Descriptions of Manuscript Collections
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Lambert, Louis Aloysius. Papers.
1863-1914. 4 inches. Donors: Aloysius Quinlan and Therese D. Molyneaux,
1954
and 1985.
Letters (forming the bulk of the papers), a memorial scrapbook
and newspaper clippings. Lambert, a parish priest, educator, editor and
writer, was widely known both for his apologetic work for the
Church--particularly his replies to Robert Green Ingersoll's agnostic
arguments, and for a well publicized dispute with his Bishop, Bernard
McQuaid of Rochester, New York that was eventually settled in Rome.
Material on both topics is prominent among the papers. Of interest is a
1863 Civil War letter written by General Michael K. Lawler during the
siege of Vicksburg, and some seventeen letters from McQuaid in Rome for
Vatican Council I, describing events there.
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Leadership Council of Catholic Laity
(LCCL)/ American Catholic Lay Network (ACLN). Papers.
1986-1993. 4 feet; 3 boxes. Donor: Fred Leone, 1996.
Originally know as the American Catholic Lay Network (ACLN),
the Leadership Council of Catholic Laity (LCCL) originated out of the
Synod on the Laity held in Rome in October of 1987. A formal structure
was
developed with goals, a mission statement, by-laws, and an invitation
to membership. In April of 1995, a decision was made by the Board,
formerly
called the Leadership Team, to determine if the LCCL should continue
in its present form, change its structure, or dissolve. After
consultations
with the membership, the decision for dissolution was made and the
remaining
funds were given to member organizations for ongoing and future
projects.
Records housed at CUA include correspondence, meeting minutes,
articles of incorporation, financial records, publications such as
their newsletter and directories, and conference programs as well as
video tapes and audio cassettes.
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Lee, Thomas Sim. Papers. 1860-1916. 2
1/2 inches. Donors: Sarah R. Lee and Dr. Thomas Lee, 1950.
Rector of the Cathedral of Baltimore, 1873-1891, and of St.
Matthew's Church, Washington, D.C., 1891-1922, Lee was also a trustee
of Catholic University, 1888-1920. Consisting of personal
correspondence, official documents and certificates, receipts, printed
material, a volume on his Golden Jubilee, and photographs, the papers
document his studies at the North American College in Rome, his
ordination, travels to
Europe and the Orient, and the celebration of his Golden Jubilee.
Of particular note are family letters written during the Civil War,
which discuss the course of the war in Maryland and the Washington,
D.C. area, and its effect on the Lee family.
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Lenahan, Thomas A. Papers.
1925-ca. 1955. 2 1/2 inches.
Mainly photostatic copies of letters received and of press
clippings, the former accompanied by a chronological synopsis. These
papers were assembled by Lenahan, a Tuscaloosa priest, to vindicate his
association with two controversial figures: Fr. Thomas A. Judge
(founder of two religious congregations, the Missionary Servants of the
Most Holy Trinity and the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed
Trinity, which were
popularly known as "The Trinitarians"), with whom Lenahan worked,
1929-1931;
and Fr. James E. Coyle, (an Alabama pastor known for vehement
anti-English sentiment), to whom Lenahan was assistant, 1914-1921.
Insight on the early years of "The Trinitarians", particularly the
opposition to
them from within the Church, is provided by letters from Judge, Bishop
Thomas J. Toolen of Mobile, and Dennis Cardinal Dougherty of
Philadelphia, while the clippings discuss Coyle's writings and his
murder by a protestant minister in 1921.
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Liederbach, Clarence A.
Papers.
1971, 1977. 9 items. Donor: Clarence A. Liederbach, 1977.
Research material, mainly correspondence, gathered by
Liederbach, a Cleveland priest, who appears to have been investigating
the Catholicity of Mary (May) LaFond and her children. LaFond (1867-
1898) was the
first wife of Charles Lindbergh's father, Charles Augustus Lindbergh,
Sr. (1859-1924). A copy of their marriage record is present and
indicates that they were married in Morrison County, Minnesota in 1887.
This
union produced Charles Lindbergh's two older half-sisters, Lillian
Lindbergh Roberts and Eva Lindbergh Christie Spaeth. The papers include
a 1977 letter in which the latter comments on her mother's practice
of religion. In addition, two articles sketch the lives of LaFond's
younger brother, Edward M. LaFond, and her father, a French Canadian,
Moses LaFond.
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Lindesmith, Eli Washington John.
Collection. 1846-1922. 17 feet, 34 boxes. Donor: E.W.J. Lindesmith.
A finding
aid to the papers of Eli Washington John Lindesmith
An Online
Exhibit of Father Eli W.J. Lindesmith's papers and artifacts is
accessible at http://libraries.cua.edu/achrcua/lindesmith1.html.
Born in Center Township, Ohio on September 27, 1827, Eli
Washington John Lindesmith lived his early years in northeastern Ohio.
Lindesmith entered St. Mary's Theological Seminary in 1846 and was
ordained a priest in 1855. He worked for seventy-seven years within the
Catholic Church: initially, he worked as an itinerant priest for
various parishes in
northern Ohio; from 1880 to 1891, he served as military chaplain and
a missionary to the Crow, Sioux, and Cheyenne in Montana; after
returning
to parish work in Ohio for several years, he served as the chaplain of
St. Ann's Orphan Asylum in Cleveland until his death on February 6,
1922.
Throughout his career, Lindesmith considered himself a
missionary. Lindesmith took an interest in the conditions of his time
and often
worked in conjunction with Protestant-based organizations to ensure
moral living. Lindesmith saw himself primarily as a missionary,
actively
participating in the the moral reform of his society in organizations
like the Catholic Prohibition League and other temperance
organizations.
He observed and commented on his times, drawing Protestants and
Catholics
to his lectures. He collected artifacts, books, and manuscripts and
spoke on a wealth of subjects, from marriage, sin, and the state of
Catholicism to medicinal recipes, Irish nationalism, and the cowboy in
the West.
Lindesmith, proud of his family's long heritage in the United
States army, traced his ancestors to the Revolutionary War. Father
Lindesmith documented his family's military history and its
participation in the American Revolution and the War of 1812. He
belonged to the Sons of the American Revolution and the War of 1812
Societies. His patriotism also fueled a pride in his own military
service.
The Lindesmith Collection consists of personal and business
correspondence, extensive notes on genealogical and biological records,
diaries, sermons, financial records, personal memorabilia, photographs,
oil paintings, and newspaper clippings on various subjects of personal
interest. There are also documents, letters, and notes pertaining
to Lindesmith's time in Montana, including military records. Along
with his papers, there is also a small collection of printed material
belonging to Lindesmith. Toward the end of his life, Lindesmith sent
his personal papers to the Catholic University of America with the
hope that a biography would be written. He also sent various artifacts
to the CUA museum for preservation. Please see the Museum Collection Homepage
for more information.
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Lionie, Mother Marie. Photo. 1
Item. Donor: John F. Flannagan 1984.
Born Alodie Virginia Paradis in Nova Scotia in 1840, Mother
Marie Lionie (her religious name) founded a congregation, the Little
Sisters of the Holy Family, with papal approbation in Canada in 1880
for the purpose of providing domestic help for the clergy. The sisters
devoted themselves to work in the kitchens, laundries, and sacristies
of colleges, seminaries, and episcopal residences. The first foundation
in the United States was in 1890. The subject of the 8 by 10 inch photo
is the 1912 funeral of
Mother Lionie.
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Clare Boothe Luce Theatre Collection.
Collection. 6ft. 4 boxes 1891-1919. Donor: Clare Boothe Luce, ca. 1970.
A finding
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Anne Clare Boothe was born in New York City, April 10, 1903.
Her father was a violinist and businessman and her mother had been a
dancer. In 1923 she married George Tuttle Brokaw, a clothing
manufacturer. They divorced in 1929. In 1930 she became associate
editor for Vanity Fair. Between 1934, after she resigned from working
with Vanity Fair, and
1940, she wrote plays which were produced on Broadway; some of her
plays
were made into movies. During her career as a playwright she met and
married Henry R. Luce, the publisher of Time and Fortune. By 1942 she
was fully involved in wartime politics and ran for and was elected as
a representative in Congress for Connecticut's Fourth District. She
remained in the political sphere the rest of her life. She was the
second woman
to be the ambassador to Italy (from 1953 - 1957).
After the untimely death of her nineteen-year-old daughter,
she faced a spiritual struggle over the compassion and mercy of God.
She
turned to Bishop Fulton Sheen for spiritual advice. Through her
struggle
she became a Roman Catholic in 1946. Her writing energies after this
focused on the spiritual life. She wrote the screenplay for a movie
focusing
on the lives of two nuns, Come to the Stable. This
received
an Oscar nomination for best motion picture of the year (1949). Clare
Boothe Luce died on October 9, 1987.
The Theatre Collection consists of notebooks and scrapbooks
collected and compiled by Clare Boothe Luce. These contain
announcements, programs, and review clippings from musical (including
both classical and popular music)and theatrical life in the United
States from 1891 to 1919.
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Luddy, John. Notebooks. 1868. 3
volumes. Donor: Michael G. Luddy, 1968.
Written in Gaelic, these largely contain copied fragments of
Fenian prose tales and poetry. Fine examples of Irish calligraphy, they
were the work of Luddy while he was living in the parish of
Ballylanders, Co. Limerick, Ireland.
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Lyne, Mary Hope. Scrapbook. 1934. 1
volume.
Containing press clippings, programs, postcards, photographs
and invitations relating to celebrations held to mark the tercentenary
of Maryland's founding in 1634. Also included, clippings commemorating
the centenary of the birth of James Cardinal Gibbons in 1834.
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Magner, James A. Papers.
ca.1920-1994. 125 feet, 85 boxes; 2 file cabinets. Donor: Magner
Estate, 1995.
Born in Illinois in 1901, Magner attended elementary and
secondary schools in his native Wilmington and in Prairie de Chien,
Wisconsin. Afterwards, he entered Saint Mary of the Lake Seminary in
Mundelein, Illinois. Ordained in 1926, he pursued graduate studies in
Rome at the Urban College of the Propaganda Fidei and the Academy of
Saint
Thomas Aquinas, and was awarded doctorates in theology and philosophy.
In 1929, he returned to Chicago and taught English and Literature at
the Quigley Preparatory Seminary and was a contributor to Extension
Magazine and the Catholic
Historical Review.
In both Chicago and Washington he founded and directed the
Charles Carroll Forums. Magner authored several books and articles and
conducted many overseas tours. In 1940, Magner was appointed to The
Catholic University of America where he served in various capacities
including Assistant
Secretary Treasurer, Director of the University Press, and Vice Rector
for Business and Finance. In addition, he was a founder of the
Institute
for Ibero-American Studies at CUA and an occasional lecturer until his
retirement in 1968. He spent the remaining years of his life in Palm
Beach where he served as a visiting priest in local parishes and
remained a member of the CUA Board of Trustees. In 1952 he was awarded
the title
Knight Commander of the Order of Isobel la Catolica by the Spanish
government
and in 1957 the Vatican created him a Domestic Prelate with the title
of Monsignor.
This large unprocessed collection represents the eclectic
nature of Magner's life and interests and does not encompass the large
volume of his personal library, much of which went to CUA's Mullen
LIbrary or the large assortment of museum objects which are now part of
the University's
Museum Collection. Records on deposit in the Archives include
personal and professional correspondence, reports and meeting minutes,
printed materials such as
clippings and tourist brochures, manuscript material for his
publications, photographs and camera equipment, slides and reel to reel
films, and assorted memorabilia.
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Manning, Henry Edward Cardinal.
Papers (Microfilm Only). 1870-1948. 1 reel, 35 mm; 2 negative Copies.
Donor: John Tracy Ellis and A. Chapean, 1950.
Born in Hertfordshire in 1808 to a merchant-banking family,
Manning attended Harrow Public School and matriculated at Balliol
College, Oxford in 1827. He was ordained an Anglican minister in 1832
and married in
1833, with his wife dying childless in 1837. He focused on his
ecclesiastical career and became a leading Anglican thinker, warning
relentlessly against rationalism and social evils. Influenced by the
Oxford Movement, he
became disillusioned with the Church of England and converted to Roman
Catholicism in 1851. A rising star in the English Catholic Church, he
was especially active in the field of education. In 1865, Manning
became
Archbishop of Westminster, an office he held until his death in 1892.
He was also a leading figure at the Vatican Council I in 1870-1871. His
constant effort was to make the Church more socially conscious and to
bring English Catholicism into the mainstream of English society.
Manning
was a talented administrator, voluminous writer, and eloquent preacher.
Collection consists of 31 letters, mostly from American
prelates such as James Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop John Ireland,
which
are generally of a routine nature. In addition, there are copies of
two letters written by Manning, one to the Rector of the North American
College in Rome and one to Cardinal Gibbons. There are also 3 letters
of appreciation for Manning written many years after his death.
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Marian Convocation. Collection.
1954. 5 inches; 2 folders, 3 binders. Donor: Eugene P. Willing.
Pamphlets, press releases, lectures, and sermons from the
Marian Convocation held at The Catholic University of America. This was
an event attended by hierarchy, priests, and laymen to pay homage
to the Virgin Mary on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary
of the Dogmatic Definition of her Immaculate Conception.
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McCarthy, Charles Hallan. Papers. 1786(1864-1935)n.d. Donor: Unknown.
A finding aid to the Charles McCarthy papers.
Charles Hallan McCarthy was born in Franklin, New Jersey, in 1860. In 1890, he became the instructor and professor of historical and civil government at a Catholic High School in Philadelphia. McCarthy earned his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1898. He gave lectures in English and American History at the Institute of Pedagogy in New York City from 1902 to 1904, when he became assistant professor at The Catholic University of America (CUA). He served as the president of the American Catholic Historical Association (ACHA) from 1922 to 1923 and retired from CUA in 1939. He was awarded the Benemerenti Medal in 1940 and died on December 22, 1941. Collection contains notes on the various works on American History written by McCarthy, as well as book reviews, published articles, publications, clippings, lectures and notes, correspondence, and other materials including original documents.
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McDonald, Fergus. Research
Notes.
ca. 1946. 6 inches, 4" x 6" cards.
Used in the preparation of McDonald's 1946 Catholic University
M.A. thesis, The Catholic Church and the Secret Societies in the United
States, which covers the approximate period 1794-1897.
