William Corby Papers
COR
William Corby Papers
1862-1897.
Origination : Corby, William, 1833-1897.
Extent : 5 linear inches.
Repository :
University of Notre Dame Archives
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Preferred Citation
William Corby Papers (COR),
University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Scope and Content
Correspondence, 1862-1897; sermons, 1887-1897; clippings
on the Corby family; records of financial services
rendered Civil War soldiers, 1862-1865; a manuscript in
which an unnamed regular army officer writes about
chaplains he knew in the Army of the Potomac, 1864; and
printed material concerning Corby, his death, and the
monuments erected in his honor at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, and at the University of Notre Dame.
Background
Civil War chaplain, vice-president, 1865-1866, president,
1866-1872 and 1877-1881, University of Notre Dame;
provincial of the Congregation of Holy Cross (CSC),
1886-1897.
Index :
Corby, William, 1833-1897.
Chaplains, Military.
University of Notre Dame -- Presidents.
Clippings.
Letters.
Sermons.
CCOR William Corby: Manuscripts
- CCOR 1/01-34 Series : 1. Correspondence 1862-1897
- CCOR 1/01 Folder : Letters Received 1862
- CCOR 1/02 Folder : Letters Received 1863
- CCOR 1/03 Folder : Letters Received 1864/02-04
- CCOR 1/04 Folder : Petition from Officers of 19th Massachusetts Regiment to Abraham Lincoln re Execution of Thomas R. Dawson 1864/0417
- CCOR 1/04 { : Includes an autograph endorsement written by President Lincoln.
- CCOR 1/05 Folder : Letters Received 1864/07-12
- CCOR 1/06 Folder : Letters Received 1865/04-07
- CCOR 1/07 Folder : Letters Received 1865/08-10
- CCOR 1/08 Folder : Letters Received 1866/01-03
- CCOR 1/09 Folder : Letters Received 1866/04-05
- CCOR 1/10 Folder : Letters Received 1866/06-11
- CCOR 1/11 Folder : Letters Received from Rev Patrick Dillon CSC 1866
- CCOR 1/12 Folder : Letters Received from Rev Patrick Dillon CSC 1867/01-06
- CCOR 1/13 Folder : Letters Received from Rev Patrick Dillon CSC 1867/07-12
- CCOR 1/14 Folder : Letters Received from Rev Patrick Dillon CSC 1868, nd
- CCOR 1/15 Folder : Letters Received 1868,1871
- CCOR 1/16 Folder : Letters Received 1872
- CCOR 1/17 Folder : Letters Received 1873
- CCOR 1/18 Folder : Letters Received 1874
- CCOR 1/19 Folder : Letters Received 1875
- CCOR 1/20 Folder : Letters Received 1876
- CCOR 1/21 Folder : Letters Received 1877
- CCOR 1/22 Folder : Letters Received 1878
- CCOR 1/23 Folder : Letters Received 1879
- CCOR 1/24 Folder : Letters Received 1880/01-05
- CCOR 1/25 Folder : Letters Received 1880/07-10
- CCOR 1/26 Folder : Letters Received 1881-1882
- CCOR 1/27 Folder : Letters Received 1884-1886
- CCOR 1/28 Folder : Letters Received 1887
- CCOR 1/29 Folder : Letters Received 1888
- CCOR 1/30 Folder : Letters Received 1890-1894
- CCOR 1/31 Folder : Letters Received 1919 ,1895-1897
- CCOR 1/32 Folder : Correspondence re GAR and Veterans' Affairs 1897/10-11
- CCOR 1/33 Folder : Correspondence re GAR and Veterans' Affairs 1897/12
- CCOR 1/34 Folder : Letters Received nd
CCOR 1/35-39 Series : 2. Financial Records 1862-1865
- CCOR 1/35-39 { : These records deal almost exclusively with Father Corby's actions as an agent and banker for the soldiers' of the Irish Brigade.
- CCOR 1/35 Folder : Letters from the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank / Irish Emigrant Society 1863-1865
- CCOR 1/36 Folder : Receipts from the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank / Irish Emigrant Society 1862-1864
- CCOR 1/37 Folder : Receipts from Adams Express Co. 1862-1864
- CCOR 1/38 Folder : Miscellaneous Receipts, etc., 1863-1864
- CCOR 1/39 Folder : Account Book (Money Held for Soldiers) 1862-1864