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• CGNM 4/21 Folder : Democracy and Civil Disobedience
  13 pages of handwritten notes relating to the topic of democracy and civil disobedience. Also a 19-page paper by Joseph Dunner entitled "Democratic Theory and Civil Disobedience" with frequent penciled underlining.
• CGNM 4/22 Folder : Derecho Internacional 1935?
  A 152-page printed copy of a work apparently by Niemeyer (according to an information card attached to the last page) in Spanish entitled Derecho Internacional (Madrid, 1935). It is not listed in the Bibliography, and does not appear to be a translation of any other published work.
• CGNM 4/23 Folder : Encyclopedia of the American Right (EAR) 1992-1993
  Materials relating to the Encyclopedia of the American Right from 1992-1993, edited by Gregory Wolfe and including Niemeyer on the Advisory Board. Contains letters and memorandums between Wolfe and the Advisory Board members, lists of entries in the encyclopedia including names of contributors, and some materials relating to the entry for Stanley Parry, Holy Cross priest and Political Science faculty member at Notre Dame.
• CGNM 4/24 Folder : Encyclopedia of the American Right (EAR) 1990
  Materials relating to the Encyclopedia of the American Right from 1990. Included are a brief correspondence between Wolfe (editor) and Niemeyer regarding the plan of the encyclopedia and Niemeyer's contributions, an early list of entries, guidelines for contributors, and printed versions of Niemeyer's contributions to the encyclopedia. These contributions include "Restoration of Political Theory," "Marxism, Critique of," "Totalitarianism," "The New Science of Politics," and "Ideology."
• CGNM 4/25 Folder : Examination Questions 1976-1979
  Contains final examination questions from 5 or 6 courses taught by Niemeyer during the period from 1976-1979. There is also one page of handwritten notes on Plato's Republic and one page of review questions for a final examination for an introductory political theory course.
• CGNM 4/26 Folder : Freedom Academy 1959
  Materials relating to the establishment of the Freedom Academy by the Freedom Commission Act of 1959 (H.R. 3880). Includes an official copy of the proposed bill in its entirety, two copies of Niemeyer's statement to the Internal Security Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate regarding the bill, 4 pages from the Congressional Record of the House of Herlong's speech introducing the bill, a 9-page "Summary of Educational Activities Within the Executive Branch of the Government," a typed draft of Niemeyer's address to the Senate committee with handwritten corrections, and a N.Y. Times article entitled "Revival of Faith Urged by Malik." Also included are numerous copies of a "Final Communique" from J. M. Bochenski and Niemeyer regarding the American edition of the Handbook on Communism (N.Y.: Praeger, 1962).
• CGNM 4/27 Folder : Germany (Totalitarianism) 1940-1944
  Dozens of typed pages (with frequent handwritten corrections and notes) of what appear to be lecture notes from 1939-1944 (Princeton). The topics include "Antidemocratic Movements," "Background of the Nazi Hegemony in Europe," "Interwar Development of Germany," "Government in Pre-Hitler Germany," "The Challenge to Democracy," "Conditions of Dictatorship," "Organization for Power: The Case of the Third Reich," "The Nazi Technique of Power," "The Chances of Resistance Against Nazi Power," and "General Conditions of National Socialism in Germany." There are also two pages of handwritten notes relating to the lecture topics.
• CGNM 4/28 Folder : Gothic Architecture and Iconography 1985
  Two typed papers (7 and 5 pages respectively) on the topic of Gothic architecture and art more generally, with special emphasis on drawing out the intellectual and religious underpinnings of this art from the writings of Abbot Suger (12th century France) and Dionysius the Areopagite. Neither of these papers appear to have been published. Also included are a short excerpt of Suger's writings as well as a short section of Dionysius' writings, along with an article from the Wall Street Journal (June 2, 1992) entitled "Medieval Art in All Its Glory."
• CGNM 4/29 Folder : Guanojuato 1990
  A large collection (more than 40 pages) of typed and handwritten lecture notes from an introductory political theory course and a course entitled "The Essence off Modernity: Seminar on Eric Voegelin's Anamnesis ." The subjects of the notes include Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Thomas, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau among others.
