Gift of Henry F. Brownson, 1890.
Orestes Augustus Brownson Papers (BRO), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Correspondence, journal, clippings, and manuscript drafts of books, speeches, articles, and essays, both published and unpublished, 1823-1876; including correspondence with the Comte de Montalembert, Louis Veuillot, Lord Acton, John Henry Cardinal Newman, George Bancroft, Salmon Chase, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Isaac Hecker, Henry David Thoreau, and Archbishops John Hughes, Francis Patrick Kenrick and Martin Spalding; manuscripts of essays by Albert Brisbane, Archbishop Francis P. Kenrick, George Thompson and others; and a photograph of Orestes Brownson.
Collection available on microfilm from the Archives of the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556.
Associate of the New England Transcendentalists; convert to Roman Catholicism; founder, editor, and chief author of the Boston Quarterly Review (1838-1842) and Brownson's Quarterly Review (1844-1864 and 1873-1875). He wrote essays on Church and State, civil and religious freedom, Catholic education, the philosophy of science, and the conflict between conservative and progressive forces in the Church.
Index :
Montalembert, Charles Forbes, comte de, 1810-1870. Veuillot, Louis, 1813-1883. Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902. Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890. Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. Hecker, Isaac Thomas, 1819-1888. Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. Hughes, John, 1797-1864. Kenrick, Francis Patrick, 1797-1863. Spalding, M.J. (Martin John), 1810-1872. Brisbane, Albert, 1809-1890. Brownson, Orestes Augustus, 1803-1876. Americanism (Catholic controversy). Converts, Catholic -- Correspondence. Transcendentalists (New England). Boston Quarterly Review.
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In the task of preparing the Brownson Collection for microfilming we have been ably assisted by Mr. Gregory Wulle and Mr. Richard Przybysz. The alphabetical list of correspondents has been largely the work of our able typist, Mrs. Janet Ubelhart. A debt of gratitude is owed to Dr. Oliver W. Holmes, to the National Historical Publications Commission, and especially to Mr. Fred Shelley of that Commission for his wise counsel and encouragement. The information acquired at the February 1966 meeting at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. of representatives from institutions preparing microfilm publications under grants from the Commission has been invaluable.
Lawrence J. Bradley, LL.B., M.A., Manuscripts Preparator