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The Marian Library was established in 1943 by Marianists at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. The library contains a comprehensive collection of materials related to the Blessed Virgin Mary (including books, visual resources, primary source materials, and multimedia) and aims to promote study, research, and devotion. The library maintains a website, The Mary Page, which may be found at
This collection contains a variety of devotional materials on the Sacred Heart (also known as the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus) including holy cards, in memorium cards, prayer leaflets and novenas, foreign language prayer leaflets, promises of the Sacred Heart, badges, handmade devotional objects, pamphlets, membership cards, and printed ephemera. The collection contains a variety of artistic representations of the Sacred Heart.
The artistic styles span from unique or handmade representations to images from popular culture. Most of the materials are printed, but other mediums, such as hand-painted items are included. The collection contains portraits and icons of Jesus with the Sacred Heart, the Heart alone, as well as the Heart depicted with an individual or in a setting.
The textual materials in the collection include prayers in English, French, German, Italian, and a small selection of other Indo-European languages. The text materials also include novenas and Promises of the Sacred Heart. The collection primarily represents materials used for personal or private devotions.
This collection is arranged into 9 record groups:
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 from the copyright owner or his or her heirs for any other use, such as reproduction and publication.
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.
Sacred Heart of Jesus devotional materials, circa 1880-circa 2000. Marian Library, University of Dayton Libraries, Dayton, Ohio.
The materials in this collection were donated to the Marian Library.
The Marian Library continues to add materials to this collection.