• CGNM 4/30 Folder : Handbook on World Communism 1958-1959
  Extensive correspondence dating from 1958-1959 relating to the writing and publication of Handbook on Communism , including a draft of a chapter from one of the contributors.
• CGNM 4/31 Folder : Handbook on World Communism
  A 47-page report (in German) containing German reviews of the Handbook on Communism . Also included are two newspaper articles: one is a review of the book from a German newspaper (in German), and the other is from the South Bend Tribune (May 11, 1959) describing the condemnation of the book by a Red party organ in the Soviet Union.
• CGNM 4/32 Folder : Harper's Article on Notre Dame by Peter Schrag 1967
  A copy of the May 1967 issue of Harper's magazine, the cover story of which is entitled "Notre Dame: Our First Great Catholic University?" by Peter Schrag. Also included is a brief 1-page response to the article from a Notre Dame publication written by Tom Henehan. In addition, there is a letter from Niemeyer to Schrag in which he politely objects to Schrag's labeling him a "Goldwater Republican," and a response from Schrag defending his wording.
• CGNM 4/33 Folder : Hillsdale College 1979
  An appreciation card to Niemeyer, dated May 8, 1979, from the Episcopal Chaplain to Hillsdale College for serving as "Presider at the Weekly Campus Eucharists" at Hillsdale College.
• CGNM 4/34 Folder : Hillsdale College 1974-1981
  6 issues of imprimis , a publication of Hillsdale College, dating from 1974-1979. There are two copies of the April 1974 issue, which contains an article by Niemeyer entitled "Ethics and Politics in Communism," the October 1977 issue containing another article by Niemeyer entitled "The Loss and Recovery of History," and three from 1979 containing articles by others.
• CGNM 4/35 Folder : Hitler's Propaganda
  Contains two related, unpublished studies (both 60 pages) on Nazi propaganda theories and methods. One is entitled "Nazi Theories on Propaganda Methods: Report Submitted to Operations Research Office" (with "for confidential use only" handwritten on title page and dated April 28, 1951), and the other is entitled "Commentary on Hitler's Theories on Propaganda." The latter is contained in its own labeled folder, and contains a table of contents and appendix. Also included are 10 pages of well-organized typed notes on Goebbels' Diaries and Hitler's Mein Kampf .
• CGNM 4/36 Folder : India
  9 pages of handwritten notes and a collection of articles and reports dating from the middle to late 1960s relating to the history, culture, religion, and politics of India. The collected materials range from scholarly reports and articles (two by Robert Crane of Duke University) to more popular pamphlets on Indian dance and Hindu films.
• CGNM 4/37 Folder : India 1972
  Correspondence, documents, and handwritten notes regarding the 1972 Summer Seminar of the Indiana Consortium for International Programs in New Delhi, India. There is an interesting 2-page letter from Niemeyer to John Stabler containing his impressions from the trip to India, dozens of loose pages of handwritten notes, and a spiral-bound notebook (approx. 25 pages) containing chronologically-ordered handwritten notes on the lectures and events of the Seminar in India. Also included are a list of the names and affiliations of the seminar attendees, and a detailed 7-page schedule of events for the seminar.
• CGNM 5/01 Folder : India
  Continuation of the collection of 4/37, centering on the Summer Institute Program for the Indiana Consortium in India during the summer of 1972. Among the assortment of items included are three articles by Zaheer Masood Quraishi on political issues in India, a list of books on Indian politics from a bookseller/publisher in Delhi, a roadmap of central India, a report on the "Linguistic Variation in India," a paper by M. N. Srinivas entitled "Changing Institutions and Values in Modern India," two articles in German on Indian culture and politics, and a collection of newspaper articles on India from the early 1970s.
• CGNM 5/02 Folder : India 1972
  A few tourist pamphlets on India, 8 Indian business cards, over a dozen blank postcards from India, an interesting booklet/essay by Quraishi entitled "The President of India: a political interpretation," a copy of Vol. 1, No. 1 of the Claremont Journal of Public Affairs , and a typed manuscript (unmarked) of Harry Jaffa's "Introduction to Second Edition of Crisis of the House Divided" (University of Washington Press, 1972).
