Herman Joseph Heuser (c. October 23, 1852 – August 22, 1933) was a German-American[1] Catholic priest, author, and educator.

[2][4] Herman junior received his education in Berlin[5] and then in Breslau (modern-day Wrocław).

[3] The Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center holds records relating to the correspondence between him and prominent figures in the Catholic Church, including Cardinal James Gibbons, and Archbishop Patrick Ryan of Philadelphia, Mother Katharine Drexel, Thomas C. Middleton, O.S.A.

With these are conserved letters from other noted persons: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Princess Catherine Radziwiłł, Leopold Stokowski, etc.

The "lot" includes archival materials dealing with publication of the book My New Curate by the Irish author Canon Patrick Augustine Sheehan, and also has papers deriving from Heuser's work with the American Ecclesiastical Review and the Dolphin Magazine.