LUC.SGM Robert Emmet Lucey Papers Guide University of Notre Dame Archives University of Notre Dame Archives 2005

Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

Description based on paper finding aids and inhouse database. English 2003-01-28 LUC.SGM converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030122). LUC Robert Emmet Lucey Papers 1942-1970. Lucey, Robert Emmet, 1891-1977. 15 linear feet. University of Notre Dame Archives

Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

English. Legal Status Private Administrative Information

A gift from Archbishop Lucey, June 25, 1970.

Preferred Citation

Robert Emmet Lucey Papers (LUC), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Correspondence concerning the Vietnam War, Lucey's trip to South Vietnam as an observer of the 1967 election, his friendship with Lyndon Johnson, his participation in the Second Vatican Council, the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae, civil rights, Latin America, and the plight of the migrant farm worker; records relating to the archbishop's residence in San Antonio; sermons, invitations, programs, clippings and memorabilia from anniversary celebrations; and records of the Bishops' Committee for the Spanish Speaking (1944-1970), the Catholic Council for the Spanish Speaking (1946-1962), the Bishops' Committee for Catholic Migrant Labor (1952-1953), and the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (1941-1970).

Available in microfilm (22 reels)

Background

Archbishop of San Antonio, 1941-1969; implemented papal directives on social justice, Catholic Action and liturgical renewal. In 1945 the U.S. bishops established a Committee for the Spanish-Speaking, with its permanent headquarters in San Antonio, designed to provide for the religious, social, economic, educational and cultural advancement of Mexican-Americans. In 1964 it merged with the Bishops' Committee for Migrant Workers.

