Aiken, Charles Francis. Papers. 1886-1924. 3 feet; 7 document cases.
A finding aid to the Charles Francis Aiken papers
Primarily lecture notes but also includes sermons, correspondence, articles, addresses, and a seminary diary focusing on Aiken's years as a Catholic University student and faculty member. Aiken was born in Boston on April 8, 1863 and died there on July 8, 1925. He attended grammar and high school in Sommerville and higher education brought him to Harvard, St. John's Seminary (Brighton, Mass.), and Catholic University. He taught Classics at the Heathcote School of Buffalo, 1884-1886, and was ordained a priest in 1890. He began a teaching career at Catholic University in 1897 where he served as an instructor, 1897-1900, assistant professor, 1900-1906, and ordinary professor of apologetics, 1906-1924. He became dean of the faculty of theology, 1909-1913, and contributed to many scholarly journals including American Ecclesiastical Review,American Catholic Quarterly Review, and Catholic World.
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Allen, H.G. Papers. 1860. 2 volumes.
A Jesuit missionary, Allen worked among the Potawatomie Indians in the American Midwest. Present are two bound manuscript volumes, one containing vocabulary and expressions from the Potawatomie language, the other a Potawatomie Catechism with English translation.
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American Catholic Historical Association (ACHA). Records. 1917-2024. 140 feet; 112 boxes. Donor: ACHA.
The ACHA was organized primarily by Peter Guilday in Cleveland in 1919 and incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia. Its main objectives have been to promote a deeper knowledge of the history of the Catholic Church and the advancement of historical scholarship in all fields among American Catholics by rendering them various services, opportunities, and awards. In relation to non-Catholics the Association's task has been to defend the Church's past against falsehoods and misinterpretations and to foster a better appreciation of the debt modern civilization owes to Christianity.
The Association has enjoyed the support of Catholic universities, colleges, and seminaries but membership is open to those interested in the objectives of the Association regardless of religion or nationality. Annual meetings are held each December in a different city but always together with the American Historical Association and other historical societies. Notable past presidents include Lawrence F. Flick, Leo F. Stock, Carlos E. Castaneda and Martin McQuire. Three prizes are awarded annually. The John Gilmary Shea Prize goes to the best book on the history of the Catholic Church. The Howard R. Marraro Prize goes to the best book on Italian or Italo-American history. Finally, the Peter Guilday Prize goes to the best article in the Catholic Historical Review by someone not previously published.
The Association adopted as its official organ the Catholic Historical Review, which has been published since 1915. This journal carries scholarly articles and book reviews not only about the Roman Catholic Church but topics remotely related to Christian religion and culture. In addition, the Association has sponsored the publication of United States Ministers to the Papal States: Instructions and Despatches (1933), Consular Relations Between the United States and the Papal States(1945), and the edited papers of John Carroll, first bishop and archbishop of Baltimore and father of the American episcopate (1976).
Material related both to the American Catholic Historical Association in general and its journal, Catholic Historical Review,in particular. The former consists of general correspondence (1919-1995), subject files (1924-1995) which cover the annual meeting and the prize awards, and printed material (1919-1996) including proceedings and directories. There are also financial records (1928-1984) which include ledgers, advertisements, and membership cards and files. Catholic Historical Review records (1917-1994) entail mostly editorial correspondence with contributors and potential contributors.
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American Citizenship, Commission on. Collection. 1938-1970. 8 feet; 13 boxes. Donors: Various, 1970-2015.
A finding aid to the Commission on American Citizenship Collection
Founded at The Catholic University of America in 1938, with a papal mandate, to influence the American Catholic education system. Objectives were to produce a social program for American Catholic Schools based on the encyclical letters, prepare courses that defined democracy in regard to Catholic traditions, and write comprehensive text books for all educational levels. Collection include correspondence and textbooks like the Faith and Freedom Readers (1942-1962). There also color anti Communism by George Pflaum posters from 1961.
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American Hierarchy Annual Meetings. Collection. 1890-1969. 1 foot; 2 boxes. Donors: John Tracy Ellis, J.M. O'Toole, 1984, 1988, 1991.
The founding of the American Catholic hierarchy dates from the appointment in 1789 of John Carroll as first Bishop (later Archbishop) of Baltimore, which was coterminous with the United States of that time. Over the next sixty year there were seven Provincial Councils of Baltimore that became increasingly national in scope as additional metropolitan provinces were added. Hereafter followed the First, Second, and Third Plenary Councils, convoked in 1852, 1866, and 1884, respectively. In 1889, upon the occasion of the centennial of the establishment of the American hierarchy, it was decided that there should be annual meetings thereafter. The bishops did meet from 1890 onward but since these meetings had no canonical status they did not issue pastorals. The American Church retained mission status from Rome until 1908 and official meetings of the American bishops with canonical status only began in 1919 in the wake of the establishment of the National Catholic War Council in 1917 and the Bishops' Program of Social Reconstruction in 1919 as well as the Pastoral Letter of 1919.
