1855-1912 (bulk 1855-1875).
Origination : Chatard, Francis Silas, 1834-1918.Francis Silas Chatard Letters received (FSC), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Letters from family, friends, and American bishops, most of them dating from the time when Chatard lived in Rome; concerning the North American College and its students and European travels of American friends; with requests from American bishops for assistance in dealing with Vatican officials, inquiries about political conditions in Rome, and requests for accomodations at the College for the First Vatican Council.
Vice-rector (1863-1868) and rector (1868-1878) of the North American College, Rome, before his appointment as Bishop of Vincennes, Indiana, in 1878.