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973. Bishops' Committee for the Spanish Speaking. Catholic Council for the Spanish Speaking. Bishops' Committee for Catholic Migrant Labor. Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Catholic Church. Pope (1963-1978 : Paul VI). Humanae vitae. Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965) Lucey, Robert Emmet, 1891-1977. Social justice. Catholic action. Mexican Americans -- Social conditions. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975. Migrant labor. Church work with migrant labor. CLUC Robert Emmet Lucey: Manuscripts CLUC 1/01-02 Archbishop's Fortieth Anniversary CLUC 1/03 Archbishop's Silver Jubilee 1959 CLUC 1/04 Archbishop's Triple Jubilee- General 1965 CLUC 1/05 Triple Jubilee- Banquet CLUC 1/06 Triple Jubilee- Civic Luncheon CLUC 1/07 Triple Jubilee- Committee CLUC 1/08 Triple Jubilee- Dinner CLUC 1/09 Triple Jubilee- Expense CLUC 1/10 Triple Jubilee- Gifts CLUC 1/11 Triple Jubilee- Guests CLUC 2/01 Triple Jubilee- Guests: Texts of Contributions CLUC 2/02 Triple Jubilee- Letters CLUC 2/03 Triple Jubilee- Mass CLUC 2/04 Triple Jubilee- Papal Blessing CLUC 2/05 Awards- general CLUC 2/06 Awards- Human relations CLUC 2/07 Awards- Nathan Max CLUC 2/08 Birthday Greetings CLUC 2/09 Coat of Arms- Lucey name and family CLUC 2/10 Dismissorial letters CLUC 3/01 Dinner Guests 1970 CLUC 3/02 Dinner Guests 1969 CLUC 3/03 Dinner Guests 1968 CLUC 3/04 Dinner Guests 1967 CLUC 3/05 Dinner Guests 1965-1966 CLUC 3/06 Dinner Guests 1959-1964 CLUC 3/07 Guests- Public Relations 1965 CLUC 3/08 Guests- Public Relations 1942-1964 CLUC 3/09 Testimonial July 1969 CLUC 3/10 Christmas Cards Received 1969 CLUC 3/11 Christmas Cards Received 1968 CLUC 3/12 Christmas Cards Received 1967-1968 CLUC 4/01 Christmas Cards Received 1965-1967 CLUC 4/02 Christmas Cards Received 1961-1963 CLUC 4/03 Christmas Cards Sent CLUC 4/04 Christmas Gifts 1967 CLUC 4/05 Christmas Gifts 1965 CLUC 4/06 Christmas Gifts 1964 CLUC 4/07 Christmas Gifts 1960-1963 CLUC 5/01 Easter Cards CLUC 5/02 Easter Gifts CLUC 5/03 Invitations: Dinner- White House CLUC 5/04 Invitations 1969 CLUC 5/05 Invitations 1968 CLUC 5/06-07 Invitations 1966-1967 CLUC 6/01 Itineraries 1969-1970 CLUC 6/02 Monthly schedule 1969 CLUC 6/03 Itineraries 1967-1968 CLUC 6/04 Monthly schedule 1967-1968 CLUC 6/05 Itineraries 1966 CLUC 6/06 Monthly schedule 1966 CLUC 6/07 Itineraries 1965 CLUC 6/08 Itineraries 1963 CLUC 6/09 Letters 1970 CLUC 6/10 Letters, July-December 1969 CLUC 7/01-02 Letters, Jan-June 1969 CLUC 7/03-04 Letters, July-Dec 1968 CLUC 7/05-06 Letters, Jan-June 1968 CLUC 8/01-02 Letters, July-Dec 1967 CLUC 8/03-04 Letters, Jan-June 1967 CLUC 8/05 Letters 1966 CLUC 8/06 Letters 1956-1965 CLUC 9/01 Letters- Motion Pictures CLUC 9/02 Letters- Teaching CLUC 9/03 Paintings CLUC 9/04 Personal- General CLUC 9/05 Personal- Bobbitt, Robert Lee CLUC 9/06 Personal- Gomez, Victor CLUC 9/07 Personal- Gussoni, Rev. Lino CLUC 9/08 Personal- Humanae Vitae CLUC 9/09 Personal- Jacobson, Rabbi David CLUC 9/10 Personal- Jaffe, Morris CLUC 9/11 Personal- Lee, Amy Freeman CLUC 9/12 Personal- McKenzie, Fr. John CLUC 10/01 Personal- McNeel, Jess CLUC 10/02 