Printed and typescript copies of minutes, programs, and reports of the annual meetings of the American Catholic Hierarchy for 1890 to 1969 largely compiled and collected by Msgr. John Tracy Ellis. The Pastoral Letter of 1919 and the 1917 Code of Canon Law are included.
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Americanist Controversy Scrapbook. 1898-1899. 1 volume.
Containing American, French, Belgian, and Italian pamphlets, and clippings from French and Belgian newspapers relating to the controversy which developed at the end of the nineteenth century over the group of ideas termed "Americanism." This controversy was fueled in Europe when certain French writers, impressed by the progress of the American Catholic Church, advocated adoption of features of the American situation, such as separation of Church and State. In doing so, they angered conservative French churchmen who proceeded to vehemently attack the ideas of Americans such as Isaac Hecker (founder of the Paulists), John Ireland (Archbishop of St. Paul, Minnesota), John Keane (first Rector of Catholic University, 1888-1896), and Denis J. O'Connell (Rector of the American College in Rome, 1884-1895). Most of the material in this volume concerns the widely read French translation of Walter Elliot's biography of Hecker. Rather freely and inaccurately translated, this biography was delegated to the Roman Index by Charles Maignen, a French priest.
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Anti-Catholic Literature. 1925, 1928. .7 feet, 1 box. Donor: Democratic National Committee, 1929.
A finding aid to the Anti-Catholic Literature Collection
Mounted photostats plus a few originals of pamphlets, cartoons and posters, some of a sensational nature, distributed by various anti-Catholic groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, during the 1928 presidential campaign for the purpose of undermining the Democratic candidate, Alfred E. Smith. Also present, a 1925 petition and letters concerning the appointment of a Catholic teacher by the Fairfax County School Board in Virginia.
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Archdiocese for the Military Services USA. Collection. 1889(1983-2021)n.d. 9 linear feet; 6 boxes. Donors: Various, 2005-2021.
A finding aid to the Archdiocese for the Military Service USA Collection
The Archdiocese for the Military Services USA Collection consists of publications related to the Archdiocese for the Military Services USA, including newspapers, magazines, prayer materials, worship aids, Archbishops' travel schedules and destinations, administrative information, books, pamphlets, and video recordings.
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Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU). Records. 1909-2022. 78 feet, 62 boxes. Donors: NCEA, ACCU 1993-2024.
A finding aid to Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) records
The Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) was founded independently in 1899 and shortly thereafter became a constitutive member of the Catholic Education Association (now known as the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)). On July 1, 2000 the ACCU became an independently incorporated 501(c3) organization though remaining an affiliate of the NCEA. Records include correspondence and membership forms as well as general information about member colleges and universities. Additionally, there is correspondence between college/university presidents and the ACCU and files from the board of directors meetings. See also NCEA records for additional pre-2000 ACCU related material.
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Autographes des cardinaux des XVII, XVIII, et XIX siecles. Collection. 1653-1879, 2.5 inches; 1 box. Donor: Arthur T. Connoly.
A finding aid to the Autographes des cardinaux des XVII, XVIII, et XIX siecles collection
Primarily a compilation of the correspondence of Roman Catholic cardinals bound in a leather tome. Also contained in the collection are a small number of prints of portraits of the cardinals, newspaper clippings, and certificates. All of the materials are written in Italian, French, or Latin. The majority of the correspondence is written in Italian. Connolly, a Boston priest (1853-1933), was a trustee of Boston Public Library and a noted collector of books who was a major donor of volumes to Catholic University's library.
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Baldus, Simon Alexander. Papers. 1907-1956, n.d. 1.5 feet; 3 boxes. Donor: Unknown ca. 1960, P. Davis 2004.
A finding aid to Simon Alexander Baldus papers
Baldus was born 1872 in Cincinnati in a German speaking community and educated at St. Xavier's College. He worked as a reporter for a Cincinnati newspaper and wrote book reviews for the Catholic Telegraph. He organized a stock company to publish a Catholic home journal titled Men and Women, 1902-1905. He was friends with Rev. Francis Clement Kelly, and together they started the Catholic Church Extension Society in 1905. Baldus became managing editor of Extension magazine in 1907 and wrote the editorials after 1928. He retired in 1951. The Papers include correspondence primarily related to Extension magazine and the Catholic Church Extension Society. There is also some printed material, such as pamphlets about efforts to achieve world peace, and a few photographs.
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Ball, William Bentley. Papers. 1712(1922-2020)n.d. 27 feet; 25 boxes. Donors: Various, 2017-2022.