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McEntegart, Bryan Joseph.
Collection. 1957, 1962. 10 items.
McEntegart served as the eighth rector of Catholic University,
1953- 1957. He was Bishop of Brooklyn, 1957-1968, and was named
archbishop in 1966. Present are programs and copies of speeches from
the valedictory CUA convocation held on his departure as rector, and an
album containing nineteen photographs of his solemn dedication of Mater
Christi Diocesan High School, Queens, New York.
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McKenna, Bernard Aloysius.
Papers. 1915 1952. 4 inches.
Ordained in 1903 for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, McKenna
came to Catholic University in 1915 as secretary to Rector Thomas J.
Shahan and as first director of the National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception. A member of the faculty of the School of Sacred Theology,
he became a CUA trustee in 1930. In 1933 he returned to Philadelphia as
pastor of Holy Angels Church. His papers include miscellaneous incoming
correspondence, both personal and official, and photographs. Reference
is made in
letters, particularly those from fellow CUA trustee Edward J.
McGolrick,
to CUA and Shrine affairs and McKenna's role in them. Topics discussed
include alumni affairs, donations, Shahan's death and funeral in 1932,
McKenna's departure from CUA, and Joseph M. Corrigan's appointment
as rector in 1936. Correspondents include Shahan, Patrick J. Healy, and
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty.
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McKenna, Norman C. Papers.
1934-1971. 1.25 feet; 1 box. Donors: Norman C. McKenna, 1977 and William
Connell, 1996.
A finding
aid to the papers of Norman C. McKenna
Correspondence, reports, newsletters, clippings, and
publications relating to the following activities of McKenna, an editor
of Catholic and labor publications: Catholic Interracial Council of
Prince George's County, Maryland, 1964-1971; Cana Conference of
Washington, D.C.,
1950-1962; Association of Catholic Trade Unionists, 1937-1951; and
Christian Front newspaper, 1934-1948. Relating to the latter are
letters
from noted Catholic writers and the original of a drawing by G.K.
Chesterton.
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McKenzie, Donald Francis.
Papers.
ca. 1850-1976. 11 feet, 16 boxes. Donor: Albert Acena, 1977.
This collection consists of clipping files, pamphlets, photos,
books, souvenir booklets, and other memorabilia dealing with the
Catholic, especially the American Catholic, hierarchy recording
activities such as consecrations and installations in the period of ca.
1900-1976. Included are anti-Catholic pamphlets, tracts, and books
dating from the mid-nineteenth century. These materials were collected
by McKenzie, a Kansas City native and a long-time resident of Seattle,
as an avocation over a forty year period.
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McNamara, Robert Francis. Papers. 1854-1989. 15.25 feet; 32 boxes.
Donor: R.F. McNamara, 1981, 1992, 1995.
A finding aid to the papers of Robert Francis McNamara
Robert F. McNamara was born in New York in 1910. He graduated with his
B.A. from Georgetown University and earned his M.A. from Harvard
University. In 1936, McNamara was ordained in Rome and celebrated his
celebrated his 70th anniversary in 2006. McNamara became a professor of
church history and was active in a number of historical associations
including the American Catholic Historical Association (ACHA) and the
Association for State and Local History. He served as editor for the
Catholic Historical Review (CHR) from 1948-1955. McNamara wrote a number
of works on church history and Catholic education. He also wrote various
articles for the New Catholic Encyclopedia. These papers consist of
correspondence, photographs, maps, student letters and diaries, records,
research notes, and publications dealing with the North American College
at Rome (NAC), its history, alumni, and operation, including the card
file used by McNamara to write his book: The American College in Rome
1855-1955.
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McManus, Frederick Richard.
Papers. 1925(1941-2005)2005. 68 feet; 54 boxes. Donor: Frederick McManus, 1978, 1999, 2001, 2005.
Frederick Richard McManus, 1924-2005, attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA from 1940-1942. In 1947, he studied at St. John's Seminary in Brighton, MA, where he received an A.B. and in 1954 obtained his J.C.D. from The Catholic University of America (CUA). Ordained 1 May 1947 in Boston, he served one year as an assistant pastor at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Norwood, MA, then as an assistant pastor at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, 1948-1950, during which he also served as the Archdiocese Master of Ceremonies. Following this, he spent one year as Secretary for the Metropolitan Tribunal of Boston, which is the Church court for the Metropolitan Episcopal See of Boston which adjudicates internal Church legal affairs. In 1954, he began a four-year term as professor of canon law and moral theology at his alma mater, St. John's Seminary. After a few years there, McManus took a position as professor of canon law at CUA, holding this position until 1993, remaining thereafter Professor Emeritus.
While at CUA, McManus edited the canon law journal, The Jurist, and served in various administrative positions. He was the Dean of the School of Canon Law (1967-1973), Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies (1974-1983) and Academic Vice President (1983-1985). He was also a founder of the liturgical studies program and a member of the 1968 Committee on Humane Vitae. Besides these duties, he served on the Bishop's Committee on the Liturgy of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB), established in 1958 under the name of the Bishop's Commission on the Liturgical Apostolate and reorganized in 1968 under the current name, with the mission to study and report on canonical and liturgical issues and official statements. He was Director of the Secretariat and editor of the committee's newsletter (1965-1975) and continued thereafter to aid the committee's work as a staff consultant. He was involved in all aspects of canon law from teaching and the liturgical committee to various other commissions, boards and associations, including the Canon Law Society of America and Second Vatican Council commissions. In addition, he published continuously, with contributions to journals such as American Ecclesiastical Review, Catholic World, Commonweal, The Jurist, The Living Light, Theology Today and Worship.
The McManus Papers arrived in four distinct deposits with only the first being arranged and described to the folder level. The first deposit includes The Jurist, canon law and personal material. The first series spans McManus' editorial work with The Jurist, 1956-1985, and contains various articles as well as general correspondence relating to articles and the journal's publication. The Canon Law materials are separated into six series: National Council of Catholic Bishop's Committee on the Liturgy, correspondence and reports, 1951(1967-1984)1984; Canon Law Society of America, correspondence and conference materials of the U.S. society and some pieces from various foreign societies, 1961(1966-1990)1990; the publication Acta Apostolicae Sedies, 1967-1970; Department of Canon Law/CUA, records reflecting McManus as professor and scholar in canon law, 1961-1995; files on various liturgical and canon law topics, including the Orthodox-Catholic Consultation and the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, 1958-1996; and miscellaneous USCC/NCCB material, including the Committee on Research and Practices, a 1967 management study, and numerous press releases, 1966-1970. Finally, there are personal papers with correspondence, articles, speeches, publications, course outlines and exams, and general notes and clippings. The remaining three deposit have similar material to the first but are unprocessed though there are preliminary box lists available that provide a basic level of access for interested researchers.
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McNicholas, John Timothy.
Papers. 1912, 1925-1949. 1.25 feet; 3 boxes. Donors: Father Favret 1967, Xavier University 2009.
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John T. McNicholas was born in Kiltimagh, County Mayo, Ireland
on December 15, 1877. He was the youngest of eight children. He
emigrated
to the United States with his family in 1881 to Chester, Pennsylvania.
He attended elementary school at the Immaculate Heart of Mary School in
Chester and St. Joseph's Prepatory College in Philadelphia. At
seventeen,
McNicholas entered the Dominican Order at St. Rose's Priory in
Springfield,
Kentucky. He was ordained at St. Joseph's in Somerset, Ohio on October
10, 1901. McNicholas earned a doctorate of Sacred Theology at Minerva.
In 1904, McNicholas returned to Somerset to assume the role of master
of
novices. He then became the Regent of Studies, and professor of
Philosophy,
Theology, and Canon Law at the Dominican House of Studies, Immaculate
Conception
College, near The Catholic University of America until 1909. Following
this
position, McNicholas became the National Director of the Holy Name
Society
in New York City and the organization's first journal editor (Holy Name
Journal). While in New York, he became the pastor of St. Catherine of
Siena
Church and the first prior of the adjoining convent. After eight years
in New York, McNicholas was called to Rome to became the socius to the
Master
General of the Dominicans in Rome. He also taught Canon Law and
Theology
at Angelicum University. Ultimately he was named Master of Theology and
granted an honorary office of provincial of Lithuania. The next year in
July of 1918, McNicholas began his career as a Bishop. He was named the
Bishop
of Duluth, MN. In May of 1925, he was named to the Diocese of
Indianapolis. He did not remain there long and was installed as
Archbishop of Cincinnati
August 1925. McNicholas remained in this position until his death in
1950.
In 1930, Archbishop McNicholas became the Episcopal Chairman
of
the Department
of Education of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference (NCWC). He held this role until 1935
and
then again in 1942 to 1945. He also served as the President General of
the National
Catholic Education Association
(NCEA) from 1946 to 1950 and held a ten-year chairmanship from 1933
to 1943 of the Episcopal
Committee on Motion
Pictures which later became the National Legion of Decency.
McNicholas
also held five terms from 1945 to 1950 as chairman of the
Administration
Board of the NCWC.
McNicholas's concern for national Church affairs led him to
work at The Catholic University of America as part of a committee to
investigate differences between faculty and the rector, Rev. James H.
Ryan. In 1930, this committee investigated the disputes between the
Theology faculty and the rector. The faculty, in particular JJ
Rolbiecki, questioned the Ryan and the Board of Trustees reorganization
of the graduate departments. The dispute led to Rolbiecki's dismissal;
he was reinstated after the investigation. McNicholas continued as part
of this investigation committee into 1931
with the case of the dismissal of Franz Cöln and Henrich
Schumacher. The Archbishop maintained a connection to CUA through
another committee--the Episcopal Visiting Committee or Pontifical
Commission of the Sacred Sciences of The Catholic University. This
committee was established to examine the ecclesiastical faculties in
1934. He was a part of this committee until
his death in 1950. McNicholas was also a member of the Board of
Trustees
of the University.
The McNicholas papers consists primarily of correspondence and
reports from his participation in the investigation committee and the
Episcopal Visiting Committee at CUA from 1925 to 1949. The papers are
broken into three series. The first, Correspondence, consists of
letters to and
from various clergy such as James H. Ryan and Joseph Corrigan, Rectors
of CUA, Archbishop Michael J. Curley, chancellor of CUA, and various
professors of theology and editors of the CUA Bulletin. The second
series,
Catholic University Records, consists of correspondence and reports
rom the Episcopal Visiting Committee/Pontifical Commission. The third
series, Newspaper clippings, consists of miscellaneous clippings by and
about Monsignor
John A. Ryan. The fourth series consists of a ring binder notebook of mimeographed notes
for a Children's Retreat held from October 29 to November 2, 1912.
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Meagher, James Luke.
Manuscripts. n.d. 2 1/2 inches. Donor: James L. Meagher, 1895.
An Irish-born priest ordained in 1875, Meagher was also known
as an author. He incorporated the Christian Press Association, 1894,
and the Christian Literature Union, 1895, becoming president of both.
Present are: an incomplete draft of the introduction to his book,
The Seven Gates of Heaven (1895); draft pages from Teaching Truth by
Signs and Ceremonies (1882); a four-page sketch of the life of John
Cardinal McClosky: a sermon on the duties of parents towards their
children; and fragments from unidentified works, including 4 chapters
entitled, "Reasons that are Mystical," "Reasons Relating to the
Clergy,"
"Reason and Religion Looking Beyond the Grave," and, "Reasons of
Ceremonies
Among the Jews."
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Mitchell, John. Papers.
1885-1931, n.d. 130 feet; 266 boxes. Donors: Robert Mitchell and Debra
Claydon via Rev. Thomas Darby, 1943, Elizabeth Morris, 1967.
A finding aid to the papers of John Mitchell
The John Mitchell Photographic Collection
Mitchell, a legendary leader of the United Mine Workers of
America (UMWA), was born 4 February 1870 in Braidwood, Illinois, to
Robert Mitchell and Martha Halley. His mother died shortly thereafter
and his father, a Scotch-Irish immigrant, died when the boy was only
six years old. Reared by his father's third wife, Mitchell had little
opportunity for education and assisted his stepmother in doing the
neighborhood washing. He left home at age 10 and began working, first
as a farm laborer and later
as a coal miner. Though mostly working in Illinois, he also worked in
both Colorado and New Mexico. In 1892 he married Catherine O'Rourke
and they had several children.
Mitchell was first a member of the Knights of Labor and then,
successively, legislative agent, organizer, vice president and
president of the fledgling UMWA. He was also vice president of the
American Federal of Labor (AFL) and member of the National Child Labor
Committee, the National Civic
Federation, Federal Milk Commission, Federal Food Board for New York
City, New York State Labor Industrial Commission, New York State Food
Administration, and the New York State Council of Farms and Markets.
It was, however, as president of the UMWA, 1899-1908, that Mitchell
would
have his greatest impact. His leadership in the momentous Anthracite
Coal Strike of 1902 resulted in significant gains for coal miners and
greater recognition for the UMWA. Often in poor health, Mitchell
stepped
down as UMWA president in 1908 and died in 1919. He is buried in
Scranton,
Pennsylvania. His published works include Organized Labor: Its
Problems,
Purposes, and Ideals (1903) and The Wage Earner
(1912).
Papers reflect his myriad labor and civil affiliations and are
organized into five series: Correspondence, 1885-1919; United Mine
Workers of America, Minutes, Proceedings, Constitutions, and Reports,
1891-1908; Miscellaneous Minutes, Proceedings, and Reports, 1914-1919;
Printed Matter, 1888-1912; and Photographs, 1896-1924. The
correspondence includes drafts of articles and speeches, minutes of
meetings, financial reports, and convention
resolutions. Significant people, events, and conditions of the 'Gilded
Age' are revealed, especially in the UMWA material, regarding such
watershed
issues as standardized wages, safe working conditions, and collective
bargaining.
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Montavon, William Frederick.
Papers. 1925 1951. 4 boxes, 5 feet; 8 document cases. Donor: National
Catholic Welfare Conference, 1959.