Personal- Mitchell, Hugh and Ethel CLUC 10/03 Personal- Moore, Mac Ennis CLUC 10/04 Photographs CLUC 10/05 President of the U.S. CLUC 10/06 Press Statements CLUC 10/07 Processional Crosses CLUC 10/08 Residence 1967-1970 CLUC 10/09 Residence 1965-1966 CLUC 11/01 Residence 1962-1964 CLUC 11/02 Residence 1959-1961 CLUC 11/03 Residence 1957-1958 CLUC 11/04 Residence- Spiritual Director (Sisters) CLUC 11/05 Residence- Sullivan, Georgia (Mrs. J.L.) CLUC 11/06 Residence- Tabernacle CLUC 11/07 Retirement- Clergy CLUC 11/08 Retirement- Hierarchy CLUC 11/09 Retirement- Laity CLUC 11/10 Retirement- Sisters CLUC 12/01 Trips- Passport CLUC 12/02 Trips- Rome 1964-1965 CLUC 12/03 Trips- Rome 1963 CLUC 12/04 Trips- Rome, 1660-1962 CLUC 12/05 Trips- Rome 1959 CLUC 12/06 Trips- Rome 1953 CLUC 12/07 Trips- South America CLUC 12/08-11 Trips- South Viet Nam CLUC 13/01 Vacations CLUC 13/02 Vestments CLUC 13/03 Automobile CLUC 13/04 Charity Fund CLUC 13/05 Income Tax- Thomas Drought CLUC 13/06 Income Tax- Stuart G. Johnston CLUC 13/07 Shoes CLUC 13/08 BCSS- Annual Reports to American Hierarchy 1944-1945 CLUC 13/08 BCSS- Annual Reports to American Hierarchy 1956-1968 CLUC 13/09 BCSS- Oklahoma City Meeting 1945/01 CLUC 13/10 BCSS- El Paso Meeting 1945/02 CLUC 14/01 BCSS- Apostolic Delegation 1957-1958 CLUC 14/02 BCSS- Finances- USCC Committee 1965-1969 CLUC 14/03 BCSS- Dept. of Social Development 1968-1969 CLUC 14/04 BCSS- Hartford Convention 1966 CLUC 14/05 BCSS- Chicago 1956-1967 CLUC 14/06 BCSS- Lansing, Mich. Branch Office 1967-1969 CLUC 14/07 BCSS- San Francisco Branch Office 1967-1969 CLUC 14/08 BCSS- Regional Office 1953-1966 CLUC 15/01-02 BCSS- Regional Office 1964 CLUC 15/03 BCSS- Regional Office 1963 CLUC 15/04 BCSS- Regional Office 1962 CLUC 15/05 BCSS- REgional Office 1961 CLUC 16/01 BCSS- Regional Office 1960 CLUC 16/02 BCSS- Regional Office 1959 CLUC 16/03 BCSS- Regional Office 1958 CLUC 16/04 BCSS- Regional Office 1957 CLUC 16/05-06 BCSS- Regional Office 1956 CLUC 17/01 BCSS- Regional Office 1955 CLUC 17/02 BCSS- Regional Office 1952-1954 CLUC 17/03 BCSS- Regional Office 1945-1950 CLUC 17/04 BCSS- San Antonio Offices: Lease 1966 CLUC 17/05 BCSS- San Antonio Offices 1969-1970 CLUC 17/06 BCSS- San Antonio Offices 1968 CLUC 18/01 BCSS- San Antonio Offices 1967 CLUC 18/02 BCSS- San Antonio Offices 1966 CLUC 18/03 BCSS- San Antonio Offices 1961-1965 CLUC 18/04 BCSS- General Correspondence 1960-1963 CLUC 18/05 BCSS- General Correspondence 1957-1959 CLUC 19/01 BCSS- General Correspondence 1950-1956 CLUC 19/02 BCSS- General Correspondence 1945-1949 CLUC 19/03 BCSS 1961-1962 CLUC 19/04 BCSS 1959-1960 CLUC 19/05 BCSS 1946-1948 CLUC 19/06 Bishops' Committee for Catholic Migrant Labor 1952-1953 CLUC 19/07 CCD- Reports to American Hierarchy 1942-1969 CLUC 20/01 CCD- General Files 1968-1970 CLUC 20/02 CCD- General Files 1961-1967 CLUC 20/03 CCD- General Files 1958-1959 CLUC 20/04 CCD- General Files 1954-1957 CLUC 20/05 CCD- General Files 1941-1953 CLUC 20/06 CCD- General Files, (Transfer) 1958-1959 CLUC 20/07 CCD- General Files, (Transfer) 1941-1957 CLUC 20/08 CCD- National Center 1956-1963 CLUC 20/09 CCD- Formation in Los Angeles 1963-1965 CLUC 20/10 CCD- Italian Committee: