

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Records kept by Fr Ramon Gaitan and Fr Juan Romero; consisting of bylaws, constitutions, press clippings, publications, directories, memoranda, letters, meeting material, papers from national congresses, recommendations, historical sketches, minutes, financial records, and interviews. Also audio recordings, slides and black-and-white photographic prints, publications by PADRES, and printed material collected by PADRES concerning Hispanic priests, bishops, sisters, and brothers.

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Correspondence with Peter Mueller (1931-1934) and a few other letters (1895, 1908, 1909); a copy of his appointment as Bishop of Dacca by Pope Leo XIII; the bull of Pope Pius XI making him Titular Archbishop of Bostra; souvenirs of his time in India; clippings; an anniversary booklet; and a photograph.

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Correspondence, financial and parish records, subject files, histories of the mission, printed material, and photographs. Principal correspondents include John Cardinal Cody of Chicago, Archbishop Marcos McGrath of Panama, and the priests of the mission and the Archdiocese of Chicago: Leo T. Mahon, Donald Headley, Frederick McTernan, John Enright, and John Greeley.

Scope and Content Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, agenda, dockets, minutes, handbooks, proposals, plans, reports, financial papers, lists, circulars, newsletters, bulletins, press releases, offprints, contracts, bylaws, and material distributed at meetings of boards of directors, committees, and commissions on which Hesburgh served; including the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1958-1973), National Science Board (1954-1966), Rockefeller Foundation (1962-1982), International Atomic Energy Agency...

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Eight letter books containing copies of letters written by A.M. Soteldo, Simón Camacho, Julio Gonzalez, and other members of the Venezuelan delegation to the United States, 1881-1888; letters sent to the consulate, chiefly from Caracas, 1875-1877; and depositions and briefs from a law suit brought by Seth Driggs against Venezuelan General Santiago Marino, 1852-1855.

In Spanish and English.

Scope and Content Correspondence concerning his publications, the University of Notre Dame scholarship committee (1940s), the Catholic Education Club (1943-1944), the Philosophy of Education Society (1951-1953), Pax Romana (International Movement of Catholic Students) and his interest in Latin America and Latin American students and alumni (1945-1946); manuscripts of his publications; class lecture notes and handouts; pamphlets, newsletters, maps, and other printed material on Latin America; and newspaper...