A finding aid to the William Bentley Ball papers
Ball (1916-1999) attended Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University), where he served as the President of the Young Americanist League, opposing communist, fascist, and socialist groups. After graduation, he served in the 107th Cavalry Regiment of the Ohio National Guard, as well as joining the US Navy in World War II, serving aboard the USS Quincy. After the war, he studied law at the University of Notre Dame. He went on to teach constitutional law at Villanova University and then served as general counsel for the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference. In 1967, Ball worked on his first Supreme Court case, Loving v. Virginia, entering a brief on behalf of 25 Catholic bishops on the unconstitutionality of anti-miscegenation laws. Ball was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court in 1969. He argued 9 cases and assisted with 25 others Supreme court cases as well as giving his testimony during the debate of numerous state and federal bills concerning the 1st Amendment. He went to the forefront of Church-State issues, writing over 200 articles and books on the subject. In 1974, he visited the Vatican where he was made a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. In 1986, Ball was one of many considered for the Associate Justice seat that went to Antonin Scalia. When not practicing law, Ball would teach and serve as a guest lecturer and commencement speaker throughout the country, receiving seven honorary degrees from various institutions. The Ball papers contain publications, case files, correspondence, personal effects, and photographs largely documenting his legal career. Additionally, there are research materials assembled by authors Bruce Dierenfield and David Gerber for their 2020 book Disability Rights and Religious Liberty in Education: The Story behind Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District.
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Baltimore Archdiocese History and Baronius' Annales Ecclesiastici Collection. ca. 1828. 4 items. Donor: Henri Hyvernat, ?1931.
Found in Catholic University's Mullen Library in a volume of Cesare Baronius' Annales Ecclesiastici that bore the bookplate of Ambrose Marechal, 3rd Archbishop of Baltimore (1817-1828). The collection consists of manuscript fragments, including a synopsis of various chapters of the Annales and notes made by an unidentified author with the stated intention of providing a "brief review of the churches and pious institutes of Baltimore [so that] the reader may form an idea of the state of religion in this metropolis." These notes describe the following churches: St. Patrick's, St. John's, St. Peter's, St. Mary's Seminary Church, and St. Mary's Cathedral. This fact provides a rough guide to the time of writing, since the churches listed above were the only Catholic churches in the city of Baltimore in 1828 when James Whitfield succeeded Marechal as Archbishop. Among the pious institutes described are: the Baltimore Infirmary, founded in 1822 as an auxiliary to the University of Maryland's Medical School, St. Mary's Female Orphan Asylum, chartered in 1819 as a subsidiary of the Cathedral, the Boys Free School, and the Oblate Sisters of Providence. Also present is the draft of a speech, apparently given at the laying of the cornerstone for St. Mary's Female Orphan Asylum in 1828. Since this ceremony was presided over by James Whitfield, the speech may have been his. A description of the ceremony is written on the verso of this draft.
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Baraga, Frederic Iraneous. Papers. 1954. .5 feet, 1 box, mimeograph copies. Donor: Historical Commission of the Bishop Baraga Association, 1955.
Papers, 1831-1896, assembled and circulated by the Association to promote the cause of his beatification. Mainly letters from Baraga, they concern his work in Upper Michigan among the Chippewa/Ojibwa tribe, as a missionary and later as Bishop of Saulte Sainte Marie. Reflective of the rigors of missionary life, many also describe Native American lifestyles.
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Bassett, William, Vatican Council II Collection. 1963, 1971, .5 feet; 1 box. Donor: W. Bassett, 1971.
A finding aid to the William Bassett Collection
Bassett was born in 1932 and was ordained a priest of Peoria, Illinois. He served as facilitator for Senior Archbishops in the Basilica under Council Secretariat, Archbishop Pericle Felici, at the third and fourth sessions of the Second Vatican Council. He received his J.C.D. from the Gregorian University in Rome in 1965 and taught at Catholic University's School of Canon Law, 1967-1973. He also obtained his J.D. from the Catholic University of America in 1972 and resigned in 1973 to get married. He began teaching at the University of San Francisco in August 1974 and retired in June, 2008. This small collection contains three bound volumes from his time at the Council, as well as a book that he wrote concerning the appointment of bishops.
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Binz, Leo, Vatican Council II Collection 1961-1965, 2 feet; 4 boxes. Donor: Binz, 1971.
A finding aid to Archbishop Leo Binz - Vatican Council II Collection
Archbishop Leo Binz (1900-1979), a native of Illinois, earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, then went on to study at the Sulpician Seminary in Washington and then the Pontifical North American College in Rome. In 1924, he was ordained a priest for the diocese of Rockford. He also earned a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Propaganda University in 1924 and a Doctorate of Philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1926. Binz served as Archbishop of Dubuque from 1954 until 1961. At that point, he was reassigned to the Archdiocese of Saint Paul (which expanded to include Minneapolis in 1966). Archbishop Binz was a participant in the Second Session of the Second Vatican Council, and, most notably, was part of the 60th General Congregation on November 5, 1963: the Commission for Bishops and the Government of Diocese. The collection contains published and non-published documents associated with his involvement in the Second Vatican Council, particularly in association with the Commission for Bishops and the Government of Dioceses, of which he was a member.
