Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh's secretary initially separated his photos from his paper files in this first chronological run. Unfortunately, she did not maintain provenance with most of the photos, so many of the photos are lacking identifications that may exist somewhere in the paper files. The chronological run at the beginning of the collection reflects when Fr. Hesburgh received the photo, not necessarily when the photograph was taken. The processing archivist did move a few photos to their proper chronological folder. If it is uncertain when a photograph was taken, the archivist used "circa," but kept the date maintained by Hesburgh's secretary.