ADN 0002.003 Winand Wigger papers, 1864-1919 ADN 0002.003 Finding aid prepared by Archives and Special Collections Center, Maura Kenny, Tracy M. Jackson

The Monsignor Field Archives & Special Collection Center
Walsh Library, 400 South Orange Ave, South Orange, NJ 07079
1980, 2009, 2012 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-09-24T11:55-0400 Finding aid written in English. Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2012 Added access, use, preferred citation, processing, source of acquisition, series scope/content, and arrangement notes. Winand Wigger papers ADN 0002.003 The Monsignor Field Archives & Special Collection Center 34.5 Linear feet , 74 boxes/containers 1864-1919 Papers and records of Bishop Winand Wigger from his time as Bishop in the Diocese of Newark, New Jersey. Wigger, Winand, 1841-1901 Related Archival Materials note

Michael A. Corrigan papers, 1870-1902, ADN 0002.002, in the Msgr. William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center.

Salt family letters, 1808-1917 (bulk 1850-1890), Mss 0035, in the Msgr. William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center.

 Processing Information note

Collection was processed and original finding aid created by the Archives and Special Collections Center circa 1980s, re-processed and finding aid encoded by Maura Kenny in 2009. Additional information for users, editing of descriptive information, addition of two folders and scope content note for Correspondence series, and creation of html finding aid by Tracy M. Jackson in 2012.

 Preferred Citation note

[Item], in the Winand Wigger papers, ADN 0002.003, Monsignor William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center, Seton Hall University.

 Biographical note

Winand Michael Wigger was born in New York City on December 9, 1841. His parents, John Joseph Wigger and Elizabeth Stucke, emigrated from Westphalia in the 1830s. After Winand's birth, they returned to Germany in 1842, but returned to settle permanently in the United States in 1845.

Wigger's early schooling included attendance at St. Francis Assissi Parochial School on 31st St., New York, N.Y., St. Francis Xavier's College, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. John's, Fordham in 1860. The future Bishop began his theological training at Seton Hall's Seminary in New Jersey, and received an M.A. there in 1862. Upon graduation, Wigger entered Brignole Sale Seminary in Genoa, Italy, where he was ordained by Archbishop Charvoz in 1865. While overseas, he briefly attended the University of Sapienza in Rome, and was accorded a Doctor of Divinity from the institution in 1869.

Following his ordination, Wigger served as Assistant Pastor of Newark's St. Patrick's Cathedral from 1866-1869. Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley then transferred the young prelate to St. Vincent's in Madison, Wisconsin, where he remained for four years. In 1873, Wigger assumed charge of the financially troubled St. John's parish in Orange, New Jersey. This rigorous assignment aggravated his chronically poor health, and he was reassigned to St. Teresa's church in Summit after eight months. Two years later, Wigger returned to St. Vincent's in Madison, and served there until 1881.

Bishop Michael A. Corrigan's elevation to the coadjutorship of the Archdiocese of New York created a vacancy in the Newark Diocese, and Leo XIII announced Winand Wigger's appointment in 1881. The new Bishop was consecrated in St. Patrick's of Newark on October 18th, but had assumed administrative charge of the Diocese since the preceding August. Wigger's 20-year episcopate coincided with the growth of immigration from southern and eastern Europe; continued controversy surrounding the parochial school system; the introduction of Byzantine Rite parishes into the Newark Diocese; and a New Jersey Catholic population approaching 300,000 by the time of his death.

The Bishop also actively participated in national Catholic affairs. He assumed a major role in the Third Plenary Council in 1884, served as president of Peter Paul Cahensly's St. Raphael Society in New York City, which was a German immigrant aid association, attended conventions of the Priester-Verein; and conducted a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1894.

Wigger's fragile health deteriorated steadily throughout his episcopate. Finally, after contracting pneumonia for the third time, the Bishop died on January 5, 1901.

More detailed biographical information might be obtained consulting Carl Derivaux Hinrichsen's "The History of the Diocese of Newark, 1873-1901", unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Catholic University, 1962; and the same author's chapter on "Winand Wigger" in the New Jersey Catholic Historical Records Commission's The Bishops of Newark, 1979, pp. 47-70. Other sources include Charles George Herberman's "Rt. Rev. Winand Michael Wigger, D.D., Third Bishop of Newark", 1901 (the mass. for this article being available in this collection), and Richard J. Purcell's short sketch in the Dictionary of American Biography

 Scope and Contents note

The collection focuses primarily on Wigger's tenure as Bishop of Newark from 1881-1901. Although Bishop Wigger died on January 5, 1901, the collection's documents span the years 1868-1919, as some documents are part of large record books.