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Blake, Peter Jost. 1949-1987. 6.25 linear feet, 5 boxes. Donor: Adnan Morshed, 2013.
A finding aid to the Peter Jost Blake Papers
Born Peter Jost Blach in Berlin in 1920, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen and changed his name to Blake in 1944. He moved to Connecticut after retirement, writing articles and books as well as a regular column for both New York magazine and Interior Design, until his death in 2006. The collection documents his early years as a professor in and later chairman of the then Department of Architecture and Planning at The Catholic University of America, 1979-1991. Records include correspondence; inter-departmental, school, and university documents; conferences and professional organizations Blake attended, was part of, or received information from during this time period; and oversize materials in the form of educational degrees and professional certificates/licenses.
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Bland, Joseph Marion Andrew P. IV. Scrapbook. 1937-1941. 1 volume. Donor: J.M.A.P. Bland IV, 1943.
Compiled by the donor, who was born in Louisville, Kentucky, this mainly contains rough and incomplete notes on his family's genealogy, beginning in twelfth century England. Most of the notes relate to the American branch of the family, which appears to have settled in Virginia in the seventeenth century, spreading from there to Tennessee and Kentucky. Jottings suggest that some family members were part of Sir Walter Raleigh's colony on Roanoke Island, set up in 1585 under the command of Sir Ralph Lane, and that another, Richard Bland, was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1745 until the revolution. Also included are notes and correspondence relating to the family's coat of arms.
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Bouquillon, Thomas. Papers. 1864-1904. 1 ft.; 2 boxes.
A finding aid to the papers of Thomas Bouquillon
Rev. Thomas Bouquillon was born at Warenton, Belgium on May 16, 1842. He studied philosophy and theology at Roulers and Bruges. In 1865 he was ordained in Rome. Two years later, Bouquillon received his doctorate in theology from the Gregorian University. In that same year he was appointed Professor of Moral Theology in the Seminary of Bruges. Bouquillon was appointed to the Catholic University of Lille, France in 1877 and remained there for the next decade. He came to The Catholic University of America as one of the original faculty members. From 1889 until 1902, the year of his death, he served as Professor of Moral Theology.
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Borgolte, Augustin. Letter. n.d. 1 item, xerox copy. Donor: Marie Wilson.
In German, reporting on the bombing of a church and convent on the island of Wangerooge in the North Sea off the coast of Germany. Borgolte, who signs himself "priest of St. Willehad Church," wrote the original of the letter in May 1945.
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Broderick, Francis Lyons. Research Notes. ca. 1963. 1 volume.
Loose-leaf binder of approximately 380 pages, containing handwritten notes made by Broderick, apparently in preparation for his book, Right Reverend New Dealer: John A. Ryan (1963). Many of the notes are made from primary sources housed in Catholic University's Department of Archives and Manuscripts. Ryan, 1869-1945, was a domestic prelate, moral theologian, and Catholic pioneer for American social reform. The author, an educator in the field of history, was chancellor of the University of Massachusetts, Boston, 1968-1972, and was awarded the National Catholic Book Award in 1964 for The Life of James Cardinal Gibbons (1963).
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Brookland Citizens' Association. Papers. 1928-1956. 4 1/2 inches.
Mainly incoming correspondence, minutes, press clippings and pamphlets reflecting the association's activities in the Northeast quadrant of Washington, DC. Areas of concern include civil defense, public health, housing, integration, and fluoridation of the water supply.
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Brooks-Queen Family. Papers. 1773 - 1979. 1.5 feet; 3 boxes. Donors: Anne Elizabeth Brooks Stock, Sally Stock Murray, Elizabeth Stock Hardy, Agnes Stock Scanlon, Margaret Bartley, and Laura Anthony, 1955, 1981, 1982, 1987.
A finding aid to the Brooks - Queen Papers
The Brooks-Queen Family Papers document the activities of members of two Washington families of the nineteenth century. The Brooks and Queens families united in 1828, when Jehiel Brooks and Margaret Queen, the daughter of Nicholas Louis Queen, married. The papers of these two men constitute the bulk of the collection. Jehiel Brooks came to the District to secure political appointment, but with the exception of an appointment in the Red River Indian Agency in Louisiana during the administration of Andrew Jackson (1829-1837), Brooks had little luck. Instead, he assumed the role of the gentleman farmer on a tract of land adjacent to property that later became part of The Catholic University of America. One of the largest holders of real estate in the District, Nicholas Queen ran the Queen's Hotel near the Capitol until his death in 1850. The collection also includes the papers of Brooks' and Queen's descendants, including John Henry Brooks, who sold his parents' real estate to early twentieth century developers of the Brookland neighborhood. These papers offer a view into the agrarian past of the District of Columbia, the lives of nineteenth century property holders, political patronage during the mid-nineteenth century, and the work of federal agents among Native Americans as well as slavery and the Civil War.