A finding
aid to the papers of William Frederick Montavon
Mainly personal correspondence and addresses concerning the
Church in Mexico and Spain during the 1920s and 1930s. Montavon, a
former diplomat in Central and South America, was Director of the Legal
Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference (NCWC),
1925-1951. His appointment coincided with persecution of the Catholic
Church in Mexico. He produced numerous articles on this subject and
accompanied Fr. John J. Burke, general secretary of the NCWC, and Ruiz
y Flores, Archbishop of Morella, on negotiations with Mexican
revolutionary leader Calles that laid the foundation for an easing of
religious
restrictions in 1929. He also lectured and wrote extensively on
Church-State relations in Spain, traveling there as special
correspondent of the NCWC
News Service for the Constitutional Assembly held after the
establishment
of the Republic in 1931.
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Motry, Hubert Louis.
Papers. 1910s-1952. 7 feet; 17 boxes. Donor: Unknown.
Hubert Motry was born in 1884 and attended the Pontifical Seminary
Josephinum in Columbua, Ohio. He was ordained in 1909 and taught at Josephinum for 8 years. In 1917,
he attended The Catholic University of America (CUA) where he earned his Doctor of Sacred
Theology and Doctor of Canon Law. He became a professor of Canon Law at CUA in 1922 and Dean of the
School of Canon Law in 1937, a position he held until his death in 1952. He has pubished a
variety of works on theology and canon law. He initiated the founding of the National Canon Law Society of America
and the canonical review, The Jurist, of which he served on the editorial board for years. He was also honored
as Domestic Prelate by Pope Pius XII in 1949. The collection includes his personal correspondence, financial
information, and photographs, as well as professional correspondence from both CUA and other organizations,
lecture notes, clippings, publications, professional addresses, map materials, and a number of CUA diplomas.
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Mother Teresa Collection.
1954-1992. 8 feet; 6 boxes. Donor: Eileen Egan, 1985, 1992.
This is a collection of Mother Teresa material collected over
the years by Eileen Egan of New York City, author of the Christopher
Award winning biography, Such a Vision of the Street: Mother
Teresa,
The Spirit and the Work (1985). Ms. Egan served for many years
in the Indian Affairs division of Catholic Relief Services (CRS). She
also assisted the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) in its
overseas efforts and edited the international newsletter of the Co-Workers
of Mother Teresa.
The Mother Teresa Collection features a wide variety of
documents and memorabilia useful to persons studying her cause and
career. Included are correspondence from Mother Teresa, audio cassettes
of her lectures, press releases and newspaper clippings, photographs,
and numerous
books. Many of the latter are in Spanish, German, Dutch, and French. Of
special interest are the compiled newsletters of both the international
and American Co-Workers of Mother Teresa.
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Muench, Aloisius Joseph Cardinal.
Papers. 1906(1946-1959)1963. 81 linear feet; 61 boxes. Donor: Justin A. Driscoll, 1972.
A finding aid to the papers of Aloisius Joseph Cardinal Muench
Born in 1889 in Milwaukee to German immigrant parents, Muench
received his early education at the Seminary of Saint Francis de Sales
in Milwaukee and was ordained in 1913. Receiving his master's and
doctorate in 1919 and 1921, respectively, from the universities of
Wisconsin and Fribourg in Switzerland, he also served as assistant
pastor at Saint Michael's in Milwaukee and chaplain at both Saint
Paul's University Chapel and Saint Mary's Hospital in Madison. In 1922
he became professor of dogma and social sciences at Saint Francis
Seminary and in 1929 dean of the Department of Theology and Rector of
the Seminary. He became the third Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota in 1935
and served as an able administrator for the next twenty-three years.
His Catholic Church Expansion Fund saved many churches during the Great
Depression. He founded a diocesan newspaper, convoked the first synod,
and actively participated in the work of the Catholic Central Verein
and the National Catholic Rural Life Conference. He also served on the
Pontifical Commission for The Catholic University of America, The
Bishops Commission for Peace among Peoples, and Pax Romana.
His 1946 Lenten Pastoral condemned the Morgenthau Plan for
restricting Germany to a rural economy and was widely distributed there
in German translation. Also in 1946, Pope Pius XII appointed him
Apostolic
Visatator for Germany and the United States Secretary for War, Robert
Patterson, named him liaison officer between the U.S. Military
Government
and the Catholic Church in Germany, thereby providing the basis for
a close working relationship with General Lucius Clay and his
successors. Shortly thereafter, the National
Catholic
Welfare Conference (NCWC) appointed him Military Vicar
Delegate for Catholics serving in the American Armed Forces in Germany.
The two years following Muench's arrival in Germany were marked by
his active participation in war relief work as head of the Papal Relief
Commission. Through his initiative, 10,000 CARE parcels were brought
into Germany and his influence relieved clergy distress throughout wide
areas of Germany. By 1951 Muench was Apostolic Nuncio and the first
diplomat to present his credentials to a newly sovereign West Germany.
In 1957, for recognition of his dedicated service to the German people,
Theodore Huess, president of the West German Republic, conferred upon
Muench Germany's highest honor, the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit.
In 1959, Pope John XXIII appointed him to the College of Cardinals,
thus making him the first American to serve actively in the Roman
Curia. He was a member of the Sacred Congregations of Religious Rites,
and Extraordinary Affairs, as well as protector of numerous religious
communities. He died in Rome in 1962 and was buried in Fargo.
The Muench Papers consist primarily of correspondence and
writings with some diaries, notebooks, and printed material such as
clippings and broadsides. The last part of the collection comprises the
source material, including taped interviews with the Cardinal's
associates, and a manuscript of Father Colman J. Barry's biography of
Muench: American Nuncio: Cardinal Aloisius Muench (1969).
Overall, the papers concentrate on the time period of 1946 to 1959
and are important not only as they relate to Muench's life, but also
for their information concerning post-war German-American relations.
This is especially true in regard to the Allied occupation of Germany
which gave way to the restoration of that nation's sovereignty in
1949 and its gradual integration into the western alliance. They
are particularly valuable to students of European military and
diplomatic
history, post-war relief work, Vatican diplomacy, and the recovery
effort of the German Catholic Church.
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Muldoon, Bishop Peter James.
Collection. 1901-1926. Microfilm Only: 3 35 mm Reels; 3 Inches. Donor:
Dioceses
of Rockford, IL 1954.
Born in Columbia, California in 1862 to Irish immigrants John
and Catherine (Coughlin) Muldoon, educated at St. Mary's College in St.
Mary, Kentucky and St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, Maryland and
ordained for the Archdiocese of Chicago in 1886. He served as
chancellor and secretary from 1888 to 1895 to Archbishop P. A. Feehan
and appointed titular bishop of Tamassus, auxiliary of Chicago, and
vicar-general in 1901. In 1908
he was appointed bishop of the new Diocese of Rockford which had just
been erected from the Archdiocese of Chicago. Muldoon played a
prominent role in the social reform movement and served as Chairman of
the National
Catholic War Council, 1917-1918, where he became a nationally known
figure. He worked closely with members of other religious groups and
government agencies and his forcefulness and
diplomacy ensured the success of the council and induced Cardinal James
Gibbons to propose a peacetime organization comparable to it. The National
Council Welfare Council was created in 1919 and Muldoon served as
the episcopal chairman of its Social
Action Department. When dissatisfied American bishops complained to
the pope, the original approbation was revoked and Muldoon as well as
Bishop Joseph Shrembs of Cleveland were among the most vigorous
defenders of the NCWC. The Vatican finally agreed to restore the
approbation in 1922 after the new organization was renamed the National
Catholic Welfare Conference. Muldoon died in 1927 after a long illness.
3 100 Foot 35 mm reels of negative microfilm of Bishop
Muldoon's diary covering the years January 1901 to June 1926.
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Mullin, Francis A. Typescript.
1936. 19 pages.
Entitled John Franckton, Printer, with Special Reference to
his
Use of Irish Type, the title page indicates that this was submitted
for a Library Science course at the University of Michigan, whence
Mullin received a M.A. in Library Science in 1936. Mullin served as
director of Catholic University's library from 1936 until his death in
1947. Under his direction a department of library science was
established
at CUA. Accompanying the typescript are draft pages and mimeograph
examples of early Irish type faces.
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Murray, Philip. Papers. 1936-1952.
123 feet; 184 boxes; 1 oversized box; 99 scrapbooks. Donor: The United
Steel Workers of America, 1953-1960.
A finding
aid to the papers of Philip Murray
Labor leader born in Blantyre, Scotland, 25 May 1886 to Irish
immigrants William and Rose Ann (Layden) Murray. The family emigrated
to Pennsylvania in 1902 and Phillip became a naturalized American
citizen in 1911. He became a member of the international board of the
United Mine Workers
of America in 1912, president of the union's fifth district in 1916,
and
international vice president in 1920. During the First World War he
served
on Pennsylvania's Regional Labor Board and in 1935 was named to the
National
Industrial Recovery Administration. He was Chairman of the Steel
Workers'
Organizing Committee, 1936-1942, and its successor, the United
Steelworkers
of America, 1942-1952. Murray succeeded John L. Lewis as President of
the Congress
of Industrial Organizations
(CIO) in 1940, a post he held until his death in 1952. During the
Second World War, Murray promoted the active cooperation of labor in
the
war effort. After the war, he pledged full support in the campaign to
purge Communists out of the CIO ranks. Murray was married in 1910 to
Elizabeth Lavery and they had one child, a son named Joseph William
Murray.
Primarily correspondence and scrapbooks detailing Murray's
years as head of the United Steel Workers of America. Said
correspondence,
1943-1952, sixty feet, includes annual files on each USWA district,
interoffice
communications, material on the settlement of controls with steel
companies
and government relations. The collection includes the positive and
negative
reactions of the rank and file union membership and the general public
to USWA policies and actions, particularly during strikes. The
scrapbook
series, 1936-1952, thirty feet, contains news clippings on all aspects
of American labor from a vast cross section of the press. These papers
are coldly organizational, portraying little of Murray's own mind apart
from public expressions of it in speeches and press releases.
Additional
Murray material is on deposit in the Special Collections Department at
Penn State University.
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National Catholic Education Association.
Records. 1886 (1904-1996) 2001. 500 feet; 397 boxes. Donor: National
Catholic Education Association and Association of Catholic Colleges and
Universities offices, 1981-2006.
A finding aid to the National Catholic Education Association Records.
The National Catholic Education Association (NCEA), the
nation's oldest and largest Catholic educational organization, was
founded in
1904 from the merger of the Educational Conference of Seminary
Faculties,
the Association of Catholic Colleges, and the Parish School Conference.
The vision of Catholic educational unity was embodied by Catholic
University Rector Thomas J. Conaty and was implemented by the Reverend,
later Bishop, Francis Howard, who served as first executive officer
until 1928. Howard sought to maintain individual freedom while
addressing prominent issues regarding the length and nature of
elementary school curriculum, standardization of Catholic colleges, and
the role of the nation's hierarchy in fostering Catholic educational
unity. In 1929 Howard's successor, Monsignor George Johnson, moved NCEA
from Columbus to Washington where he also served concurrently as
Director of the Education Department of the National Catholic Welfare
Conference (NCWC). Before his death in 1944, Johnson effected
increased cooperation with both Catholic and non-Catholic educational
organizations and promoted the integration of progressive and
scientific
methods of education with more traditional Catholic pedagogy. Johnson's
successor, Monsignor Frederick Hochwalt, presided over robust growth
with
membership increasing from 3,400 to 14,700 by 1966 when he resigned.
Hochwalt's
departure thereby severed the formal relationship between NCWC and
NCEA.
The Reverends C. Albert Koob and John F. Meyer, his successors at NCEA,
confronted challenges of Vatican II which fomented major reevaluations
of Catholic policy and practices. They presided over significant
changes
in NCEA department structures: Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools,
Special Education, and College and University departments remained
unchanged
while the Major and Minor Seminary Departments merged. The School
Superintendents
Department was renamed the Chief Administrators of Catholic Education
(CACE) and departments of Religious Education and Boards of Education
were created.
NCEA continues to provide progressive leadership and
professional services to some 200,000 Catholic educators serving 7.6
million students on the national, state, diocesan, and local levels. It
represents Catholic education in dealing with other professional bodies
and produces numerous publications, including the association's
official journal Momentum,
to provide information regarding current and future issues and
research. Changing patterns and trends in Catholic education are
constantly evaluated and NCEA cooperates with the federal government in
collecting educational statistics. Current administrative sections of
the NCEA include departments such as Elementary, Secondary, Seminary,
Special Education, Chief Administrators, and Association of Catholic
Colleges and Universities. In addition,
NCEA has established a National Center for Justice and Peace Education,
which promotes Catholic teachings on social justice, and the Fund for
New Initiatives in Catholic Education to sponsor programs focusing on
important Catholic education issues. Each spring thousands of Catholic
educators come together at NCEA's Annual Convention, Religious
Education
Congress, and Exposition for assessment, direction, and revitalization.
The delegates are addressed by prominent national and international
speakers as well as state and local experts. Also, numerous exhibition
booths display the latest educational equipment, supplies, and
services.
Material currently on deposit include administrative records,
primarily correspondence and subject files, of the first five
administrators:
Bishop Francis Howard, 1904-1928; Monsignor George Johnson,1929-1944;
Monsignor Frederick Hochwalt, 1944-1966; the Rev. C. Albert Koob,
1966-1974;
and Monsignor John Meyer, 1974-1986. As noted, Monsignors Johnson and
Hochwalt served as directors of the Education Department of the
National
Catholic Welfare Conference (NCWC), 1929-1966, and these records are
also available for research in the CUA Archives. Additional files
encompass
those of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
(ACCU),1905-1991; Annual Convention, including bound proceedings and
Board minutes 1902
(1904-1966) 1995; Financial Records, 1906-1990; Seminary Department,
1958-1988; Special Education Department, 1973-1985; Elementary
Education Department,1978-1985; Secondary Education Department,
1973-1995; Religious Education Department, 1977-1993; Chief
Administrators of Catholic Education (CACE), 1970-1989; National
Association of the Board of Education (NABE),1965-1976; the
Catholic Inter-American Education Conference (CIEC),1947-1979; and the
Catholic International Education Office (OIEC), 1951-1978. Please note:
only the first 100 feet of the collection has been processed at this
time.
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National Catholic War Council.
Records. 1917-1932. 139 feet; 112 boxes; 35 reels of microfilm. Donor:
National Catholic Welfare Conference. 1952-1953, 1957, 1968, 1976.
