John T. Noonan, Jr., Collection
1957-1866.
Origination : John T. Noonan, Jr.Extent : 5 linear inches
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives
Address : Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English.
Legal Status
PrivateAdministrative Information
Open for research.
Source
University of Notre Dame. Law School.
Preferred Citation
John T. Noonan, Jr., Collection (NOO), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Scope and Content
Offprints of articles on contraception and the Catholic Church by John T. Noonan, Jr.; issues of the American Association of University Professors Bulletin that he saved reflecting his interest in academic freedom and tenure; and a volume containing papers on theological issues of Vatican II presented at the International Theological Conference, University of Notre Dame, March 1966.
Background
John T. Noonan, Jr., 1926-2017, taught in the Notre Dame Law School, 1961-1966. The articles in this collection date from his time at Notre Dame. Before he came to Notre Dame he graduated with highest honors from Harvard University at age 19, earned a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University of America, and completed a law degree at Harvard Law School. After he left Notre Dame he taught law at Berkeley until 1985, when President Ronald Reagan appointed him as a federal judge. He had a distinguished career on the federal bench. The books he wrote are available in the Hesburgh Library at Notre Dame, including The church and contraception; the issues at stake, by John T. Noonan, Jr. and Contraception: a history of its treatment by the Catholic theologians and canonists.
John T. Noonan, Jr., donated his papers to the Harvard Law School Library, Historical and Special Collections, 1545 Massachusetts Avenue, Langdell Hall, Cambridge MA 02138 USA, (617) 495-4550, (specialc@law.harvard.edu).
Index
Noonan, John T., Jr. (John Thomas), 1926-2017.University of Notre Dame. Law School.
Contraception.
Birth control.
Academic freedom -- United States.
Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano).