Tracts (Ephemera)

This artificial collection containing Anti-Catholic campaign material was compiled by faculty, staff and students of the College of St. Thomas during the 1960 presidential campaign. The collection includes anonymous "hate" mail and pamphlets and ephemeral literature focusing on the careers of Alfred Smith, Democratic Presidential candidate in 1928, and John F. Kennedy, plus reviews of anti-Catholic books, and doctrinal and controversial literature.

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.

The Navy V-5 Program collection includes a scrapbook maintained by Ruby Turtness and correspondence written to her by members of the College of St. Thomas V-5 program.  The collection also includes photographs taken by a member of the V-5 program and material relating to the reunion of V-5 program members.