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The Franciscan National Marian Commission was established in 1947 in the United States and it constitutes an organized movement within the Order of Friars Minor. It is a branch of the Franciscan Marian Commissions which include the Central Franciscan Marian Commission based in Rome, National Commissions, and Provincial Commissions.
The objectives of the Franciscan National Marian Commission were to promote Marian congresses, institutes, studies, and centers, and to sponsor the publication of The Marian Era from 1960-1976. Members were urged to promote activities on a national level and in their own provinces including, programs of scholarly papers, Marian Days, forums, study groups, and publication of articles.
The records include by-laws, annual reports, meeting minutes, agendas, papers, brochures, ephemera, posters, and photographs. The collection also contains records of related groups including the minutes of the Provincial Council of the Franciscan Marian Commission, Province of Saint Barbara, minutes of the United States Committee for the International Mariological Congress, and reports on the Franciscan National Marian Congress.
The materials in this collection are arranged chronologically by date.
This collection was processed by Jillian Slater in 2011.
This collection is open and available to the public for research in the Marian Library reading room. The materials are non-circulating.
Franciscan National Marian Commission records, 1947-1979. Marian Library, University of Dayton Libraries, Dayton, Ohio.
Donated to the Marian Library by the St. Anthony Foundation of San Francisco, California in 2010.
The records in this collection were assembled and maintained by Fr. Alfred Boeddeker, O.F.M., who was a member of the Commission since its inception in 1947, and President from 1955-1974. After Fr. Boeddeker's death in 1994, the records were in the custody of the St. Anthony Foundation before being donated to the Marian Library in 2010.
The materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). The materials are available for personal, educational, and scholarly use. It is the responsibility of the researcher to locate and obtain permission form the copyright owner or his or her heirs for any other use, such as reproduction and publication.