Records, 1671-1958.

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Records, 1671-1958.

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Minutes (1929-1948), preliminary studies (1928-1940), reports (1926-1928), and correspondence (1941-1946) of the Texas Knights of Columbus Historical Commission; and photostats of typewritten transcripts documenting the history of Hispanic America (1671-1885). Microfilm contains records of the Texas Knights of Columbus Historical Commission (1924-1958) including correspondence, newspaper clippings, typewritten and printed articles, minutes, and contracts for research projects; and personal papers of Paul Foik, including correspondence, biographical information, and papers concerning his citizenship. With material on the Texas Centennial Exhibition of 1936, Catholics in Texas and the Southwest, the Irish in Texas, American Indians, anti-Catholic political parties, the Francis B. Steck controversy, and routine Commission business. Correspondents include Carlos Castaneda, Bishop M.S. Garriga, Walter Prescott Webb, Monsignor Joseph G. O'Donohoe, the National Catholic Welfare Conference, Catholic Daughters of America, National Council of Catholic Women, and the Staatsverband societies.

5 linear in. of printed material.

University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7144274

University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Library

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Webb, Walter Prescott, 1888-1963

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Walter Prescott Webb (April 3, 1888 in Panola County, Texas – March 8, 1963 near Austin, Texas) was an American historian noted for his groundbreaking work on the American West. As president of the Texas State Historical Association, he launched the project that produced the Handbook of Texas. He is also noted for his early criticism of the water usage patterns in the region. In 2012, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy &#38 Western Heritage Museum. Webb w...

Foik, Paul J. 1879-1941.

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Steck, Francis Borgia, 1884-1962

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National Council of Catholic Women (U.S.)

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National Catholic Welfare Conference

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Catholic Staatsverband of Texas.

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Catholic Daughters of America

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Castañeda, Carlos Eduardo, 1896-1958

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Carlos Eduardo Castañeda was professor of Latin-American history at the University of Texas. He was the author of Our Catholic Heritage in Texas, 1519-1936. The Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, San Antonio, Texas, was founded by Franciscan missionaries in 1720. Secularization began in 1794, and the Mission was closed in 1824. From the description of Life in the old Mission of San Jose / by Carlos E. Castaneda, University of Texas, [1933?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702...

O'Donohoe, Joseph G.

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Texas Knights of Columbus Historical Commission

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Paul J. Foik, CSC, served as chairman of the commission from 1924 until his death in 1941; James P. Gibbons, CSC, served as chairman from 1941 to 1958. From the description of Records, 1671-1958. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 25385862 From the description of Records, 1671-1958. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 25346238 The Knights of Columbus Historical Commission hold semi-annual meetings, usually in May and November in various loca...

Gibbons, James P. 1968.

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Garriga, Mariano Simon, 1886-

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