Upon Wigger's consecration, the Newark Diocese, which previously encompassed the entire state, was divided. Bishop Wigger retained jurisdiction over the seven northern counties of Sussex, Morris, Passaic, Essex, Bergen, Hudson, and Union, which remained the Newark Diocese, and New Jersey's remaining counties were administered from the newly-established Diocese of Trenton.

The number of parishes, parishioners, parochial schools, and Diocesan institutions multiplied during Wigger's episcopate. A new immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe resulted in the creation of Italian, Polish, and Hungarian national parishes by 1900. The Bishop's attempts to manage the new groups, as well as controversies surrounding some established pastors, such as Patrick Corrigan in Hoboken and Sebastien Smith in Paterson, constitutes a major theme in the collection.

In addition, Wigger remained very active in America's German Catholic community, and this is reflected in the collection's documents. Documents and reports concerning New York's Leo House and several lengthy series of correspondence is written in German.

Bishop Wigger's entries in the Episcopal Register grew increasingly succinct throughout the years, and little of the rich narrative that characterizes the Bayley and Corrigan diaries is found. Wigger, in fact, was the last Bishop to maintain the Register, and even his entries for visitations, blessings, and ceremonies are scattered and incomplete.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Materials were transferred to the Archives and Special Collections Center from the Archdiocese of Newark pre-1980, in 1980, 1986, and 2006. Accession numbers 1986.0004.ADN, 2006.11.07.AC.

 Conditions Governing Use

All materials available in this collection (unless otherwise noted) are the property of the Monsignor William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center and Seton Hall University, which reserves the right to limit access to or reproduction of these materials. Reproduction of materials or content is subject to United States copyright restrictions and may be subject to federal or state privacy regulations. Permission to publish exact reproductions must be obtained from the Director of the Archives and Special Collections Center.

 Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to researchers at the Msgr. William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center. Advance appointments are required for the use of archival materials.

 Arrangement note

The collection is arranged in ten series:

Series I. Chancellor's papers Series II. Correspondence Series III. Episcopal documents Series IV. Financial records/documents Series V. Institutions and agencies Series VI. Legal documents Series VII. Personal papers Series VIII. Petitions Series IX. Press Series X. Semons, speeches, and writings Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Newark (N.J.). Salt, William, Jr., 1837-1890 Wallace, Thomas A. Wigger, Winand, 1841-1901 Catholic schools. Catholics--Newark (N.J.)--History German American Catholics--New Jersey. Hungarian American Catholics--New Jersey Italian American Catholics--New Jersey Polish American Catholics--New Jersey Chancellor's papers Series I. Chancellor's day book 50 Chancellor's statements and enclosures 1 1 1883-1896 D. McCartie, circulars 1 2 1886-1887 Salt Episcopal diary 43 February-August 1889 Thomas A. Wallace, circular 1 3 1895 Thomas A. Wallace, correspondence 1 4 January-December 1893 Thomas A. Wallace, correspondence 1 5 January-July 1894 Thomas A. Wallace, correspondence 1 6 August-December 1894 Thomas A. Wallace, correspondence 1 7 January-December 1895 Thomas A. Wallace, correspondence 1 8 1896 Thomas A. Wallace, matrimonial curia, Thomas E. Burke vs. Alice Hoffman 1 9 January 10, 1896 Correspondence Series II. Scope and Contents note

Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically. The Episcopal correspondence is arranged chronologically by year, then roughly alphabetically by correspondant last name.

