Finding aid for the Rev. Edward B. Kotter Collection


Title:
Rev. Edward B. Kotter Collection
Repository:
Archdiocese of Cincinnati Archives
Phone: 513-421-3131
http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/ministries-offices/archives-office/
Creator:
Rev. Edward B. Kotter Collection
Dates:
1931-1981
Quantity:
1.25 linear feet
Abstract:
The records in this collection are from Rev. Edward B. Kotter's personal collection and are largely from the 1940s-1960s.
Identification:
RG6.5
Language:
The records are in English

Biography of Rev. Edward B. Kotter

Rev. Edward Kotter was born in 1904. He made his preparatory study at St. Joseph College, Indiana and attended Mount St. Mary Seminary in Cincinnati. Ordained May 30, 1931, by Archbishop John T. McNicholas at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, he was first assigned pastoral associate at St. Louis Church, Cincinnati, as well as teacher at Elder High School. Placed in charge of convert work at the Catholic Lending Library in 1933, Rev. Kotter was also made spiritual director of the Legion of Mary Society in 1939. He served as spiritual director for Mount St. Mary Seminary. After serving at the seminary for 22 years, in 1967 he was assigned as pastor of St. Monica Church, Cincinnati. When he retired in 1974, he was made associate pastor at St. Martin Church, Cheviot. Rev. Edward Kotter died October 19, 1981.

Scope and Content

The records in this collection are from Rev. Edward B. Kotter's personal collection and are largely from the 1940s-1960s. Three boxes contain various papers, lecture notes, photographs, and newspaper clippings belonging to Rev. Kotter in the course of his studies and work with the Legion of Mary. Group photographs include his time at the Dominican House of Studies and Archdiocesan Board of the Cursillo

Statement of Arrangement

The files are arranged into four series. Series 6.5-01: Seminary Notes Series 6.5-02: Correspondence and Class Notes Series 6.5-03: Legion of Mary Series 6.5-04: Photographs

Restrictions on Access

This record group is open for access.

Related Material: Related Material

The following record groups held by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Archives contain materials relevant to Rev. Edward Kotter's collection: RG 6.1: Deceased Priests


Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Catholic Church--Clergy--Biography
Kotter, Edward B.(Rev.)

Preferred Citation

Item Description, date, box number, folder number, Record Group Number, Record Group Name, Archdiocese of Cincinnati Archives

Detailed Description of The Collection



Seminary Notes, 1935, 1937, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1966

Box 1 / Folder 1
Devotion to Mary; Union of Priest to Mary, ca. 1960




Box 1 / Folder 2
Charity's Renewal of Religious Life; Apostolic Life, 1965-1966




Box 1 / Folder 3
Examinations of Conscience, ca. 1960




Box 1 / Folder 4
Bringing Christ To the World; Living Faith in Christ, Christian Asceticism Today, 1964. 1966




Box 1 / Folder 5
Notes for Priest's Retreat, ca. 1960




Box 1 / Folder 6
Notes for Priest's Retreat, 1960




Box 1 / Folder 7
Notes for Priest's Retreat, 1960




Box 1 / Folder 8
Notes for Priest's Retreat "Special Exercises for Priests", 1960




Box 1 / Folder 9
Notes for Priest's Retreat "Special Exercises for Priests", 1960




Box 1 / Folder 10
Notes for Priest's Retreat "Special Exercises for Priests", 1960




Box 1 / Folder 11
Notes for Priest's Retreat "Special Exercises for Priests", 1960




Box 1 / Folder 12
Notes for Priest's Retreat "Special Exercises for Priests", 1960




Box 1 / Folder 13
Mount St. Mary Class Notes - Virtues 1, 1960




Box 1 / Folder 14
Mount St. Mary Class Notes - Virtues 2, 1960




Box 1 / Folder 15
Mount St. Mary Class Notes - Virtues 3, 1960




Box 1 / Folder 16
Mount St. Mary Class Notes - Virtues 4, 1960




Box 1 / Folder 17
Mount St. Mary Class Notes - Virtues 5, 1960




Box 1 / Folder 18
Mount St. Mary Class Notes - Virtues 6, 1960




Box 1 / Folder 19
Mount St. Mary Class Notes - Mariology 1, 1960




Box 1 / Folder 20
Mount St. Mary Class Notes - Mariology 2, 1960




Box 1 / Folder 21
Mount St. Mary Class Notes - Mariology 3, 1960




Box 1 / Folder 22
Mount St. Mary Class Notes - Mariology 4, 1960




Box 1 / Folder 23
Books: Retreat for Priests, 1935, 1937





Correspondence and Class Notes, 1931-1981

Box 2 / Folder 1
Correspondence and Faculties, 1931-1960




Box 2 / Folder 2
Correspondence and Appointments, 1931-1950




Box 2 / Folder 3
Correspondence and Appointments, 1951-1974




Box 2 / Folder 4
List of Converts Through Rev. Kotter, 1955




Box 2 / Folder 5
The Teresians Community of Cincinnati, 1970-1975




Box 2 / Folder 6
St. Martin's Parent Teacher Association (P.T.A.), 1980-1981




Box 2 / Folder 7
St. Martin's Parent Teacher Association (P.T.A.), 1978-1979




Box 2 / Folder 8
St. Martin's Parent Teacher Association (P.T.A.), 1976-1977




Box 2 / Folder 9
Notebook: The Temporal Sovereignty & Relationship Between Church & State, 1928




Box 2 / Folder 10
Notebook: Duties of a Confessor, 1930




Box 2 / Folder 11
Notebook: De Primo Decologi Praecepto, 1929




Box 2 / Folder 12
Diploma: Directoris Diocesani Apostolatus Orationis, 1955





Legion of Mary, 1946-1980

Box 3 / Folder 1
Correspondence, 1948-1980




Box 3 / Folder 2
Newspaper Clippings, 1946-1950




Box 3 / Folder 3
Address to Mariological Society, 1960




Box 3 / Folder 4
The Spirit And Merit of Legions Visitations, ca. 1960




Box 3 / Folder 5
Talks and Reprints, 1960




Box 3 / Folder 6
Pamphlets and Songs, 1960-1970




Box 3 / Folder 7
Talk on the Legion's Fifty Years, 1971




Box 3 / Folder 8
National Pilgrimage of the Legion of Mary, 1971-1972




Box 3 / Folder 9
Legion Spirituality, 1974




Box 3 / Folder 10
Talk by Frank Duff to U.S. Legionnaires, 1977




Box 3 / Folder 11
"Legion Apostolate", 1977




Box 3 / Folder 12
Cincinnati Regional Senatus Report, 1978




Box 3 / Folder 13
Transcript of Talk on Devotions, 1979




Box 3 / Folder 14
Talk on Whether to Use Mass Media, 1979




Box 3 / Folder 15
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1948




Box 3 / Folder 16
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1949




Box 3 / Folder 17
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1950




Box 3 / Folder 18
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1951




Box 3 / Folder 19
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1952




Box 3 / Folder 20
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1953




Box 3 / Folder 21
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1954




Box 3 / Folder 22
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1955




Box 3 / Folder 23
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1956




Box 3 / Folder 24
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1657




Box 3 / Folder 25
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1958




Box 3 / Folder 26
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1959




Box 3 / Folder 27
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1960




Box 3 / Folder 28
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1961




Box 3 / Folder 29
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1962




Box 3 / Folder 30
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1963




Box 3 / Folder 31
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1964




Box 3 / Folder 32
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1965




Box 3 / Folder 33
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1966




Box 3 / Folder 34
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1967-1970




Box 3 / Folder 35
Allocutios (Senate Meetings), 1971-1980




Box 3 / Folder 36
Official Handbook of the Legion of Mary, 1969





Photographs, 1940-1954

Box 3 / Folder 37
Legion of Mary Picnic, 1947




Box 3 / Folder 38
Legion of Mary, Various, 1940-1950




Box 3 / Folder 39
Fr. Kotter and Others, 1952-1954