COO Peter Paul Cooney Papers 1852-1905.
Cooney, Peter Paul, 1822-1905.
2 linear feet.
University of Notre Dame Archives Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 English.
Preferred Citation
Peter Paul Cooney Papers (COO), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Scope and Content
Correspondence, 1855-1904; Cooney's sermons and speeches; his Civil War diary, 1864-1865; manuscripts of his works, 1861-1890; a notebook describing his tour of the United States to collect material on the role of Catholic chaplains and nuns in the Civil War, 1890; clippings he collected on the Civil War, Ireland, and temperance; and printed matter including Child's Recollection of General Grant (1885) and a map of the Chickamauga battle field, 1886.
Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia published an annotated edition of the Cooney letters in volume 44 (1933) pages 47-69, 151-169, and 220-237.
Background
Holy Cross Priest, Civil War chaplain, missionary, and temperance lecturer who graduated from the University of Notre Dame, 1851.
Cooney, Peter Paul, 1822-1905.
Chaplains, Military -- Catholic Church.
Temperance.
Diaries.
Letters.
Sermons.
Related Material
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[Civil War Collection ]
CCOO Peter Paul Cooney: Manuscripts PPC is abbreviation for Rev. Peter P. Cooney CSC.
CCOO Correspondence Most of PPC's wartime letters are transcribed and annotated in Rev. Thomas T. McAvoy's "The Wartime Letters of Father Peter Paul Cooney of the Congregation of Holy Cross" (M.A. Thesis, 1930, Notre Dame). CCOO 2/11 contains a copy of this work. A circulating copy is available in Hesburgh Library at E601/C783/A3w.
CCOO 1/01-05 PPC Letters to His Brother [Owen Cooney, Monroe MI] 1855-1865
CCOO 1/06 Abraham Lincoln Note re PPC's Appointment as Chaplain 1862/0203
CCOO 1/06 and IN Governor Oliver P. Morton to PPC 1862/0207
CCOO 1/07 35th Indiana Regiment Petition to Rev. Edward Sorin 1865/0130
CCOO 1/07 and Sorin's Reply 1865/0208
CCOO 2/07 Adam Snyder's Discharge Papers and H.G. Averdick to PPC 1864,1891
CCOO 1/08 General Correspondence 1863/02-07
CCOO 1/08 Father E.B. Kilroy (?), Rev Edward Sorin, Archbishop John McHale of Tuam, General William Rosecrans, and R. O'Connor
CCOO 1/09 General Correspondence 1867-1885
CCOO 1/09 Rev. J.M. Dillon, Owen Cooney, Father Camillus P. Maes, John Hyde, and Archbishop John Ireland.
CCOO 1/10-12 General Correspondence 1890-1904
CCOO 1/10 General William S. Rosecrans, Leslie J. Perry Father John (?), Alice Cooney, Thomas C. Bradley, and Fr. Hickey.
CCOO 1/11 Patrick Sheekey, Sister Mary Illdephonsus, Rev. G. (?) [Superior General CSC], Rev Peter A. Baart, and General W.S. Stanley.
CCOO 1/12 Sister M. Praxides, J.M. Partridge, Rev. E.B. Kilroy, Angeline Boyne, Mary A. Cooney, Winifred Cooney, and Rev William A. Moloney.
CCOO 1/13 General Correspondence nd
CCOO 1/13 Sister M. Lucretia and Miss Jessie Cameron.
CCOO 1/14-15 Correspondence re PPC's Eyesight and Medical Condition 1900-1903
CCOO 1/14-15 Drs. J. Lloyd Hammond, Frank Allport, Albert C. Broell, J.E. Harper, Charles A. Tyrrell and Oren Oneal; James F. Vaughan, Martha J. Fritzer, Josephine Millermeier, and H.A. Thomson.
CCOO 1/18 Archbp John Ireland's Memoirs as a Civil War Chaplain 1892/0124
CCOO Documents and Records
CCOO 2/01 Diary and Recordbook 1864-1865
CCOO 2/02 Typed Transcript of the Diary and Recordbook (version 1) 1864-1865
CCOO 2/03 Typed Transcript of the Diary and Recordbook (version 2) 1864-1865
CCOO 2/04 Typed Transcript of the Diary and Recordbook (version 3) 1864-1865
CCOO 2/05 Recordbook of Money Held by PPC for Men in 35th IN Rgt 1862-1865
CCOO 2/06 Recordbook of Disposition of Bounty Received by Vets 1865/01-03
CCOO 2/08 Recipe for Catarrh Powder [in PPC's hand] nd
CCOO 1/16 Personal Documents [Will, Faculties, Appointment, Discharge, Citizenship, Pension 1859-1901
CCOO 1/17 Clippings re PPC (and 35th Indiana / 1st Irish Regiment) 1864-1890s
CCOO Writings, Sermons, and Notes
CCOO 3/01 Essays, Notes, and Clippings re Civil War and Historical Topics [notebook], late 19th century
CCOO 3/02 Partial Transcript of Above Notebook, late 19th century
CCOO 3/03 Book of Notes, Addresses, Citations, etc., late 19th century
CCOO 3/04 Notes on Civil War and Historical Topics, late 19th century
CCOO 3/05 Diary and Notes, Trip to Quebec 1891/07-08
CCOO 3/06 Notes of Sermons Heard at Retreats at ND 1888 Includes notes on Father Ryan's Retreat at ND, 9 July 1888.
