Theodore M. Hesburgh Papers
Record Group
Identifier: PHS
Scope and Content
Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, agenda, dockets, minutes, handbooks, proposals, plans, reports, financial papers, lists, circulars, newsletters, bulletins, press releases, offprints, contracts, bylaws, and material distributed at meetings of boards of directors, committees, and commissions on which Hesburgh served; including the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1958-1973), National Science Board (1954-1966), Rockefeller Foundation (1962-1982), International Atomic Energy Agency (1956-1977), Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Carnegie Commission on the Future of Higher Education (1967-1976), National Cambodia Crisis Committee and Cambodia Crisis Center (1979-1980), Overseas Development Council (1971-1982), International Federation of Catholic Universities (1955-1978), Chase Manhattan Bank (1972-1981), United States Advisory Commission for International Educational and Cultural Affairs (1961-1965), Presidential Clemency Board (1974-1975), United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development (1977-1979), Midwest Universities Research Association (1954-1968), Institute of International Education (1955-1973), Peace Corps (1961-1965), Institute for World Order (1968-1982), Teachers' Insurance and Annuity Association of America and College Retirement Equities Fund (1975-1982), Council on Foreign Relations (1976-1982), and Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy (1980-1981); representing Hesburgh's interest in civil rights, social justice, peaceful uses of atomic energy, and international concerns.
Also photographs, audio-visual material, and artifacts such as plaques and trophies associated with Hesburgh's awards and the robes and diplomas associated with his honorary degrees.
Civil rights material also available on microfilm.
Also photographs, audio-visual material, and artifacts such as plaques and trophies associated with Hesburgh's awards and the robes and diplomas associated with his honorary degrees.
Civil rights material also available on microfilm.
Dates
- 1941-2015
Creator
- Hesburgh, Theodore Martin, 1917- (Person)
Language of Materials
English, Spanish, French, Latin, Italian.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Background
Priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross; executive vice-president (1949-1952) and president (1952-1987) of the University of Notre Dame; member (1957-1972) and chairman (1969-1972) of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
Extent
518 linear feet.
Legal Status
Private
- Cambodia Crisis Center
- Carnegie Commission on the Future of Higher Education
- Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
- Chase Manhattan Bank
- Civil rights Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- College Retirement Equities Fund
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Hesburgh, Theodore Martin, 1917-
- Institute for World Order
- Institute of International Education
- International Atomic Energy Agency (1956-1977)
- International Federation of Catholic Universities
- Midwest Universities Research Association
- National Cambodia Crisis Committee
- National Science Board
- Nuclear energy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Overseas Development Council
- Peace Corps
- Presidential Clemency Board
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy
- Social justice Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Teachers' Insurance and Annuity Association of America
- United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development
- United States Advisory Commission for International Educational and Cultural Affairs
- United States Commission on Civil Rights
Creator
- Hesburgh, Theodore Martin, 1917- (Person)
- Title
- Theodore M. Hesburgh Papers
- Subtitle
- Guide
- Author
- University of Notre Dame Archives
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository