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Congregation of Holy Cross Indiana Province Records

1828-1973.

Origination : Congregation of Holy Cross. Indiana Province
Extent : 62 linear feet
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives
Address : Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English.

Legal Status

Private

Administrative Information

Governed by contract

Source

Historical records transferred to the University of Notre Dame Archives from the Province Archives Center of the United States Province of Priests and Brothers, Congregation of Holy Cross, 26 September 2018. Microfilm donated in the twentieth century.

Preferred Citation

Congregation of Holy Cross Indiana Province Records (UIP), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Records and papers from the Indiana Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross (CSC); representing the careers of Fr. Edward Sorin 1830-1896; Fr. Alexis Granger 1832-1893; Fr. William Corby 1858-1897; Fr. John A. Zahm 1873-1922; and the provincial administrations of Fr. Andrew Morrissey 1906-1920; Fr. Charles O'Donnell 1920-1926; Fr. George Finnigan 1926-1927; Fr. James Burns 1927-1938; and Fr. Thomas Steiner 1938-1950. Also 1841-1926 records of the Notre Dame CSC Community; 1840-1982 records of the CSC Steward's Office; and interrogatories and chronicles.

Background

Blessed Basil Moreau, head of the Auxiliary Priests of Holy Cross and the Brothers of Saint Joseph, sent seven missionaries led by Rev. Edward Sorin to southern Indiana in 1841. In 1842 they moved north to found the University of Notre Dame and to serve the people of the region on both sides of the Michigan / Indiana border. Even in the early years Father Sorin willingly responded to appeals for help from other parts of the United States, with early foundations as far east as Brooklyn, New York, and as far south as New Orleans. In the twentieth century the Indiana Province still extended far beyond the borders of the state. Father Sorin served as the first president of the University of Notre Dame (1844-1865), as the first Provincial Superior (1865-1868), and as the Superior General (1868-1893) of the Congregation of Holy Cross.

Index

Sorin, Edward
Granger, Alexis, 1817-1893
Corby, William, 1833-1897
Zahm, John Augustine, 1851-1921
Morrissey, Andrew, 1860-1921
O'Donnell, Charles L. (Charles Leo), 1884-1934
Finnigan, George J. (George Joseph), 1885-1932
Burns, J. A. (James Aloysius), 1867-1940
Steiner, Thomas A.
Congregation of Holy Cross. Indiana Province
University of Notre Dame
Monasticism and religious orders
Superiors, Religious
Brothers (Religious)

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