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Letters Received by Fr. Sorin

• MUIP 9.074-109 : (46) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1856
  Correspondents include Schuyler Colfax, Bishop Timon of Buffalo, and Bishop O'Regan of Chicago. Also includes the contract for St. Mary's University of Chicago.
• MUIP 9.109-146 : (47) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1857
  Correspondents include Schuyler Colfax and Bishop Timon of Buffalo requesting that Sorin withdraw CSC members from Buffalo. Other topics include the teaching of trades to orphans.
• MUIP 9.146-219,10.001-013 : (48) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1858
  Topics dealt with include the Notre Dame Press, book purchases, and anti-Catholicism (at 213). Correspondents include the BOSTON PILOT and a Doctor treating the Notre Dame community.
• MUIP 10.013-107 : (49) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1859
  Topics dealt with include internal complaints between CSC members, controversy over importing of books, and requests from Bishops that bills be paid.
• MUIP 10.107-174 : (50) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1860
  Topics dealt with include discipline problems with CSC members; correspondents include New York publishers and other laymen such as Schuyler Colfax and P.B. Ewing.
• MUIP 10.174-207 : (51) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1861
  Includes letters from the Rev. Paul Gillen who was serving as a Chaplain in the Irish Brigades and from the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in Paris.
• MUIP 10.207-222,11.001-004 : (52) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1862
  Includes letters from the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in Paris and the "Articles for the Incorporation of Saint Mary's Academy."
• MUIP 11.004-034 : (53) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1863
  Includes letters and Dr. Lawrence's "Poetical Address" to the Irish Brigade (at 026) and the "Order of Memorial Ceremonies" at Gettysburg held on July 2, 1888 (at 030).
• MUIP 11.034-057 : (54) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1864
  Includes letters from CSC members involved in the war effort and from General W.T. Sherman and his wife Ellen.
• MUIP 11.057-083 : (55) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1865
  Includes letters from Bishop M.J. Spalding of Baltimore, Patrick Dillon CSC, and Ellen Sherman. Also includes the 1865 Notre Dame budget.
• MUIP 11.083-110 : (56) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1866
  Includes letters from Bishop Henni II of Milwaukee and Bishop Purcell of of Cincinnati and a letter from Charleston Bishop Lynch offering Sorin and the CSC order control of an island off of South Carolina on which former Slaves could live as Catholics.
• MUIP 11.111-142 : (57) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1867
  Includes a letter from T.E. Howard on the educational quality of Notre Dame, letters relating to the Ava Maria Press, and several letters from the New York city Custom House concerning the importation of bells.
• MUIP 11.142-173 : (58) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1868
  Includes letters concerning cooperative efforts between CSC male and female orders and the St. Mary's Orphan Boy Asylum in New Orleans.
• MUIP 11.174-221,12.001-033 : (59) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1869
  Includes letters from Sorin in France concerning developments at Notre Dame and his purchases for the college; an offer of a building in Galvaston TX for the founding of a college; and a note from Bishop Hughes of New York warning of a certain clergyman of questionable reputation.
• MUIP 12.033-094 : (60) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1870
  Includes a letter to Sorin about a plague of illness at Notre Dame caused by poor drainage (at 043); correspondence with a John Cahalan concerning the importation of 35 gallons of alcohol; and a contract with a railroad for a land purchase.
• MUIP 12.094-135 : (61) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1871
  Includes letters to Sorin while he visited Europe in the early part of the year and toured Texas and Louisiana later. Topics include a bond for land in Chicago and requests for financial support from St. Boniface of Galveston and a Fort Wayne Orphanage.
• MUIP 12.135-223,13.001-013 : (62) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1872
  Includes letters relating to the operation of St. Joseph's farm, CSC confessors, 160 acres of land donated by Mrs. Amanda Corby to the Church, Brother Adolphus' establishing a Holy Cross House and School in St. Joseph, Missouri, and a the potato famine in Ireland.
• MUIP 13.013-126 : (63) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1873
  Includes letters regarding travel plans to Rome; financial and health problems at St. Mary's of Galvaston; and Notre Dame's financial dealing with the Jay Cooke and company Bankers.
• MUIP 13.126-end,14.001-027 : (64) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1874
  Includes reports on CSC work in Fort Wayne and St. Joseph, Missouri, as well as documents from Rome and condolences to Sorin upon the death of his nephew Fr. Auguste Lemonnier, CSC.
• MUIP 14.027-125 : (65) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1875
  Includes letters from and about the painter Luigi Gregori; Saint Mary's Academy in Salt Lake City; and the Ava Maria Press budget for 1875.
• MUIP 14.125-182 : (66) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1876
  Includes letters from a CSC sister at St. Catherine's of Sienna, from CSC brothers at St. Joseph's of Cincinnati complaining of problems at their institution, and from Bishop Dwenger regarding the lending of CSC priests.
• MUIP 14.182-end,15.001-038 : (67) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1877
  Includes letters from Ellen Sherman, Luigi Gregori, Fr. L'Etourneau (reporting on his visits to various CSC houses), Archbishop Purcell of Cincinnati, and the Abbot of Abbey of Gethsemani (warning of Trappist impersonators seeking money).
• MUIP 15.038-097 : (68) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1878,
  Includes letters from the South Bend National Bank, Bishop Dufal of Galveston, Brother Edward updating Sorin on the progress of the order and College, and notices of scandals at the Alton, Illinois CSC house.
• MUIP 15.097-212 : (69) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1879
  Includes letters from Sorin on relations between two CSC houses and Moreau accusations (at 097); letters from John Boyle O'Reilly of the Boston Post; and letters expressing sympathy and concern following the fire that destroyed Notre Dame's Main Building on April 12, 1879.
• MUIP 15.212-end,16.001-105 : (70) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1880
  Includes letters to and from Sorin in Europe; a petition to Sorin from St. Boniface to retain their pastor (Rev. G. Demers); complaints of poor ventilation and heat in the CSC convent; a Rev Toohey letter from Lead City, Dakota Territories, describing a plague; and charges of disrespect of authority against Fathers Patrick J. Colovin CSC, former President of Notre Dame, and Rev. Thomas Carroll, both of Sacred Heart College in Watertown, Wisconsin.
• MUIP 16.105-end,17.000-019 : (71) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1881
  Includes letters mentioning conflicts between sisters at St. Mary's of Austin (at 139); plans for the fortieth anniversary of the University; a contract dispute with painter Luigi Gregori over his painting of Columbus in the main building; and letters from the Studebakers, architect Greg Vigeant, and the Rev. Alexander M. Kirsh CSC from Louvain, Belgium.
• MUIP 170.019-191 : (72) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1882
  Includes Bishop Dwenger's regulations for Lent, a note from a Vatican Cardinal offering a 5% commission for persons willing to arrange sales of some 390 paintings, and mention of the California mission to Indians.
• MUIP 17.191-end,18.000-120 : (73) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1883
  Includes a note of thanks from newly ordained Fr. Andrew Morrissey CSC, updates on building at Notre Dame sent to Sorin in Europe, correspondence regarding the sale of Holy water from Lourdes, and notes of sympathy to Sorin who suffered a serious fall when his buggy capsized in the fall and was then confined him to his room for three months.
• MUIP 18.120-end,19.000-044 : (74) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1884
  Includes letters to Sorin during his spring tour of CSC houses of the South and Western states and Canada; an invitation from the Archbishop of Toronto; and a letter advocating Florida real estate for its investment and retirement value.
• MUIP 19.044-175 : (75) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1885
  Includes letters to Sorin on an early spring trip to Europe; complaints from a New Orleans congregation about the alleged favoring of Negroes by their parish priest (William Demers CSC); Fr. Richard Maher CSC's account to Sorin of a trip to the Black Hills to investigate the debts incurred by Fr. Peter Rosen; and accounts of labor strife at the Oliver Plows factory in South Bend.
• MUIP 19.175-end,20.000-075 : (76) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1886
  Includes letters offering donations for the construction of the Dome; complaints from CSC novices about the "scandalous" and violent behavior of novice Bernard Dever; arrangements to establish a "colored orphan asylum" in Washington, DC; and letters in French from missionary Pierre Marie Osouf from Tokyo representing the Apostolic Vicar of Northern Japan.
• MUIP 20.075-135 : (77) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1887
  Includes letters offering condolences on the death of Mother Angela; Luigi Gregori's prices for the painting to be done in the new Church; and a note on CSC recruiting practices (at 118).
• MUIP 20.135-186 : (78) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1888
  Includes congratulations extended to Sorin on the occasion of his Silver Jubilee; further letters from Fr. Osouf in Japan; a letter from the French government conferring on Sorin the title of Officer of Public Instruction in honor of Sorin's academic accomplishments; and a running correspondence with US Customs officials regarding the importation of the Bernini Altar.
• MUIP 20.186-end,21.000-029 : (79) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1889
  Includes letters to Sorin in Paris; threats of legal action against the University relating to the cases of a Mr. Riordan; and similar problems with Catholic author Anna Hanson Dorsey.
• MUIP 21.029-068 : (80) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1890
  Includes a request for a dispensation from Fr. James Gleeson CSC, notification of the death of Mr. Alexis Coquillard, and letters of sympathy to Sorin during an illness.
• MUIP 21.068-112 : (81) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1891
  Includes a letter offering an early alumni donation, an issue of THE INDO-BURMAN NEWS, a letter from the editor of THE HEBREW STANDARD complaining of persecution of Jews in Russia, and correspondence dealing with the Bishop of Denver's complaints that Notre Dame was draining students from Colorado colleges.
• MUIP 21.112-133 : (82) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1892
  Includes the arrangements to obtain the Irish Brigade Flags for Notre Dame, a history in French of the CSC Sisters at Notre Dame, Sorin's petition to create a new Province of Sisters, and Sorin's 1878 will.
• MUIP 21.133-157 : (83) Letters Received by Fr. Sorin 1893
  Includes congratulations to Sorin on his eightieth birthday, the appointment of Father Corby as Postmaster General to replace Sorin, and the death notice of Fr. Alexis Granger CSC.


