John Cogley Papers

Fonds

Identifier: COG

Staff Only

Scope and Content

Correspondence and subject files; copies of published articles and columns; drafts of Cogley's memoirs (A Canterbury Tale); bound volumes of Today (1947-1950) and the Chicago Catholic Worker (1938-1941); clippings of his reports on the Second Vatican Council for Religious News Service (1964) and of his columns for the diocesan press (1967-1968); correspondence and clippings relating to his writing for the New York Times (1964-1975); an unpublished manuscript of a collection of his writing for Commonweal; memoranda and publications from the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (1956-1978), including papers relating to his two-volume study of Hollywood blacklisting in the 1950s; audio tapes and printed material.

Dates

Creation: 1938-1978

Creator

Cogley, John, 1916-1976 (Person)

Language of Materials

English.

Background

Journalist; editor of the Chicago Catholic Worker (1938- 1941); founding editor of Today, published in Chicago for Catholic students (1946-1948); editor (1949-1954) and columnist (1949-1964) for Commonweal; correspondent for Religious News Service at the Second Vatican Council (1964); and religious news editor at the New York Times (1965-1967).

Cogley also served as project director at the Fund for the Republic, later called the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (1955-1964 and 1967-1974); and as an aide to John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign (1960). He converted from Roman Catholicism to the Episcopal Church in 1973.