LIT Liturgical Arts Society Records Guide University of Notre Dame Archives University of Notre Dame Archives 2011
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Description based on paper finding aids and inhouse database. English LIT Liturgical Arts Society Records 1922-1972. Liturgical Arts Society. 95 linear feet. 2 record albums. 27 linear feet of photographs. University of Notre Dame Archives
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English. Legal Status Private Administrative Information

Acquired by the University of Notre Dame Archives, 8 December 1972, from Maurice Lavanoux.

Preferred Citation

Liturgical Arts Society Records (LIT), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Correspondence, photographs, slides, negatives, films, postcards, holy cards, financial records, articles, pamphlets, record albums, and lectures and editorials by Maurice Lavanoux.

Correspondents include Jacques Maritain, Archbishop Robert Lucey, Monsignor Reynold Hillenbrand, Francis Cardinal Spellman, Bishop Edwin V. O'Hara, Marc Chagall, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ivan Mestrovic, Siegfried Guggenheim, Theodore Hesburgh, CSC, Francis W. Kervick, Monsignor John Tracy Ellis, Harvey Cox and Percival Goodman.

Background

The Liturgical Arts Society was organized in New York in 1928 as a national effort to promote the arts that support Roman Catholic liturgy and culture. It was formed by lay people but also included members of the American hierarchy, foreign prelates, clergy, and women religious. Gerard L. Carroll was its president.

In 1931 it began publication of the journal Liturgical Arts with the secretary of the Society, Maurice Lavanoux, serving as editor. In 1972 Liturgical Arts ceased publication and the society was dissolved due to lack of funds.

Liturgical Arts Society. Lavanoux, Maurice, 1894-1974. Maritain, Jacques, 1882-1973. Lucey, Robert Emmet, 1891-1977. Hillenbrand, Reynold 1905-1979. Spellman, Francis 1889-1967. O'Hara, Edwin V. (Edwin Vincent), 1881-1956. Chagall, Marc 1887-1985. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. Mestrovic, Ivan, 1883-1962. Guggenheim, Siegfried. Hesburgh, Theodore Martin, 1917- Kervick, Francis W. (Francis William Wynn). Ellis, John Tracy 1905- Cox, Harvey Gallagher. Goodman, Percival. Christian art and symbolism. Art and religion. Catholic Church and art -- United States. Liturgy and art -- United States. Related Material Maurice Lavanoux Papers Society for the Renewal of Christian Art Records Catholic Art Association Records CLIT Liturgical Arts Society: Manuscripts CLIT 1-56Correspondence 1922-1972 CLIT 1-16Correspondence Arranged Alphabetically by Correspondent 1922-1949 CLIT 17-56Correspondence Arranged Chronologically by Year 1938-1972 CLIT 57-136, 188-225Photograph FilesThese files contain documentation associated with the photographs. The photographs themselves have been separated to the Liturgical Arts Society Photograph Collection (GLIT), except for the photographs in the third subseries, which has not yet been processed. CLIT 57-99Photograph Files Arranged Alphabetically by Artist or Subject CLIT 100-136Photograph Files Arranged Alphabetically by Continent, Country, Region, State, or Locality CLIT 226-228Other Photograph Files CLIT 188-225Related Material 1930-1973Miscellaneous papers, financial records, articles, pamphlets, post cards, and holy cards. CLIT 188-200,205-207,210-213Miscellaneous Papers 1930-1973Files representing the Liturgical Arts Society and Maurice Lavanoux, including copies of his lectures, a diary, informational publications, bibliographies, indexes, annual meeting material, minutes of the executive committee, and files documenting a competition to produce a statue of Christ the Light of the World. CLIT 201-204Financial Records 1949-1970 CLIT 208-209Articles CLIT 214-222Pamphlets CLIT 223-225Postcards and Holy Cards ALIT Liturgical Arts Society: Audio-Visual Material GLIT Liturgical Arts Society: Graphics Photographs removed from Liturgical Arts Photograph Files. See the description of these files above (CLIT 57-136). MLIT Liturgical Arts Society: Microfilm OLIT Liturgical Arts Society: Objects PLIT Liturgical Arts Society: Printed Material