• MUIP Series : Subject Files 1852-1890
  Correspondence, legal documents, registers, financial records, Sorin addresses to the CSC order, community statistics, lists, and similar documents. Topics dealt with include Indian students at Notre Dame in the 1840's, the acquisition of real estate as an investment, and the construction of Sacred Heart Church.
• MUIP 2.129-155 : (9) Printed Material 1852-1890
  Concerning Catholic religious activities (such as sermons, instructions for religious ceremonies, and listings of indulgences); a brief historical outline of the Holy Cross order; clippings concerning Notre Dame activities; and a register of the Commandery of the State of Indiana.
• MUIP 2.155-20 : (10) Miscellaneous Notes, Messages, Letters
  Notes, messages, memos and other miscellaneous material. Of special interest are several historical outlines of Notre Dame's early history to the 1870's and the Catholic history in Indiana. A questionnaire from the Holy See is included as well as notes for responses from Notre Dame. Other items include several letters from the Minims and a large number of letters from individuals contemplating a vocation.
• MUIP 2.201-223 : (11) Sacred Heart Church: Bells undated
  Letters and printed material concerning the replacement of the Sacred Heart Church bell circa 1867. Correspondence with the French bell maker Ernest Bolle is included as well as instructions on the use of the bell and checks paying for it.
• MUIP 3.000-027 : (12) Sacred Heart Church undated
  Letters and printed material concerning the design and construction of the bells, tabernacle, paintings, sculptures and organ for Sacred Heart Church. Includes a seven page printed history of Sacred Heart Church by John C. Cavanaugh CSC entitled "History of A Little Church".
• MUIP 3.027-092 : (13) Sacred Heart Church: Stained Glass Windows 1878-1887
  Letters and printed material dealing with the stained glass windows for Sacred Heart Church. Chief among the correspondents is E. Hucher, a French glass manufacturer. Correspondence also deals with efforts to import a bell and other religious objects free of import duties. Also includes Hucher catalogs and a listings of paintings for the church.
• MUIP 3.092-110 : (14) Sacred Heart Church: Donations undated
  Lists of contributors for the Church windows, statues, tabernacle; and letters from donors. Donors are listed by name with amount donated noted. Also includes an expense account from Sisters Valeria and Brijitta for their trip to Ireland to seek donations for the tabernacle.
• MUIP 3.110-123 : (15) Dome on the Main Building 1879-1884
  Letters and printed material concerning the errection of a dome and statue of the Virgin Mary on the Main Building. Correspondents include contributors to the dome fund and persons involved in the project, especially Harry Diffle of the Ornamental Iron Works in Chicago. A list of donors and the amounts they gave is also included.
• MUIP 3.123-151 : (16) Sorin - Father Hayes: Legal Correspondence and Papers 1879-1883
  Legal documents and correspondence concerning an 1879 contract between Father Sorin and Fr. Thomas A. Hayes CSC for Sorin to purchase a building in San Francisco and land in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Correspondents include Hayes and David J. Miller, clerk at the US Surveyor General's Office in Santa Fe. A copy of the contract is included along with notes by Philip S. Moore CSC, who was apparently researching the case in the 1960s. Although the contract was signed by Sorin, the transaction was never passed by the Local Council and therefore never consumated.
• MUIP 3.152-167 : (17) Devoto Family Legacy 1875(?)
  Legal documents and correspondence concerning the legacy of the Devoto family and two or more orphaned Devoto children. Several papers offer the children's power of Attorney to Charles Ewing; correspondence is included from Sisters caring for the children and the aunt and uncles of the children. Much of the file is in Italian.
• MUIP 3.167 - 4.075 : (18-20) Deseille Property in South Chicago 1870-1881
• MUIP 3.167-22 : (18) Deseille Property in South Chicago 1881-1887
  Correspondence deals with Sorin's attempts to secure deeds to the land from the heirs to the property, the DeSeille family in Belgium. Sorin's efforts finally proved unsuccessful.
