Catholic Americana
CUA's collection of
Catholic Americana is extensive. The general collections of the library
and the American
Catholic History Research Center and University Archives contain
much material relating to the study of the history of the American
Catholic Church. In the Rare Books and Special Collections Department
there are Catholic books, newspapers, directories, and periodicals.
There are also a number of collections of special materials:
- The Parsons Collection:
Books and pamphlets by Catholic authors or on Catholic subjects
published in the United States between 1729 and 1830, listed in Early
Catholic Americana, by Wilfrid Parsons (New York, 1939). Of the 1,119
items, CUA has over 250, as well as 50 items not included in Parsons.
- Nineteenth Century
Catholic Americana: Over 2,000 books by Catholic authors or on
Catholic subjects published in the United States from 1831 to 1900. A
series of CUA Library School theses from the 1950s, "A Survey of
Catholic Americana and Catholic Book Publishing in the United States,"
serves as a guide to this largely uncatalogued material.
- American Catholic
Pamphlets: Over 10,450 items, focusing on the pre-Vatican II
period. Publishers include the Catholic Truth Society, Ave Maria Press,
Franciscan Herald Press, Jesuit Mission Press, Our Sunday Visitor, and
several religious orders. More
information about the American Catholic
pamphlet collection is available; the collection is accessible
through
an online
database.
- Parish Histories:
About 3,480 items, ranging in date from 1791 to the present, arranged
geographically. More
information about the parish history collection is
available; it is accessible through an online database.
- Catechisms and textbooks:
American publications form a part of a major collection of catechisms
from all over the world, dating from the sixteenth to the twentieth
centuries. Partially accessible through an in-house card catalogue and
database.
- Devotional Books:
An uncatalogued collection, which includes holy cards.
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