 Benedictine Fathers (O.S.B.) 1 10 1883-1898 Benedictine Sisters 1 11 Bishop's Copybook Diocese of Newark, New Jersey II 1887-1889 Bishop's Copybook Diocese of Newark, New Jersey III 1889-1890 Bishop Wigger's letter book 39 1890-1894 Bishop Wigger's letter book 40 1894-1897 Bishop Wigger's letter book 41 1897-1900 Capuchin Fathers (O.M. Cap.) 1 12 1884-1891 Carmelite Fathers (O.C.C.) 1 13 1884-1893 Circulars 2 1 1881-1896 Correspondence between Bishop Wigger and Mother Evangelista (photocopies) 2 2 1888-1900 Correspondence with Carmelite Fathers (photocopies and originals) 2 3 1891 Correspondence in German and Italian 2 4 1881-1900 Correspondence from Nice, France, partial 2 5 July 23, 1891 Correspondence with and about a professor in Genoa in Italian 2 6 1881-1882 Correspondence with religious communities 2 7 1887-1899 Correspondence with Sister M. Francis Clare the Nun of Kenmare (retyped) 2 8 1885-1886 Dominican Sisters 2 9 1880-1889 Dominican Sisters 2 10 1890-1897 Dominican Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary 2 11 1892-1897 Duplicate circulars 2 12 1882-1886 Duplicate circulars 2 13 1887-1900 Episcopal correspondence 2 14 1881 Episcopal correspondence 2 15 1882 Episcopal correspondence 3 1 1883 Episcopal correspondence 3 2 1883 Episcopal correspondence 3 3 1884 Episcopal correspondence 3 4 1884 Episcopal correspondence 3 5 1884 Episcopal correspondence 3 6 1884 Episcopal correspondence 4 1 1885 Episcopal correspondence A-B 23 19 1886 Episcopal correspondence 4 2 1886 Episcopal correspondence 4 3 1886 Episcopal correspondence 4 4 1887 Episcopal correspondence 5 1 1887 Episcopal correspondence 5 2 1887 Episcopal correspondence 5 3 1888 Episcopal correspondence 5 4 1888 Episcopal correspondence 5 5 1888 Episcopal correspondence 6 1 1888 Episcopal correspondence 6 2 1889 Episcopal correspondence 6 3 1889 Episcopal correspondence 6 4 1889 Episcopal correspondence 6 5 1889 Episcopal correspondence 7 1 1890 Episcopal correspondence 7 2 1890 Episcopal correspondence 7 3 1890 Episcopal correspondence 7 4 1890 Episcopal correspondence 7 5 1891 Episcopal correspondence 7 6 1891 Episcopal correspondence 8 1 1891 Episcopal correspondence 8 2 1891 Scope and Contents note

Includes letter dated 16 November 1891, from James F. Mooney, regarding Italian population of St. Philip Neris parish, Newark.

 Episcopal correspondence 8 3 1892 Episcopal correspondence 8 4 1892 Episcopal correspondence 8 5 1892 Episcopal correspondence 9 1 1892 Episcopal correspondence 9 2 1893 Episcopal correspondence 9 3 1893 Episcopal correspondence 9 4 1893-1894 Episcopal correspondence 10 1 1894 Episcopal correspondence 10 2 1894 Episcopal correspondence 10 3 1895 Episcopal correspondence 10 4 1895 Episcopal correspondence 10 5 1895 Episcopal correspondence (includes some photocopies) 11 1 1896 Episcopal correspondence 11 2 1896 Episcopal correspondence 11 3 1896 Episcopal correspondence 11 4 1897 Episcopal correspondence 12 1 1897 Episcopal correspondence (includes some photocopies) 12 2 1897 Scope and Contents note

Includes letter dated 18 August 1897, from J. Roland, regarding Italians of Madison, NJ, attending Protestant services.

 Episcopal correspondence Fe-Go, 23 20 1898 Episcopal correspondence 12 3 1898 Episcopal correspondence 12 4 1898 Episcopal correspondence (includes some photocopies) 12 5 1899 Episcopal correspondence 13 1 1899 Episcopal correspondence (includes some photocopies) 13 2 1900 Episcopal correspondence 13 3 undated Episcopal correspondence 13 4 undated Episcopal correspondence, fragmented 13 5 undated Family correspondence 14 1 1868-1899 Female communities 14 2 1883-1896 Form letters and forms sent to each priest 14 3 1882-1896 Franciscan Missionary Sisters 14 4 1883-1896 Franciscan Recolletcts of the Strict Observance (O.S.F.) 14 5 1887-1899 Leo House 14 6 1883-1893 Little Sisters of the Poor 14 7 1883-1900 Male Orders 14 8 1884-1897 Marriage tribunal records, differences in religious communities for women 14 9 1901-1903 Marriage tribunal records, Leo House 14 10 1880-1896; undated Marriage tribunal records, parish reports on mixed marriages 14 11 1888-1889 Minor Conventuals of St. Francis (O.M.C.) 14 12 1884-1896 Papal correspondence and encyclicals 14 13 1883-1889 Papal correspondence and encyclicals 14 14 1891-1899 Passionist Fathers (C.P.) 14 15 1883-1899 Pastoral letter 14 16 1882 Pastoral letter of the Bishops and Archbishops of the Third Plenary Council 14 17 1884 Pastoral letter, St. Augustine's Newark, in German 15 1 1874 Poor Clare Sisters 15 2 1888-1889 Propaganda file 15 3 1881-1889 Propaganda file 15 4 1890-1899 Seton Hall correspondence 15 5 1881-1887 Seton Hall correspondence 15 6 1888-1892 Seton Hall correspondence 15 7 1893-1897 Seton Hall correspondence 15 8 1898-1900 Seton Hall correspondence, fragmented 15 9 undated Sisters of Charity 16 1 1882-1889 Sisters of Charity 16 2 1890-1899 Sisters of Christian Charity 16 3 1886 Sisters of the Good Shepherd 16 4 1885-1896 Sisters of Notre Dame 16 5 1883-1899 Sisters of Peace 16 6 1884-1899 Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis 16 7 1883-1900 Sisters of the Precious Blood 16 8 1888-1891 Sisters of St. Joseph 16 9 1890-1894 Society of Jesus (G.J.) 16 10 1884-1894 Vicar General John J. O'Connor, circular 16 11 September 27, 1894 Vicar General John J. O'Connor, correspondence 16 12 1894 Vicar General John J. O'Connor, correspondence 16 13 1894 Vicar General John J. O'Connor, correspondence 16 14 1894 Vicar General John J. O'Connor, correspondence 16 15 1895-1900; undated Episcopal documents Series III. Annual Conference of the Archbishops, minutes 17 1 1893-1895 Award presented to Bishop Wigger in honor of his trip to Genoa 17 2 1885 Bishop Wigger's ordination to Diaconatry, certificate FB-1 FBF-3 1865 Bishop Wigger's record book 42 January 1886-October 1900 Bishop Wigger's Silver Jubilee, commerative booklet FB-1 FBF-2 undated Scope and Contents note

Hnad-lettered commemorative booklet from St. Patrick's Parish, St. Mary's, Young Men's Catholic Association in Morristown, N.J. Photo of Association building on inside cover.

 Breviary 27 undated Breviary 28 undated Breviary 29 undated Certificate from Pop Leo XIII to Chealier Erazm Josef Jerzmanowski 34 1889 Certificates of entitlement to Christian burial 17 3 1895-1896; 1899 Confirmations in Diocese of Newark 17 4 1881-1887 Collegio Brignole Sale Negroni, Genoa, certification of attendance 17 5 undated Copy of sermon by Reverend James William Marshall sent by Dominican Sisters 17 6 1884 Diary 17 7 1891 Diocesan Council meeting minutes 55 1887-1912 Diocesan Council minutes 17 8 1887 Diocesan Synod proceedings and notes 17 9 1896 Ephemera 17 10 1884; 1891; 1893; undated Episcopal pamphlets 17 11 1883; 1889; 1894; undated German hymnal 45 1862 Handbills, Mission Work Among the Negroes and the Indians 17 12 1896-1897 List of conferences, 40 hours devotion, theological circulars 17 13 1883; 1892-1893; 1882;1890 List of Episcopal visitations 17 14 1878; 1883-1884; 1886-1887; 1890; 1893; 1896 Marriage certificate, Daniel O'Keefe and Catharine Fitzsimmons 17 15 1883 Marriage tribunal records, dispensations granted 17 16 1888-1890; 1892; 1894; 1896; 1898; undated Marriage tribunal records, testimonium libertatis 17 17 1893; 1899; undated North American College, Rome, oral exam scores, priest ordination, St. Michael's Church, Cranford NJ, list of items 17 18 1894; 1882; undated Notebook with notes in Latin 46 1883 Notes 17 19 1885; 1889-1890; undated "The Order Followed in the Consecration of a Bishop According to the Roman Pontifical" 27 1892 "Papal Autonomy Order" 17 20 1895 Petition for admittance to Alexian Brothers for Patrick Caulfield 17 21 1900 Pontifical College of North America, oral examination results 17 22 July 1895 Priests' papers 17 23 1892; 1896-1897; 1899; undated Programs 17 24 1887; undated Record of dispensations 17 25 undated Records book 49 1891-1907 Regulations for Lent 17 26 1893 Relatio Facta Sanctae Sedi in Mense Novembris ad 1885 de Conditione Diocesis Novarcensis 17 27 1885 Relatio Facta Sanctae Sedi in Mense Novembris ad 1890 de Conditione Diocesis Novarcensis 17 28 1890 Relatio Facta Sanctae Sedi in Mense Novembris ad 1900 de Conditione Diocesis Novarcensis 17 29 1900 Reports of Episcopal visitations 26 1883-1886 Reports of Episcopal visitations 33 1886-1890 Reports of Episcopal visitations 33 1890-1893 Reports of Epsicopal visitations 26 1893-1896 Reports of Episcopal visitations 32 1896 Scrapbook 37 1890-1898 Archdiocese scrapbook 38 1887-1897 Wigger memoranda 43 1879-1888 Financial records/documents Series IV. Accounts, ledger book 56 1883-1896 Archdiocesan account book of parish financial records 48 1881-1896 Archdiocesan special collection records 47 1888-1897 Arlington, Hudson County Catholic Protectory, financial statements 18 1 1890; 1892-1893; 1895-1896; 1898 Cash account, ledger book 32 1883 Chancery accounts, ledger book 54 1889-1896 Chancery receipts, ledger book 51 1881-1889 Chancery receipts, ledger book 52 1881-1889 Checkbook 36 1897-1898 Checkbook 36 1899-1900 Checkbook 36 1900 Check drafts 18 2 1900-1901 Church debts, ledger book 44 1901 Clerical fund enclosures 18 3 1888; 1897; undated Clerical fund, ledger book 53 1887-1901 Clerical fund, ledger book 49 1886-1890 Collecho accounts 25 1873-1884 Diocese account with Bishop Wigger, ledger book 35 1883-1885 Dispensations for illegitimate/orphaned children 35 1888-1919 Enclosures 18 4 1861-1900; undated Reports, Harrison Holy Cross Club, Commissariate of the Holy Land, St. Vincent de Paul Parish NY, St. John's Church Syracuse 18 5 1896; 1898; 1895; 1885;1885 Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, reports and purchase prices 18 6 1864-1882 Holy Sepulchre Cemetery reports 18 7 1885 Holy Sepulchre Cemetery reports 18 8 1886 Holy Sepulchre Cemetery reports 18 9 1887 Holy Sepulchre Cemetery reports 18 10 1888 Holy Sepulchre Cemetery reports 18 11 1889 Holy Sepulchre Cemetery reports 18 12 1890 Holy Sepulchre Cemetery reports 18 13 1891 Holy Sepulchre Cemetery annunal report and miscellaneous accounts 18 14 1891; 1897 Holy Sepulchre Cemetery reports 18 15 1892 Holy Sepulchre Cemetery reports 18 16 1893 Holy Sepulchre Cemetery reports 18 17 1894; 1909; undated Hudson County Cemetery reports 19 1 1881-1882 Hudson County Cemetery reports 19 2 1883 Hudson County Cemetery reports 19 3 1884 Hudson County Cemetery reports 19 4 1885 Hudson County Cemetery reports 19 5 1886 Hudson County Cemetery reports 19 6 1887 Hudson County Cemetery reports 19 7 1888 Hudson County Cemetery reports 19 8 1889 Hudson County Cemetery reports 19 9 1890 Hudson County Cemetery reports 19 10 1891 Hudson County Cemetery reports 19 11 1892 Hudson County Catholic cemeteries, monthy statements 19 12 1893 Hudson County Catholic Cemeteries, monthly statements 19 13 1894 Hudson County Cemetery reports 19 14 1898 Inventory of goods and chattels of Bishop Wigger 19 