Loyola University Chicago ~ Archives and Special Collections UA1986.37 Kane Collection Dates: 1829-1945 Creator: Kane, William T. (1880-1946) Extent: 19.5 linear feet Level of description: Folder Processor & date: K. Young, October 2010 Administration Information Restrictions: None Copyright: Consult archivist for information. Citation: Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections. Kane Collection. Box #, Folder #. Provenance: The Kane Collection consists of materials gathered for the archives by Fr. William T. Kane while he was University Librarian at Loyola University. Separations: None Biographical Sketch William Terence Kane, S.J., was born on October 20, 1880, in Chicago, one of six children of Lawrence and Elizabeth McCarthy Kane. He attended Holy Family School and St. Ignatius College before entering the Society of Jesus in 1898. During World War I (1918-1919) he was a Chaplain for the 35th Division, where Harry S. Truman was a major. In 1930 he was named University Librarian at Loyola University, Chicago, a position he retained until his death in 1946. While University Librarian, Father Kane established the Jesuitca and Napoleonica collections at the library, in addition to creating an archival collection documenting the university’s history, Jesuit history, and local Catholic history. Scope and Content The Kane Collection is comprised of 19.5 linear feet spanning the years 1829 to 1945. The collection includes correspondence, reports, journals, minutes, photographs, blueprints, drawings, programs, syllabi, flyers, booklets, theses, sheet music, and Photostat copies. Father Kane concentrated on collecting Loyola University, Jesuit, and local Catholic history. Languages found in the collection include English, French, Latin, Italian, and Spanish. This collection is organized according to a classification schedule developed by Father Kane. It is broken down into four categories – Loyola University, Jesuitica, Local Catholic History, and Prints/Photographs, which are further divided into subjects within each category. The numbering system used by Father Kane (i.e. A1.1 – A1.11) represents individual items and is used as the folder numbers for this finding aid. Kane Collection Page 1 Loyola University Chicago ~ Archives and Special Collections Series Series 1: Loyola University, 1876-1945, Boxes 1 – 23, MC12 This series includes correspondence, minutes, reports, blueprints, drawings, flyers, programs, certificates, licenses, photographs, invitations, syllabi, sheet music, essays, newsletter, notes, sermons, bibliographies, and faculty questionnaires. Subjects include university history, benefactors, civic projects, grounds and buildings, schools/colleges, libraries, and honorary degrees. Series 2: Jesuitica, 1850, 1872-1941, Boxes 23-28 This series includes correspondence, reports, newsletters, programs, booklets and brochures, articles, notes and theses. Subjects include Jesuit missions, Père Marquette, Arnold Damen, S.J., parishes, writings by Jesuits, and Jesuit schools. Among the notable items in this series is an 1850 letter by Peter DeSmet (Pierre-Jean DeSmet), S.J., written in French. Series 3: Local Catholic History, 1829-1835, 1860-1942, Boxes 29-35 This series includes correspondence, programs, booklets, brochures, articles, journals (transcriptions and Photostats), a glass plate negative, photographs, and a thesis. Subjects include the Otto L. Schmidt, Elias Kent Kane, Thomas J. F. Owen, Major General Winfield Scott, early Chicago, parish histories, Mother Mary Agatha O’Brien, Lizzie Sharp, Eugene Bononcini, D.D., and the Eucharistic Congress. Languages include English, French, and Italian. Series 4: Prints/Photographs, 1888-1899, 1901-1940, FC7, MC12 This series includes photographs pertaining to St. Ignatius College, Loyola University, Loyola Academy, St. Ignatius parish, the Missouri Province of the Society of Jesus, and other Catholic personages. Subjects: Loyola University Jesuits Catholic History Chicago History Works Project Administration (W.P.A.) Library Association World War II Aeronautics Cudahy Library Protection of Cultural Resources in War Committee on Conservation of Cultural Resources Commencement Jesuit Quadricentennial Jesuit Universities and Colleges Kane Collection Page 2 Loyola University Chicago ~ Archives and Special Collections Jesuit Missions Loyola Educational Digest Great Depression National Youth Association Student Relief Darrow, Clarence Siedenburg, Frederic Illinois Club for Catholic Women Catholic Sociological Society CISCORA Chicago Society of Catholic Psychologists Schmidt, Otto L. Kane, Elias Kent McCormick, John F., S.J. Jesuit Educational Association Institute of Social Order Institute of Jesuit History Jesuit Seismological Association International Federation of Catholic Alumnae American Catholic Philosophical Association National Educational Association Chicago Classical Club North Shore Catholic