- CLYS : Joseph Aloysius Lyons: Manuscripts
- CLYS 1/ Scrapbook : Clippings 1858-1865
Literary articles; articles on Catholic and non-Catholic personalities, on Notre Dame events, and on St Mary's of the Lake College, Chicago IL
- CLYS 2/01 Scrapbook : Washington's Birthday Celebration: Julius Caesar / Wm Shakespeare 1877
Selected pages from the "French's Standard Drama" edition of the play pasted into the scrapbook, presumably representing the play as performed at Notre Dame; its program and reviews; and loose printed material: "Programme for Society Day at Notre Dame," "Exercises of the Societies and Graduating Classes.
- CLYS 2/02 Scrapbook : Washington's Birthday Celebration: King Henry IV / Wm Shakespeare 1878
Selected pages from the "French's Standard Drama" edition of the play pasted into the scrapbook, presumably representing the play as performed at Notre Dame; handwritten epilogue and notes; also a handwritten copy of an oration by John G. Ewing praising George Washington and others of 1776, delivered 21 February 1878 in Washington Hall; and loose printed material from Notre Dame commencements, 1877, 1878, 1886, and St Cecilia Philomathean Society, 1868 and 1886.
- CLYS 2/03 Scrapbook : Founder's Day (St Edward's Day) Celebration: The Cross of St John's / W.J. Lucas; D'Ye Know Me Now? / William Martin 1877
Handwritten prologue written for 13 October 1877 by J. G. Ewing; printed pages of the plays pasted into the scrapbook; handwritten Latin letter to Fr Sorin with felicitations on the occasion; handwritten English letter to Fr Sorin read by Joseph P. McHugh, 12 October 1877.
- CLYS 2/04 Folder : Founder's Day (St Edward's Day) Manuscripts
Undated Founder's Day Letter to Fr Sorin in the hand of Joseph A. Lyons; two Latin poems for Founder's Day.
- CLYS 2/05 Scrapbook : St Patrick's Day Celebration - Columbian Literary and Debating Club: The Irish Attorney / by Bayle Bernard 1878
Program; printed pages of the plays pasted into the scrapbook; reviews.
- CLYS 2/06 Volume : Junior Collegiate Department, Notre Dame University, Indiana 1859-1860
Lists of teachers and students; student records for Grammar, English, Arithmetic, Rhetorical Readings, Orthography, Geography, Scripture History, Sacred History, Christian Doctrine, Catechism, Penmanship, Vocal Music, Letter Writing, French, German, and Instrumental Music; Order of Annual Examination, June 1860; list of club members, 1859-1860, for the Holy Angels Society and the Notre Dame Lyceum (to improve in public speaking); Plays during the year; Distribution of Medals, 8 May 1860; Premiums; Petitions to Fr Sorin, including one of 29 November 1859, to be allowed to go home for Christmas (granted).
- CLYS 2/07 Folder : Title page and blank ledger pages 1863
"Memoranda. The names of the students of the Junior Collegiate Department during the years 1858-19-60. also the average notes of all the students that were under my chare since the year 1858 up to 1863; to which is added the names of the Officers of the Philomathean and Holy Angels' Societies which were organized by me in 1858-- and the names of some of the plays which were acted by the embers of the Philomathean Society. Etc., etc . Jos. A. Lyons, A.B." Blank pages only, but contents would have been similar to those of the Junior Collegiate Department volume above.
- CLYS 2/08 Volume : Ledger - Accounts 1865
Flyleaf says "Prof. Jos. A. Lyons, Notre Dame, Indiana, May 1st 1855" but pages within are all dated from 1865, most from the first of May.
- CLYS 2/09 Volume : Notebook 1860s
Anecdotes; notes on Propositions; loose pages including "Valedictory to Study" by Fr James Dillon, petition to the Fr Provincial, invitation (6 May 1862) from the Holy Angels Society for a priest to come to Senior Study Hall, paragraphs on the French Revolution of 1848, an address to faculty and friends thanking the students of 1865 for a magnificent gift.
- CLYS 3/01 Scrapbook : Washington's Birthday Celebration: Waiting for the Verdict / H. Hazlewood 1882
"Falsely Accused: a Domestic Drama in Three Acts, Remodeled for the Thespian Association" -- printed pages from the play heavily annotated and revised in pen and pencil, in part to turn female roles into male roles; clippings of a review; handwritten diagrams of stage sets.
- CLYS 3/02 Scrapbook : Washington's Birthday Celebration: Julius Caesar / Wm Shakespeare 1883
Invitation; clippings of reviews; and selected pages from the "French's Standard Drama" edition of the play pasted into the scrapbook, presumably representing the play as performed at Notre Dame, "corrected and revised by R.E. Fleming and Charles A. Linley, Jan'y 15 / 83. P.S. under the supervision of Prof. Lyons".
- CLYS 3/03 Folder : Letter from Students to Joseph A. Lyons 1883
Welcome back after his near fatal injury from pyrotechnics during Julius Caesar 31 February 1883.
- CLYS 3/04 Scrapbook : Washington's Birthday Celebration: Louis XI / by W.R. Markwell 1884
Invitation; program; pages of the play with revisions to accomodate an all-male cast; a review of the festivities; loose notes; loose clippings regarding 1883-1884 performances of Macbeth; shorthand notes on flyleaf.
- CLYS 3/05 Folder : Mrs Partington at Notre Dame
Manuscript of a short play in the hand of Joseph A. Lyons.
- CLYS 3/06 Folder : Gov. Porter at Notre Dame - Clippings 1882/1002
- CLYS 3/07 Folder : Composition on the Life of Aloysius J.A. Lyons 1893/1219
Photocopy of a two-page handwritten autobiography.
- CLYS 4/01 Volume : Autograph Album - Reminiscences of Notre Dame 1859-1862
- CLYS 4/02 Folder : Lyons' Latin Grammar Manuscript 1868
- CLYS 4/03 Volume : Lyons' Principles of Bookkeeping Manuscript
Questions and answers on General Principles of Bookkeeping; Shipments, Consignments, and Mdse; Promissory Notes; Bills of Exchange; and Contracts.
- CLYS 4/04 Folder : Broadsides, Printed Forms, etc. 1863-1888
- CLYS 4/05 Folder : Ribbons and Awards
- CLYS 4/06 Folder : Certificates, Authorizations, etc.
- CLYS 4/07 Folder : Copyright certificates
- CLYS 4/08 Folder : Lyons' Manuscript "On the Philosophy of Travel" 1877
- CLYS 4/09 Folder : Correspondence 1861-1871
- CLYS 4/10 Folder : Correspondence 1872
- CLYS 4/11 Folder : Correspondence 1873
- CLYS 4/12 Folder : Correspondence 1874
- CLYS 4/13 Folder : Correspondence 1875
- CLYS 4/14 Folder : Correspondence 1876
- CLYS 4/15 Folder : Correspondence 1877
- CLYS 5/01 Folder : Correspondence 1878
- CLYS 5/02 Folder : Correspondence 1879
- CLYS 5/03 Folder : Correspondence 1880
- CLYS 5/04 Folder : Correspondence 1881
- CLYS 5/05 Folder : Correspondence 1882
- CLYS 5/06 Folder : Correspondence 1883
- CLYS 5/07 Folder : Correspondence 1884
- CLYS 5/08 Folder : Correspondence 1885
- CLYS 5/09 Folder : Correspondence 1886
- CLYS 5/10 Folder : Correspondence 1887
- CLYS 5/11 Folder : Correspondence 1888
- CLYS 5/12 Folder : Undated Correspondence