University Archives News
February 8, 2012
In December 2011 the Archives and Special Collections department received two new collections - the Melville P. and Margaret H. Steinfels papers and the R.A. Scotti papers.
The Melville P. and Margaret H. Steinfels papers consist of approximately 75 linear feet of cartoons for artwork, presentation artwork and sketches, school artwork, Loyola Community Theater sketches, notes, correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, project files, business correspondence, commercial art, films, zinc printing blocks, and christmas cards. The majority of the collection reflects the work of Melville P. Steinfels, a well-known liturgical artist who did the Stations of the Cross and fresco in Loyola's Madonna della Strada chapel as well as the mosaics in the former Marquette Center and Damen Hall on Loyola's campuses. This collection also includes some student work by Margaret H. Steinfels, wife of Melville.
The R.A. Scotti papers consist of approximately 1.5 linear feet of research notes. manuscripts, and published books by the Loyola alumna and author of "Basilica" and "Vanished Smile". Copies of this material have been provided to the Providence Public Library Special Collections. In return, the Archives and Special Collections department has received copies of materials relating to R.A. Scotti's book "Sudden Storm" about the New England hurricane.
November 15, 2011
The Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections will be closed on the following dates for the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's holidays:
November 24, 2011
November 25, 2011
Deember 23, 2011
December 26, 2011
December 27, 2011
December 30, 2011
January 2, 2012
January 3, 2012
August 19, 2011
The Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections, including the Congressional Archives, will be closed from August 22nd through August 26th as staff attends the annual Society of American Archivists conference. Archives and Special Collections will re-open on Monday, August 29th.
June 2, 2011
The Loyolan, Dentos, and Stritch School of Medicine yearbooks are now available online through the Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections page on the Internet Archive at http://www.archive.org/details/loyolachicago .
June 2, 2011
The Loyola timeline exhibit has been updated and added to by Chris Barbuschak, History major and archives volunteer. The new timeline features more information on Loyola history as well as additional images and a new layout. View it here.
May 26, 2011
This summer the Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections will be open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. with the following exceptions:
Memorial Day, May 30th: Closed
June 13th through June 17th: Closed
July 4th: Closed
August 24th through August 26th: Closed
February 8, 2011
The digital exhibits for Hidden Loyola and the Jesuits and the Sciences have been updated and expanded. While both can be reached through the Digital Collections & Exhibits page, please note that both exhibits have new URLs. Hidden Loyola can be found at http://www.lib.luc.edu/specialcollections/exhibits/show/hidden-loyola and Jesuits and the Sciences, 1540-1999, can be found at http://www.lib.luc.edu/specialcollections/exhibits/show/jesuitsandthesciences .
February 3, 2011
Finding aids for the B. G. Gross papers and the construction records for Samuel Insull's Hawthorn Farm residence are now available online. Please note that the blueprints for the house and gardens at Hawthorn Farm are not yet available.
As of February 1, 2011, the fee for image reproductions is increasing from $5.00 per image to $10.00. The fee for photocopies will remain at $0.25 per copy.
January 5, 2011
The finding aid for records on permanent loan from Holy Family Parish is now available online. These records include information on Acolytes, Sodalities, and publications at Holy Family Parish in addition to tuition books for Holy Family School.
December 22, 2010
Links to the Carl Albert Center, the Dirksen Congressional Center, the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress, the Society of American Archivists' Congressional Papers Roundtable, and the Congressional Timeline created by the Dirksen Congressional Center have been added to the links page.
The item listing for the Autograph Collection is now available online. The autograph collection is comprised of items from several collections and includes autographed photographs, correspondence, clipped signatures, articles, playbills, and more from actors and actresses, political figures, authors, and religious figures. The oldest item in the collection is a page from a German Breviary with illuminated initials dated approximately 1400. The collection also includes letters from Bram Stoker, David Garrick, Edmund Kean, John Adams, and the Alexanders Dumas (both father and son).
The finding aid for the oral histories from Irish Immigrants to Chicago is now available online. These oral histories were conducted by William Corcoran in the course of his dissertation research and focus on Irish immigration to Chicago following World War II.
November 8, 2010
The Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections welcomes new Archives Associate Ashley Howdeshell. Ashley received her MLS with a specialization in Archives and Records Management from Indiana University. Prior to joining Loyola she was a project archivist at Argonne National Laboratory.
Ashley can be contacted at ahowdeshell@luc.edu or 773-508-2660.
October 29, 2010
Finding aids are now available online for records from the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing including the following:
Office of the Dean records, 1946-1977
Office of the Dean records, 1965-1994 (bulk 1965-1974)
Office of the Dean records, 1980-1994
Office of the Dean - Sr. Helen Jarrell records, 1935-1947
Office of the Dean - Gladys Kiniery records, 1947-1966
Office of the Dean - Julia Lane, Ph.D., records, 1964-1991 (bulk 1975-1991)
Leona Marie Smolinski, R.N., D.N.Sc., papers, 1966-1975
Golden Jubilee Celebration records, 1928-1985 (bulk 1984-1985)
October 26, 2010
Finding aids are now available online for the Kane collection and the Martin Heidegger collection. The Kane collection, which spans from 1829 to 1945, includes some of the earliest records and history of Loyola University as well as information on Jesuit history and local (mainly Chicago) Catholic history. The Martin Heidegger collection, approximately 1918 to 1976, consists of transcripts and photocopies of notes and manuscripts as well as a recording (record album) of a speech given by Heidegger.
