214 linear feet.
3 audio tapes.
5 video tapes.
14 linear feet of photographs.
Restricted by contract.
Inventory with index.
Nonprofit, lay-directed publishing firm based in Kansas City, Missouri.
Editorial correspondence (1964-1990), minutes and meeting material from the board of directors (1964-1976); publisher's files (1964-1985); financial and fundraising records (1964-1979); advertising and marketing records (ca. 1964-1977); audio and video tape recordings of an abortion debate between Daniel Maguire and James T. Burtchaell (9 February 1987); and photographs.
Principle correspondents include editors Robert G. Hoyt, Arthur Jones, and Thomas C. Fox; publishers Michael Greene, Donald Thorman, and Jason Petosa; and board members Joseph Fichter, Daniel Herr, Frank Brennan, and John Fallon. Other correspondents include Michael Wales, Martin Marty, Charles Helmsing, Joseph M. Noonan, Sister Francis Borgia Rothluebber, Andrew M. Greeley, Joseph Cunneen, Daniel Berrigan, Phillip Berryman, Patty Crowley, John J. Egan, John Tracy Ellis, Eugene C. Kennedy, Hans Küng, Sidney Lens, Desmond O'Grady, and Richard Rashke.
The bulk of the records relate to the company's primary endeavor, the National Catholic Reporter (NCR), but the collection also documents the company's other publications and activities, including Celebration, Successful Marriage, Link, Praying, Caring Community, Gathering, Catechist's Connection, Leaven Press, and a series of cassette recordings. The Notre Dame Archives also holds a run of NCR back issues (1964 to present).