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Peter Paul Cooney Papers

1852-1905.

Origination : Cooney, Peter Paul, 1822-1905.
Extent : 2 linear feet.
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives
Address : Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English.

Preferred Citation

Peter Paul Cooney Papers (COO), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Correspondence, 1855-1904; Cooney's sermons and speeches; his Civil War diary, 1864-1865; manuscripts of his works, 1861-1890; a notebook describing his tour of the United States to collect material on the role of Catholic chaplains and nuns in the Civil War, 1890; clippings he collected on the Civil War, Ireland, and temperance; and printed matter including Child's Recollection of General Grant (1885) and a map of the Chickamauga battle field, 1886. Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia published an annotated edition of the Cooney letters in volume 44 (1933) pages 47-69, 151-169, and 220-237.

Background

Holy Cross Priest, Civil War chaplain, missionary, and temperance lecturer who graduated from the University of Notre Dame, 1851.

Index

Cooney, Peter Paul, 1822-1905.
Chaplains, Military -- Catholic Church.
Temperance.
Diaries.
Letters.
Sermons.

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