This collection documents issues significant to the Catholic community through series that reflect the Catholic Herald newspaper's operation from 1908 until 2006. At the time of this finding aid, the Catholic Herald still operates online. It includes the Catholic Herald photo morgue, focusing on church officials who served in the Sacramento Diocese from the 1970s to the 1980s. It also includes church publications, correspondence, negatives, photographs, sermons, written histories, and newspaper design elements such as headlines, cutlines, and mug shots. Materials date from 1908 to 2007 with bulk from 1950 to 2000. Notably, the collection contains information on the 1988 refurbishing of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacramento.

Irish Catholic journalist, Thomas A. Connelly, launched The Catholic Herald from a printer's shop at Third and J Streets. The first issue was released on March 14, 1908. In a letter on the front page, Bishop Thomas Grace of Sacramento gave his blessing to the privately-owned and financed publication. 

11.08 Linear Feet (2 cartons, 1 manuscript box, 1 half manuscript box, 7 photograph drawers, and 1 oversized box)

All requests to publish or quote from private manuscripts held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron. No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.

The collection contains social security numbers, which will be redacted before access.