15 1901 Ledger book 53 1885-1897 Ledger book 26 1896-1902 Ledger book, clerical fund and Leo House 44 1887-1900; 1888 Leo House, monthly reports 19 16 January 1890-December 1893 Leo House, monthly reports 19 17 January 1894-May 1894; May 1895-June 1895; November 1895-December 1896 Leo House, monthly reports 19 18 February 1897-October 1899 Leo House, monthly reports 19 19 May 1900-July 1900; September 1900 List of collections by church 31 1893-1924 Loose bills 20 1 1867-1868; undated Loose bills 20 2 1871 Loose bills 20 3 1872-1873 Loose bills 20 4 1874 Loose bills 20 5 1875 Loose bills 20 6 1876 Loose bills 20 7 1877 Loose bills 20 8 1881-1892 Loose bills 20 9 1893 Loose bills 20 10 1894 Loose bills 20 11 1895 Loose bills 20 12 1896 Loose bills 20 13 1897-1898 Loose checks 21 1 1873-1874 Loose checks 21 2 1875; 1878 Loose checks 21 3 1881 Loose checks 21 4 1882 Loose checks 21 5 1885-1886 Loose checks 21 6 1889 Loose checks 21 7 1890-1891 Loose checks 21 8 1892 Loose checks 21 8 1893 Loose checks 21 9 1894 Loose checks 21 10 1895 Loose checks 22 1 1896 Loose checks 22 2 1897 Loose checks 22 3 1898-1900; undated Parish and personal financial records and documents 22 4 1882-1900; undated Parish receipts and expenses 22 5 1872-1899; undated Peter's Pence record book 24 1887 Special account book 37 1897-1900 St. Mary's Orphan Assylum and Diocesan debts, ledger book 34 1882; 1884-1900 Wigger accounts, ledger book 46 1881-1883 Wigger account with Diocese, ledger book 56 1897-1900 Institutions and agencies Series V. Alms House, indentures of aprenticeship 22 6 1882 Paperwork to commit a patient to the NJ State Hospital for the Insane at Morris Plains, St. Henry's School fundraising card, Ephpheta Union membership card 22 7 1898; 1896; undated St. Francis Hospital, Jersey City, annual reports 22 8 1892; 1894 St. Joseph's Hospital, Paterson, annual reports 22 9 1889; 1893 St. Mary's Orphan Asylum annual reports, St. Vincent's Home for Working Boys annual report 22 10 1883; 1897; 1894 St. Michael's Hospital, Newark, annual report 22 11 1885 St. Michael's Hospital, Newark, annual report 22 12 1887 St. Michael's Hospital, Newark, annual report 22 13 1894 Legal documents Series VI. Certificate of incorporation of St. Charles' Church of Hurdtown 22 14 1897 Certification of arrest of K. Labisinsky 22 15 1895 General legal documents 22 16 1891; 1897; undated Last will of Bishop Wigger 22 17 1883; 1894 Legal documents regarding land purchases and titles 22 18 1859; 1892 Martin Jernick's expulsion from St. George Lithuanian Benevolent Society 22 19 1898 Official statements 22 20 1890; 1893; 1898-1900; undated Opposition to petition to adopt Kate Lynnott 22 21 undated Subpena for Bishop Wigger to appear in a case between George B. Rose and John Miller 22 22 1900 Supplement to "An Act Concerning Corporations," copy of testimony, Valentine Snyder 22 23 1885; 1898; undated "Teachers' Certificate," Mary E. Sullivan 22 24 1889 Wills of laity, James Morris' will 22 25 July 16, 1892 Wills of laity, Mary Delaney 22 26 1892 Wills of laity, unidentified 22 27 undated Winand Michael Wigger vs. John Reiner, testimony of defendant 22 28 1894 Personal papers Series VII. Bishop Wigger's class notes 57 c. 1860-1862 Educational certificates and financial documents 23 1 1875; 1889; 1895; undated Silver plate, coffee pot, and lidded server 30 undated Petitions Series VIII. Petitions 23 2 1881-1898 Petitions 23 3 1899 Petitions for absolution 23 4 1889-1890 Petitions for faculties to absolve 23 5 1885; 1890-1892 Petitions for faculties to absolve 23 6 1885; 1890-1892 Petitions from the secular and regular clergy of the Diocese of Newark, re: Union County 23 7 1881 Press Series IX. Newspaper clippings in German (includes some photocopies) 23 8 1895; undated Newspaper clippings regarding Bishop Wigger's conflict with Patrick Corrigan (includes some photocopies) 23 9 1885-1886; 1892-1894; undated Newspaper clippings regarding Bishop Wigger's death (photocopies) 23 10 January 1901 Newspaper clippings regarding the Newark Archdiocese (includes some photocopies) 23 11 1891-1897; undated NY Times articles on Wigger's dispute with Corrigan and Santolli, re: German and Italian in St. Mary's School in Hoboken (photocopies) 23 12 February; April-May 1893 NY Times newspaper clippings regarding foreign Catholics in America (photocopies) 23 13 May 1892; January 1894 "Right Reverend Winand Michael Wigger D.D., Third Bishop of Newark," by Charles George Herberman LL. D. 23 14 1901 The Xavier, memorial picture and biography of Bishop Wigger (photocopy and original) 23 15 February 1901 Speeches, sermons, and writings Series X. 1883-1897 Notes for biographical sketch of Bishop Wigger 23 16 1884 Poems, anecdotes, and toasts, Reverend James Weisbecker 23 17 undated Sermon and announcement notes 23 18 undated