Joseph Harnett Papers
1954-1985
Origination : Harnett, Joseph, 1911-1987Extent : 5 linear feet. 2 linear inches of photographs. 2 linear inches of printed material.
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives
Address : Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English.
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
Joseph Harnett Papers (HNT), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Scope and Content
Reports, correspondence, memoranda, bulletins, agenda, speeches, and photographs, 1954-1966, having to do with Catholic Relief Services programs in the far east, including files on Burma, Cambodia, Ceylon, the Fiji Islands, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macau, Malaya, Okinawa, Pakistan, East Pakistan, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the Tonga Islands, and Vietnam.
Also reports, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and clippings, 1980-1985, with files on the International Catholic Migration Commission, United States government grants to Catholic Relief Services, earthquakes in Italy and Chile, and famine in Ethiopia; and printed material, 1960-1984.
Background
Monsignor Joseph J. Harnett was a director of refugee relief projects for Catholic Relief Services, 1948-1987. In 1948 he started the CRS program in the Free Territory of Trieste and directed it until 1954. In 1954 he set up the CRS program in Saigon; after two years in Vietnam, he became director of CRS operations in the far east, a post he held until 1966. From 1967 until 1979 he worked in Rome as director of the CRS program for the Middle East, North Africa, and Southern Europe. In the early 1980s, until his retirement in 1984, he served as an executive advisor to CRS in New York.
Index
Harnett, Joseph, 1911-1987International Catholic Migration Commission
Catholic Relief Services
Refugees -- Burma
Refugees -- Cambodia
Refugees -- Ceylon
Refugees -- Fiji Islands
Refugees -- Hong Kong
Refugees -- India
Refugees -- Indonesia
Refugees -- Japan
Refugees -- Korea
Refugees -- Laos
Refugees -- Macau
Refugees -- Malaya
Refugees -- Okinawa
Refugees -- Pakistan
Refugees -- East Pakistan
Refugees -- Philippines
Refugees -- Samoa
Refugees -- Singapore
Refugees -- Taiwan
Refugees -- Thailand
Refugees -- Tonga Islands
Refugees -- Vietnam
Famines -- Ethiopia
Earthquakes -- Italy
Earthquakes -- Chile
Catholic Relief Services