MS. Manuscript Collections

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The collection contains the correspondence, writings and lectures of Christina Dawson Scott, the daughter of Christopher Dawson.  Additionally, it contains materials relating to the management by Mrs. Scott of the literary rights of Christopher Dawson’s works.

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The Local History Collection consists of term papers written by College of St. Thomas students on topics of local history for Professor Joseph Fitzharris’ HIS 121 course from 1976 – 1984. The majority of the papers are on topics relating to the history of the Catholic Church in Minnesota, particularly histories of parishes in the Twin Cities.

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The collection contains materials on the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg collected by Maria Bach Dunn.  It includes scrapbooks, postcards and other postal materials, and photographic negatives.

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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.

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The Ryan Family Papers include sermons, lectures, and recordings of radio broadcasts by prominent social justice scholar and reformer Msgr. John A. Ryan (1869-1945), author of A Living Wage. The collection also includes biographical documents and sermon notes by his brother Msgr. Lawrence F. Ryan (1880-1974), pastor at the Cathedral of St. Paul from 1910-1940.

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The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and diaries documenting the life and career of Msgr. Stanley Powers.

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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This collection includes correspondence, newsclippings, publications, photographs, video and memorabilia documenting the life of Bernard T. Fitzpatrick, a 1938 College of St. Thomas graduate and a Bataan Death March survivor. Also included in the collection are documents relating to the research, publication and public reception of his book, The Hike Into the Sun.

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This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by Edmund Coughlin on a trip to Hawaii and the northwest United States in 1917.  The scrapbook includes photographs as well as ink drawings by Coughlin.

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Notebook on Field Engineering compiled by Kenneth V. Deans while a student at the St. Thomas Military Academy.  Deans was a 1930 graduate of the St. Thomas Military Academy and a 1934 graduate of the College of St. Thomas.