Finding aid to the National Catholic War Council records
When the United States entered the First World War in 1917, it
relied heavily upon the volunteer actions of private individuals and
organizations to support the war effort. Among these was the Roman
Catholic Church which was broadly perceived as an immigrant body whose
loyalty and
patriotism was suspect and certainly untested in battle. Responding
to this challenge under the motto of "For God and Country," American
Catholics led by Father John J. Burke created the National Catholic
War Council (NCWC), the forerunner of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference that is currently known
as the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the secretariat of
the American Hierarchy.
The War Council of 1917 represented the first coming together
of the American bishops in voluntary association to address great
national issues affecting the Church. It was able to deal successfully
with
such problems as meeting the spiritual and material needs of soldiers
preparing for war and women and youth drawn to the cities and the
factories.
The American Hierarchy soon realized that this united and coordinated
effort in wartime was crucial to more effective protection of Church
interests in peacetime. This resulted in the creation in 1919 of the
National Catholic Welfare Council (later Conference) which involved
itself at the federal, state, and local levels of Catholic activity
regarding legislation, education, publicity, and social action. Success
in providing leadership for the growth and development of the Catholic
Church in the United States induced hierarchies in many countries to
replicate its organization and methods.
Although the records span the years 1917 to 1932, they
concentrate on 1917 to 1919 and contain files and file indexes of
Bishop Peter
J. Muldoon, chairman of the NCWC Administrative Committee, and those
of Father John J. Burke, chairman of the Committee on Special War
Activities (CSWA). They also contain the office files of the executive
secretary of the CSWA and individual sub-committees: Reconstruction,
Men, Women, Overseas, and Historical Records. Included in these files
are administrative, financial, and legal records as well as personal
correspondence, photographs, pamphlets, posters, news clippings, and
memorabilia. The census of
Catholic armed forces preserved on microfilm is of special interest.
The records of the NCWC Knights of Columbus Committee on War Activities
are not included.
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National Conference of Catholic
Charities/Catholic Charities USA. Records. 1881 (1920-2002)
2007. 412 feet; 330
boxes. Donor: National Office, 1977-2006.
After 1820, as the result of a flood of Catholic immigrants,
parishes in the ethnic neighborhoods of the newly burgeoning cities
became
centers of spiritual activities and charitable works. A number of
Catholic charitable institutions, both religious and lay, served as
places of refuge for children and the aged. Religious orders including
the Jesuits, Franciscans, Little Sisters of the Poor, Sisters of the
Good Shepherd, and the Sisters of the Holy Family were especially
active. Among the lay organizations, The
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, The Ladies of Charity, and The
Christ Child Society were most influential. The 1891 papal
encyclical on social reform, Rerum Novarum, provided
considerable inspiration and
motivation. The Vincentians especially desired to not only deal with
the effects of poverty, but to search out and destroy its root causes.
In 1909, Brother Barnabus, a Christian Brother and native New
Yorker, suggested to Bishop
Thomas
J. Shahan, Rector of The Catholic University of America, the
establishment of a "National Conference of Catholic Charities" to
coordinate charitable activities on a national level. The inspiration
of three Vincentians, Thomas Mulry and Edmund Butler of New York and
Robert Biggs of Baltimore, provided impetus towards the establishment
of the conference shortly thereafter. The founding and first general
meeting occurred at CUA in September 1910. Bishop Shahan was elected
first president, serving until 1929, and Monsignor
William J. Kerby, a highly
esteemed CUA professor of sociology, served as Secretary until
succeeded in 1920 by Monsignor John O'Grady.
Early NCCC endeavors included the organization of Catholic
Charities at the diocesan level, the establishment of Catholic schools
of social work, and the formal integration of social institutions
managed by
religious sisters. During Monsignor O'Grady's tenure, 1920-1961, NCCC
became a major advocate for progressive social legislation regarding
immigration, housing, child care, and family assistance. Major
activities
included refugee settlement, health care, juvenile delinquency, and
work with unmarried mothers. More recent efforts have targeted food
and shelter services, drug and alcohol abuse, community self-help
programs,
and counseling for the terminally ill. The name was changed in 1986 to
Catholic Charities USA to demonstrate that the organization, now a
centralized and professional network of over 600 agencies and
affiliated institutions, was still dedicated to service.
This expansive and diverse assemblage of records displays
nearly a century of national Catholic commitment to social thought and
activism and consists of correspondence, minutes of the board of
directors,
committee and legislative files, surveys and studies, photographs and
publications. In addition, the personal papers of Monsignor John
O'Grady,
heart and soul of the organization for over four decades, are included
as they were virtually inseparable from the administrative body of
records.
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The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Collection. 7.7 linear feet; 11 boxes. Donor: unknown.
A finding aid to The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Collection
Among the ten largest churches in the world, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception has been a prominent site of Roman Catholic worship honoring Mary, the patroness of the United States, since the 1920s. After securing the support of Pope Pius X in 1913, Bishop Thomas J. Shahan, the fourth rector of the Catholic University of America, launched a fundraising campaign that culminated in the laying of the cornerstone on September 23, 1920. The crypt opened for services in 1924, and workers had completed construction of the crypt by 1931. However, the Byzantine-Romanesque style upper church would not be completed until 1959 as a result of the Great Depression and World War II. Also in 1959, workers finished construction of the Knights' Tower, a gift of the Knights of Columbus. In 1990, Pope John Paul II named the National Shrine a minor basilica. Originally part of the Catholic University of America, the National Shrine incorporated separately from the university in 1948.
The collection consists of publications, printed material, clippings, and photographs documenting the activities of the National Shrine.
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Neill, Charles Patrick. Papers.
1883-1956. 7 boxes; 1 reel of microfilm; 4.9 feet. Donor: James Kerby
Neill, 1956, 1958,1984.
A finding
aid to the papers of Charles Patrick Neill
Born in Illinois to Irish Catholic immigrants, Neill grew up
in
Texas and graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, in
1891.
He taught at Notre Dame until 1894 and received his doctorate from the
John Hopkins University in 1897. He was Professor of Economics at The
Catholic University of America from 1897-1905. From 1905 to 1913 he
served
as United States Commissioner of Labor and Commissioner of Labor
Statistics
in 1913. In these posts he provided federal mediation services in
railroad
labor disputes and drafted the Newlands Act (1913). He investigated the
meat packing industry, which resulted in an inspection law in 1906, and
prepared a report on child labor which fomented congressional
legislation.
Reputed as a skilled arbitrator, he was employed by Southeastern
Railways
(1915-1939) to handle labor issues, and also served on the United
States
Railroad Board of Adjustments (1919-1921). He was also interested in
industrial safety and workmen's compensation laws. He was a member of
numerous
professional societies, including the American Statistical Association,
the Girls' Reform School, and the Board of Charities of the District
of Columbia. He died in Washington, DC on 3 October 1942.
The Charles Patrick Neill Papers consist of personal
correspondence and other papers, 1904-1946, and a scrapbook, 1893-1903;
professional correspondence, 1905-1942; lectures, class notes and
publications
from his teaching career at the University of Notre Dame, 1891-1894
and The Catholic University of America, 1897-1905; legal papers, news
clippings, and other printed material dealing with his work for the
United States Department of Labor, 1905-1913, the American Smelting
and Refining Company, 1913-1915, and the Bureau of Information of
Southeastern
Railways, 1915-1939; and scrapbooks on microfilm concerning his Labor
Department activities and his membership on the Railway Commission.
Also included in the collection is a copy of a dissertation by Richard
G.
Balfe titled Charles Patrick Neill and the United States Bureau
of Labor, Notre Dame University, 1956. Balfe notes that Neill
systematically destroyed most of his personal papers during the last
year of his life and little remains except for some press clippings
and letters of congratulations.
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New Catholic Encyclopedia. Records.
1959-1979. 194 feet. Donor: Various, 1973-1983.
On 15 November 1959 the American Hierarchy commissioned The
Catholic University of America to produce a New Catholic
Encyclopedia (NCE) to be the successor of the original and
prestigious Catholic Encyclopedia of the early twentieth
century. Rather than a mere revisionary work, the NCE strove to produce
a fresh approach to enduring topics, update antiquated materials, and
introduce the newest concerns of the Roman Catholic faith in an ever
changing world. Fifteen volumes, each containing a million words, were
created in the 1960s, with later supplements, in order to define what
is directly relevant to the Church and including Catholic contributions
to art, science, literature,
and culture.
The bulk of materials archived were created in the preparation
of the original NCE volumes and include such critical records as
correspondence and minutes and reports of the editors and staff that
reflect policies, organization, administrative history, and functions.
In addition,
bibliography, art, contributor, contract, and rejected article files
were retained. In 1984 permission was obtained to destroy some 300
feet of non-archival material entailing article copies, indexed galleys
and printouts, page proofs, master lists and contributor index cards.
An additional fifty feet of reference material was donated to the
library for disposition.
During 1999, the copyright of these materials was transferred
to The Gale Group.
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North American College in Rome.
Photograph Album. n.d. 1 volume. Donor: Catholic University Library,
1922.
Containing interior and exterior shots of the original North
American College on Via Dell'Umilta in Rome. Occupied by the College
from 1859, this building became its graduate department after
post-World War II reconstruction. Also included, interior and exterior
shots of a
villa at Grottaferrata in the Alban Hills used by the College as a
summer home, 1882-1898; a photograph of Pope Leo XIII; and an
uncaptioned photograph, which may be of William George McCloskey, the
College's first rector, 1859-1868.
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Norris, James J., Vatican Council II Collection. 1962-1966, 2.5 feet; 5
boxes. Donor: J.J. Norris, 1965-1974.
A finding aid to the James J. Norris Vatican Council II Collection
Born August 10, 1907 in New Jersey, James J. Norris received his Bachelor's Degree in 1933 from The Catholic University of America (CUA). He found a position in 1936 working as the administrative assistant to Father Patrick O'Boyle, Director of the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, a child welfare institution in New York City.While working there he began attending graduate school in 1938 at Fordham University's School of Social Service. In 1941, he received a position with the National Catholic Community Service (NCCS), where his primary function was to coordinate Catholic efforts when cooperating with the US Government. The same year saw him marry Amanda Clara Tisch. The couple would have four sons (James, Gregory, Peter, and Stephen). Only two years later, he became acting director of NCCS and resolved to make assistance for returning veterans from the war a primary concern. He was drafted into the armed forces in 1944 and returned to work for the War Relief Services (WRS) in 1945 where he worked with refugees from Europe and Africa. In 1947, he became director of the European branch of WRS and he and his family moved to Geneva. As a response to the amount of refugees fleeing from Eastern Europe, he helped create the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) in 1951, of which he was named chairman. In 1959, Norris and his family returned to New York from Europe, where he would continue working for Catholic Relief Services (CRS - formerly War Relief Services, which changed its name in 1955).
In 1963, Norris was invited to be one of the lay auditors at the Second Vatican Council in Rome, where he seized the opportunity to lobby for the council to address the issue of poverty. Working with Barbara Ward and other proponents for Catholic action against world poverty, he was granted permission to address the Council while in session. On November 5, 1964, he became the first member of the laity to participate in a council debate when he introduced Chapter Four, Paragraph 24 "De Paupertate Mundiali" in the schema on the Church in the Modern World. After the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council, and the passing of the schema by the Vatican fathers in 1965, a pastoral constitution on the Church in the Modern World was created, entitled Gaudium et Spes. In a continued effort to create a permanent office focusing on world poverty, Norris became a member of the Post-Conciliar Commission on the Apostolate of the Laity in 1966, and in 1967, he and other advocates succeeded when the Pope announced the creation of the Pontifical Commission for Studies on Justice and Peace. Later, in 1971, he assisted in the creation and became a member of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, concentrating on coordinating various papal commissions. He also continued to work for CRS and other Catholic organizations until his death which occurred on November 17, 1976.
The James J. Norris - Vatican Council II Collection consists of his professional correspondence and the materials he used while serving as a lay auditor at the Second Vatican Council. The majority of the collection comprises his involvement in the Schema on the Church in the Modern World and the Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity both as a lay auditor and as a member of a sub-commission from 1963-1967. However, there are also materials relating to other schemae of the council dating from 1960-1962 and a small amount of material directly related to the council but not produced by the Catholic Church, such as published correspondence and newspaper clippings dating from 1963-1966. The collection is divided into two series and a significant amount of the collection is written in either French, Latin, and more rarely, Italian, or Spanish.
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Novak, Michael John, Jr.
Typescript.
ca. 1978. 1 volume, xerox copy. Donor: Michael John Novak, Jr., 1979.
Copy of the first draft of Novak's, The Guns of Latimer: A
True
Story of the Massacre and Trial (1978), autographed and inscribed by
the author. This is an account of the killing of nineteen Eastern
European
mine workers by sheriff's deputies during a peaceful protest in the
village of Latimer Mines near Hazelton, Pennsylvania, September 10,
1887, and of the subsequent trial which exonerated the killers. An
educator
and writer, Novak has produced two novels and nearly twenty books in
the areas of philosophy, theology and culture.
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Nuesse, Celestine Joseph. Papers.
1930-1991. 25 feet; 22 boxes. Donor: C.J. Nuesse, 1983-1997.
Catholic educational administrator and author born 25 November
1913 at Sevastopol, Wisconsin, a son of George and Salome Helen
(Martens)
Nuesse. Educated at numerous institutions, receiving degrees from the
following: B.E. from Central State Teacher's College, Stevens Point,
Wisconsin, 1934; M.A. Northwestern University, 1937; Ph.D. The Catholic
University of America, 1944, L.H.D. 1982; and LL.D. Merrimack College,
1960. Nuesse was a high school teacher in Wisconsin, 1934-1940. He
joined
the faculty of the Sociology Department at The Catholic University of
America where he has served as Instructor, 1945-1948, Assistant
Professor, 1948-1952, Associate Professor, 1952-1964, Professor,
1964-1981, and
Professor Emeritus since 1981. In addition, he has served as Dean of
the School of Social Science, 1952-1961, Executive Vice President,
1967-1981,
Provost, 1968-1979, and Provost Emeritus since 1981.
