Strauss, St. Patrick's Choir of Chicago: The Lass of Limerick Town at
Washington Hall); his work for the Scholastic (he was
editor-in-chief) and the Dome; his membership in the
Scribblers (he was secretary and treasurer); the stories he published
and literature contests he won for his stories (Culver College); his
grades. His letters give a good insight into campus life from a
student's point of view. The sub-series contains only letters sent by
Breig to his family and no letters received by him.
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE (1941-1974, 1') contains almost all of
Breig's extant correspondence until the end of 1974 except for what is
to be found below in EDITORIAL WORK and PERSONAL MATERIAL. Fully half
of the letters in this sub-series date from 1973 and 1974. This
sub-series covers a broad spectrum of topics including columns by
Joseph Breig, abortion, church-press relations, Father Andrew Greeley,
G. K. Chesterton, Breig's trip to Israel, the beatification of Mother
Seton, congratulations and greetings. Correspondents include his family
(his sister, Sister Regina Clare, and his son James Breig, editor of
the Evangelist in particular), several priests
(especially Patrick Peyton CSC) and bishops, various Catholic
organizations, the Vatican, politicians (Congressmen, Senators, Mayors
of Cleveland, etc.), the Jewish Community in the United States (Sidney
Z. Vincent, Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, etc.), officials
from the State of Israel regarding his trip to Israel, friends
(especially Genevieve Blatt, judge at the Commonwealth Court,
Harrisburg, PA), the University of Notre Dame (including Fr. Hesburgh),
and publishers of his books.
In his position as associate editor and columnist of the three northern
Ohio Catholic papers of Toledo, Cleveland and Youngstown he also
received many letters from readers. The readers expressed their
approval or disagreement with the paper and his columns. He often
answered these letters. Similar letters are found in the EDITORIAL WORK
series under LETTERS RE SUBMISSIONS. There are also quiet a few
letters to and from colleagues inside the Universe
Bulletin (especially editor Edgar Barmann) and editors from
other American Catholic papers and magazines. There are also a number
of letters from Breig to editors of the secular and Catholic press in
which he expresses his opinion towards articles and columns that
appeared in their publications.
Three folders of subject files complete this series. The first
contains correspondence between Breig and Notre Dame about the
donation of his papers to the Notre Dame Archives. This folder
provides a good look at the donation process and the difficulties
that went along with it. The next folder contains letters about
Breig's writings while he was at the Pittsburgh
Sun-Telegraph (1941-1945). The last folder is a
collection of letters Breig received when he received the St. Francis
de Sales Award in 1966.
- CBRI 1/01-07 Subseries : Family Correspondence 1888-1947
- CBRI 1/01 Folder : Family Correspondence 1888-1938
- CBRI 1/02 Folder : Letters to the Family by Joseph A. Breig 1918-1923
- CBRI 1/03 Folder : Letters from Notre Dame to Joseph A. Breig's Parents 1923-1926
- CBRI 1/04 Folder : Letters from Joseph A. Breig to his Family while at Notre Dame 1923-1924
- CBRI 1/05 Folder : Letters from Joseph A. Breig to his Family while at Notre Dame 1925-1927
- CBRI 1/06 Folder : Letters from Joseph A. Breig to his Family while at Notre Dame (The Scholastic Letterhead) 1926-1927?
- CBRI 1/07 Folder : Letters to the Family 1938-1947
- CBRI 1/08-47 Subseries : General Correspondence 1923-1974
- CBRI 1/08 Folder : Undated Joseph A. Breig Correspondence no date
- CBRI 1/09 Folder : Correspondence between Joseph A. Breig and the Notre Dame Archive 1974-1977
- CBRI 1/10 Folder : Letters about Writings in the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph 1941-1945
- CBRI 1/11 Folder : Correspondence 1923-1949
- CBRI 1/12 Folder : Correspondence 1950-1959
- CBRI 1/13 Folder : Correspondence 1960-1965
- CBRI 1/14 Folder : Correspondence 1966
- CBRI 1/15 Folder : Letters Catholic Press Association (CPA) Award 1966/05
- CBRI 1/16 Folder : Correspondence 1967
- CBRI 1/17 Folder : Correspondence 1968
- CBRI 1/18 Folder : Correspondence 1969
- CBRI 1/19 Folder : Correspondence 1970
- CBRI 1/19 Letter : Richard M. Nixon to Joseph A. Breig 1970/0804
- CBRI 1/20 Folder : Correspondence 1971
- CBRI 1/21 Folder : Correspondence 1972/01-05
- CBRI 1/22 Folder : Correspondence 1972/06-09
- CBRI 1/23 Folder : Correspondence 1972/10-12
- CBRI 1/24 Folder : Correspondence 1973/01
- CBRI 1/25 Folder : Correspondence 1973/02
- CBRI 1/26 Folder : Correspondence 1973/03
- CBRI 1/27 Folder : Correspondence 1973/04
- CBRI 1/28 Folder : Correspondence 1973/05
- CBRI 1/29 Folder : Correspondence 1973/06
- CBRI 1/30 Folder : Correspondence 1973/07
- CBRI 1/31 Folder : Correspondence 1973/08
- CBRI 1/32 Folder : Correspondence 1973/09
- CBRI 1/33 Folder : Correspondence 1973/10
- CBRI 1/34 Folder : Correspondence 1973/11
- CBRI 1/35 Folder : Correspondence 1973/12
- CBRI 1/36 Folder : Correspondence 1974/01
- CBRI 1/37 Folder : Correspondence 1974/02
- CBRI 1/38 Folder : Correspondence 1974/03
- CBRI 1/39 Folder : Correspondence 1974/04
- CBRI 1/40 Folder : Correspondence 1974/05
- CBRI 1/41 Folder : Correspondence 1974/06
- CBRI 1/42 Folder : Correspondence 1974/07
- CBRI 1/43 Folder : Correspondence 1974/08
- CBRI 1/44 Folder : Correspondence 1974/09
- CBRI 1/45 Folder : Correspondence 1974/10
- CBRI 1/46 Folder : Correspondence 1974/11
