Center on Conscience and War Records
Scope and Content
Correspondence and collected articles of Gordon Zahn, co-founder and director of the Center on Conscience and War; correspondence of the CCW staff, responding to inquiries and distributing printed material supporting the Center's cause. Correspondents include Bryan Hehir, Michael Dukakis, Sargent Shriver, and Catholic peace organizations, among them Pax Christi USA, the Commission on Catholic Community Action, and the United States Catholic Conference Department of Social Development and World Peace.
Dates
- Creation: 1978 - 1992
Creator
- Center on Conscience & War (Organization)
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
Contractual restrictions may apply.
Background
Located in Cambridge, Mass., and founded in 1981 as a component of Pax Christi USA, "to deal with questions related to conscription, conscientious objection, and alternative service."
Extent
13 cubic feet (15 Paige boxes and 1 half archive box)
Subject
- Zahn, Gordon C. (Gordon Charles), 1918-2007 (Person)
- Hehir, J. Bryan. (Person)
- Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933- (Person)
- Shriver, Sargent, 1915- (Person)
- Pax Christi (Organization)
- Commission on Catholic Community Action. (Organization)
- United States Catholic Conference. Committee on Social Development and World Peace (Organization)
- Title
- Center on Conscience and War Records
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- Guide
- Author
- University of Notre Dame Archives
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository