John Dawson Gilmary Shea Papers
1857-1892.
Origination : Shea, John Dawson Gilmary, 1824-1892.Extent : 2 linear feet.
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives
Address : Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English.
Administrative Information
Source
Apparently acquired by James Edwards. Edwards first asked for Shea's manuscripts on 10 February 1887.
Preferred Citation
John Dawson Gilmary Shea Papers (JSH), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Scope and Content
Correspondence dealing mostly with Shea's writing and his financial difficulties; manuscripts of the first three volumes of his History of the Catholic Church in the United States; and a manuscript of his American Martyrology: lives of Catholic missionaries killed on the Indian missions in Canada and the United States from the earliest times.
Background
Catholic historian, co-founder of the United States Catholic Historical Society (1844).
Index
Shea, John Dawson Gilmary, 1824-1892.History of the Catholic Church in the United States.
American martyrology.
Letters.
Catholic Church -- United States -- History.
Martyrs -- United States -- History.
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