He was a special representative of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference in Germany, 1950-1951, and a UNESCO committee and
board member, 1950-1969. Memberships include the DC Council on Human
Relations, American Catholic Historical Association, American Catholic
Sociology Society
(President 1954), American Sociology Association, Catholic Association
for International Peace (President 1954-1956), Catholic Committee on
Intellectual and Cultural Affairs, International Conference on
Sociology
of Religion (Past Vice President), National Catholic Educational
Association, Catholic Interracial Council of Washington (President
1962-1966). He has
served as staff editor of the New Catholic Encyclopedia,
1963-1966 and Chairman of the Board for supplements, 1973-1979. He is
the author of several books including The Social Thought of
American
Catholics, 1634-1829 (1945) and The Catholic University
of America (1990), and has contributed to many professional
publications
including The Catholic Historical Review and Washington
History.
The Nuesse Papers consist of general correspondence, subject
files, travel notes, class lectures, addresses and speeches, and
research material for his publications. There are also files related to
his Catholic University of America activities as both a teacher and an
administrator as well
as an editor for the New Catholic Encyclopedia. The
subject files are indexed and reflect the broad nature of his
aforementioned professional memberships and activities.
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O'Connell, Denis Joseph/Richmond Diocesan Archives.
1818-1924. Collection. 2 files, 12 reels of 35 mm microfilm; 1 foot. Donor: Diocese of Richmond.
Dating from the time of O'Connell's rectorship of the North American College in
Rome, the correspondence consists of two files covering 1886-1894 and 7 reels of microfilm
from the Richmond Diocesan Archives covering 1888-1903. There is also 5 additional reels
of other Richmond diocesan material that comes to 5 reels of microfilm covering 1818-1924.
The Roman correspondence not only concerns college matters but also clearly reflects O'Connell's
activities as unofficial agent for the U.S. Church in Rome, a role frequently played by rectors
of the college. Correspondents include Bishop Bernard J. McQuaid of Rochester, Bishop John
Moore of St. Augustine, Archbishop Patrick J. Ryan of Philadelphia, Archbishop William H.
Elder of Cincinnati, Bishop John S. Foley of Detroit, and Bishop Edward Fitzgerald of Little
Rock, who address matters regarding students enrolled by them at the college, or solicit the
rector's aid in dealing with Roman authorities. A number of letters from Charles E. McDonell,
secretary to John Cardinal McClosky of New York (and later Bishop of Brooklyn, 1892-1924),
also discuss Henry George's mayoral campaign in New York, 1886, Edward McGlynn's activities
on George's behalf, and the visit of Paolo Mori to the U.S. on a secret mission from the Pope.
Also present are letters from Sebastian G. Messmer, Richard L. Burtsell, Thomas J. Shahan,
Thomas O'Gorman, and John A. Zahn. O'Connell later became Catholic University rector, 1903-1909.
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O'Connell, Robert Lincoln. Papers. 1900-1972. 2 boxes; 1 foot. Donor:
David Georgii, 2006-2008.
A finding aid to the Robert Lincoln O'Connell papers.
The Robert Lincoln O'Connell papers document the service of an
Irish-American soldier who served as a combat
engineer in the First Division of the American Expeditionary Force
(A.E.F.) in World War I, 1917-1919. The papers
include correspondence he wrote to his family during his service and
include items such as passes, orders, publications,
postcards, and photographs. There are also some materials, like copies
of federal census forms and his 1972 obituary, gathered recently by
family members and Archives staff to supplement the collection.
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O'Farrell, Mary T. Manuscripts.
1898, 1900, 1903, 1912. 7 items. Donor: [?Mary T. O'Farrell].
Mainly correspondence of Patrick and Mary O'Farrell. Notes of
Mary T. O'Farrell, the probable donor, identify Mary O'Farrell as her
mother, and it seems likely that Patrick, a Washington, D.C. lawyer who
served in the Union army during the Civil War, was her father. Present
are: an 1898 letter from Patrick O'Farrell to Major Jerome Bourke,
secretary of the America Protective League (a secret anti- Catholic
organization), in which O'Farrell expresses outrage over the issuing of
a U.S. postage stamp portraying Father Marquette in priestly garb--an
example of
the stamp is affixed to the letter; a letter from Benjamin Harrison
to Patrick O'Farrell dated 1900, discussing a speech made by the former
president (plus cover); and a letter from Mother Alphonsa Lathrop,
foundress of the Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer, thanking
Mary O'Farrell for monetary support (plus cover). Also present is a
copy of General Robert E. Lee's general orders, No. 9, in which he
announced his surrender to his men on April 10, 1865 (plus cover).
The latter is on writing paper bearing the imprint of the original
Capitol.
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O'Gorman, Thomas Papers.
1891-1902. 1 inch. Donor: William O'Brady, 1951.
Mainly letters received by O'Gorman, professor of Church
history at Catholic University, 1890-1896, Bishop of Sioux Falls,
1896-1920. Topics addressed include: the Columbian Catholic Summer
School; debate over CUA's orthodoxy, 1896; and the succession of the
Archdiocese
of New York, 1902. Also present is material relating to the 'Philippine
Question', including a 1902 letter to John Ireland, written from Manila
by G. A. O'Reilly, a newly appointed Catholic superintendent of
schools. (The latter item is likely present because of O'Gorman's
position on the Philippine Claims' Commission, sent to the Vatican by
President Roosevelt in 1902 to arrange the purchase of landed estates
held by Catholic
religious orders resident in the Philippines before the islands came
into U.S. hands.) Correspondents include Dennis J. O'Connell, Sebastian
G. Messmer, John S. Foley, Maurice Egan, Richard L. Burtsell, William
J. Onahan, and Conde B. Pallen. Also present are two history notebooks
in Latin.
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O'Hara, Frank. Papers. 1922-1923,
1930-1931. 8 items.
O'Hara was an instructor and later professor of political
economy at Catholic University, 1909-1938. Organizer and president of
St.
Anthony's Parish Credit Union, 1932-1938, he was also chairman of
the Parish Credit Union National Committee which came under the control
of the Social Action department of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference. Three incoming letters
reflect his work with parish credit unions. Written from the Credit
Union National Extension Bureau and its affiliate, the Bureau Parish
Committee, these concern the organization of the Catholic Rural Life
Conference held in Kansas in 1931 in conjunction with the Parish Credit
Union Institute
of which O'Hara was, at that time, acting chairman. Also present are:
material connected with O'Hara's teaching, including a class book for
1922-23; John A. Ryan's book review of Religion and Rise of Capitalism
by R.H. Tawnley, clipped from the NCWC Editorial Sheet; and a letter
from the Catholic Encyclopedia Revision Department discussing
suggestions
that O'Hara had made concerning their treatment of the subject of
Political Economy.
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Onahan, William James. Scrapbook.
1893. 1 volume. Donor: Francis A. Smith, 1970.
Containing press clippings reporting proceedings of the
Columbia Catholic Congress held in Chicago, September 4-9, 1893, this
was compiled by Onahan, a Chicago businessman and civic leader who was
the congress' organizing secretary.
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O'Neill, Helen. Christmas
Cards. n.d. 3 items. Donor: Helen M. O'Neill, 1976.
Apparently dating from the early years of the twentieth
century, these were sent to Anna or Eddie O'Neill, the donor's parents,
by relatives. One of the cards was produced by the Shamrock Card
Company of Dublin, Ireland, and it seems likely that the other two are
also
of Irish origin.
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Pace, Edward Aloysius. Papers.
1887(1887-1938)1963. 7 feet; 14 boxes. Donors: Msgr. Maurice
S. Sheehy, 1957;
Msgr. John K. Ryan, 1965; Very Rev. Walter J. Schmitz, 1970.
A finding
aid to the papers of Edward Aloysius Pace
Edward Aloysius Pace was born on July 3, 1861 in Starke,
Florida. While growing up in Florida, he went on to study at St.
Charles College, Maryland, the North American College in Rome, where he
was ordained
in 1885, and the Universities of Leipzig, Louvain, and Paris. He
received his doctorate in psychology in 1891. Before returning to
Europe for
his doctoral studies, Pace was the rector of the Cathedral of St.
Augustine, Florida. However, in 1891 Pace began his long academic
career at The
Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. Pace would remain at
CUA unitl his death in 1938.
Throughout his long academic career, Pace occupied many roles
within the university and beyond. He was dean of the school of
Philosophy from
1895-1899, 1906-1914, and from 1934-1935. He taught classes in
philosophy
and psychology and established the first psychological laboratory at
CUA.
He became Director of Studies at CUA in 1912, General Secretary in
1918,
and Vice-Rector September 23, 1924. Pace established several academic
journals, including the Catholic University Bulletin, the
Catholic
Education Review, New Scholasticism, Studies in Psychology and
Psychiatry,
and Psychological Monograph. He also was the editor of
the Catholic Encyclopedia of which he was the editor. He
distinguished himself as a Thomistic scholar and many of his
publications
dealt with St. Thomas Aquinas. Pace also continued to publish articles
on psychology and he integrated questions of Catholicism into his work
on
modern psychology. Pace wrote extensively on religious and higher
education.
He was the Vice President of the American Counsel of Education in 1924
and
president in 1926. He worked with the Catholic Education Association
(CEA),
later the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA), and the
Department
of Education of the National Catholic Welfare Council/Conference
(NCWC).
Pace was also a co-founder of Trintiy College, a women's college in
Washington,
DC.
The Edward Pace Papers consist mainly of academic and
professional papers from 1889 to 1938. The collection contains Pace's
files from his work with the Institute of Pedagogy, the CEA/NCEA
and the NCWC,
Department of Education. Much of the correspondence pertaining to
the University come from Pace's time as Director of Studies and
Vice-Rector of the University. The papers also contain his academic
writings from his graduate studies in Europe, and numerous
copies and drafts of Pace's published articles and speeches on various
subjects
such as philosophy, higher education, theology, and psychololgy.
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Papal Autograph Collection. 1578-1865.
.25 linear feet; 1 box. Donor: John D. Crimmins, 1914.
A finding aid to the Papal Autograph Collection
Letters and formal documents signed by several popes from
Gregory XIII to Pius IX. Included are the rare signature of Gregory XIV
as pope, an office he only held 1590-1591, and a bull of Clement XII,
1737 (with seal removed). Crimmins, a New York contractor and
philanthropist,
was a noted collector of books and manuscripts. He was also a trustee
of Catholic University.
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Peebles, Bernard Mann.
Papers. ca. 1930s-1970s. 28 feet; 22 boxes. Donor: Peebles Estate, 1976.
Born in Virginia in 1906, Bernard Peebles was educated at the University
of Virginia, Harvard University, and the American Academy in Rome. He
went on to teach at University of Virginia, Fordham University,
Harvard, and St. John's College of Annapolis, before he found a
permanent position at The Catholic University of America (CUA) in 1948.
He became an associate professor of Greek and Latin and then a full
professor in 1954. He served as Chair of the department from 1962 to
1970 and retired in 1971, although he remained active in teaching and
editing for CUA as an Emertius Professor of Greek and Latin. He was an
internationally renowned scholar who specialized in Roman and medieval
Latin literature and was widely published in his area of expertise. He
was a member of the American Philological Association, the Medieval
Academy of America, the Catholic Commission on Intellectual and Cultural
Affairs (CCICA), along with other academic associations.
Peebles was murdered in an attempted robbery outside his home in
Brookland, Washington, D.C. in 1976.
This collection contains copies of Peebles' articles and publications,
his working copies with annotations and corrections, information on the
geneaology of the Peebles family, academic subject files, materials from
Peebles' time serving in the army during World War II, various items
relating to the Benedictines, personal correspondence with both family
and scholarly contacts, files and notes on Sulpicius Severus, as well
as, class notes and lectures.
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Plumpe, Joseph Conrad.
Papers. ca. 1920s-1950s. 2 feet; 4 boxes. Donor: Unknown.
Born in 1909, Joseph Conrad Plumpe studied at Josephinum College where
he received both a B.A. and M.A. He was ordained in 1928 and went abroad
to study classical philology. He earned his Ph.D from the German
University in Munster. He returned to the United States and taught at
Josephinum until, in 1941, he came to The Catholic University of America
(CUA). Plumpe was an associate professor of the School of Sacred
Theology at CUA where he taught Ecclesiastical Latin and New Testament
Greek, until 1953. As a classical scholar, he belonged to the American
Philological Association and the American Catholic Historical
Association (ACHA). He also wrote publications on the study of early
Christianity and classical authors, as well as the history of
German-American Catholics. He died in 1958 in Ohio. The collection
contains reviews of various works and professional and personal
correspondence with many scholars and clergy.
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Potomac Technical Processing Librarians.
Collection. 1923-1996. 2 1/2 feet; 2 boxes. Donor: PTPL, 1998.
This organization was originally named the Maryland, Virginia,
and District of Columbia Regional Group of Catalogers and Classifiers
and
has had its current name since 1960. The impetus for formation was a
rally of catalogers, sponsored by the American Library Association
(ALA), who held a dinner in Washington in 1923. There is no record of
that meeting nor any minutes of meetings until 1933. The object was to
address professional problems, to promote social interaction among the
membership, and to
cooperate with ALA in furthering the interests of the profession. The
officers are a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, and Treasurer. These
officers, together with the immediate past Chairman comprise the
Executive
Committee. The Advisory Council consists of the Executive Committee and
two representatives from each region. The Advisory Council is charged
with assisting the Executive Committee in planning the annual meeting
and
its program.
Records on deposit focus on the annual meeting and include
correspondence, summaries of minutes, reports, constitutions,
organizational charts, conference programs and VHS video tapes. Many of
the meetings have dealt with issues such as subject headings, corporate
entries, United Nations headings,
and entry under pseudonym versus real name. A recurring topic is each
new edition of Dewey.
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Powderly, Terence Vincent.
Papers. 1864-1937. 156 feet, 256 boxes, 1 file cabinet. Donor: Mary Powderly, 1941.
A finding aid to the papers of Terence Vincent Powderly
Powderly, the son of Irish immigrants Terence and Madge (Walsh)
Powderly, was born 22 January 1849 in Carbondale, Pennsylvania. He had
seven brothers and four sisters and little opportunity for more than a
rudimentary education. He was employed at a young age as a railroad
switchman, and later apprenticed as a machinist. He joined the
International Union of Machinists and Blacksmiths in 1871, later
becoming local president. His union activities and the Depression of
1873 left him out of work and blacklisted as a union agitator. Powderly
joined the Scranton, Pennsylvania, Local Assembly No. 88 of the Knights
of Labor in 1876 and rose steadily until assuming the national
leadership as Grand (later General) Master Workman, 1879-1893. The
Knights came into national prominence during his tenure but was riven
with a divisive power struggle that led to Powderly's removal and
succession by John William Hayes.