• MUIP 4.000-044 : (19) Deseille Property in South Chicago 1870-1881
  Correspondence and legal documents concerning Father Sorin's efforts to obtain 400 acres in South Chicago worth some $100,000 and formerly owned by Father Louis C. DeSeille (?-1839), a missionary to the Indians of Northern Indiana who was buried at Notre Dame. Legal documents include a contract between Sorin and Melanie DeSeille and correspondence with a P.M. Flannigan of Chicago concerning the original Indian rights to the land.
• MUIP 4.044-075 : (20) Deseille Property in South Chicago 1870-1881
  Includes letters in French from Fr. Sorin dealing with the case, and notes probably made in the 1960's by Fr. Philip S. Moore CSC concerning a portion of the case in which the land was determined to belong to Fr. DeSeille rather than to an Indian known as Ashkum, chief of the Potawatomies.
• MUIP 4.075-083 : (21) Loan From Diocese of Dijon 1874-1879
  Correspondence, entirely in French, regarding a loan of 14,000 francs from Abbe Menetrier. Includes Menetrier's will.
• MUIP 4.083-092 : (22) Legal Papers
  Including abstracts of titles, the Act of Incorporation of Holy Cross College in 1884, and the last will and testament of a Mr. James Butler.
• MUIP 4.092-135 : (23) Saint Brigid's in Rome 1874-1964
  Correspondence and financial records dealing with Holy Cross property in Rome, including records of the purchase of the land in 1874 and the sale of the land in 1892. A pamphlet, published in 1964, outlining the Holy Cross presence in Rome, is included.
• MUIP 4.135-145 : (24) Knights of the Altar and Angel Guardian Society
  Rules, constitution, and membership rolls of the Knights of the Altar and Guardian Angel Society established at Notre Dame in 1875 to, among other things, supply pure olive oil to churches.
• MUIP 4.145-146 : (25) Indian Affairs 1845?
  Correspondence concerning Indian students at Notre Dame, primarily dealing with tuition payments. Correspondents include H. Hartly Crawford of the Indian Affairs Office in Washington. circa
• MUIP 4.146-150 : (26) Reprints From Bishop's Memorial Hall
  Published copies of various letters and documents from Bishop's Memorial Hall, including Fr. Sorin's account of his 1865 ocean voyage.
• MUIP 4.150-192 : (27) Financial Records 1856-1886
  Miscellaneous records relating to finances, including financial statements (dated and undated), cash statements from Holy Cross Houses in Cincinnati and St. Edwards in Texas, records of house inventories and expenses, estimates for draining marsh lands around the University, receipts, statements of accounts, and travel expenses.
• MUIP 4.208-221 : (28) CSC and Notre Dame Statistics 1873-1881
  Lists of members of the Congregation of Holy Cross internationally; Notre Dame Professors; and novices, apprentices, and enrollees in the School of Manual Labor, 1880-1881. Also includes financial statements from the heads of houses.
• MUIP 4.208-221 : (29) Formal Addresses to Sorin from CSC Religious and Others 1873-1876
  Formal notices of greeting and congratulations, including a large number of New Years greetings from members of the CSC order and others. Addresses appear in English, Greek, Latin and French.
• MUIP 5.001-016 : (30) Formal Addresses to Sorin from CSC Sisters 1875-1878
  Formal Addresses from CSC Sisters offering greetings, congratulations, and expressions of gratitude to Sorin. Some of the addresses appear as poetry.
• MUIP 5.016-029 : (31) Formal Addresses to Sorin from Students and Student Groups 1863-1886
  Formal addresses from students, including the minims, offering greeting, salutations on holidays, announcements of theater performances, and mentioning the 1873 Chicago fire.
• MUIP 21.157-end : (84) Miscellaneous 1870-1890
  Correspondence, sermons, and a register. Includes a seventeen-page diary called a portfolio, 1886-1888, featuring mentions of retreats and correspondence sent and received. Also includes sermons and "spiritual letters" written by Sorin which take up such topics as "Catholicity," "the curse of God," and "Mortification." Correspondence includes letters collected by the Catholic Archives of America and sent by Sorin to the CSC sisters and community.