Student Priests CLUC 21/01 CCD- Italian Committee: Msgr. M. Sassatelli 1965-1969 CLUC 21/02 CCD- Inter-American Congresses of 1947,1954 CLUC 21/03 CCD- Latin American Scholarships 1956-1958 CLUC 21/04 CCD- Latin America 1960-1967 CLUC 21/05 CCD- Pontifical Commission for Latin America CLUC 21/06 CCD- Archbishop's Trip to Medellin, Colombia 1968 CLUC 21/07 CCD- Archdiocese: Religious, Cursillo Movement, Latin CLUC 21/07 America 1963-1966 CLUC 21/08 CCD- Latin America Team: General 1967 CLUC 21/09 CCD- Latin America Team: Cursillo Reports 1962-1967 CLUC 21/10 Latin American Team: To Whom Cursillo Report Sent 1962 CLUC 21/11 CCD- Latin American Team: Rev. Ramon Garcia 1967 CLUC 21/12 CCD- Latin American Team: Rev. Ramon Garcia 1966 CLUC 22/01 CCD- Latin American Team: Rev. Ramon Garcia 1964-1965 CLUC 22/02 CCD- Latin American Team: Rev. Ramon Garcia 1963 CLUC 22/03 CCD- Latin American Team: Rev. Ramon Garcia: NCWC, CLUC 22/03 CELAM 1961-1962 CLUC 22/04 CCD- Latin American Team: Rev. J.H. Gorham: CELAM: CLUC 22/04 Communitaria, Jan 22-26 1968 CLUC 23/01 CCD- Latin American Team: Rev. J.H. Gorham 1968-1969 CLUC 23/02 CCD- Latin American Team: Rev. J.H. Gorham 1967 CLUC 23/03 CCD- Latin American Team: Rev. J.H. Gorham 1965-1966 CLUC 23/04 CCD- Latin American Team: Rev. J.H. Gorham: CELAM, 1964 CLUC 23/05 CCD- Latin American Team: Rev. J.H. Gorham: NCWC, CCD, 1963 CLUC 24/01 CCD- Latin American Team: Rev. J.H. Gorham: CELAM, 1962 CLUC 24/02 CCD- Latin American Team: Rev. J. McNiff 1963-1969 CLUC 24/03 CCD- Latin American Team: Rev. J. McNiff, CELAM 1962 CLUC 24/04 CCD- Latin American Team: Rev. J. McNiff, CELAM, 1959-1960 CLUC 24/05 CCD- Latin American Team: Mrs. M.L. Mornles 1963-1969 CLUC 25/01 CCD- Latin American Team: Rev. B. O'Brien 1964-1968 CLUC 25/02 CCD- Latin American Team: Rev. W. Shahan 1965-1966 CLUC 25/03 CCD- Latin American Team: CELAM 1956-1958 CLUC 25/04 CCD- CELAM: Argentina 1960-1965 CLUC 25/05 CCD- CELAM: Brazil 1962-1968 CLUC 25/06 CCD- CELAM: Chile 1960-1968 CLUC 25/07 CCD- CELAM: Columbia 1962-1968 CLUC 25/08 CCD- CELAM: Ecuador 1962-1967 CLUC 25/09 CCD- CELAM: Mexico 1961-1965 CLUC 25/10 CCD- CELAM: Paraguay 1963-1966 CLUC 25/11 CCD- CELAM: Peru 1963-1966 CLUC 25/12 CCD- CELAM: Puerto Rico 1960-1967 CLUC 25/13 CCD- CELAM: Miscellaneous Countries 1962-1967 CLUC 25/14 CCD- CELAM: Financial Reports 1968-1969 CLUC 25/15 CCD- CELAM: ICLA: Most. Rev. M. Larrain 1963-1964 CLUC 25/16 Time- Religion "New Dealing Archbishop" 1941/0407 CLUC 25/16 Copy: John W. McCormack to Lucey 1942/0507 CLUC 25/16 enclosure "Memorandum from Hon. John McCormack" from Franklin D. Roosevelt 1942/0501 CLUC 25/16 Copy: Lucey to McCormack 1942/0511 CLUC 25/16 Copy: Lucey to President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1942/1228 CLUC 25/16 Copy: Roosevelt to Lucey 1942/1231 CLUC 25/16 Copy: San Antonio quoting the text of the two above letters 1943/01 CLUC 25/16 Pamphlet: Citizens Committee for Peace with CLUC 25/16 Freedom in Vietnam, "Vietnam Revisited April 1970" 1970/04 CLUC 25/16 Address at Lackland Air Force Base by Lucey 1970/0614 CLUC 25/16 Copy: Wesley J. Buck, Chaplain, to Lucey 1970/0624 MLUC Robert Emmet Lucey: Microfilm MLUC 1