In addition to his labor connections, Powderly served as a progressive
mayor of Scranton, 1878-1884, practiced law, and became a political
operative of the Republican Party. From 1897-1901, he served as
Commissioner General of Immigration then moved on to be Special
Immigration Inspector in 1906. Powderly followed these duties with a
position as Chief of the Immigration Division of Information, 1907-1921,
and finally became Labor Department Commissioner of Conciliation,
1921-1924. Beyond these professional positions, Powderly was a world
traveler, amateur photographer, and author of Thirty Years Of Labor
(1889) and his memoirs, The Path I Trod (1921). In 1999, Powderly was
honored by being the newest inductee into the U.S. Department of Labor's
Hall of Fame, joining figures such as Samuel Gompers, Mary Harris
"Mother" Jones and Philip Murray.
Significant body of records in textual, photographic, and microfilm
formats detailing the organization and development of labor, immigration
policy and practice, and political patronage and infighting in late
nineteenth and early twentieth century America. Organized into eight
series: Knights of Labor, 1864-1924; Immigration and Labor, 1883-1930;
Black Diamond Anthracite Coal Company, 1889-1909, Personal Papers,
1866-1937; Printed Matter, ca. 1870-1937; Miscellaneous, 1886-1937,
Scrapbooks, 1873-1904; Photographs, n.d.; Mayor of Scranton
Administrative Records, 1872(1877-1883)1916 ; Memorabilia, Artifacts,
and Antique Books, n.d.. The Knights and Immigration series are
especially rich treasure troves of primary source material while the
Photograph series presents both a multifaceted wealth of social imagery
and geographical landmarks. Please see the Terence Vincent Powderly
Photographic Collection Page
for more information on
the photographic collection. The collection may be viewed here. The Powderly
WRLC digital project can be accessed at WRLC's Terence Vincent Powderly
Photographic Prints page.
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Preuss, Arthur. Papers.
1894-1936.
1 1/4 feet; 1 box. Donor: Rev. Rory T. Conley, 1999.
Preuss was a German-American editor and lay theologian, born
in
St. Louis in 1871 and died there in 1934. His father, Edward Preuss,
was
a convert and editor of the German Catholic daily Amerika
of St. Louis. Arthur was educated at Canisius College, Buffalo and St.
Francis College, Illinois, and worked for various German language
papers
before becoming longtime editor, 1894-1934, of the Chicago
Review, which later became the Fortnightly Review.
His magazine
covered important contemporary issues affecting the Church and
German-Americans, such as Americanization and Cahenslyism. From 1896 to
1934 he was literary editor for Herder Books, where he translated
several German theological texts into English. He was a literary
advisor to the Society of the
Divine World Press and was a contributor to such Catholic papers as The
Echo of Buffalo and The Wanderer of St. Paul. He
was the author of three books: The Fundamental Fallacy Of
Socialism (1908), A Study In American Freemasonry
(1908), and A Dictionary Of Secret And Other Societies
(1924). He refused many offers of honors except for a doctorate from
the University of Notre
Dame.
This collection consists of material, largely microfilm,
collected by Reverend Conley while researching his CUA doctoral
disseration on
Preuss. There are 2 binders of Conley's handwritten notes; 6 reels of
35mm microfilm of The Echo of Buffalo, NY, to which
Preuss
contributed editorials, 1918-1936; 18 reels of 35mm microfilm of the Fortnightly
Review of Chicago, later St. Louis,
edited by Preuss, 1894-1934; and 14 reels of 35mm microfilm of Preuss'
correpondence, 1900-1929.
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Ernest Primeau, Vatican Council II Collection. ca. 1962-1965, 6.5 feet; 13 boxes. Donor: E. Primeau.
A finding aid to the Primeau, Ernest, Vatican Council II Collection.
Ernest John Primeau was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 17, 1909 and was educated at Loyola University from 1926 to 1928. Ordained on April 7, 1934, he became a Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) at St. Mary's Seminary, Mundelein in 1936 and he taught mathematics and physics at Quigley Seminary in Chicago from 1937 to 1946. He recieved a Licentiate in Canon Law (J.C.L.) from the Lateran in 1948 and he served as the rector of St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Rome from 1946 to 1958. After spending two years, from 1957 to 1959, as a member of the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, he returned to the United States to serve briefly as the pastor of Mt. Carmel Church in Chicago. On November 27, 1959 he was appointed as the bishop of Manchester, NH and he was consecrated on February 25, 1960. Shortly thereafter he was appointed as a member of the pontifical commission for the discipline of the clergy and the faithful, an act that signaled the beginning of his important contributions to Vatican II. His most significant role was played out as a member of the Secretariat for the Promotion of Christian Unity. In spring 1964, he was elected to a sub-committee of the Secretariat that worked on the Declaration on Religious Liberty, which has come to be known as Dignitatis Humanae. Following the close of the council, Bishop Primeau called the Second Synod in Manchester in order to determine how the changes proscribed by the council would be implemented. He resigned as bishop of Manchester on January 30, 1974. In June 1975 he was reappointed to a five-year term to the Secretariat for the Promotion of Christian Unity. He died in Manchester on June 15, 1989.
The Ernest J. Primeau - Vatican Council II Collection includes preparatory materials that Bishop Primeau compiled for the pontifical commission for the discipline of the clergy and the faithful, documents that reflect his work with the Secretariat for the Promotion of Christian Unity and his personal involvement in the development of key Vatican II decrees and declarations, as well as correspondence pertaining to more general work at the council. It does not contain material relating to the administration of the diocese of Manchester during the council.
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Rahill, Peter James. Papers.
1952-1962. 1 box, .5 feet.
Ordained to the priesthood for the archdiocese of St. Louis,
Rahill earned an M.A. at St. Louis University, 1947, and a Ph.D. in
American Church history at Catholic University, 1954. He served as
editorial director of the CUA Press, 1961-1965. Present are: CUA class
materials including precis, reading lists and articles; press
clippings, mainly reviews of Rahill's book, The Catholic in America
(1961); a log of
his 1957 pilgrimage to Europe; travel brochures and guides, 1962; a
St. Louis University class record book, 1953, 1955; and a little
miscellaneous correspondence. (For material Rahill gathered for his CUA
Ph.D. thesis, The Catholic Indian Missions and Grant's Peace Policy see
the Charles B. Ewing Papers, Coll. 44)
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Read, Harry Cyril. Papers.
1917-1968.
15.4 feet; 22 boxes. Donor: Mrs. Harry C. Read, 1958, and Mary Sue Grove, 2008.
A finding aid to the Harry Cyril Read papers
Harry Cyril Read, a Chicago-born Catholic newspaper editor and
author, was also a soldier and noted labor leader. Between 1912 and
1945,
he worked at several newspapers: the Cheyenne Leader,
the Chicago Daily Journal, Chicago American,
Chicago Herald-Examiner, Michigan CIO News,
and the Wage Earner through 1945. He served as an
assistant to the AFL-CIO secretary treasurer, 1945-1951, member of the CIO
delegation to the San Francisco United Nations Conference in 1945, and
alternate member of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of
Trade Unions in 1958, the year of his death. He was a member of several
national and presidential councils and committees, biographer of
Woodrow Wilson, and
friend of Al Capone. Said papers include personal correspondence;
research
notes and material; manuscripts of both fiction and non-fiction,
published
and unpublished; and photographs of family as well as political and
labor leaders reflecting Read's social activism and interest in crime.
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Religious Sisters of Mercy.
Book of Customs. 1869, 1901. 1 volume.
From the Convent of Immaculate Conception of Our Lady of
Mercy,
Greenbush (now Rensselaer), New York. A handwritten volume signed by
Bishop John J. Conroy of Albany, 1869, this contains interpretations
and exemplifications of the Religious Sisters of Mercy's Rule, i.e.,
the code of regulations governing all facets of their religious life.
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Robinson, Joseph Flading.
Papers. 1909-1974. 1 inch. Donor: Joseph F. Robinson, 1973-1974.
Mainly relating to activities of CUA alumni groups, the
papers include: a clipping describing the Alumni Association's banquet
held in 1915 to mark the University's twenty-fifth anniversary;
correspondence and printed matter relating to fund raising activities
and social
events of the Association, 1936-1971; and the constitution, and
fragmentary financial records of the Washington Chapter of the CUA Lay
Alumni
Association for 1920, when Robinson was the group's treasurer. Items
dating from 1909-1913 consist of correspondence from CUA officials
concerning Robinson's admission to, and course work at, the University,
and photographs of a football match captioned, "Bliss vs. Catholic
University, [1910]." A member of the football and track teams while
at CUA, Robinson graduated in 1913 with a B.S in Civil Engineering,
and eventually became superintendent of construction on the U.S.
Capitol
grounds.
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Robinson, William Callyhan.
Papers. 1792-1916. 8 feet; 17 boxes. Donor: John B. Robinson, 1974.
William Callyhan Robinson was born in 1834 and educated at Wesleyan
University and Dartmouth College where he graduated in 1854. He was
ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church in 1859. After remaining
in the Episcopal Ministry for some years, Robinson converted to
Catholicism. He began studying the law and was admitted to the bar in
1864. After starting a practice in New Haven, Connecticut, he served in
the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1874. He took charge of the
Yale Law School in 1869 and became a full professor in 1872. He began
writing publications about the law and taught at Yale University for 27
years. However, with the establishment of The Catholic University of
America (CUA), he left Yale to head the newly formed Law Department at
CUA in 1896, remaining at the university until his death in 1911.
The Robinson Papers consist of personal documents including genealogy,
correspondence, family documents, diaries, student papers, financial
records, photographs, publications, and newspaper articles. The
professional materials include correspondence, lectures, manuscripts,
galley sheets, sermons, speeches, clippings, and photographs. The papers
also contain dockets, notes, papers, account books, and property
lectures relating to the law, as well as, other official documents like
diplomas, certificates and licenses.
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Roosevelt-Churchill Wartime Correspondence.
Papers. 1942-1945. 3 feet; 7 boxes. Donor: Harold D. Langley, 1982.
Photocopies of the wartime correspondence between American
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston S.
Churchill. These were declassified in 1972 and reproduced at the
Roosevelt Presidential Library at Hyde Park, New York, for use in the
publication of Roosevelt-Churchill: Their Secret Wartime
Correspondence, edited by Langley with Francis L. Lowenheim and
Manfred Jonas, 1975.
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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano.
Papers (Microfilm Only). 1933-1944. 3 inches; 3 reels, 35 mm negative.
Donor: Roosevelt Presidential Library, 1955.
Three hundred feet of materials selected for microfilming from
the Roosevelt Papers by CUA Archivist Father Henry Browne, in
consultation with Herman Kahn, Director of the Roosevelt Library,
relating to
matters on a national scope dealing with the history of the American
Roman Catholic Church.
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Rose Society of Brookland, D.C.
Minutes. n.d. 1 volume.
Organized in 1912, this Society was designed to stimulate the
beautification of gardens in the Brookland area and to promote general
interest in the cultivation of roses. Inscribed by Margaret B. Downing,
the Society's first secretary, the volume contains handwritten and
typed minutes
of regular, business, and annual meetings, 1912-1918. A list of
original members is found on the first page. Interleaved are newspaper
clippings reporting Society activities, a pamphlet containing its
constitution and by-laws, and material concerning the Fifth and Sixth
Annual Brookland Rose Shows held in 1916 and 1917.
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Ryan, Abram Joseph. Poetry.
1869-1870. 9 items. Donor: John J. Maden, 1982.
Ordained in St. Louis, Mo., in 1860, Ryan was known for his
work as a poet, journalist, and lecturer. A freelance chaplain with the
confederate army, he wrote the poem, The Conquered Banner, following
Appomattox. This and other poems earned him the epithet, 'Poet of the
Confederate'. In 1868 he became editor of the Banner of the South,
(Augusta, Georgia), and he was on the editorial staff of the Morning
Star, (New Orleans, Louisiana), 1871-1881. Present are poems and
fragments
of poems in Ryan's hand, with a wrapper indicating that these were
written by him for a Mary J. Everitt and were never published. Also
included
are newspaper clippings of Ryan's published poetry.
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Ryan, John Augustine. Papers.
1892-1945. 43 feet: 80 boxes. Donors: Social Action Department of the
National
Catholic Welfare Conference; Lawrence Ryan; 1949-1950, 1957, 1981.
A finding
aid to the papers of John A. Ryan
From the first decade of the twentieth century to his death in
1945, John Augustine Ryan was the Catholic Church in America's leading
expert on social and economic questions and one of its strongest
advocates
for improving the living and working conditions of American workers.
He was born in Minnesota in 1869, attended seminary and was ordained
there in the 1890s, and earned a doctorate in Sacred Theology from
Catholic
University in 1906. Ryan taught in the seminary at St. Paul, Minnesota
from 1902 until 1913 and then at Catholic University and Trinity
College
in Washington until his death. Ryan helped found the Catholic
Association
for International Peace in 1927 and served in a number of federal
government
posts during the New Deal era of the 1930s. From 1920 until 1945, Ryan
headed the Social Action Department of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference.
Ryan wrote sixteen books and hundreds of articles and spoke
frequently to audiences around the nation and on radio. His books
include: Living Wage (1906), Distributive Justice
(1916), and A Better Economic Order (1935). In 1914, he
engaged in a famous
debate with Morris Hillquit over the advantages and disadvantages of
Socialism. In the 1930s he gave radio addresses on economic and
political
issues. Two of his most prominent speeches in that era responded to
Father
Charles Coughlin's attacks on Franklin Roosevelt and his neutrality
policy.
(See Also: Social
Justice Collection, edited by Father Charles Coughlin) In 1919, he
wrote the advanced draft of the Bishop's Program for Social
Reconstruction, which advocated national health and old age insurance,
a minimum wage, factory safety legislation, and labor's right to
organize.
The collection consists of personal diaries and journals from
Ryan's seminary days; correspondence from 1925 to 1945, including
letters
written to him after his attack on Coughlin; drafts and copies of many
of his writings; outlines and lecture notes from his courses; reference
files; and scrapbooks.
