Specialized Indexes

These searchable databases have been compiled by the Archives from various records held in the University Archives.  The indexes relate only to University records and contain no information from our manuscript collections. When you perform a finding aids search from our main page you are not searching these specialized indexes, so be sure to search these indexes individually if you think they might include information about your topic. With one exception, these indexes only provide citations to articles but do not provide access to images or the full text of the articles themselves. If you find something of interest, you will have to look up the article or order photocopies of it.

Scholastic Index (student magazine), 1978 – 1994

The Scholastic, a student weekly, began in 1867 as The Scholastic Year.  For most of its history it provided news about Notre Dame as well as feature articles, literary works, essays, and alumni notes. The online index only covers the years 1978 through 1993. A card file in the Archives indexes the years 1867-1978.

Voice Index (student newspaper), 1963 – 1966

The Voice was the immediate predecessor to Notre Dame’s current student newspaper, the Observer.  The entire run of this short-lived newspaper has been indexed.

Observer Index (student daily newspaper), 1969 – 2003

The Observer has been Notre Dame’s daily student newspaper since 1969.  The online index varies in format and is complete only from 1984/85 to 2002/03, after the newspaper began issuing an online edition. The online index also covers the years 1969/70 and 1970/71. In the Archives there is a card index for the years 1966/67, 1967/68, 1969/70, and 1977/78. Between 1971/72 and 1977/78 notebook indexes (containing alphabetically arranged main entries with specific citations under them) were compiled annually. These main entries are available in the online index. They alert the user to the existence of a subject in the index, but to get the specific citations the appropriate notebooks have to be consulted. Finally, for the years 1979/80 through 1983/84 there exist both online entries and index cards, and while there is much duplication between the two, both must be consulted to achieve full index coverage for the period.

Index to Notre Dame Report, 1971/1972 - 1994/1995

The Notre Dame Report serves as the official record of University business and includes minutes of select University committees, other documentation issued by the University, faculty and committee rosters, and information on faculty and administrator’s honors, activities, and publications.  Comprehensive back of the book indexes exist for each year of the Notre Dame Report. The online index provides article level access to only the minutes, documentation, and short news articles.

Index to Notre Dame Press Releases, 1994 – 2003

The Archives’ online index to press releases is complete to mid 1999 and provides the full text of each release. Archived press releases on the News and Information website date back to 1997.

Index of Notre Dame Officers, Faculty, & Administrators, 1850 - 1950

This index is a transcription of various official faculty and administrator lists found in the Notre Dame Annual Catalogue and Bulletin of Study.  Each entry includes a standardized form of the individual’s name, the name exactly as it appeared in the original text, the date and page number of the original listing, and the person’s department and position. Some entries contain additional notes or a notice that more information (usually about schools and degrees) is included in the source document. Absence of such a note means that all the information from that entry has been transcribed and appears in the index.

Index of Early Notre Dame Students, 1849 – 1912

This index is composed of (1) a complete transcription of all the official lists of students in each Notre Dame Annual Catalogue and Bulletin of Studies published through 1911/12 and (2) citations to the names of students that appear in the chronological record of registrations (the “Day Books”) from 1864/65 through 1909/10. Although these sources record the large majority of students at Notre Dame during the years covered, they are not comprehensive – for example, in certain years Manual Labor Students are not included in the Annual Catalogue lists, but in other years they are.

Index of Minims, 1910 – 1929

The minims were grade school students, generally aged six through twelve, who lived in St. Edward's Hall. Before 1910 minims are included with the other Notre Dame students in the Index of Early Notre Dame Students, 1849-1912. The Archives has few records of the minims who attended after 1910.  This index is an attempt to compile as comprehensive a list as possible of the minims at Notre Dame from 1910 until the school closed in May 1929. There is good coverage for most years, except for 1921/22, 1922/23, and 1923/24.

Theatre Chronology, 1845-2010

Edited and maintained by the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre and the University Archives, this database provides details of theatre productions at Notre Dame.

This page was last updated February 10, 2012.