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Joseph H. Fichter, S.J., Papers (Part I)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Collection 12A
Abstract The papers of Joseph H. Fichter, S.J., document the life of a priest, scholar, and social reformer. As a pioneer in the sociology of religion and as a champion of social justice, Father Fichter has frequently found himself embroiled in controversy and conflict. That vigorous engagement with his times is reflected in these papers, which shed light upon the Catholic Church, the Society of Jesus, academic sociology, and the quest for social reform.Fichter has devoted himself...
Dates: Created: 1930-1980; Other: Majority of material found in 1930-1980; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1990

Joseph H. Fichter, S.J., Papers (Part II)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Collection 12b
Scope and Contents Special Collections & Archives received this addition following Fr. Fichter’s death in 1994.  This addition complements the original acquisition of Fichter papers organized as Collection 12.  The types of material—mainly correspondence, manuscripts, transcripts of interviews, and printed material—as well as Fr. Fichter’s principal concerns—the sociology of religion and the quest for social justice—remain very much the same. However, this addition does make new contributions to the...
Dates: Created: 1934-1994; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1993

Julie Schwam-Harris Environmental Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Collection 83
Scope and Contents The Julie Schwam-Harris Environmental Research Collection consists of materials pertaining to environmental issues in Louisiana ranging from 1980-2008. The collection includes newspaper clippings, newsletters, pamphlets/flyers, correspondence, written notes, reports, publications, books, and ephemera. It is largely made up of publications that Schwam-Harris collected from grassroots organizations that she was involved with, as well as correspondence, and newspaper clippings on environmental...
Dates: Created: 1980-2008; Other: Majority of material found within 1988-1996

K. (Kenneth) Brad Ott Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Collection 70
Dates: Created: 1981-1998; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1999

Kate Holmes Collection of Southern Stories and Poems

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Collection 52
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of twenty poems, three song lyrics, and eight newspaper articles written by Kate Holmes and published from 1947 through 1974.

Dates: Created: 1947-1974; Other: Majority of material found in 1965-1971; Other: Date acquired: 02/03/1975

Lafcadio Hearn Correspondence

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Collection 05
Abstract

Lafcadio Hearn was a writer during the closing decades of the nineteenth century and the opening years of the twentieth. His writings-fiction and nonfiction alike-typically drew on his firsthand observations of life in what were then considered exotic places: New Orleans, the West Indies, and Japan.

Dates: Created: 1884-1936; Other: Majority of material found in 1884-1897; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1982

Layton Family Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Collection 15
Abstract The Layton Family Papers pertain to the special relationship that existed between the family of Thomas Layton Sr. and the ecclesiastical hierarchy ofthe Roman Catholic Church. These papers reveal that the Laytons received many favors and privileges for help they gave ecclesiastical authorities in times of crisis. Thomas Layton's wife was Mary Adelaide Layton, and their daughter was Sr. Mary of the Rosary Layton (1853-1875), a Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Although mother and...
Dates: Created: 1834-1879; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1999

Lillian N. Dayries Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Collection 10
Scope and Contents

These papers, which were collected by Lillian N. Dayries, consist of material that relates to the history of the New Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus. They relate primarily to Fr. Sullivan, though there is also considerable material about Fr. Ruggeri and Loyola University. The material is dated roughly from 1900 to 1967, mainly from 1910 to 1954.

Dates: Created: 1900-1967; Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1954; Other: Date acquired: 01/06/1990

Louis J. Twomey, S.J. Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Collection 02
Abstract

Father Twomey's papers, especially the correspondence, document this Jesuit's active involvement in the social apostolate. Also, they provide documentation about the Catholic Church's stance towards various social issues and about the recent history of New Orleans and the United States. Of particular value is material from the 1950s and 1960s concerning civil rights, labor-management relations, and communism.

Dates: Created: 1926-1979; Other: Majority of material found in 1947-1969; Other: Date acquired: 01/12/1990

Louisiana Catholicism Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Collection 61
Scope and Contents

The collection contains photographs, publications, etc. all relating to Catholicism in Louisiana.