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Ryan, Mary C. Papers. 1933-1942. 1 box, .25 feet. Donor: [?Martha Ryan Allen, 1972.]
Portfolio containing personal correspondence from family and
friends, school reports of the Ryan children, medical bills, receipts
for household items, and family photographs. A Washington, D.C.
resident, Mary Ryan was the wife of Daniel Joseph Ryan who at one time
headed the Bureau of Historical Records of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference. Only one item appears to relate to
that organization, a NCWC News Service release entitled "Film Filth
Leading Nation to Disaster, Prelate States," dating from 1934.
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Ryan, Patrick Joseph. Interview.
1975. 2 items; cassette tape; typed transcript.
Ordained in 1927, Ryan served in the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps,
1928-1958, becoming Chief of Chaplains in 1954. The interview, the
first in a planned but uncompleted series, was conducted by then-CUA
archivist George
Hurneni, and covers Ryan's childhood and education in Minnesota, from
his birth in 1902 to his recollections of St. Thomas' College where he
received a B.A. in 1923 and St. Paul's Seminary where he earned a
S.T.B.
in 1927.
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Satolli, Cardinal Francesco.
Papers (microfilm only). 1896, 1 35mm Reel Microfilm: 1 Inch. Donor: College of Saint
Anselm, 1951.
Cardinal and first Apostolic Delegate to the United States,
Satoli was born in 1839 near Perugia, Italy, and died in Rome in 1910.
Ordained in 1862, he received a doctorate at Sapienza University in
Rome and joined the Benedictines at Monte Cassino. He was Professor of
Theology at the
College of Propaganda, 1880-1892, and at the Roman Seminary, 1882-1886,
and President of the Pontifical Academy of Noble Ecclesiastics,
1886-1892,
where he lectured on Canon Law. He promoted Neo-Scholasticism and
Thomism
in both teaching and writing. He became Titular Archbishop of Lepanto
in
1888 and represented the Vatican in 1889 at the Baltimore ceremony
which
established the American Hierarchy and in Washington at the
inauguration
of The Catholic University of America. He also represented the Pope at
the
World Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1892, and was permanent
Apostolic
Delegate to the United States, 1893-1896. His final American visit was
the
St. Louis Exposition in 1904 and his addresses were published in Loyalty
to the Church. The Collection is a microfilm copy of the account
of the American voyage from 12 February to 13 March 1896. The itinery
included
Washington, Atlanta, New Orleans, and El Paso. There is also a summary
of
the inquest of accusations made against Bishop Gallagher of Galveston.
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Schmitz, Walter J. Collection.
1884, 1932, 1947-1961. 3 1/2 inches. Donor: Walter J. Schmitz, ca.
1976.
Around half of the collection comprises xerox copies of
Sisters
of Charity documents from conferences of Mother Seton's Daughters,
1947-1961. Mainly addresses of John McNamara (Auxiliary Bishop of
Washington,
D.C. and moderator of the conferences), and reports, these were given
to Schmitz by Monsignor Coyne, an assistant to McNamara. Also included,
a volume, Mother Seton (1884), by Simon Brute, Bishop of Vincennes.
The remainder of the collection is personal correspondence, 1952-1958,
from Archbishop Patrick O'Boyle of Washington, D.C. (whom Schmitz
assisted) to Sister Teresa of Jesus, a discalced Carmelite. During the
period
of this correspondence, Sister Teresa was transferred from her
monastery in Roxbury, Massachusetts, to Pussan, Korea.
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Schroeder, Peter Joseph. Diary.
1870-1871. 1 volume. Donor: C. Edward Llufrio, 1949.
Kept in German by Schroeder while a student at the German
College in Rome. Born in the Rhineland and ordained in Rome in 1873,
Schroeder was a member of the first faculty of Catholic University,
serving as professor of dogmatic theology, 1889-1898.
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Shahan, Thomas Joseph. Papers. Ca.
1813-1950. 24 feet: 48 boxes. Donors: Various.
A finding
aid to the papers of Thomas J.
Shahan
Shahan, the fourth Rector of The Catholic University of
America
(CUA), was born 11 September 1857, the son of Maurice and Mary Anne
(Carmody) Shahan, in Manchester, New Hampshire (some sources say Salem,
Massachusetts). He studied at the Sulpician College, Montreal,
1872-1878 and the North American College, in Rome, 1878-1882, where he
was ordained a priest
on 3 June 1882. He served as Secretary to the Bishop and Chancellor of
his home diocese of Hartford, Connecticut, 1883-1888, and was asked to
join the faculty at CUA as a lecturer in church history, but put off
the appointment to study at the University of Berlin under Von Harnack
and Von Trietschke and at the Sorbonne and the Catholic Institute in
Paris and Roman Seminary which gave him a licentiate in canon law. He
joined the faculty of CUA in 1891 and became a dedicated scholar with
many published books, articles, and reviews. Shahan was appointed
domestic prelate and
Rector of CUA in 1909. Serving until 1928, his administration was the
longest of any rector and credited with an expanded faculty, increased
student enrollment, new building construction, and growing national
prestige
as a center for scholarship. However, formal exclusion of black
students
at CUA also began under Shahan.
He was instrumental in the creation of the Catholic
Encyclopedia, the Catholic University Bulletin, and academic
journals such as the Catholic Educational Review, the Catholic
Historical Review, and the New Scholasticism. He was also a founder of
such institutions as the Catholic Sisters College, the American
Catholic Historical Association, the International
Federation of Catholic Alumnae, the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception, and the
National Catholic War Council (and its successor, the National
Catholic Welfare Conference). In addition, he was also a founder as
well as president of the Catholic Education Association (later the National
Catholic Education Association), and the National
Conference of Catholic Charities (later Catholic Charities USA).
During the First World War, Shahan offered the resources of the
university to the United States war effort and after the war wounded
soldiers were attended to at the Wounded Soldiers Rehabilitation
School. Shahan received many awards and honors in his life, not the
least of which was being installed in Baltimore as Titular Bishop of
Germanicopolus on 15 November 1914. He was named an assistant to the
papal throne in 1928
and died on 9 March 1932. He was eulogized as 'the Apostle of
Encouragement' and buried in the crypt of his creation, the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
The collection consists of personal papers, such as student notes,
financial records, and family and estate material, ca. 1889-1933;
professional correspondence, with the bulk from his time as rector, ca.
1894-1932; writings and essays, including sermons and reviews, ca.
1892-1932; reference and research, including material on the Shrine and
Irish Nationalism,
ca. 1877-1932; photographs, with many portraits n.d.; and oversized
items
such as awards and degrees, n.d. It should also be noted that there is
additional Shahan material in the CUA Archives, located in the records
of the rector and at the Philadelphia Archdiocesan Archives.
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Sheen, Fulton. Collection. 2 feet; 4 boxes. ca. 1920s-1965. Donor: Unknown.
Born in El Paso, Illinois, in 1895, Fulton Sheen attended St. Viator
College and was ordained in 1919. He taught at The Catholic University
of America in Washington, DC, from 1926 to 1950. In 1930, he began his
radio program on "The Catholic Hour" which lasted till 1952. He also ran
a weekly television series called "Life is Worth Living" from 1951 to
1957. He served as Bishop of Rochester, New York, from 1966 to 1969 and
died in 1979. The first part of the Sheen collection, 1 box, is
incidental and consists of his handwritten notebooks on Philosophy from
the 1920s, newspaper clippings after 1930, and miscellaneous printed
material, including booklets and pamphlets containing the text of his
numerous Catholic Hour radio talks. Catholic Hour records in general are
located within the records of the National Council of Catholic Men, part
of the voluminous papers of the National Catholic Welfare Conference
(NCWC)/United States Catholic Conference housed at CUA. The second
part, 3 boxes, contain materials relating to his service at the Vatican
II Council, 1962-1965, on the Commissio Conciliaris De Missionibus.
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Shields, Thomas Edward.
Collection. 1896-ca. 1933. 1 box, .5 feet.
Professor of psychology and education at Catholic University,
1909-1921, Shields was perhaps the foremost Catholic educator in the
first quarter of the twentieth century. Present are: a draft M.A.
thesis (author
unknown), Dr. Thomas E. Shields and his Educational Theories;
twenty-five
lessons from a correspondence course in the psychology of education
begun by Shields in 1905; a pamphlet containing his 1895 doctoral
dissertation, The Effect of Vapours upon the Blood Flow; and a
lighthearted article in which he discusses coeducation.
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Skehan, Patrick W. Papers. 1930 -
1980. 2.5 feet. 5 boxes. Donor: Brother Aloysius Fitzgerald, F.S.C.
A finding
aid to the papers of Patrick W. Skehan
Patrick Skehan was born on September 30, 1909 in New York
City.
He attended Fordham University receiving his B.A. in 1929, St. Joseph's
Seminary where he was ordained on September 23, 1933. He received a
doctorate from the Catholic University's Department of Semitic
and
Egyptian Languages and Literatures where he also taught Hebrew,
Aramaic,
and Syriac from 1938 - 1980. Between 1947 and 1956 he was a visiting
lecturer
and professor at Johns Hopkins University. In 1953, Skehan and a team
of
seven international scholars were assembled to work on the Dead Sea
Scrolls. He was made Emeritus when he retired in August of 1980. He
died a month later on September 9, 1980.
There are two series, correspondence and subject, which relate
to his work on the Dead Sea Scrolls, his teaching in Catholic
University's Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and
Literatures, and his involvement with the Catholic Biblical Association,
American Schools of Oriental
Research, and the Confraternity
of Christian Doctrine.
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Sloyan, Rev. Gerard Stephen. Oral
History Transcript. 1994. 1 inch; 1 item. Donor: Rev. Sloyan 1997.
Sloyan, a Roman Catholic Priest who was born in New York City
in 1919, was interviewed by William Bean Kennedy as part of the
Religious Educators Oral History: Religious Education History in the
Twentieth Century in the United States: A Fourteen Volume Project in
Oral History, 1992-1997. Sloyan's interview, which was volume 12,
focused on his Catholic educational experience, especially biblical
scholarship in the Catholic and ecumenical world and through his
capacity as a teacher at both The Catholic University of America and
Temple University.
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Snyder, Walter Francis. Master's
Essay. ca. 1920. 2 volumes. Donor: University of Chicago, 1980.
Typescript of Snyder's 1920 Catholic University M.A. degree
essay, The Popular Songs of Lower Brittany, with revisions made by
the author, perhaps with a view to publication. Also, a manuscript, A
Collection of Breton Popular Songs, containing Celtic verse used in the
master's essay.
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Social Justice Collection.
1936-1941. 1 1/2 inches. Donor: Robert J. Jacobs, 1991.
A partial run of loose issues of the national weekly
newspaper/magazine Social Justice which was published by
the National Union for Social Justice. The N.U.S.J. was the political
vehicle of controversial radio priest Charles Coughlin which was
primarily isolationist and
anti-New Deal in focus. (See Also: John
Augustine Ryan for more on Charles Coughlin) Especially noteworthy
is the March 13, 1939 issue announcing the election of Cardinal Eugenio
Pacelli as Pope Pius XII.
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Society of St. Pius X. Collection. 1954-1997. 11 boxes; 5.5 feet.
Donor: Frank Lomica, 2003.
A finding aid to the Society of St. Pius X. Collection.
The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), is an apostolic Catholic organization
founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, 1905-1991.
The SSPX, a secular (non-vowed) religious congregation, also has members
who are brothers, sisters, oblates, and Third Order
members, and it supports under its umbrella vowed religious orders
including Carmelites, Franciscans, Dominicans and Benedictines.
The SSPX came into being in 1970 in opposition to the Second Vatican
Council. To carry on his work after his death, Lefebvre
consecrated four bishops without Church permission, resulting in much of
the controversy surrounding the Society. Michael Davies,
1936-2004, retired British schoolteacher, may never have officially
joined the society, but wrote numerous works supporting many
of its positions. Frank Lomica was a member of the SSPX in the 1980s.
The SSPX publication "Cor Unum" lists him as a seminarian
in 1986. The collection consists largely of publications by the Society
of St. Pius X; also Michael Davies writings, devotions,
photographs, and publications critical of current Church and social trends.
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Spalding, Martin John and John
Lancaster. Collection. ca. 1840-1895, 1960, n.d.. 2 inch. Donor: W. Basset, unknown, 1971, 2000, n.d..
Mostly manuscript material written mainly in the hand of Martin J. Spalding, Archbishop of Baltimore, 1864-1872. This includes four lectures, titled On Purgatory and Prayers for the Dead, On Relics and Images, On the Honor and Invocation of Saints, and On the Celibacy of the Clergy, and an article titled The Church and the Country. A covering note, also in Martin's hand, states that the former were written around 1846 and that the latter was prepared for the Catholic Mirror at the end of the Civil War but not published "from prudential motives." Other items are the work of John Lancaster Spalding, first Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, and nephew of Martin J. Spalding. These consist of a number of draft poems, at least some of them translations from the German poet, Emanuel Geibel (1815- 1884). These poems may have been prepared for John's book, Songs from the German, first published in 1895. Certainly at least one of the poems present, a translation of Geibel's The bitter World's Sore Fret does appear in this publication. These papers appear to have been, at some time, in John's possession, a circumstance possibly explained by the fact that he published Martin's biography just after his (Martin's) death in 1872. In addition, there is some printed material. This includes two pamphlets, one in French titled L'Enseignement Primaire et L'Avenir de la France and dated 1885, and another in English titled Growth and Duty, Oration of the Right Rev. J. Lancaster Spalding with no date, as well as a copy of Rev. J.J. Cosgrove's 1960 book Most Reverend John Lancaster Spalding First Bishop of Peoria.
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Spalding, Martin John. Papers.
1860-64. 1 microfilm reel. Donor: Unknown.
Archbishop Spalding was born May 23, 1810 in Rolling Fork,
Kentucky, the son of Richard and Henrietta Spalding. The family had
arrived in
1790, migrating from Maryland, where they had originally landed in
1657.
He was educated at St. Mary's College in Lebanon, Kentucky, moving on
to St. Thomas Seminary in Bardstown, Kentucky, and even spending time
in the Urban College in Rome. In 1834 he became the first American to
receive their doctorate in theology, and was ordained that same year.
