Richard H. Clarke Papers
1864-1910.
Origination : Clarke, Richard H. (Richard Henry), 1827-1911.Extent : 1 linear foot.
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives
Address : Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English.
Preferred Citation
Richard H Clarke Papers (RCL), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Scope and Content
Correspondence, 1864-1910, including letters from many bishops and correspondence with Eliza Allen Starr, John Gilmary Shea, Charles O'Conor, and James F. Edwards; clippings, 1880s-1910; research notes; manuscripts of his History of the Catholic Church in the United States; and biographical information on bishops.
Background
Lawyer, author, president of the New York Catholic Protectory, president and co-founder of the United States Catholic Historical Society, and an advocate of civil service reform, free trade, temperance, freedom of worship, and legal reform.
Index
Clarke, Richard H. (Richard Henry), 1827-1911.Bishops -- United States -- Biography.
Starr, Eliza Allen, 1824-1901.
Shea, John Dawson Gilmary, 1824-1892.
O'Conor, Charles, 1804-1884.
Edwards, James F. (James Farnham), 1850-1911.
History of the Catholic Church in the United States from the earliest period to the present time. Manuscript.
Catholic Church -- United States -- Biography.
Letters.
Catholic Church -- United States -- History.