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Brophy, John. Papers. 1918-1963. 33.5 feet; 55 boxes; 6 oversized boxes. Donors: Howard Holman, Philip and Jacqueline Brophy, 1963, 1967, 1991.
A finding aid to the papers of John Brophy
Born in northern England in 1883, Brophy emigrated to America with his parents in 1892, settling in Pennsylvania where he started working in the coal mines in 1894. He joined the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) in 1899, rising to become president of District 2, Central Pennsylvania, 1916-1926. He challenged John L. Lewis for the UMWA Presidency in 1926 and was not only defeated but expelled from the union shortly thereafter. Reconciled to Lewis in 1933, Brophy rejoined the UMWA and served as assistant to Lewis and union organizer. He was deeply embroiled in the industrial union controversy which resulted in the formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1935. After several years of organizing union councils throughout the country, Brophy was made a member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fair Employment Practices Committee. He also served on the War Labor Board and in 1945 founded the Anti Communist International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, an organization which opposed the Communist influence in American unions. During the last years of his life he was active in the National Council of Senior Citizens and the Family Services Association. Despite a lack of formal education, Brophy was a tireless reader who remained fascinated with philosophy and economics throughout his life.
Private and official correspondence, diaries, speeches, UMWA and CIO convention proceedings (many bearing annotations in Brophy's hand), memoranda, articles, labor pamphlets, photographs, and scrapbooks. In addition, there is an unpublished history entitled The American Coal Miner, an unpublished autobiography entitled Twenty Years with the CIO,and his published autobiography, entitled A Miner's Life (including a manuscript copy, and oral history transcripts for the work). These materials reflect Brophy's involvement in and contribution to the American labor movement, particularly the UMWA and the CIO. The course of the Lewis-Brophy power struggle as well as the formative years of the CIO can be traced in these papers. In addition, much of the correspondence, diaries, and expense books document his extensive travels, both in the United States and abroad, on behalf of the labor movement.
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Brune, Clarance Marion. Papers. ca. 1895-1935. 2 feet; 5 boxes. Donor: Minna T. Brune, 1943.
A finding aid to the Clarance Marion Brune paper
Born 1864, Bruce earned numerous degrees at universities such as Harvard, Illinois Wesleyan, King's (Nova Scotia), Laval (Quebec), and Catholic University. In addition, he received a degree from the Chicago Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1894, and practiced law for a number of years in Chicago and San Francisco. He was a legal and business representative for several American corporations in England, attorney and counsel for the US War Department, and Special Attorney in charge of the Spanish-American War Loan for the Secretary of the Treasury. He also served as an officer with the American Expeditionary Force in France during the First World War.
Printed copies and rough drafts of essays, plays, and criticisms written by Brune. Topics include the Romantic Movement, Modern Theater, Greek Tragedy, and English poets such as Milton and Coleridge. There is no correspondence or biographical material and few dated items.
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Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions. Records (Microfilm Only). 411 reels of microfilm. Donor: Marquette University.
Established in 1874 to protect, promote, and administer Catholic Native American mission interests in the United States, the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions united with the Commission for the Catholic Missions among the Colored People and the Indians in 1884 and the Negro-American Mission Board in 1980. Although the microfilm copies of this collection are available to CUA, they are restricted and only archivists at Marquette University have the authority to grant access to the BCIM records. For further information on this collection, check the entry for BCIM prepared by archivists at Marquette University.
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Byron, Joseph. Humanae Vitae Controversy. Collection. 1968-1977, 1.5 feet; 3 boxes. Donor: Paul Byron, 2005.
A finding aid to the Joseph Byron collection
Byron was a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington in the late 1960s. During the Humanae Vitae episode, when many diocesan priests left or were disciplined by Cardinal Patrick O'Boyle, Father Byron took the cause to Rome on behalf of the priests. The collection consists of correspondence, meeting notes, reports, press releases, newspaper clippings, transcripts of interviews, and a publication file.
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Byron, William James. Papers. 1977-1992. 9 feet; 7 boxes. Donor: Vincent Walter 1993.
