Patrick Henry Callahan Papers

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Preferred Citation

Patrick Henry Callahan Papers (CLN), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Chiefly mimeographed copies of letters, 1923-1939, involving Monsignor John A. Ryan, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joseph Kennedy, Josephus Daniels, H.L. Mencken, and others; concerning such topics as Hitler, Father Coughlin, pacifism, anti-semitism, profit sharing, and religious tolerance; with a few autograph letters from Callahan to Frederick Kenkel of the Catholic Central Verein; and a paper by William E. Ellis, "Patrick Henry Callahan: A Kentucky Democrat in National Politics," 1976.

Background

Varnish manufacturer and Catholic layman, active in social reform organizations including the Anti-Saloon League, Catholic Conference on Industrial Problems, Catholic Association for International Peace, and World Fellowships of Faiths.

Index :

 Callahan, Patrick Henry, 1866-1940. 
 Kenkel, Frederick, 1863-1952. 
 Hitler, Adolph, 1889-1945. 
 Coughlin, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1891-1979. 
 Catholic Central Verein of America. 
 Pacifism. 
 Antisemitism. 
 Profit-sharing. 
 Religious tolerance. 
 Ryan, John Augustine, 1869-1945. 
 Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. 
 Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969. 
 Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948. 
 Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. 
 Ellis, William E. (William Elliott), 1940- 
 Letters.