Women’s League Illinois Catholic Historical Society Smet, Pierre-Jean de DeSmet, Peter J. Hutchins, Robert M. Christian Workers Study Club Local #1 National Catholic Welfare Conference Catholic Roundtable of Science National Catholic Alumni Federation Eucharistic Congress Bononcini, Eugene, D.D. Owens, Thomas J. F. Astrain, Antonio, S.J. Lomasney, Patrick J. Mehren, Edward J. Murphy, Richard J. Walsh, Grosbeck Ledochowski, Wlodzimierz Kane Collection Page 3 Loyola University Chicago ~ Archives and Special Collections Accession No.: UA1986.37 Creator: Kane, William T. (1880-1946) Box Folder Title Dates Series 1: Loyola University, 1876-1945 1 A1.1-A1.11 General History 1923, n.d. 1 A1.13-A1.15 General History 1936-1937, n.d. 1 A1.16 General History 1929, n.d. 1 A1.19 Chicago Musical College #1 1930, 1932 1 A1.19 Chicago Musical College #2 1932 1 A1.20 Faculty 1942 1 A1.21 W. Ledochowski, S.J., Letter on Catholic Higher 1928, 1930 Education 1 A1.22-A1.23 General History - Property 1930-1932 1 A1.24 General History - Property 1928-1936 1 A1.25-A1.26 General History – Committees, Agreements 1933, 1936 1 A1.27-A1.30 General History 1935-1937, 1939 1 A1.31-A1.33 General History 1939, n.d. 1 A1.36-A1.39 General History - War Fund Drive 1943-1945 1 A2.1-A2.3 Administration Loyola University 1932, 1934, 1937 1 A2.10-A2.13 Administration 1936, 1941 1 A2.14-A2.15 Administration 1919, 1921-1923, 1925, n.d. 1 A2.16 North Central college Association 1925, 1929-1931 1 A2.17-A2.18 Administration - Nachtwey; Kressin 1930, 1932 1 A2.19-A2.20 Administration – Committees 1932-1934 2 A2.21 Administration - Academic Senate 1927-1933 2 A2.22-A2.23 Administration - Administrative Council 1930-1932 2 A2.24-A2.27 Administration - Administrative Council 1930-1934 2 A2.28-A2.30 Administration – Correspondence - Fisher Building 1930-1933 Negotiations 2 A2.30 Administration – Insull, Hickey 1930-1934 2 A2.30 Administrative Council – Peabody 1929-1934 2 A2.30 Administration - Administrative Council – Mehren, 1930-1934 Quigley 2 A2.31 Administration - North Central Association 1933-1934 2 A2.32 Administration - Administrative Council #1 1930-1934 2 A2.32 Administration - Administrative Council #2 1930-1934 2 A2.33-A2.39 Administration – Buildings and Grounds, etc. 1922-1935 3 A2.4 Administration - Jesuit Quadricentennial 1939 3 A2.40-A2.41 Administration - Committees 1934-1935 3 A2.42-A2.44 Administration - Committees 1923, 1926, 1930, 1934 3 A2.45-A2.47 Administration - Committees 1929, 1933-1934, 1936 3 A2.48-A2.52 Administration - Committees 1933-1936, n.d. 3 A2.5-A2.8 Administration - Jesuit Quadricentennial 1940-1941 3 A2.53, Administration - Reports 1932, 1935-1936 A2.64-A2.65 Kane Collection Page 4 Loyola University Chicago ~ Archives and Special Collections 3 A2.67-A2.69 Administration - Committees 1927, 1936-1937 3 A2.70-A2.74 Administration - Reports 1933-1934, 1936- 1937 3 A2.75, Administration - Committees 1937-1938 A2.77-A2.79 3 A2.80-A2.89 Administration - Committees 1937-1939 4 A2.90- Administration - Committees 1938-1941 A2.103 4 A2.104 – Administration - Committees 1938-1941 A2.113 4 A3.1-A3.2 Benefactors 1927-1929 4 A4.30-A4.32 Departmental Reports 1932-1936 4 A4.66 Departmental Reports 1937-1939 4 A4.7-A4.86 Departmental Reports to the President 1926-1929, 1935, 1939-1942, 1944, n.d. 4 A4.9 Departmental Reports 1929-1931, n.d. 4 A4.10-A4.12 Departmental Reports 1930-1934 4 A5.1-A5.5 University Statistics 1927-1937, 1940 4 A6.1-A6.5 Honors System 1935, 1941, 1945 5 A10.1 Relations with Civic Projects – World’s Fair 1928, 1931-1934 5 A10.2-A10.5 Relations with Civic Projects 1933-1936 5 A11.1-A11.2 Loyola University Lecture Bureau 1931-1934 5 A12.1-A12.3 Stadium and Gymnasium 1924, 1928-1931 5 A12.4-A12.8 Grounds and Buildings 1926-1932 5 A12.9- Grounds and Buildings 1926-1937 A12.13 5 B1.1 Faculty Meetings, Loyola University College of Arts 1930, 1934-1935, and Sciences 1937-1939, 1941 5 B1.2-B1.9 Examinations, College of Arts and Sciences 1926-1927, 1933- 1935, n.d. 5 B1.10-B1.13 College of Arts and Sciences 1928, 1932, 1940 5 B1.14 Bellock, Raymond F., S.J. 1933 5 B1.15 Bouscaren, Rev. T. L., S.J. 1931 5 B1.16 Bellemare, Rev. David 1929-1930 5 B1.17 Bracken, E., S.J. 1925, 1929 5 B1.18 Brunner, G., S.J. 1928-1931 5 B1.19 Burns, D., S.J. 1934 6 B1.20 Calhoun, Edw., S.J. 1929 6 B1.21 D’Haene, Rev. O., S.J. 1925, 1927-1928 6 B1.22 Egan, Howard E. 1924-1925, 1927- 1928, 1930 6 B1.23 Field, Hugh F. 1916, 1918, 1922, 1926-1929 6 B1.24 Frizol, S. 1932 6 B1.25 Froebes, P., S.J. 1925, 1927-1931 6 B1.26 Gottschalk, Jerome 1933 6 B1.27 Hofman, Rev. Conrad 1928-1930 6 B1.28 Holton, Ed. G., S.J. 1931, 1933-1935 6 B1.31 Kiley, Rev. G. E., S.J. 1930-1931 6 B1.32 Kiliacky, Urban H., S.J. 1934 6 B1.34 Kressin, Dr. Hugh M. 1930 6 B1.29-B1.35 Various Faculty Members 1930, 1932-1933 Kane Collection Page 5 Loyola University Chicago ~ Archives and Special Collections 6 B1.36 LeMay, Rev. C.J., S.J.