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...

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...

Scope and Content Memoranda, research papers, xeroxed articles, and ephemera in support of the composition and revision of the United States Bishops' Pastoral Letter on the Economy; drafts, recommendations, and amendments of the letter, correspondence among bishops, and records of committees, including the Ad Hoc Committee on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy. Also papers, 1957-1968, representing his early work as a lay missionary in Puerto Rico; lectures and essays reflecting his interests as an...

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 ...

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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Family correspondence and other manuscript materials of the influential Green family of Worcester, Massachusetts, and New York. Of the 200-odd letters in the collection, the greater number were written by and to the ten children of Dr. John Green and Mary Ruggles in the 1790s, 1800s, and 1810s.

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A group of around 60 manuscript personal letters, almost all written by and/or to members of the Jackson family of Moore County, North Carolina before and during the Civil War. The collection includes letters of eleven Confederate States soldiers, serving in the 26th or 30th North Carolina Infantry or the 2nd North Carolina Cavalry.

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An annotated typescript of a paper "On the Meaning of Contemporary Atheism" delivered at the University of Notre Dame, 23 March 1949; and a letter addressed to "Monsieur et cher confrere", 30 August 1927.

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A Civil War letter written on 5 February 1865 by Confederate lieutenant James B. Jordan, 26th North Carolina Infantry, from the Federal prison camp at Johnson's Island, Ohio.

Scope and Content Primarily correspondence; correspondents include Henry Hussman, John B. Quinn, Boniface Rauch, OSB, and Theodore Vose; some of the correspondence involves Ursuline Sisters, School Sisters of Notre Dame, and the Missouri State Historical Society. Also manuscripts of several historical articles, a catalog of Rothensteiner's personal library and of the Rothensteiner collection at Mundelein College; and personal papers of William Faerber (1841- 1905). The Notre Dame University...

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Letters that Roles received while rector of St. Mary's Church, Chicago, primarily concerning financial and real estate transactions and investments.

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A 4-page folio-sized letter written on 15 November 1862 by Confederate private M. A. Harvey, Co. B, 8th Texas Cavalry, describing actions during Bragg's invasion of Kentucky in September-October.

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A four-page letter written on 15 April 1863 by Civil War private Ora W. Harvey of the 46th Massachusetts Infantry, mostly discussing camp recreations, especially baseball.

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This collection chiefly consists of the correspondence and personal papers of Richard Henry Tawney relating to his service in World War I. Personal, government, and Army correspondence are included, as well as military and government records. Correspondence are present in the form of letters, telegrams, and postcards. Notes and hand-drawn battlefield maps are also included.

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The correspondence and naval mementos of Robert B. Drinan, dating from his period of service as apprentice in the United States Navy (1896/7-1901).

Scope and Contents This collection consists of six letters sent to Stephen Curran and his son, Peter T. Curran, in the seven decades following Stephen’s emigration from County Galway, Ireland to the United States. The correspondence consist of two letters to Stephen from his father, Peter Curran, and two from Stephen’s nieces, all sent from Kilkerrin, County Galway, Ireland. The final two letters are written to Stephen’s son, Peter T. Curran, in Kinsley, Kansas, from nieces in Chicago. Also included are a...

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Personal letters that Guilka, a teenage Notre Dame fan from Ashville, North Carolina, received from most of the members of the 1945-1946 Notre Dame football team in response to a letter of sympathy from her; also a scrapbook and memorabilia concerning Notre Dame football during the same years.