Auguste Martin collection
Scope and Contents
The Auguste Martin collection contains thirty-six linear feet of Martin's personal Catholic image and art research collections. Primary subjects represented in the collection include Catholic art history, the Blessed Virgin Mary, events in the life of Jesus, and Catholic saints. Materials include holy cards, clippings, pamphlets, photographs, handwritten notes, and ephemera. The collection primarily documents Martin's research interest in Catholic art history (generally classical art depicting Mary, Madonna and Child, Jesus, or saints). The collection also includes Martin's substantial collection of Catholic holy cards. These include a range of popular Catholic themes as well as rare, unique, and handmade cards, dating primarily from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1850-1966
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1870 - 1940
Creator
- Martin, Auguste (Collector, Person)
Access to Materials
This collection is open and available to the public for research in the Marian Library reading room. The materials are non-circulating.
Copyright Notice
The materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). The materials are available for personal, educational, and scholarly use. It is the responsibility of the researcher to locate and obtain permission form the copyright owner or his or her heirs for any other use, such as reproduction and publication.
Extent
24 Linear Feet (50 document cases and card boxes)
Language of Materials
French
Abstract
This collection contains thirty-six linear feet of Martin's personal Catholic image and art research collections. Primary subjects represented in the collection include Catholic art history, the Blessed Virgin Mary, events in the life of Jesus, and Catholic saints. Materials include holy cards, clippings, pamphlets, photographs, handwritten notes, and ephemera. The collection primarily documents Martin's research interest in Catholic art history (generally classical art depicting Mary, Madonna and Child, Jesus, or saints). The collection also includes Martin's substantial collection of Catholic holy cards.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into four series:
Series 1: Blessed Virgin Mary
Series 2: Holy cards
Series 3: Jesus Christ
Series 4: Saints
This collection is arranged into four series:
Missing Title
- Holy cards
- Blessed Virgin Mary
- Jesus Christ
- Saints
Topical
- Christian art and symbolism
- Christian saints
- Christian saints -- Pictorial works
- Christian women saints
- Jesus Christ -- Passion -- Art
- Jesus Christ -- Pictorial works
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Art
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Devotion to
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Miscellanea
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Pictorial works
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Symbolism
- Sacraments -- Catholic Church -- Miscellanea
- Title
- Guide to the Auguste Martin collection, circa 1850 to 1966
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jillian Slater
- Date
- 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Marian Library
Repository Details
Part of the University Libraries Repository
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Dayton Ohio 45469-1360