7 linear feet.
Inventory with index.
Restricted: fragile maps of Texas and Mexico.
Catholic priest; pastor of St. John's Church in Weltes (Warrick County), Indiana; bibliographer and historian.
Correspondence; historical and religious writings; and Research and reference files on Bishop Simon Bruté, Father Stephen T. Badin, Girolamo Savonarola, early missions in Mexican America, Indiana Catholic history, and the Benedictine order in the United States. Also Schmitt's collection of autograph letters, calling cards, and signatures of authors, British and American legislators, presidents of the United States, archbishops, and cardinals (1777-1893).