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Catholic Church. Diocese of Vincennes (Ind.). Records, ca. 1750-1940 (bulk 1796-1897).

Title: Records, ca. 1750-1940 (bulk 1796-1897).

Correspondence of bishops of Vincennes (1796-1897), including Simon Gabriel Bruté (1835-1839) and Celestine de la Hailandiere (1810-1875); sermons of Hailandiere (1826-1836); historical notes by Hailandiere; papers from Hailandiere's seminary days at St. Germain, Rennes, France; journal of Jean F. Rivet (1799-1803), papers of Pierre Gibault, and an article on Anthony Fourcher, all early missionary priests; and 19th- and 20th-century printed material and transcriptions of correspondence. Microfilm contains correspondence of Bishops Benedict Flaget, Simon Bruté, Celestine de la Hailandiere, Francis Chartard, Peter Kenrick, Paul Maes, and others; diocesan reports, legal papers, wills and estate inventories, real estate records, deeds, court documents relating to diocesan properties, and records of parishes; pastoral letters of the bishops of Vincennes and Indianapolis, 1871-1926, and of other bishops, generally from the mid-nineteenth century. Death notices of priests of the diocese, 1881-1908; records of the trustees of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Vincennes; records of the Diocesan Church Building Insurance Company, 1891-1908, dealing chiefly with payments of claims for fire damage; sermons and notes for sermons. Books and pamphlets from the episcopal library concerning anti-Catholic activities, the history of Indiana and the United States, William Hogan and the trustee controversy at St. Mary's Cathedral in Philadelphia, the American Tract Society, the Catholic Tract Society, and Protestant denominations, ca. 1750-1840; and material on early Vincennes history.

ArchivalResource: 31 reels of microfilm.

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Priests' Eucharistic League. Records, 1894-1897.

Title: Records, 1894-1897.

Letters from bishops and priests in reply to invitations to the eucharistic conferences at the University of Notre Dame (1894, 1897) and the first National Eucharistic Congress in Washington, DC (1895); addressed to Bishop Camillus Maes, president of the Priests' Eucharistic League, Father Bede Maler, OSB, general director of the league, and Fathers William Corby, CSC, and Andrew Morrissey, CSC, of Notre Dame. Also a few printed programs and documents, lists of registrants for the 1895 and 1897 gatherings, and minutes of meetings, lists of members, and other records of the league.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear inches.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25172623 View