Center on Conscience and War Records
1978-[ongoing].
Origination : Center on Conscience and War.Extent : 5 linear feet.
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives
Address : Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English.
Administrative Information
Contractual restrictions may apply.
Preferred Citation
Center on Conscience and War Records (CCW), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
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.
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."
Index
Zahn, Gordon Charles, 1918-Hehir, J. Bryan.
Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933-
Shriver, Sargent, 1915-
Pax Christi USA.
Commission on Catholic Community Action.
United States Catholic Conference. Dept. of Social Development and World Peace.
Center on Conscience and War.
Peace -- Societies, etc.
Conscientious objectors.
Draft.
Peace -- Religious aspects.