Catholic Church--Clergy

This collection includes mostly correspondence, sermons written by Msgr. O’Brien, and records related to the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. According to an earlier inventory, the collection includes correspondence with numerous Bishops and Cardinals.

Papers of Msgr. Joseph Turk (1895-1951) including research notes, manuscript drafts, offprints, correspondence, newspaper clippings and postage stamps. The research papers and notes are concerned with the Cistercian Statuta and important figures in Cistercian history, such as Bernard of Clairvaux, William of St. Thierry and Stephen Harding. The newspaper clippings relate to mid-twentieth century politics in Yugoslavia.

This collection is composed of Reverend Nicholas Sifferath’s writing and correspondence during his time as a priest in Michigan. It also includes correspondence from his relatives. The papers themselves encompass the years between 1850 and 1976.

This collection is mainly composed of Reverend Theodore Lochbihler’s writing and correspondence during his time in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The papers themselves encompass the years between 1908 and 1933.

This collection is composed of papers from 1897 to 1919 related to Reverend William DeBever primarily from his time at Nazareth Academy in Kalamazoo, Michigan.