COR William Corby Papers 1862-1897.
Corby, William, 1833-1897.
5 linear inches.
University of Notre Dame Archives Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 English.
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.
Corby, William, 1833-1897.
Chaplains, Military.
University of Notre Dame -- Presidents.
Clippings.
Letters.
Sermons.
Related Material
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[Civil War Collection ]
CCOR William Corby: Manuscripts
CCOR 1/01-34 1. Correspondence 1862-1897
CCOR 1/01 Letters Received 1862
CCOR 1/02 Letters Received 1863
CCOR 1/03 Letters Received 1864/02-04
CCOR 1/04 Petition from Officers of 19th Massachusetts Regiment to Abraham Lincoln re Execution of Thomas R. Dawson 1864/0417 Includes an autograph endorsement written by President Lincoln.
CCOR 1/05 Letters Received 1864/07-12
CCOR 1/06 Letters Received 1865/04-07
CCOR 1/07 Letters Received 1865/08-10
CCOR 1/08 Letters Received 1866/01-03
CCOR 1/09 Letters Received 1866/04-05
CCOR 1/10 Letters Received 1866/06-11
CCOR 1/11 Letters Received from Rev Patrick Dillon CSC 1866
CCOR 1/12 Letters Received from Rev Patrick Dillon CSC 1867/01-06
CCOR 1/13 Letters Received from Rev Patrick Dillon CSC 1867/07-12
CCOR 1/14 Letters Received from Rev Patrick Dillon CSC 1868, nd
CCOR 1/15 Letters Received 1868,1871
CCOR 1/16 Letters Received 1872
CCOR 1/17 Letters Received 1873
CCOR 1/18 Letters Received 1874
CCOR 1/19 Letters Received 1875
CCOR 1/20 Letters Received 1876
CCOR 1/21 Letters Received 1877
CCOR 1/22 Letters Received 1878
CCOR 1/23 Letters Received 1879
CCOR 1/24 Letters Received 1880/01-05
CCOR 1/25 Letters Received 1880/07-10
CCOR 1/26 Letters Received 1881-1882
CCOR 1/27 Letters Received 1884-1886
CCOR 1/28 Letters Received 1887
CCOR 1/29 Letters Received 1888
CCOR 1/30 Letters Received 1890-1894
CCOR 1/31 Letters Received 1919 ,1895-1897
CCOR 1/32 Correspondence re GAR and Veterans' Affairs 1897/10-11
CCOR 1/33 Correspondence re GAR and Veterans' Affairs 1897/12
CCOR 1/34 Letters Received nd
CCOR 1/35-39 2. Financial Records 1862-1865 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 Letters from the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank / Irish Emigrant Society 1863-1865
CCOR 1/36 Receipts from the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank / Irish Emigrant Society 1862-1864
CCOR 1/37 Receipts from Adams Express Co. 1862-1864
CCOR 1/38 Miscellaneous Receipts, etc., 1863-1864
CCOR 1/39 Account Book (Money Held for Soldiers) 1862-1864
CCOR 1/40-44 3. Official Documents and Sermons 1861-1897
CCOR 1/40 Official Military Documents 1861-1864
CCOR 1/41 Postmaster Appointment and Bond and Oath 1893/12
CCOR 1/42 Faculties, Indulgences, Scapulars, Similar Documents s1860-1890s
CCOR 1/43 Records of Two Baptisms by Father Corby 1862,1863
CCOR 1/43 Record of Baptism of Daniel Josek(?) McClellan Mahoney 1862/0802
CCOR 1/43 Record of Baptism of Brigit Sweeney 1863/0725
CCOR 1/44 Sermons 1887,90,97
CCOR 1/44 Corby's Sermon at ND Celebration of the Papal Jubilee titled "Infallibility in the Teaching of Divine Truth" 1887/1218
CCOR 1/44 Corby's Funeral Sermon for Mrs Gregori 1890/0523
CCOR 1/44 Corby's Sermon at St Mary's, Indiana 1897/0430
CCOR 1/45-49 4. Printed and Other Materials about Father Corby
CCOR 1/45 Reminisences of Chaplains in Spring 1864 Virginia Campaign Several stories (by an unnamed officer of the regular army) recalling each instance that he saw Chaplains during the Army of the Potomac's Spring 1864 battles. It may include a mention of Father Corby.
CCOR 1/46 Genealogical and Biographical Materials re Corby Family, 19th - 20th century Contains a detailed genealogical chart and biographies of Daniel Corby, George A. O'Keefe, Father Thomas Cullen, Thomas Gallagher, and Father Ralph Corby, SJ. Whether the last four were related to Father Corby is unclear.
CCOR 1/47 Printed Materials re Father Corby's Death 1897-1898
CCOR 1/48 Printed Materials re Father Corby's Statues 1904passim
CCOR 1/49 Miscellaneous Printed Material re Father Corby 1860s-1910 Includes a circular for his book,
Memoirs of Chaplain Life.
CCOR 1/50 Corby Family Materials Donated by Patrick Degens
CCOR 1/51 Corby's Mss Accounts of Gettys. Absolution [copy only]1879.1890s