Catholic Library Association Correspondence

Source

Source: Paul J. Foik, CSC.

Microfilmed by University of Notre Dame.

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Preferred Citation

Catholic Library Association Correspondence (CLB), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Correspondence of Paul Joseph Foik, CSC, regarding the Catholic Library Association and the chief project of the Association's early years, the Catholic Periodical Index; including executive council correspondence with Colman Farrell, OSB, and William FitzGerald, presidents of the CLA in the 1930s.

Background

The Library Section of the National Catholic Educational Association, founded in 1921, became the Catholic Library Association (CLA) in 1931.

Index :

 Catholic Library Association -- History. 
 Foik, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1879-1941. 
 Foik, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1879-1941. 
 Farrell, Coleman J. (Coleman Jospeh). 
 Fitzgerald, William A. (William Ambrose). 
 Catholic Church -- Periodicals -- History 
 Catholic periodical and literature index.
 Letters. 

• MCLB Catholic Library Association: Microfilm

  Correspondence written and received by Rev. Paul Joseph Foik, C.S.C., regarding the Catholic Library Association and the chief project of the Association's early years -- the Catholic Periodical Index. Foik (1879-1941) served as librarian and archivist at Notre Dame from 1912 to 1924. He was librarian and history professor at St Edward's University (Austin, Texas) from 1924 until his death in 1941. Foik was a founder of the Library Section of the National Catholic Educational Association in 1921, which became the Catholic Library Association (CLA) in 1931. He served on the executive council of the CLA, and chaired several committees during the 1930's. At one point he chaired the editorial committee for the Catholic Periodical Index. The following description does not attempt to list every individual document, but generally an entry will appear for persons whose correspondence with Foik during this period consists of ten or more letters. The majority of the second reel consists of executive council correspondence with Rev Colman Farrell, O.S.B., and William FitzGerald, the presidents of the CLA for most of the thirties. Reel two seems to be damaged as a series of letters to and from William Stinson, S.J., ostensibly containing 28 items at the end of the reel, only has two letters. This series is not finished on reel three.

  • MCLB 01/005 Document : List of periodicals for Catholic Periodical Index c1933
  • MCLB 01/006 Document : Letters & Reports re CLA Annual Meetings (beg series) c1920-25
  • MCLB 01/012 Document : Letters & Reports re CLA Annual Meetings (end series) c1920-25
  • MCLB 01/013 Document : Correspondence re development of CLA & CPI beg series 1919-28
  • MCLB 01/100 Document : Correspondence re development of CLA & CPI end series 1919-28
  • MCLB 01/101 Subject : Beginning of CLA alphabetic file, Foik papers. c1932-41
  • MCLB 01/101 Document : Correspondence series, Mother Mary Agatha OSU 1934-35
  • MCLB 01/110 Document : Correspondence series, Edna M Becker 1934-36
  • MCLB 01/114 Document : Correspondence series, Sylvester Brielman OMCap 1934
  • MCLB 01/117 Document : Correspondence series, Marion Barrows (CPI ed) 1932-37