The 12th president of The Catholic University of America (CUA) 1982-1992, Father Byron is a native of Pittsburgh who grew up in Philadelphia. After service in the U.S. Army's 508th Parachute Infantry, he attended St. Joseph's College and joined the Jesuit Order in 1950. He earned degrees in philosophy and economics from St. Louis University, two theology degrees from Woodstock and a doctorate in economics from the University of Maryland. He taught at Loyola of Baltimore, Woodstock College, and Fordham University. Before coming to CUA, he had a deanship at Loyola University of New Orleans and was president of the University of Scranton. He is the author of Toward Stewardship and has published scores of articles dealing with economics, social ethics, and educational issues.
The collection consists of plaques, awards, medals, diplomas, and regalia dating from Byron's presidencies of the University of Scranton and CUA. There are also photographs from his CUA years, especially a 1985 trip to Taiwan.
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Callahan, Patrick Henry. Papers. 1911-1940. 2 feet, 4 boxes. Donor: Rev. James J. Higgins, C.SS.R, 1952.
A finding aid to the papers of Patrick Henry Callahan
Born in 1865, Callahan was educated at St. John's High School and the Spencerian Business College in Cleveland, Ohio. After a brief baseball career with the Chicago White Stockings, Callahan married Julia Cahill. The couple moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where Callahan became manager and later president of the Louisville Varnish Company. While with the company Callahan and Rev. John A. Ryan formulated a profit sharing program between stockholders and workers. Callahan was active in the church, serving as chairman of the Knights of Columbus Commission on Religious Prejudices (1914-16), founder of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia (1916), chairman of the Knights of Columbus Committee on War Activities (1917-18), a director of the Catholic Conference on Industrial Problems (1923), and a founding member of the Catholic Association for International Peace. A fervent believer in Prohibition, Callahan served as general secretary of the Association of Catholics Favoring Prohibition and chaired the Central Prohibition Commission. During the Great Depression, Callahan became a supporter of New Deal programs, and served as a trustee of the National Child Labor Commission and vice president of the Kentucky Interracial Commission.
The collection includes correspondence on his various activities, both received and sent, typed or handwritten, on regular and mimeographed paper. Also included are newspaper clippings, publications, and certificates.
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Campbell, James Marshall. Papers. 1905(1931-1976)n.d.. 10 feet; 8 boxes. Donor: J.A. Feeley, 1975, Little Sisters of the Poor, 1977.
A finding aid to the papers of James Marshall Campbell
Born 1895 in Warsaw, New York, Msgr. Campbell was educated at Hamilton College, Princeton University, and The Catholic University of America. He received an MA in 1920 and Ph.D. in 1923 from CUA and prepared for the priesthood, 1922-1926, at the Sulpician Seminary, now Theological College. His academic career was spent entirely at Catholic University. In 1921 he joined the faculty of the Department of Greek and Latin and served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1934 until retirement in 1966 when he became Emeritus Professor. He also served as Director of the Pacific Coast Branch of the Summer Session, 1932-1970, and as Associate Editor of the series 'Patristic Studies.' He was a member of the American Philological Association and the Medieval Academy of America. Msgr. Campbell exercised his ministry in chaplaincies at Holy Cross Academy and Dunbarton College, where he resided until 1973. He was named a Domestic Prelate in 1959 and died in 1977 at the St. Joseph's Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor. The collection includes research notes on cards and papers, sermons and homilies, lecture notes, articles, course outlines, tests, a bibliography, photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. In addition, there are budgets, reports, and statements of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Carbone, Jerry. Collection. 1955-1960, .25 feet: 1 box. Donor: J. Carbone, 2009.
A finding aid to the Jerry Carbone Collection
Jerry Louis Carbone, Jr. was born and raised in New York City. He attended the Catholic University of America between 1955 and 1959, earning a Bachelor's in Civil Engineering. He was active in many organizations such as the Clipper and Italian clubs as well as playing sports like baseball and basketball. The collection contains correspondence, a scrapbook, Catholic University and non-Catholic University publications, and memorabilia.
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Carini, Dominic J. Alumni Memorabilia and Photograph Collection. 1946-1951. , 0.5 feet; 1 box. Donor: D. J. Carini, 2011.
A finding aid to the Dominic J. Carini Collection
Carini, a native of Ridgefield, Connecticut, attended The Catholic University of America from 1946 to1950 and majored in Electrical Engineering. He was active with the student chapters of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE), and WGIB, an informal student radio station held in Catholic University's Gibbons Hall. The collection consists of memorabilia and photographs taken by the alumnus. The images are of Catholic University's students, faculty, and buildings.
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Caporale, Rocco-Vatican Council II. Collection. n.d.(1963-1965)2003, 2.5 feet; 2 boxes. Donor: Melissa Wilde, 2001.