CCOO 3/07 Notes and Texts of Sermons and Speeches re Abstinence, CTAUA 19th
CCOO 3/08-10 Notes and Texts of Sermons and Speeches, late 19th century
CCOO 4/01 Sermon Concerning the Virgin Mary, late 19th century
CCOO 2/09 Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Fragments Presumably Collected by PPC, late 19th century
CCOO Clippings, Transcripts, Scrapbooks, and Notes
CCOO 4/02 Articles by John T. Goldrick and General Benjamin Butler Concerning the Irish in the Civil War, late 19th century Consists of articles on Lt. Dick Dowling, General Joseph Finegan, General Patrick Cleburne, Irish American Soldiers, and Chaplains.
CCOO 4/03 Transcripts and Notes from the Woodstock Letters re Catholics in Colonial America, late 19th century
CCOO 4/04 Transcripts and Notes from the Woodstock Letters re Wartime Chaplains and Catholics in the USA, late 19th century
CCOO 4/05 Transcripts and Notes from the Woodstock Letters re Fort Pickens, Florida, in 1861, late 19th century
CCOO 4/06 Clippings re General William S. Rosecrans, late 19th century
CCOO 4/07 Clippings re the Civil War, late 19th century
CCOO 4/08 Clippings re Ireland and the Irish, late 19th century
CCOO 4/09 Clippings re the Papacy, late 19th century
CCOO 4/10 Package of Clippings Labelled "Saints", late 19th century
CCOO 4/11 Package of Clippings Labelled "Sermons", late 19th century
CCOO 5/ Scrapbook of Notes and Clippings for Sermons 1873-
CCOO 6/ Scrapbook of Clippings re Catholic Bishops and Cardinals, late 19th century
CCOO 6/ Scrapbook of Clippings re Current and Historical Catholic Figures, late 19th century
CCOO 6/ Scrapbook of Clippings re the Papacy, late 19th century
CCOO 6/ Scrapbook of Clippings re Nuns [including Sisters in War and Nursing and Angels of the Battlefield], late 19th century
CCOO 4-6/ Clippings Concerning General Catholic and Miscellaneous Topics, late 19th century Topics include: Irish in US History, Irish Immigration, the Irish National Character, Irish in the Military, Catholics in US History, the Catholic Character, the Annexation of the Philippines, Temperance, Militarism, the Spanish American War and Chaplains, the Sinking of the Bourgogne and the Heroism of Father Kesseler, materials for sermons, and other related subjects.
CCOO 4/12 Clippings Concerning General Catholic and Miscellaneous Topics, late 19th century
CCOO 5/ Scrapbook of Clippings re General Catholic and Miscellaneous Topics, late 19th century
CCOO 6/ Scrapbook of Clippings re General Catholic and Miscellaneous Topics, late 19th century
CCOO Books, Pamphlets, and Maps
CCOO 5/ Rosary Book Containing Instructions (by Felix O'Rourke) 1869
CCOO 5/ Recollections of General Grant (by George W. Childs) 1885
CCOO 5/ The Nation in a Nutshell (by George M. Towle) 1887
CCOO 5/ Leaves from Diary of an Army Surgeon (by Thomas T. Ellis) 1863
CCOO 5/ Chickamauga Battlefield [Map] (by J.C. McElroy) 1895
CCOO Artifacts and Objects
CCOO 5/ PPC's Rosary
CCOO 5/ PPC's Name Stamp
CCOO Collected Material Concerning Cooney and the 35th Indiana Regiment
CCOO 2/11 "The War Letters of Father Peter Paul Cooney of the Congregation of Holy Cross", by the Rev. Thomas McAvoy published in the Records of the Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, 1933
CCOO 3/11 Correspondence re PPC s1920-1980s
CCOO 3/12 Biographical Sketch of PPC [typewritten] nd
CCOO 3/13 Sketch of 35th Indiana (1st Irish) Regiment *1861-1864*
CCOO 3/14 Printed Material re 35th and 61st Indiana Regiments 1866
CCOO 3/15 Printed Material re 35th Indiana Regiment and Bernard Mullen 1920s-2010s
CCOO 3/16 Kevin Griffin's MA Thesis re 35th Indiana Regiment 1992
OCOO Peter Paul Cooney: Objects