Abstract This collection contains five Marian activity program booklets created by the Franciscans (Order of Friars Minor). The programs were organized by scholastic units of the Province of the Immaculate Conception (New York, N.Y.) from 1959-1964. The booklets outline day or evening programs during each liturgical year and include brief talks or papers given during the programs. Programs were primarily held at Franciscan seminaries in the Northeast region of the United States, but also included...

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This collection contains by-laws, meeting minutes, reports, papers, and ephemera which document the history and activities of the Franciscan National Marian Commission, an organized movement within the Order of Friars Minor. The organization’s purpose was to promote Marian congresses, institutes, studies, and centers, and to sponsor the publication of The Marian Era from 1960-1976.

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Materials related to the history and present activities of the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement.

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A collection of holy cards and other devotional materials printed by Fratelli Bonella, an Italian publisher of religious images.

Abstract This album contains photographs taken in France, circa 1900. It is most likely a travel album created by an (unknown) individual or family. The album documents Catholic sites and other points of interest in France including photographs of churches, buildings, parks, individuals, and monuments. Locations documented in this album include Lourdes, Betharam, Bagnères de Bigorre, Vallée d'Argelès, Gavarnie, Bayonne, Biarritz, Pontarabie, Arcachon, Bordeaux, Tours, Amboise, Blois, Chambort,...

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Faculty papers of George C. Biersack (1923-1980), professor of communication arts at the University of Dayton from 1952-1980. His papers include subject files, correspondence, memorabilia, and records of the Miami Valley Educational Television Foundation and the Ohio Council on Educational Television.

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This collection pretains information sand materials recieved from Marian shrines in Germany. In 1995 the Marian Library sent out letters to Marian shrines all over Germany asking if they had any material for the libary. Contained in this collection are the responses to these letters. There was a second mailing that took place in 2004 and these are also in this collection. There is a directory at the end of the collection that lists all the locations the letters were sent to.

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Collection of video recordings produced by Glenn Walters and his production company, Valdhere, Inc., during his active career as a non-theatrical film and television producer. The recordings cover topics of business and industry throughout the twentieth century. In addition to video footage, the collection includes scripts; shooting, editing, and sound mixing notes; and pre-production research.

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Collection of Harriette Lane Baggett's papers from her activism in Catholic feminist organizations.

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The first series contains issues of the Alpha-Omega Christian Comics fanzine. The second series contains correspondence sent to and from Harry Miller. The third series includes Miller's writings and scholarship. The fourth series includes research materials used by Miller to inform his writing.

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Postcards of Roman Catholic churches around the United States and the world collected by Helen Borntrager Buschen, a lay Catholic woman.

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The Henri Koehler correspondence contains letters, photographs, articles, and brochures that Mr. Koehler received in response to his written requests to churches in France with Marian titles. The correspondence was initiated through the suggestion of Fr. Theodore Koehler, Henri's brother, and director of the Marian Library at the University of Dayton.

Scope and Contents The Herbert Woodward Martin papers provides a window into the life and career of poet and Paul Laurence Dunbar expert Herbert Woodward Martin. This collection is mostly comprised of material related to his writing and performing career, spanning from the 1970s through the present day. Though there is some material related to his private life and teaching career, the bulk of the material documents his poetry, with several drafts of various anthologies and poems. There are also programs and...

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This collection contains Christmas cards that were drawn, painted, or otherwise created by children as part of the 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 Holy Childhood Association annual Christmas artwork contest. The cards primarily depict nativity scenes, Madonna and Child, and other Christmas themes. Original artwork was displayed in the Marian Library gallery in 2007.

Abstract The University of Dayton recognizes and honors individuals of extraordinary achievement or leadership, distinguished service, or exemplary character by awarding honorary doctorate degrees appropriate to their accomplishments. The University uses such occasions to make a public statement about its mission, aspirations and institutional values.The University awards honorary degrees to acknowledge a selfless spirit of service in an individual who makes significant and tangible...

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This collection contains Christmas cards created by international artists and/or representing cultural and ethnic groups. The cards primarily depict the nativity, Madonna and Child, and other Catholic themes.

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This collection contains correspondence, reports, publications, program details, and written materials related to the International Marian Research Insitute's (IMRI) African Marian Insitutes and seminars held in 1980. Publications include a pre-press version of "Mary in Faith and Life in the New Age of the Church". A large portion of the collection is comprised of correspondence of Fr. Theodore Koehler and the papers of Fr. William Cole, both of IMRI.

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The Italian Marist school scrapbooks contain the collages, illustrations, and writings of primary school students and were created in 1952 and 1953 as part of the curriculum to study of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Abstract This collection contains research materials collected by Rev. Jean-Marie Salgado, O.M.I., which he used to write the article, La devotion Mariale au XVIe siecle : a la lumiere des manuels de catechese en usage en Amerique Latine, en France, en Espagne et en Italie, published in Marian Library Studies, volume 13 (1981). The materials are primarily photocopied reproductions of 16th century books published in Latin America and Spain, from approximately...

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This collection consists of 33 VHS tapes and digital copies of those tapes of the Flyerettes, cheerleaders, JV cheerleaders, and UD Flyer Girls filmed between 1990 and 1996.

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Primary source material and notes by Catholic historian John Gilmary Shea, as well as correspondence concerning his work on American Catholic history.

Abstract This collection contains the personal papers of John S. Stokes, Jr., and the records of his organization, Mary's Gardens. Materials in the collection date primarily from 1952 through 1990. The collection includes Stokes' manuscripts, correspondence, research materials, articles, photographs, audio recordings and ephemera related to his interests in Catholicism, the Blessed Virgin Mary, gardening, names and symbolism of plants and flowers associated with the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mary's...

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This collection includes postcards, photographs, holy cards, and clippings depicting Marian shrines, paintings, statues, and other Catholic artwork. The collection primarily covers Marian art in western Europe during the second half of the 20th century.

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Personal and professional documents pertaining to dancer and choreographer Josephine Schwarz and to the Schwarz School of Dance and Dayton Ballet, both of which she founded in Dayton, Ohio, in 1927 and 1937, respectively.

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This collection contains the professional and personal papers of the librettist and poet, Karl West Flaster (1905-1965).