Dates: Created: c. 1886 - c. 1960

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Concert programs 7
Loyola University (New Orleans, La.) 7
Jesuits. New Orleans Province 6
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Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 -- Correspondence 3
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American literature--Southern States 2
Authors, American--20th century 2
Carnival -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 2
Church and social problems -- United States -- Catholic Church 2
Composition (Music) 2
Design--History 2
Diaries 2
Double Dealer 2
Environmental Policy 2
Environmental disasters -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 2
Environmental justice 2
Foote, Shelby 2
Giroux, Robert -- Correspondence 2
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Invitation cards 2
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Loyola University (New Orleans, La.). Institute of Human Relations 2
Loyola University (New Orleans, La.). Institute of Industrial Relations 2
McClure, John (John Peebles), 1893-1956 2
Music -- Performance 2
Opera -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 2
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Toole, John Kennedy, 1937-1969 2
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American Federation of Catholic Societies 1
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American literature--20th century 1
American literature--Louisiana--New Orleans 1
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Baker, Page M. (Page Mercer), 1840-1910 -- Correspondence 1
Balls (Parties) 1
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Bell, Madison Smartt -- Correspondence 1
Berry, Jason -- Correspondence 1
Berthelot, John 1
Booksellers and bookselling -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
Bookstores -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
Bradford, Roark, 1896-1948 1
Broadsides 1
Brochures 1
Brown, Dorothy 1
Business enterprises 1
Cabildo (New Orleans, La.) 1
Canon law 1
Catholic Church -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History 1
Catholic Church--Societies, etc. 1
Catholic Committee of the South. Commission on Human Rights 1
Catholic women 1
Catholics -- Books and reading -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
Catholics -- Correspondence 1
Catholics--Louisiana 1
Centers for the performing arts -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
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Choctaw Indians 1
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Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus (New Orleans, La.) 1
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Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 4
Percy, Walker 3
Twomey, Louis J., 1905-1969 3
Bernard, Guy 2
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Collins, Nancy Sharon 2
Fichter, Joseph Henry, 2
Loyola University (New Orleans, La.). College of Music 2
Loyola University New Orleans College of Music 2
New Orleans Philharmonic-Symphony Society 2
Riley, Janet Mary 2
Stanonis, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph) 2
Adolph, Elizabeth 1
Ariatti, B. Raynal 1
Baker, Page M. (Page Mercer) 1
Baquet, Harold F. 1
Barber, Joseph 1
Benedetto, Frank A. 1
Borodin, Boris Freudenberg 1
Brown, Dorothy 1
Catholic Book Store 1
Catholic Daughters of the Americas 1
Chapman, Charles C. 1
Clark, John P. 1
Clark, John P., 1945- 1
Collens, T. Wharton (Thomas Wharton) 1
Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (U.S.) 1
Concert Choir of New Orleans 1
Cooper, Harold 1
Cornet, Joseph 1
Cresson, Russell G. 1
Dankner, Stephen 1
Dayries, Lillian (Lillian Nela), 1892-1984 1
Deiler, J. Hanno (John Hanno) 1
Deiler, J. Hanno (John Hanno), 1849-1909 1
Drown, Rosemary 1
Ecology Center of Louisiana 1
Encar, Kyle 1
Ewell, Barbara C. 1
Feibelman, Julian Beck 1
Fichter, Joseph Henry, 1908-1994 1
Finley, Robert 1
Freret, Athur L. 1
Gaillard, Dawson 1
Gentil, Jean-Sylvain 1
Gilmore, Samuel Louis 1
Giroux, Robert 1
Greater New Orleans Choral Society 1
Grunewald Musicale 1
Gulf Restoration Network 1
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904 1
Hess, Victor 1
Holmes, Kate 1
Irwin Poché Presents 1
Ishee, LeVaun 1
Johnson, Phil 1
Landrieu, Moon 1
Landrieu, Moon, 1930- 1
Layton, Thomas, Jr. 1
Layton, Thomas, Jr., 1845-1889 1
Layton, Thomas, Sr. 1
Layton, Thomas, Sr., 1814-1882 1
Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré 1
Leroy, Joseph Louis 1
Levitzki, Mischa, 1898-1941 1
Levy, Byron L., 1921-2015 1
Liguori Publications 1
Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935 1
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra 1
Lyceum Association of New Orleans 1
Maher, Albert C. 1
Maier, Guy, 1892-1956 1
Mary Ann Kennedy 1
Mayer, Corinne 1
Mayhoff, Maria (Mara Mayhoff Freudenberg) 1
McCarthy, Richard 1
McClure, S. S. (Samuel Sidney) 1
McNaspy, C. J. (Clement J.), 1915-1995 1
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis) 1
Modenbach, Gary 1
Monroe, J. Edgar 1
Mugnier, George Francois 1
New Orleans Civic Symphony Orchestra (New Orleans, Louisiana) 1
New Orleans Film Society 1
New Orleans Grand Opera Association 1
New Orleans Opera Association 1
New Orleans Opera House Association 1
New Orleans Review 1
Ott, K. (Kenneth) Brad 1
Our Sunday Visitor 1
Pattison, Lee 1
Paulist Press 1
Perché, Napoléon-Joseph 1
Philharmonic Society of New Orleans 1
Piazza, Marguerite, 1921-2012 1
Pilard, Ambrose 1
Poché, Felix Pierre 1
Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith 1
Poydras, Julien 1
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