Access
Access the Catholic Portal.
Content and Scope
Catholic Portal content emphasizes rare, unique, and uncommon Catholic scholarly resources, fully described in the Collection Policy Statement. Themes are intended to encourage contribution of relevant institutional resources but are not intended to be prescriptive. All formats, including manuscripts, books, ephemera, photographs, and artifacts are of interest. Portal records identify the owning institutions for non-digital resources and, where the resources exist in a digital format, link directly to the digital resource.
Collecting themes and examples (themes with an asterisk * have a dedicated Atla LibGuide):
- Catholic Diocesan Collections, including papers of bishops – encompasses diocesan records, documents, and publications as well as individual parish histories and records.
- Catholic Education* – relates to all levels of education (elementary school through university) administered by a Catholic organization. It may also include religious instruction, pre-school, and after-school care if it is sponsored by a Catholic institution. It may contain administrative records, historical accounts, as well as education theory and practice.
- Catholic Intellectual Life – concerns the Catholic intellectual tradition, specifically scholarship in all academic disciplines which are informed by both faith and reason.
- Catholic Literary Figures* – includes works by and about Catholic authors in all eras. Contributions may contain published works, manuscripts, and archival material.
- Catholic Liturgy and Devotion – refers to works by and about Catholic worship, prayer, and devotional practices.
- Catholic Men’s Religious Orders – includes papers, publications, and archival material by and about Catholic religious institutes, orders, or communities of men.
- Catholic Missions* – involves Catholic missionary activities in all countries and eras with a special emphasis on the Americas; may include biographical and historical accounts as well as missionary records and documents.
- Catholic Peacebuilding* – relates to Catholic individuals and organizations involved in conflict prevention and reconciliation to build a sustainable peace.
- Catholic Social Action* – relates to action taken by Catholic organizations and individuals based upon Catholic teachings on social justice. Issues include the alleviation of poverty, recognition of human dignity, and working for the common good.
- Catholic Women’s Religious Orders* – includes papers, publications, and archival material by and about Catholic religious institutes, orders, or communities of women.
- Catholicism and Citizenship* – pertains broadly to the relationship between religion and national or ethnic identity. The term could be related on the one hand, for example, to distinctive ethnic experiences and practices of Catholicism, and on the other, to anti-Catholic materials which at least tacitly question the national loyalty of Catholics.
- Vatican II* – addresses collections of archival material generated by Vatican II, as well as its impact and legacy in the form of scholarly works, historical accounts, and critical works
Making Content Available
Instructions to expose member content in the portal, including metadata and digital content are available in this Atla LibGuide.