• MUIP Record Group : Fr. Alexis Granger: Microfilm 1832-1893


• MUIP Record Group : Fr. William Corby: Microfilm 1858-1897


• MUIP Record Group : Fr. John A. Zahm: Microfilm 1873-1922


• MUIP Record Group : Fr. Andrew Morrissey: Microfilm 1906-1920


• MUIP Record Group : Fr. Thomas Steiner: Microfilm


• MUIP X/ Record Group : Record Books: Microfilm
• MUIP X/1.001-011 Title : 1. Taking of the Habit, 19 October 1874 - March 1902, pages 1-73. 1874-1902
• MUIP X/1.012-018 Title : 2. Admission to the Religious Profession, 8 September 1873 - 19 March 1902, pages 75-115. 1873-1902
• MUIP X/1.019-020 Title : 3. Benefactors and Friends of the House, 1841-1855, 3 pages. 1841-1855
• MUIP X/1.021-028 Title : 4. Interrogation of Canidates for the Holy Cross Order, 6 March 1849 - 2 April 1855, 49 pages. 1849-1855
• MUIP X/1.029-038 Title : 5. The Taking of the Habit, 15 April 1857 - 26 August 1873, 62 pages. 1857-1873
• MUIP X/1.039-042 Title : 6. Admissions to the Religious Profession, 24 August 1859 - 5 September 1873, 22 pages. 1859-1873
• MUIP X/1.043-045 Title : 7. Professed Priests and Seminarians, 1830-1899, 5 pages. 1830-1899
• MUIP X/1.045-047 Title : 8. Catalog of Deceased, 1846-1857, 5 pages. 1846-1857
• MUIP X/1.048-053 Title : 9. Catalog of the Members of the Society, 30 June 1845 - 1 January 1887, 32 pages. 1845-1887
• MUIP X/1.053-060 Title : 10. Register Complete of the Congregation of Holy Cross of the Province of Notre Dame Du Lac, 1822-1873, 46 pages. 1822-1873
• MUIP X/1.060-076 Title : 11. Matriculation Book, 1845-1856. 1845-1856
• MUIP X/1.076-085 Title : 12. Matricule Generale, (birth dates) 1797-1901.
• MUIP X/1.086-091 Title : 13. Brother Gatian's "Journal Kept By the Secretary to Serve in the Compostion of the Chronicle", 8 February 1847 - 10 January 1849. 1847-1849
• MUIP X/1.099-105 Title : 14. First Council Book - Notre Dame, September 1842 - July 1845, 35 pages. 1842-1845
• MUIP X/1.106-123 Title : 15. Minor Chapter (Later Local Council), 1848-1852, 105 pages. 1848-1852
• MUIP X/1.123-155 Title : 16. Minutes of the Local Council, 16 April 1855 - 25 April 1865, 219 pages. 1855-1865
• MUIP X/1.155-189 Title : 17. Council Minute Book (Local or Administration), 17 September 1875 - 1 January 1884, 217 pages. 1875-1884
• MUIP X/1.190-191 Title : 18. Council Minute Book (Local or Administration), February 1884 - May 1890, 8 pages. 1884-1890
• MUIP X/2.001-022 Title : 19. Local Council, 1884-1890, 145 pages. 1884-1890
• MUIP X/2.022-049 Title : 20. Council Minute Book, 1884-1890, 180 pages. 1884-1890
• MUIP X/2.049-076 Title : 21. Local Council, 1898-1908, 177 pages. 1898-1908
• MUIP X/2.076-099 Title : 22. Local Council, 17 July 1908 - 25 September 1913. 1908-1913
• MUIP X/2.099-122 Title : 23. Local Council, 2 October 1913 - 11 November 1920. 1913-1920
• MUIP X/2.122-138 Title : 24. Local Council, 18 November 1920 - 15 October 1925. 1920-1925
• MUIP X/2.138-143 Title : 25. Council of the Brothers, 1842-1845. 1842-1845
• MUIP X/2.143-151 Title : 26. Council of Trades, 1842-1845, 49 pages. 1842-1845
• MUIP X/2.152-154 Title : 27. Contracts, 1846-1848, 7 pages. 1846-1848
• MUIP X/2.154-161 Title : 28. Census of Notre Dame, 1846-1854, 43 pages. 1846-1854
• MUIP X/2.162-169 Title : 29. Petitions of Bishops and Priests for School Foundations, 1859-1886. 1859-1886
• MUIP X/2.162-178 Title : 30. Provincial Chapter of the Province of Notre Dame, Chief House Notre Dame Du Lac, 1857-1863, 56 pages. 1857-1863

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