• CGNM 5/03 Folder : Instituto Panamericano de Estudias 1990-1991
  Correspondence and other materials relating to the Instituto Panamericano De Estudios Politicos Summer Programs of 1990 and 1991 at Notre Dame. A list of program courses for the 1991 program is included, with Niemeyer offering a course entitled "The Understanding of Our Time" which includes readings from Camus, Voegelin, Lubac, and Loewith. There is also a letter from Niemeyer to Richard Allen dated Nov. 20, 1990 which describes the circumstances surrounding the formation of the Institute as well as its purposes. The remainder of the folder is occupied by travel receipts and correspondence relating to the transportation of various professors to Notre Dame for the Summer Program.
• CGNM 5/04 Folder : Intercultural Research 1974
  Documents and correspondence regarding the activities of the Institute of Intercultural Research from 1974. Also included are two letters from Prof. Joseph Doherty to Niemeyer attempting to arrange a meeting during a trip to Chicago to discuss the research program of the Institute.
• CGNM 5/05 Folder : Italy 1994
  Extensive correspondence between Niemeyer and Marco Respinti regarding Niemeyer's visit to Italy in 1994. Also included is an Italian translation (by Respinti) of Niemeyer's lecture at the Centro Culturale di Milano in 1994, as well as a brief (7-page) talk entitled "Faith and Reason in Eric Voegelin."
• CGNM 5/06 Folder : Italy 1996
  Two typed (with handwritten additions) pages in German regarding a 1996 visit to Italy.
• CGNM 5/07 Folder : Japan 1970
  Correspondence and other items relating to Niemeyer's lecturing trip to Japan and Korea in 1970. This trip constituted a "Seminar on Communist Block Affairs" sponsored by a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. This particular seminar was part of the Bureau's "Short Term American Grantees Program." In addition to various travel-related documents, there are typed lecture notes (5 pages each) for two of Niemeyer's lectures: "History in Philosophy and Ideology," and "The Function of Historical Materialism."
• CGNM 5/08 Folder : Japan - Nature of Communism 1970
  The March 1970 issue of Review: A Quarterly Journal for the Study of Communism and Communist Countries , a Japanese publication, consisting of a study on "The Soviet Young Generation." There is also a pamphlet on the "Japan and Asia" Lecture Series at Sophia University in Japan, as well as copies of the lecture notes for two of the lecturers participating in the series. Also included are one page of handwritten notes on the development of political science, and the text (2 pages) of a "Protest Statement" by Solzhenitsyn.
• CGNM 5/09 Folder : Japan, Korea 1970-1971
  Very large collection of materials relating to Niemeyer's visit to Japan and Korea in 1970. Included are many letters to and from American embassy officials in Japan and Korea, complete itineraries and schedules of events for Niemeyer's visit, dozens of articles from Japanese and Korean newspapers, postcards, and tourist pamphlets. There is also the 4-page text of a talk given by Niemeyer entitled "Whither Japan?" as well as 6 pages of typed lecture notes on Japanese politics, self-understanding, and culture.
• CGNM 5/10 Folder : Cicero and the Politics of Public Orthodoxy / by Willmoore Kendall
  28-page manuscript of an article entitled "Cicero and the Politics of the Public Orthodoxy," by Willmoore Kendall and Frederick D. Wilhelmsen of the University of Dallas.
• CGNM 5/11 Folder : Modern Age: Christianity 1988-1989
  Three drafts (16 pages each), one of which is heavily corrected, of an article by Niemeyer entitled "Christianity, in a Time-Bound Perspective," evidently published in the Fall or Winter 1990 issue of Modern Age . This article was solicited by Modern Age as part of a symposium on the subject of "Christianity in Sight of the Third Millennium." Also included are two articles from the National Review (1985 and 1988) respectively entitled "True Christian Feminism" and "Whither the Modern World?" as well as an article from the Wall Street Journal (Sept. 26, 1988) entitled "Values Lessons Return to the Classrom."
• CGNM 5/12 Folder : Nassau Sovereign - Princeton 1940/11
  3 copies of the Nov. 1940 issue of the Nassau Sovereign , which includes a 2-page article on Niemeyer (teaching at Princeton at the time).