A finding aid to the Rocco Caporale-Vatican Council II Collection
Rocco Caporale was born in Santa Caterina dello Ionio, Italy in 1927. He spoke nine languages and was professor emeritus and former chair of the department of Sociology and Anthropology at St. John's University in New York and taught there for thirty years. He also held teaching positions at Manhattanville College in New York, Columbia University, the University of California at Berkeley, and Pitzer College in Claremont, California. The Rocco Caporale - Vatican Council II Collection consists of Caporale's research for his sociology dissertation on community at the Second Vatican Council: "The Dynamics of Hierocracy: A Study of Continuity-in-Change of a Religious System. The Second Vatican Council of the Roman Catholic Church." Caporale interviewed many participants of the Council from a variety of areas. The typed notes from these interviews, along with his research, and dissertation, are included within the collection.
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Carroll, John. Papers. 1755-1815. 6 feet; 5 boxes. Donor: John Carroll Society and the Archdiocese of New York, 1959.
Carroll, the first Roman Catholic bishop of the United States and first Archbishop of Baltimore, was born 8 January 1735 in Upper Marlborough, Maryland, to Daniel and Eleanor Carroll. He was educated at Saint Omer's in Flanders as a Jesuit and returned to Maryland in 1774 where he resided until his death in 1815. He served for twenty five years as bishop and archbishop and contributed greatly to the growth of the American church. During his reign the clergy more than doubled its numbers and three seminaries were founded for their education. In addition, Catholic colleges for men were founded in Maryland at Georgetown (1788), Baltimore (Saint Mary's, 1799), and at Emmitsburg (Mount Saint Mary's, 1808). Academies for girls were begun at Georgetown (Visitation, 1799), Emmitsburg (Saint Joseph's, 1809), and Bardstown, Kentucky (Nazareth, 1814). Carroll left a legacy of religious tolerance and political loyalty to the state which clearly demonstrated the compatibility of Catholicism and human freedom in a democracy.
Collection consists of Photostat copies and typewritten transcripts, with translation into English where needed, of correspondence and sermons which reflect the broad spectrum of his interests and influence. In addition, the Carroll vestments are on permanent display in the Chapel of Caldwell Hall on the campus of The Catholic University of America. For original Carroll documents as well as additional research material see the archives of the Vatican; the Society of Jesus (Jesuits); the Archdiocese of Baltimore; Mount Saint Vincent in New York; Mount Saint Mary and Saint Joseph Central House, both in Emmitsburg, MD; and the universities of Georgetown and Notre Dame.
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Casey, Sophie Pearse. Collection. ca. 1908-1940. 4 1/2 inches.
Casey, a Washington, DC. resident, was a traveler and lecturer. The collection, reflecting her interest in anthropology and archeology, mainly comprises postcards, photographs, cards, clippings, and pamphlets relating to Native American culture in the American Southwest. Also present are: postcards from Mexico, Guatemala, Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Sudan, the Belgian Congo (Zaire), Uganda, Kenya, Zanzibar, Rhodesia, and South Africa; and several articles and photographs relating to Catholic missions in California.
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Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, DC. Records. 1825-1970. 34 feet: 49 boxes. Donor: Associated Catholic Charities, 1979.
A finding aid to Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, DC.
This collection contains records of the now defunct St. Joseph's Home and School for Boys, St. Vincent's Home and School (for girls), and St. Rose's Technical School (also for girls). Access to these sensitive records is restricted. Permission must be received in writing by the Catholic University Archivist from the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, DC, to authorize the Catholic University Archives staff to search for and extract information to communicate to the person(s) seeking information.
St. Joseph's Male Orphan Asylum was founded in 1855 and administered by the Sisters of the Holy Cross. It changed its name in 1925 to St. Joseph's Home and School for Boys and closed in 1967. Records include sacramental and administrative registers, minutes of the Board of Managers and Board of Trustees, and financial account books.
St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum, later renamed St. Vincent's Home and School ( for girls), was founded in 1825, administered by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, and closed in 1967. Records include registers, reports, financial ledgers, and some photographs.
St. Rose's Industrial School, later renamed St. Rose's Technical School, was an institution for high school age girls founded in 1868 and closed in 1947. Records include several registers as well as photographs and news clippings.
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Catholic Charities USA. Records. 1881 (1920-2015) 2015. 375 feet; 302 boxes. Donor: National Office, others 1977-2017.
A finding aid to Catholic Charities USA
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 Catholic University in September 1910. Bishop Shahan was elected first president, serving until 1929, and Monsignor William J. Kerby, a highly esteemed Catholic University 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. Please note that this collection stored off site, so it may take up to 72 hours to retreive boxes.
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Catholic Climate Covenant. Records. 1939(1989-2016)n.d. 2.5 feet; 2 boxes. Donor: CCC, 2016.
A finding aid to Catholic Climate Covenant.
