Records, 1933-1973.

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Records, 1933-1973.

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Records of the New York office of Sheed & Ward. Although the earliest documents in the collection date from 1933, the thirties and forties are not as well represented as the fifties and sixties. The collection consists of files from the editorial department, files from the publicity department, photographs, and printed material. The editorial department is represented by correspondence, 1948-1973; subject files, 1955-1973; rejection files, 1968-1970; foreign book files, 1958-1969; and published book files, 1950-1971. Correspondents include Daniel Berrigan, Christopher Dawson, John Tracy Ellis, Andrew M. Greeley, Samuel Hazo, Dan Herr, Hans Küng, Arnold Lunn, John Courtney Murray, Jaroslav Pelikan, Philip Scharper, Edward Schillebeeckx, and Gordon Zahn. The publicity department is represented by biographical files, 1933-1967; publicity files, 1967-1970; advertising files, 1966-1969; copies of Sheed & Ward's Own Trumpet (the house newspaper), 1943-1969; and clippings of book reviews. Its files contain information on James Andrews, Dorothy Day, Leonard Feeney, Eric Gill, Charles A. Kern, Clare Boothe Luce, Sister Madeleva, Jacques Maritain, Franc̜ois Mauriac, and other Sheed & Ward authors.

37.5 linear feet.1.5 linear feet of photographs.3 linear feet of printed material.

University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7141114

University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Library

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