Photographs, correspondence, sermons, programs, expenses, clippings re 40th anniversary of his priesthood, 1956; his 25th silver episcopal jubilee, 1959; triple jubilee banquet, 1966, program included Cardinals Spellman and Sheehan; biographical sketch. (1966) at 091. (CLUC 1/01 to 1/07)

MLUC 2

Continued from reel 1. Photograph with President Johnson at 111, birthday greetings, Lucey coat of arms, family history correspondence, dismissorial letters. (CLUC 1/08 to 1/11)

MLUC 3

Continued from reel 2 without indexing. Entertainment details, guest lists, testimonial dinner program with highlights of Lucey's life, including the delivery of the invocation at the inauguration of President Johnson, Christmas cards, gifts. (CLUC 2/01 to 4/01)

MLUC 4

Continued from reel 3, same. Easter cards and gifts. (CLUC 4/02 to 5/02)

MLUC 5

personal correspondence, all subjects, including Vietnam war, U.S.S. Pueblo, United Farm workers, radicals, personal appeals. (CLUC 5/03 to 6/10)

MLUC 6

White House dinner details, other invitations, funeral and investiture notices, schedules and itineraries, correspondence re gifts and invitations. (CLUC 7/01 to 7/06)

MLUC 7

Miscellaneous correspondence including requests for aid, Bishop Sheen, Vatican II reforms, James A. Farley, criticism of the Vietnam War, Lucey's trip to Vietnam, Henry B. Gonzales MC, farm workers. (CLUC 8/01 to 9/05)

MLUC 8

personal corespondence, continued, including Humanae Vitae controversy, Fr. James S. Brandes. Many photos after 176. File of correspondence with President Johnson 1948-1969, Bess Truman letter 1948, press releases, business matters re church furnishings. (CLUC 9/06 to 10/07)

MLUC 9

business correspondence re the Archbishop's residence, entertaining, retirement (1969). (CLUC 10/08 to 11/09)

MLUC 10

Continued from reel 9 retirement, correspondence re Lucey's attendance at Vatican II council in Rome and other travels, as observer of 1967 elections in Vietnam, criticism of the war, clippings, note from President Johnson, Lucey's support of the war, analysis of 1967 RVN elections at 151, notes from 9-8-67 news conference, photos from Vietnam trip. (CLUC 11/09 to 13/01)

MLUC 11

personal correspondence 1954-57, vestment catalogues and orders, automobiles, charity fund, tax matters, apparel purchases. (CLUC 13/01 to 13/07)

MLUC 12

Bishops' Committee for the Spanish Speaking (BCSS) annual reports and correspondence 1944-1969. (CLUC 13/08 to 14/07)

MLUC 13

Continued from reel 12. BCSS correspondence. (CLUC 14/07 to 16/03)

MLUC 14

Continued from reel 13. Includes correspondence with the Apostolic Delegation to the U.S. re BCSS. (CLUC 16/03 to 17/02)

MLUC 15

Continued from reel 14 BCSS correspondence, including legal agreements, donations, budgets, monthly reports of U.S. Catholic Conference re BCSS, activities on behalf of farm worker organization in the southwest. (CLUC 17/03 to 18/04)

MLUC 16

Continued from reel 15 general correspondence 1946-56, Bishops' Committee for Catholic Migrant labor, Confraternity of Christian Doctrine correspondence to and from Archbishop Lucey. (CLUC 18/05 to 19/06)

MLUC 17

Continued from reel 16. CCD meeting minutes, correspondence, Baltimore catechism revision, correspondence of various CCD committees. (CLUC 19/07 to 20/10)

MLUC 18

Continued from reel 17. CCD correspondence re Italy and Latin America, Lucey's 1968 trip to Colombia. (CLUC 21/01 to 21/12)

MLUC 19

Continued from reel 18. CCD correspondence with Rev Ramon Garcia from many Latin American countries re work of CCD. (CLUC 22/01 to 22/04)

MLUC 20

Continued from reel 19. CCD correspondence re Latin America with Rev. John H. Gorham and Rev. James F. McNiff. (CLUC 23/01 to 24/02)

MLUC 21

Continued from reel 20. CCD correspondence with Latin American representatives, many in spanish; chronology of CCD activities in Latin America 1941-1959 at 078. (CLUC 24/03 to 25/06)

MLUC 22

CCD correspondence with Latin America, financial reports. (CLUC 25/07 to 25/15)