He was appointed pastor of St. Joseph's Cathedral at Bardstown in 1835,
a position where he also taught classes at St. Joseph's College, moving
to the presidency of the college by 1838. By 1844 he was named
vicar-general
of Louisville, where he assumed most of the administrative functions.
This position made him a natural candidate for the See of Louisville,
which he attained in 1850. It was here that Spalding presided over a
number
of crises, including a severe anti-Catholic riot in 1855.
During the American Civil War, Spalding maintained a policy of strict
neutrality, supplying nurses and chaplains for both North and South.
This policy made him unpopular among members of the church who had
taken
a partisan stance, and, upon Spalding's appointment as Archbishop of
Baltimore, Secretary of State William Seward protested to Rome over his
questionable loyalty. Following the war, Spalding advocated missionary
work for both whites and recently freed blacks and expanded the
archdiocese by 20 new churches. When Pius IX convoked the Vatican
Council I, Spalding travelled to Rome, where he was elected to the
Commission on the Faith and appointed to the Commission on Postulata,
which was responsible for examining proposals before they came before
the Council. Finally, on his return to Baltimore, Spalding welcomed the
first priests of St. Joseph's Society, whose mission was the conversion
of African-Americans. The Archbishop succumbed to illness February 7,
1872.
The collection consists of one 35mm microfilm reel, dated
1860-1864, which includes information on Louisville institutions,
correspondence within the Diocese, and communication with the
Propagation of the Faith, Soceity of Paris.
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Stock, Leo Francis.
Papers. 1896-1954, 2 feet; 5 boxes. Donor: Agnes Stock, 1954-1955.
A finding aid to the Leo Stock papers.
Leo Francis Stock (1878-1954) was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and
attended Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmittsburg,
Maryland, where he earned his A.B. degree in 1896. He taught at
Pittsburgh College, now Duquesne University, and McGill Institute
in Moblie, Alabama. He received his Ph.D. from The Catholic University
of America (CUA) in 1920 and was an instructor and
associate professor of American History there from 1919 to 1941. He was
also part of the staff of the Historical Research Division
of the Carnegie Institution in Washington, 1910 to 1945, and was
President of the American Catholic Historical Society in 1928. He
wrote and edited numerous works on American History and served as an
editor and contributor to the Catholic Historical Review
from 1921 to 1939. The Stock Papers contain his personal and
professional papers, including his correspondence, addresses and
speeches, academic notes and lectures, articles and reviews, the John
Franklin Jameson Pictorial Scrapbook of Historians,
newspaper clippings, and student papers.
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Stoddard, Charles Warren.
Diaries. 1892-1895. 5 volumes.
Mainly documenting the personal life of Stoddard, author and
educator. Previously professor of English at the University of Notre
Dame, he held the post of lecturer in English Literature at Catholic
University from 1888-1902. Entries provide insights on his religious
fervor,
personal friends, and CUA faculty and teaching. Included are some
of his short poems.
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Storer, Agnes. Scrapbook.
1878-1918. 1 volume. Donor: Agnes Storer, 1939.
Containing letters written to the Storer Family, mainly to
Agnes and her father, Horatio Robinson Storer, by members of the
American Catholic hierarchy, as well as less prominent clergymen.
Correspondents include: William Cardinal O'Connell; John Ireland,
Archbishop of St. Paul; Patrick J. Ryan, Archbishop of Philadelphia;
Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore; Robert Seton, titular
Archbishop of Heliopolis; Francis S. Chatard, Bishop of Vincennes; Paul
James Francis Wattson, founder of the Society of Atonement; and James
Andrew Corcoran, theologian, editor, and educator. Accompanying these
letters are photographs or newspaper pictures of the writers. The
content of the letters mainly runs
to expressions of thanks or replies to invitations, extended by the
Storer Family, to visit their beach house in Newport, Rhode Island.
Agnes Storer appears to have been a writer who contributed to religious
magazines such as The Rosary; she also donated generously to a number
of Catholic charities and causes. Horatio, her father, was a prominent
physician and numismatist.
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Strahan, Speer. Journals.
1920-1947. 5 volumes. Donor: Gerald Micketti, 1994.
Strahan's personal journals, including inserts, in both
English
and French, entailing notes, sermons, clippings, poetry, war diary,
and a travel log. Strahan was a Notre Dame-educated priest of Fife
Lake, Michigan, diocese of Grand Rapids. He was also a noted poet, CUA
English professor, and World War II chaplain.
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Thorup, Jane Marie De Blois.
Manuscript. 1939. 1 inch. Donor: Dorothy Mohler, 1979.
Draft of a rejected M.A. thesis: A Study of the Physical and
Social Improvements of Twenty-Four Girls Who Attended Christ Child Farm
For Convalescent Children During the Summer of 1938. This was submitted
by Thorup while a student in Catholic University's School of Social
Science.
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Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact. Comic book collection.
1946-1972, 2006. 16 boxes: 8 feet. Donor: Wingate Snell, Chiyono Sata, 1970, 2003.
A finding aid to the printed version of the
collection, 1946-1972, 2006
A
finding aid to the digital version of the collection, 1946-1963
"The Treasure Chest of Fun & Fact was a Catholic comic book published by George A. Pflaum and provided to Catholic parochial school students between 1946 and 1972."
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The Ursuline Convent, Charlestown,
Massachusetts. Collection. 1833-1903. 5 inches; 1 box. Donor: Arthur
T. Connolly.
A finding
aid to the papers of the Ursuline Convent
WRLC's
Ursuline Digital Collection
Scrapbook history, correspondence, a notebook, a novelle,
journals, pamphlets, clippings, a photograph, and a sketch concerning
the Ursuline Convent on Mount Benedict in Charlestown, Massachusetts,
established in 1817. The collection documents the history and work of
the Ursuline Community in the Boston area, the Convent's foundation,
its destruction by an anti-Catholic mob in 1834, and the subsequent
prosecution and acquittal of the rioters. Material within the
collection shows the
strong anti-Catholic sentiment existing in New England in the 1800s.
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Vatican I Council. Register.
1869. 1 volume.
Seventy-eight page printed register of cardinals, patriarchs,
primates, archbishops, bishops, and abbots entitled to sit in the
council, signed by J[ames] Roosevelt Bayley, who attended the council
as Bishop
of Newark and became Archbishop of Baltimore in 1872. Accompanying
this are notes, mainly lists in Latin of those proposed or elected
to the council's four deputations on faith, ecclesiastical discipline,
religious orders, and eastern churches and foreign missions.
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Vatican Council I - (Councilii Vaticani). Photographs. Collection 1869-1870.
Finding aid to the First Vatican Council Photograph Album
First Vatican Council Photograph Album
This collection consists of a leather-bound album with a woolen cover,
containing 30 pages of carte de visite albumen prints. This album
features prints of Pope Pius IX, and 730 cardinals, patriarchs,
primates, archbishops, bishops, and abbots who attended the Vatican
Council I from 1869-1870. It was donated to the Archives by St. Paul's
College in 2005.
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Vietnam Protest Petitions.
Collection. 1968, 1970-1971. 6 feet. Donor: The Rev. John B. Sheerin,
1979.
Questionnaire forms and letters regarding the 1968 Draft Act
as well as some two thousand petitions, correspondence, and newspaper
clippings resulting from the collaboration of the Reverends William
Nerin and John B. Sheerin to solicit American clergy and Religious to
condemn the Vietnam War. Responses include both those who favored the
petition and opposed the war and those who opposed the petition and
supported the war.
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The Washington Catholic Evidence Guild.
Scrapbooks. 1933-1954, 1981-1983. 1 inch; 2 volumes. Donor: Harry J.
Kirk, 1984.
The Guild was a lay movement founded in London in 1918 which
sought to educate non Roman Catholics to the teachings of the church by
means of public assemblies. Through the efforts of publishers Frank and
Maisie Ward Sheed the movement spread to the United States in 1931 and
was
ultimately represented in several cities: Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo,
Hays (Kansas), New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, and
Waterbury. The Washington Guild was formed by Paul Ward, CSP, and CUA
faculty members Charles Hart and William Russell. One of the most
active participants was Harry J. Kirk (1889-1987) who served as
President (1940-1942). He was a member of the Society of Saint Vincent
de Paul (1931-1977) and
Treasurer for the National Conference of Catholic Charities (NCCC) in
the 1950s, now known as Catholic Charities USA. As a lay organization,
the Washington Guild was disbanded in 1948 although some Paulists
continued
to meet for a time. Overall, the guilds went into decline with only
that
of New York City surviving into the 1980s when it too passed from the
vale.
This collection of two scrapbooks was compiled by the donor
and
its volumes consist of correspondence (photocopies and typescript),
proceedings, press releases, handbills, questionnaires, and newspaper
clippings. Included are many personal typewritten notes and
biographical
material on the donor and his family. The first volume, entitled The
Open Air Apostolate: Activities in the Catholic Evidence Guild and the
National Catholic Evidence Conference, 1933-1954, is an overview
of activities including revival meetings held in Manassas, VA; the
Annual
Good Friday Way of the Cross presentations, local and national guild
records; and information regarding the interracial Campion Evidence
Guild. The second volume details the 10th Annual Meeting of the
National
Evidence Conference held in 1941, in which the donor served as
President. The proceedings of the meeting include notes, minutes, and a
questionnaire
regarding individual responses on street speaking.
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Williams, Clarence Russell.
Typescript. ca. 1932. 2 inches.
Draft of an apparently unpublished work, The Backgrounds of
the
Spanish American War by Williams, an educator, author, and historian
who specialized in the study of European, pre-World War I diplomacy
and the Spanish-American War. An examination of the war's diplomatic
background, the typescript considers in particular the handling of the
"Cuban Question" by Presidents Cleveland and Mckinley. Also, related
correspondence, mainly between Williams and the Navy and State
Departments
concerning use of Departmental archives.
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Willis, Hugh Warren. Papers. 1952,
1967-1972. 1.25 feet: 1 box. Donor: H. Warren Willis, 1972, 2002.
Willis’s 1952 High School Diploma via the Affiliation and
Extension Program of The Catholic University of America (CUA) as well
as correspondence, notes, reference material, and draft copies of his
1971 CUA doctoral
dissertation, The Reorganization of the Catholic University of America
During the Rectorship of James H[ugh] Ryan (1928-1935).
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Woroniak, Alexander. Collection.
1967-1994. 2 1/2 feet; 2 Boxes. Donor: Woroniak Estate, 1998.
Born 1917 at Lvov in present day Ukraine, Professor Woroniak
received his LL.M. from the Ivan Franko University of Lvov in 1939. He
subsequently joined the faculty there as Assistant Professor. After
World War II,
he went to Germany to work as Sub-area Director, Legal Counselor, and
Senior Researcher for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration and International Refugee Organization. In 1950, he
immigrated to the United States, working in New York as an accountant
and comptroller.
He earned his M.S. at Columbia University in 1953 and continued with
several more years of postgraduate studies there. He also taught at the
Ukrainian Technical Institute in New York from 1955 to 1958.
He joined the faculty of The Catholic University of America in
1958 as Assistant Professor. He was promoted Associate Professor in
1967,
Ordinary Professor in 1971, and served as Chairman of the Department
of Economics and Business from 1974 until retirement in 1988, though
he stayed on as Professor Emeritus until 1991. He developed the
department's
areas of business management and accounting, directed the masters'
program
in accounting and the program in statistics and quantitative analysis.
Woroniak specialized in comparative economic systems and technology
transfer,
particularly in regard to the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
He wrote extensively, presented numerous conference papers, and served
as a consultant for both private and government organizations.
Collection consists primarily of his published and unpublished
research material, including books, articles, book reviews, and project
reports. Much of this was sponsored research via both government and
private
sources. There is also some related correspondence and proposals.
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Wright, Lawrence F. . Collection. ca. 1917-1921. 0.9 linear feet; 1 box. Donor: Wright Family.
A finding aid to the Lawrence F. Wright Collection.
Lawrence Frederick Wright, a member of The Catholic University of America class of 1921, compiled the 78 images in this collection during his years at CUA from 1917 to 1921. The images are black and white, with Mr. Wright the photographer for many of them. Subjects include CUA buildings and grounds, students and professors on campus, and student events. Many of the images appear to have been used in the 1917-1921 editions of the Cardinal, the CUA yearbook.
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Zeender, John K. Papers. ca.
1890-2002. 7 feet; 12 boxes. Donor: John K. Zeender, 1996-2002.
Correspondence and research material regarding German Catholicism, in particular the Center Party of 1879 to 1933, collected by Dr. Zeender, who taught and published widely on this subject. Included are books, booklets, and article tear sheets as well as forty-five reels and/or rolls of microfilm of German historical documents, personal papers, and newspapers.
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Ziegler, Aloysius Kieran. Papers. 1901-1967. 6 feet; 4 boxes. Donor:
Aloysius K. Ziegler, 1981.
Aloysius K. Ziegler was born in 1895. After earning his B.A. from St.
Francis Seminary in 1919, he was ordained and began graduate studies at
University of Wisconsin and The Catholic University of America (CUA). He
received his Doctorate of Sacred Theology in 1930. In 1934, Ziegler
joined the faculty of the Greek and Latin Department and the History
Department of CUA. He served as the Head of the Department of History
from 1941 to 1960 and as the editor of the Catholic Historical Review
from 1936 to 1957. Ziegler was also Regional Chaplain and Moderator of
the National Federation of Catholic College Students (NFCCS) after WWII.
After retiring in 1966, he continued to serve as Dean of the Catholic
Sisters College and as a Senior Lecturer in the Greek and Latin
Department. He died in 1979. The Ziegler papers contains correspondence,
minutes, and photographs. The bulk of correspondence (ca.1940-1950)
relates to Ziegler's administration as Head of Department of History at CUA.
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Zimmerman, Lawrence J. Research
Notes. 1970. 1 inch. Donor: Lawrence J. Zimmerman, 1970.
For an M.A. thesis examining the Pierce-Sheffer stroke
function in logic. Zimmerman was investigating the possibility that
another
definition or function existed that would explain the two known and,
at times, conflicting stroke functions. Present are a summary of the
basic ideas of the thesis, a detailed outline for it and a development
of the associated calculus, and correspondence to friends and teachers
in which Zimmerman discusses his work. Zimmerman engaged in graduate
work at CUA in 1967 and again in 1970. He withdrew from the university
before receiving a degree and his thesis apparently was never published.
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