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James A. Wiesbecker papers, 1930s-1960s, ADN 0004.013, in the Monsignor William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center, Seton Hall University.
Collection was processed and finding aid created by Jacqui Bowen and Tracy M. Jackson as part of the Overhaul Project collection survey, 2013.
Materials were transferred to the Archives and Special Collections Center from the Archdiocese of Newark. Terms of accession unknown.
James A. Weisbecker was a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark during the 1930s-1960s. He served as the Hospital Chaplain at Alexian Brothers Hospital in Elizabeth, New Jersey for many years. He provided the church with insightful and contemporary sermons. Father Weisbecker diligently saved newspaper clippings about then-contemporary issues and incorporated these themes into his weekly sermons. He was well loved and respected by those in his parish.
The James A. Weisbecker papers primarily consists of sermons that incorporated the contemporary issues of the world with the teachings of Catholicism from the 1930s to the 1960s. In addition to the sermons, which make up the bulk of the collection, newspaper clippings, correspondences, and scrapbooks are also included. The three scrapbooks in the collection contain diary entries as well as newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and entries in German.