6.5 linear feet.
87 reels of microfilm.
Inventory.
Miscellaneous original and transcribed records of various Catholic parishes, orphanages, schools, and cemeteries in Illinois (4 churches and institutions), Indiana (7), Kentucky (more than 50), Michigan (5), Missouri (2), Pennsylvania (1), and Wisconsin (1). There are also records of one Jewish Synagogue (Temple Beth-El, South Bend, Indiana).
Baptismal, confirmation, marriage, and death registers; gravestone inscriptions; membership lists; pew rent account books; censuses; announcement books and weekly announcements and bulletins; histories; scrapbooks; annual reports; minutes; correspondence; financial records and record books; and other similar records.
There are substantial bodies of records for Holy Trinity Church (Chicago, Illinois), Notre Dame High School (Niles, Illinois), Holy Cross Church (South Bend, Indiana), St. Joseph's College (Bardstown, Kentucky), Sacred Heart Church (Louisville, Kentucky), and St. Lawrence Church (New Hamburg, Missouri). For other churches and institutions the records are scattered and consist mainly of register books.
Mostly collected or filmed by Francis P. Clark; additional material transferred from various existing collections and received from various donors over the years.