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- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #81, The Witness, July 3, 1988

Immaculate Conception Parish, Elma

]]> Anniversary 125^th (1 document)

Centennial Booklet (4 documents)

Elma in the Hands of Time Booklet (1 booklet)

Envelope (1 document)

History (18 packets)

Parish Directory (1 document)

Photograph Kitchen, Gymnasium, Dining Room (1 document)

Sketches (2 documents)

- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #39, The Witness, September 6, 1987

Saint Joseph Parish, Elkader

]]> Anniversary 125^th (1 booklet)

Buildup of Iowa, 1993 page 96 (1 document)

Centennial (2 documents)

Financial Report (3 documents)

History (1 document)

History Booklet (1 document)

History of Clayton County pages 647-648 (1 document)

Pastor Cards (1 set)

Photograph of Parish Property (1 document)

Release of Mortgage 1883 (1 document)

Stained Glass (1 document)

The Records of Elkader Mission (1 collection)

1888 Letter/1866 Unill Release (2 documents)

“Cost estimates for flood and tornado damage,” The Witness, 28 September 2008.

Jerde, Lyn Hanson. “Church to return to Gothic splendor,” Telegraph Herald, Dubuque Iowa, 5 July 1993.

Lynch, James Q. “Elkader priest converts to composer,” Gazette Northeast Iowa Bureau, 2000.

McTaggart, Pat. “Hunting for the past, Elkader parish searches for its memories,” The Cedar Rapids Gazette, 18 June 1994.

White, Amanda. “St. Joseph’s in Elkader to dedicate parish center,” The Witness, 24 November 2002.

Witness Staff, “Other areas of archdiocese also coping,” The Witness, 22 June 2008.]]> The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.]]> Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> First Church 1856-
Second Church 1897-1900
History of the parish over the span of 163 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]> Church and Cemetery Report (1 collection)
Church Photographs (3 documents)
Dedication (3 documents)
Fort Dodge Messenger (1 document)
Ground Breaking Ceremony, The Witness (1 document)
History (1 document)
Letter to Archbishop 1909 regarding land (1 document)
Pastor Cards (1 set)
Priest List (1 document)
Vocations Profile (1 document)
Warranty Deed 1877 (1 document)
Witness (3 documents) ]]> The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.]]> Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 159 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]> Archives Correspondence (1 document)
Budget Boxes (2 documents)
Budget Payment Requests 1929/Letter Regarding Marriage on back (2 document)
Buildings from Iowa, p. 84 (1 document)
Bulletin (1 document)
Callahan: Loras Thesis: A History of St. Raphael’s Church Buildings 1965 (1 document)
Catholic Annual Guide (1 document)
Encyclopedia Dubuque (1 document)
History and History Pamphlet (2 documents)
Historical Notes and Items Pamphlet (1 document)
Holy Week Services 1943 (1 document)
Homecoming 150 (2 documents)
Interior Picture (1 document)
Inventory of Items from St. Raphael Rectory (2 documents)
Johnson: Loras College Paper: The History of St. Raphael’s Cathedral, 1955 (1 document)
Keane Letter 1908 (1 document)
Legal Documents and Correspondences (5 documents)
Little Dublin News 1999 (1 document)
Lot Certificates (4 documents)
News Articles (4 documents)
News Article ca. 1865 – Cathedral Choir (1 document)
News Article 1837-1838 (2 documents)
Organ (1 collection)
Picture Copy 1975 (1 document)
Remodeling 1886 (1 document)
Renovation 1986 (1 document)
September 11, 2001 Remembrance Day (1 document)
Sisters of Mercy (1 collection)
St. Raphael Patron Picture (1 document)
Vocations from Cathedral (3 documents)
Evans, Mary Ellen. “Finish Work of Cathedral’s Redecoration.” The Witness, December 3, 1936. (2 documents)
Hoffman, M. M. “Who Built the First Church in Iowa?” The Witness, March 29, 1928.
]]> The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.]]> Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 186 years, including information about its priests and parishioners. ]]>
-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Saint Peter Parish, Clermont, Parish Profile #45, The Witness, October 18, 1987. ]]> Annual Parish History (1 document)
Centennial (7 documents)
Cluster Agreement with St. Joseph the Worker (1 document)
Correspondence (1 document)
History and Correspondences regarding historical information (2 collections)
Legal and Land Document Copies (2 documents)
Pastor cards (1 collection)
Welcome Pamphlet (1 document)

“Clermont observes jubilee,” The Witness. July 20, 2003. ]]> The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.]]> Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 166 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.
]]> “Bishop Mathias Loras purchased a site in 1854 for the first church in Colesburg in northeastern Delaware County. Before that time, visiting priests celebrated Mass in various homes for the Irish settlers, who came into the area as early as the 1840s, and that explains the choice of Saint Patrick for their patron. They built their first church about 1862 under Father Michael Lynch’s direction and it served until a replacement was built in 1877. Land for the cemetery was donated by John McMahon, probably in 1857 as the oldest tombstone bears that date.”

Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, “Parish Profile #91: Saint Patrick Parish, Colesburg.” Dubuque: The Witness, 18 September 1988.]]> History (1 document)
History and Baptism Records (2 documents)
Photographs (3 documents)
Pastor cards (1 document)]]> The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.]]> Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 66 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]> “Eight men organized Eagle Township in Black Hawk County in 1858. At least three of them are buried in the Eagle Center parish cemetery. A majority of the first settlers were Catholic. The first church was built on five acres of high ground, but never fully completed because of the economy. Train prices were depressed. After destruction in a windstorm in 1874, the church was replaced by a frame building that served the parish for over a century. The present church was completed in 1976, the property is a total of ten acres.”

Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, “Parish Profile #143: Saint Mary of Mount Carmel, Eagle Center.” Dubuque: The Witness, 1 October 1989.]]> Anniversary – 150^th (1 document)

Anniversary - 150^th – Film, “A Debt Still Due: St. Mary of Mound Carmel Catholic Church,” (1 DVD)

Annual Histories (6 documents)

Annual Report/Building Fund Report (6 documents)

Archives Papers (4 documents)

Blessing First Settlers and Band Photographs (3 documents)

Bulletin (3 documents)

Cemetery (4 documents)

Centennial History of the Archdiocese of Dubuque page 278-281 (2 collections of 4 documents)

Clergy List (1 collection)

Editor Letter to Dr. Hayes and Soo Greiman (1 document)

Fanning’s Artwork of St. Clements (2 documents)

Fr. Guter 50^th Anniversary to the Priesthood (1 document)

Fr. Guter 75^th Birthday Celebration Potluck (1 document)

Fr. John Sheils –Pioneer Priest Grave and information (8 documents)

Gallagher, Sr. Correspondances (1 document)

Hayes Correspondences (1 document)

History (4 documents)

Land – St. Clements Article and Map 2009 (3 documents)

Poster (2 documents)

Rev. McGovern Correspondences (1 document)

Rosary Society (4 documents)

Timeline (4 documents)

Greiman, Soo. “Proving History needn’t be a mystery,” Hudson Herald, February 27, 2003.

Hayes, Dr. Donald P., & Swift, Rev. Robert V. A History of St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Parish: 1859-1976. (2 documents)

Taken, Rev. James. “History of Mt. Carmel Church,” in Atlas of Black Hawk County, 1910. (2 documents)

The Red Cedar Journal, Vol. 1, No. 4. April 1, 2004.

The Traer Star-Clipper, August 14, 2003, p. 3.

“UNI Recognizes Dr. Hayes for Work on Church History,” reprinted 1977. (2 documents)

Unknown author, “Bringing History to Life,” photo: Judy Stover. ca. 2002. (2 documents)]]> The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.]]> Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 159 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]> “The first church in Dorchester parish in Allamakee County was completed in 1855 under the direction of Father William Jacoby of Lansing. Irish pioneers were the first to settle in the Dorchester area. In 1854 the Theodore Scwhartzhoff family were the first Germans to settle in the area. He was a frequent prayer leader on priestless Sundays. Father Mathias Hannon may have been the first to celebrate Mass in the Dorchester parish, in 1858, as he made his rounds among the Catholic settlers in northeast Iowa. “

- Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, “Parish Profile #66: Saint Mary Parish, Dorchester.” Dubuque: The Witness, 20 March 1988.]]> Annual Report of Events (12 documents)

Correspondence (1 document)

History (4 documents)

Photographs (3 documents)

Timeline (1 document)

]]> The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.]]> Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"]]> History of the parish over the span of 165 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.]]> “The first Catholics of the area came in the 1850s. From the family names we know they are mostly Irish. Although a church was built in Nevada in 1870, it was 1881 when the church was built in Colo. They were under Father Patrick Smith’s direction at the time. In 1882 newly ordained Father Matthew S. Murphy was placed in charge of the Colo and Nevada parishes. After living in Colo for a short time, he took up residence in Nevada and continued to serve both parishes for five years.”

Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, “Parish Profile #108: Saint Mary Parish, Colo.” Dubuque: The Witness, 22 January 1989.

]]> Anniversary 50^th (2 documents)

Centennial History of the Archdiocese of Dubuque page 328 (1 document)

History (1 document)

Pastor cards (1 collection)

Priest List (1 document)

Photographs (2 documents)

Vocations (1 document)

Witness Articles (1 document)

123 Years of Advancement Document (1 document)

“Church Dedicated,” Des Moines Tribune.

Correspondence – Hartigan & Keane -1912 (1 collection)

Dedication (3 documents)

Financial Report (5 documents)

History (6 documents)

Pastor cards (1 collection)

Pastor List (4 documents)

Photographs (3 documents)

Stipulation of Settlement (1 collection)

Bandy, Judith, “Hard to leave old parish,” The Witness,
November 6, 2005.

“New St. Mark, Edgewood sets Sept. 22 dedication,” The Witness, 1996.

Rasdal, Dave, “Grocer feeds town’s needs: ‘Hippie’ holdover now key player in Edgewood,”The Gazette.

Russo, Dan. “Technology helps girl prepare for first communion,” The Witness, April 12, 2015.

“St. Mark’s begins church building,” September, 24, ca. 1990s.