October 5, 2010
A selected bibliography of articles and books written using the collections at the Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections is now available. Click here for the bibliography.
July 26, 2010
The Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections is pleased to announce that several titles from its collections have been digitized and added to the holdings of the Internet Archive. These volumes include the journal "Illinois Catholic Historical Review", Tourist's Guide to the Mississippi River (1866), Chicago, the Marvelous City of the West (1891), The Doomed City! Chicago During an Appalling Ordeal!..(1871), Chicago Magazine: The West as it is (1857), McVicker's Observanda (1891), History of Chicago (1876), and Chicago and Its Resources Twenty Years After, 1871-1891 (1892).
Click here for the Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections page at the Internet Archive.
June 21, 2010
Bibliographies for the volumes, broadsides, and prints donated by Thomas and Jo-Ann Michalak are now available. The bibliography for the volumes list works by author with the illustrator of the work noted while the bibliography for the broadsides and prints lists works by artist.
The bibliography for volumes is available here.
The bibliography for broadsides and prints is available here.
May 11, 2010
The University Archives and Special Collections will be closed the following dates from May through August 2010:
May 31st
June 9th, 17th, and 25th
July 2nd through July 9th
July 20th and 22nd
July 29th (9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.)
August 10th through 13th
August 25th through 31st
Additional dates may be added as necessary.
April 15, 2010
The exhibit "19th Century British Caricature" is now on display in the Donovan Reading Room of Cudahy Library. This exhibit is based on the recent gift of Thomas (BS '63) and Jo-Ann Michalak of 19th century British caricature and saitire books and prints. The exhibit highlights this recent gift as well as other gifts in this area. The introductory text, an introductin to caricature, was written by Steven Jones, Professor of English and Co-Director of the Center for Textual Studies. To date, the Loyola Archives and Special Collections has received 113 volumes and 50 prints from the Michalaks.
February 23, 2010
The Loyola University Archives and Special Collections, including the Congressional Archives, will be closed the following days during March as staff members work off-site at the Cuneo Mansion and Gardens.
March 3, 2010
March 8 - 12, 2010
For assistance during this time please send an email to kyoung3@luc.edu or rhyman@luc.edu and we will respond as quickly as possible.
The Archives and Special Collections will re-open on Monday, March 15th, at 8:00 a.m.
February 23, 2010
The Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections is pleased to announce that the papers of Martin J. Svaglic, Ph.D., are now available. Svaglic taught in Loyola's English department from the late 1940s until 1983, when he retired. He was a leading authority on nineteenth-century literature, focusing specifically on John Henry Newman and the Oxford Movement. The Svaglic papers consist of 6.5 linear feet spanning the years 1930-1983 (bulk 1930-1969) and include correspondence, drafts, published articles, manuscripts, and lecture and research notes. Subjects include John Henry Newman, Charles Newman, Newman's Apologia Pro Vita Sua, 19th century literature, Tolstoy, Bernard Shaw, Loyola University Chicago, and Loyola's English Department.
April 24, 2009
The Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections is pleased to announce that the papers of Robert C. Hartnett, S.J., are now available for use. Hartnett served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola from 1956 to 1958 and as a professor of Policitcal Science from 1958 to 1975. This collection consists of 6.75 linear feet of family records, correspondence, addresses and sermons, teaching materials, and publications, and was processed by Kate Elgayeva, a practicum student from Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science.
April 7, 2009
The Alvo E. Albini papers are now open to researchers. Albini was the director of Public Relations at Loyola University Chicago from 1967 to 1983. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin (1940) and his master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism. The Albini papers consist of 8.33 linear feet spanning the years 1967 to 1994 and are mainly related to Albini's independent research and writing on Bento de Goes; Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan; and Abraham Lincoln, although some papers relate to his tenure as director of Public Relations at Loyola. The papers include photographs, correspondence, notes, writings, and audio cassettes. The Albini papers were processed by Michael Allen, an intern from Loyola's History department.
Lincoln: A Bicentennial Celebration
The south wall cases of the Donovan Reading Room celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday. Materials from the University Archives and rare book collection highlight the life of President Lincoln, the role of women during the civil war, and Civil War connections to Loyola. This exhibit is a collaboration between University Archives staff and Professor Theodore Karamanski of the History department
Selections from the Halstead and Autograph Collections
The north wall cases feature facimiles of document fron the Autograph Collection and the Halstead Collection in addition to photographs of Washington, DC. landmarks. The documents are signed by Presidents John Adams, Franklin Pierce, Thomas Jefferson and John Q. Adams, and Secretary of State James Madison; and the correspondence is to and from Senator Matthew Hale Carpenter.
Where: Donovan Reading Room, Cudahy Library
When: Through the end of Spring Semester 2009
