MS. Manuscript Collections

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The majority of the letters in the Austin Clarke collection are between Phillip Marcus and Austin Clarke. The letters discuss Clarke's views on Marcus's writings as well as his insight on medieval Irish literature and the influence of W. B. Yeats on Irish literature.

Scope and Contents The Holy Card Collection is an artificial collection of Roman Catholic devotional cards. The core of the collection was assembled from items found in books in the Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library (Saint Paul Seminary) collection. The items date from the late 19th through the 20th centuries and are in multiple languages. Materials in this collection depict a wide range religious iconography and topics (angels, saints, Jesus, the Virgin Mary).Prayer cards make up the majority...

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The Bishop Louis Kucera Papers include scrapbooks, photographs, news clippings, and other materials documenting his life and career.

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The Christ Child School for Exceptional Children Records contain Board of Trustees minutes, correspondence, by-laws, financial records, and information on benefactors of the school.  The majority of the material is from the 1969 - 1976 period; however, a small group of records date from 1952 forward.

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The collection consists of handwritten and typewritten English lyrics of Irish folk and patriotic songs collected by Patrick J. Hill.  It also include the lyrics to original songs composed by Hill.

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The collection contains newspaper clippings and scrapbooks documenting college football teams, including the College of St. Thomas, and the achievements of Frank Zucco, 1932-1936.

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This collection contains biographical information, papal orders, photographs, correspondence, memorabilia, and information the philanthropic endeavors of College of St. Thomas alumnus and oil industry entrepreneur I. A. O’Shaughnessy (1885-1973).

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The Catholic Pamphlets Collection is an artificial collection of published pamphlets on a variety of topics related to the Roman Catholic Church.  The bulk of the collection dates from the period of the 1930s through 1950s but some material dates through the 1980s.

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The collection includes copies of sermons and homilies written by Fr. Vincent Rush.

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The Irish American Cultural Institute Records feature materials that document the origin and development of the Institute, detailed information about individual city chapters of the IACI, subject files on various IACI-related individuals or events, correspondence and newspaper articles chronicling the work of the Institute.