In 2006 the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) helped form Catholic Climate Covenant, a non-profit based in Washington, D.C. to address ecological awareness and the need to implement Catholic social teaching on ecology. They developed the “St. Francis Pledge,” which pledges commitment to the words of St. Francis in his encyclical Laudato Si’ on caring for creation and the poor. A variety of Catholic organizations, universities, Dioceses, religious communities, and individuals have signed the pledge. The collection consists largely of published and printed material, much of it issued by the Catholic Climate Covenant. It includes booklets, magazines, newspapers and newspaper clippings, programs, correspondence, grant applications, meeting agendas, and marketing materials. There are also photographs, DVDs of conferences, a t-shirt and banner.
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Catholic Commission on Intellectual and Cultural Affairs (CCICA). Collection. 1946-1997. 29 Boxes; 36 Feet. Donors: C.J. Nuesse, Bruce Miller, Paul Nelligan , George Dennis O'Brien, David J. O'Brien, 1988-2007.
Association founded in 1946, and now defunct, to promote national and international Catholic intellectual and cultural cooperation, consciousness and interchange of ideas, and to focus on the problems these elements present to Catholics. Annual meetings on a national basis and regional meeting were conducted, numerous studies undertaken, and a register of American Catholic Scholars maintained. Prominent members included C. Joseph Nuesse, Rev. Paul Hanly Furfey, Rev. Stephen Kuttner, and Msgr. George G. Higgins.
Collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, membership files, constitutions, directories, papers (many mimeographed), and publications such as the CCICA Annual (1982-1997). Please not that this collection is stored off site, so it may take up to 72 hours to retrieve boxes.
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Catholic Committee of the South. Collection. 1953, 1970s-2008, 2 feet; 4 boxes. Donor: Sister Mary Prinski, 2009, 2017.
A finding aid to Catholic Committee of the South Collection
The Catholic Committee of the South was a network of bishops, church workers, Catholic laypeople and grassroots organizations working for social justice in the South. Originally founded by layman Paul D. Williams in 1939, it went into a period of dormancy starting in 1956. This collection consists mainly of materials of the CCS since its revitalization in 1981 until 2008, including memos, correspondence, incorparation, newsletters, reports and photographs. The collection also contains similar materials from the CCS's African American Caucus, organized in 1991, and the affiliated Connective Ministries.
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Catholic Daughters of the Americas. Papers. 1903-2003, 136 feet; 109 boxes. Donor: CDA, 1998-2004.
A finding aid to Catholic Daughters of the America Records
Charitable organization of women founded by the Knights of Columbus in Utica, NY, in 1903. Originally known as the Daughters of Isabella, it was re-named the Catholic Daughters of America in 1921, and, since 1978, has been known as the Catholic Daughters of the Americas. It's Motto is 'Unity and Charity' and Share magazine has been the official publication since 1970. Organization includes a supreme directorate consisting of 5 officers and 9 board members elected by the membership at the biennial conventions. The officers are the National Regent, First Vice National Regent, Second Vice National Regent, Third Vice National Regent, and the National Secretary-Treasurer. There is also a National Chaplain. Local units are known as courts and by 1970 there were over 1,500 nationwide and in Latin America.
The Catholic Daughters have worked with physically and mentally handicapped children and orphanages, served in veteran's hospitals and homes for the aged, helped with immigrants and foreign visitors, and have provided scholarships and disaster relief. Specific programs include Health and Life, Apostleship of the Sea, Handclasp, Morality in Media, the Eucharistic Congress, the House of Ruth, Covenant House and the Catholic Communication Foundation. Three of their largest and most significant financial commitments, located in the nation's capital, are the building of five altars at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the construction of the new headquarters of the United States Catholic Conference/National Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the endowment of the Chair in Catholic Church History at The Catholic University of America. Overseas, they have participated in the Madonna Plan, Feed-a-Family program, and Mother Teresa's charities.
This initial deposit of material reflects nearly a century of the history and activities of the Catholic Daughters. Records include national board and convention minutes, constitutions and by-laws, disbanded court charters and books, correspondence, legal files, statistical reports, photographs, and reel to reel films. In addition, there are record copies of the official publications: The Herald (1904-1930),Women's Voice (1930-1948), News and Views (1952-1966), and Share (1970 to the present). Please note that this collection is stored off site, so that it may take up to 72 hours to retrieve boxes.
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Catholic Daughters of the Americas - District of Columbia Court. Papers. 1913-1999. 32 feet; 24 boxes. Donor: Virginia Borkenhagen, 1998-2000.
Established in 1913, the DC Court of CDA, number 212, is the oldest one. Membership is small though they do meet on a monthly basis and publish a Calendar of Events. Records on deposit include administrative files, 1913-1990; scrapbook of clippings and photos from the 1978 convention; cloth banners of the DC Court, n.d.; and a 1998 paper blessing. Please note that this collection stored off site, so it may take up to 72 hours to retreive boxes.
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