Print finding aids for the earliest collection, Pre-Diocesan and Episcopal Records (1727-1951), include name/correspondent index cards and a calendar inventory. The correspondent index cards cross-reference all the items in the collection by the name of the correspondent (writers and recipients). They are currently only available for on-site viewing. The calendar is a chronological, item-level inventory of all items in the collection. It generally provides the date, names of the correspondents, and the location in which the letter was written. The calendar is available via downloadable PDF scans. The downloads require the installation of a PDF reader if one is not already installed on your computer.
To keep download times manageable, the calendar is divided into files of 2.0 Mb or less:
The second oldest collection, the Father William C. Burn's Subject Files (c.1950s-c.1980s), include subject index cards (c.1950s-c.1980s). The subject index cards cross-reference files that contain original correspondence, reports, photographs, and a wide range of other record types that are physically arranged in a non-standard classification scheme. Archives hopes to provide an online subject listing in the near future. Currently they are only available for on-site viewing.