• CGNM 5/13 Folder : National War College 1958-1959
  A few typed pages evaluating two courses taught at the National War College during Niemeyer's time there (1958-1959). There is also a 2-page "Memo of Conversation" stamped "For Official Use Only" which describes a conversation between Niemeyer, a student at the college, and Dr. von Braun (Director of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency) entitled "Outer Space." Lastly, there is a copy of the text (22 pages) of a lecture by William F. Buckley, Jr. given at the National War College on Nov. 3, 1958. This lecture is entitled "The American Public and National Security Policy."
• CGNM 5/14 Folder : National War College 1958-1959
  A booklet containing the "General Reading List" for the National War College (NWC) for 1958-1959; the February 7, 1959 issue of the "Army, Navy, Air Force Journal;" a large, bound book containing the biographies of staff, faculty and class members of the NWC for 1958-1959; a 6-page list of the members of the class of '58-'59; and the complete syllabus for "course 6," entitled "Free World Allies of the U.S. in the West," for Jan. 22 - Feb. 17, 1959.
• CGNM 5/15 Folder : National War College 1958-1959
  A 40-page booklet providing an overview of the NWC for the year 1958-1959 (staff and faculty, curriculum, mission and functions, academic procedures, etc.); a bound directory of the staff and graduates of the NWC printed in 1958; and a bound 67-page paper by Jackson Graham, Colonel, CE, USA, entitled "Psychomoral Offensive Against the Kremlin to Shorten the Cold War."
• CGNM 5/16 Folder : National War College 1958-1959
  Contains a large book with the biographies of staff, faculty and class members of the NWC for 1958-1959 (the same book found in 5/14).
• CGNM 5/17 Folder : The New Left
  A large collection of articles from various periodicals and newspapers, as well as other published documents, relating to the emergence of the "New Left" in the late 1960s and early '70s. Included are 6 handwritten pages of notes by Niemeyer on a 1969 article regarding a New Left-inspired march in Baltimore, two issues of the Washington Report from 1970 containing analyses of the New Left in the U.S. and West Germany, an article by J. Edgar Hoover on the activities of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), and the text of a 1969 speech by Nixon entitled "Freedom: A Condition, and a Process."
• CGNM 5/18 Folder : The New Left
  More materials relating to the New Left dating from 1968-1971. Complete issues of the journals: The German Tribune Quarterly Review (Dec. 1968); The Intercollegiate Review (Spring, 1969); and Modern Age (Winter, 1968-69). Also included are two publications of the Young Americans for Freedom, one entitled "Confronting the New Left" and another containing excerpts from J. Edgar Hoover's testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee in 1968. There is also a reprint of an article by Milorad M. Drachkovitch entitled "Radicalization and Fragmentation of the New Left."
• CGNM 5/19 Folder : Nichiren - Japan 1970-1972
  Correspondence between Niemeyer and Makoto Iokibe (1970-72) regarding their plan to collaborate on a study of Nichiren and 13th century Japanese Buddhism. There is an 11-page paper by Iokibe entitled "Nichiren and Jien" which Iokibe sent to Niemeyer, and dozens of pages of Niemeyer's handwritten notes on the subject. It seems from a letter of March 18, 1972 that the collaborative project on Nichiren was never realized by Niemeyer and Iokibe.
• CGNM 5/20 Folder : Oglethorpe University 1946-1966
  Materials relating to Oglethorpe University dating from 1945-1966. One article reprinted from The Educational Forum entitled "Experiment at Oglethorpe: The Oglethorpe Idea" (1966), 4 information pamphlets on the University, 5 issues of The Oglethorpe Book with occasional post-it markers inserted, 4 copies of an article from the North Dekalb Record and Norcross News (June 8, 1950) containing a report on North Atlanta conducted by Oglethorpe students under Niemeyer's guidance, and an article from The Atlanta Journal on Niemeyer's involvement with the first citizenship conference for women at the Georgia State College for Women.
• CGNM 5/21 Folder : O'Grady Paper 1966
  92-page typed manuscript of a paper by William Walsh O'Grady, Jr. entitled "Hegel and Marx: Studies in Man's Self-Assertion" (1966). The paper appears to be well-written and interesting, and is apparently unpublished.
• CGNM 5/22 Folder : Ost Kurier 1966-1973
  Dozens of unmarked issues of the German periodical Ost-Kurier (German language) from 1966 to 1973.
• CGNM 5/23 Folder : Ost-West Echo 1966-1967
  14 issues of the German periodical Ost-West Echo (German language) dating from 1966-67.
• CGNM 5/24 Folder : Pangle - Rhodes 1989-1990
  Extensive correspondence (often in excess of 4 pages) between James Rhodes and Tom Pangle on the subject of Strauss's thought and also its relationship to Voegelin, dating from 1989-90. This correspondence was relayed by Rhodes to Niemeyer. There is also a 37-page paper by Pangle entitled "On The Epistolary Dialogue Between Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin," presented at the 1990 meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, which Pangle sent to Rhodes. Also included is an article from the May 23, 1986 National Review entitled "About That Doctrine" (the Reagan Doctrine) and an article from the May 13, 1986 Wall Street Journal entitled "Throwing Down the Neoconservative Gauntlet" by Tim Ferguson.
• CGNM 5/25 Folder : Josef Pieper 1971-1972
  Two unmarked articles by Josef Pieper (1971 and 1972) from Triumph (publication of the Christian Commonwealth Institute). The first is entitled "The Realm of the Sacred" and the second is entitled "What Makes Priests Different? In Persona Christi."
• CGNM 5/26 Folder : Plotinus
  2 copies of 8 printed excerpts from Plotinus's writings with heavy underlining (about 50 pages).
• CGNM 5/27 Folder : Polish Communist Party 1957-1959
  3 documents of the Polish Communist Party dating from 1957-1959. 69-page PZPR Congress Five-Year Plan Directive, 97-page text of the Gomulka Report to the Third PZPR Congress, and a 22-page report by Gomulka (PZPR Central Committee First Secretary) "On the Results of the Moscow Conference of Communist and Workers Parties to a Warsaw Meeting of Party Activists."
• CGNM 5/28 Folder : Political Theory
  A collection of notes and papers, dating from the 1950s, on a range of topics in political theory. Included are 6 pages of Niemeyer's handwritten notes, an article by William Carlo entitled "The Role of Philosophy in Politics," an 18-page paper by Arthur Utz entitled "The principle of Subsidiarity and Contemporary Natural law," a paper by Fr. Costanzo entitled "St. Augustine: God, Man, and Society," and a 9-page paper by Voegelin (marked "To be revised") entitled "On Toynbee's Study of History." There is also an 8-page typed plan for a project entitled "The Intellectual Confrontation of Communism" with a description of the nature and method of the project, a list of personnel, a provisional list of the first series of conferences, and an estimate of basic costs for the project.
• CGNM 5/29 Folder : Political Theory
  A published book review, a paper, and a collection of typed lectures by Willmoore Kendall from the late 1940s and early 1950s. The book review is entitled "The Function of Intelligence," reviewing Strategic Intelligence by Sherman Kent (Princeton, 1949); the paper (12 pages) is entitled "The Areopagitica Reconsidered;" and the lectures are from a Conference on Democratic Theory (The Foundation for American Studies, California) and comprise a 114-page draft manuscript of a work which was intended for eventual publication. There are also 4 pages of typed notes on a conference held at Niemeyer's home on May 15, 1956 which included Msgr. De Raemaker, Fr. Bohensky, Fr. Parry, and Dr. Hermens.
• CGNM 5/30 Folder : Politics and Religion
  3 sets of typed lecture notes, one (10-page) draft of a paper, and more than 20 pages of handwritten notes on the topic of politics and religion. The 3 lectures are respectively entitled "Politics and Religion" (6 pages), "Religion and Politics" (3 pages), and "The New Left" (3 pages). The 10-page paper is untitled (it treats of Christianity and citizenship) and is marked by frequent corrections.
• CGNM 5/31 Folder : Politics - My Ideas
  About 75 loose pages of handwritten notes (most in German) covering a wide range of political philosophical topics, and 6 handwritten pages on the topic of "Faith in Reality." Of these latter 6 pages, 2 consist of a continuous mini-essay, while the other 4 consist of a series of connected notes on the topic.
• CGNM 6/01 Folder : Power (IADC) 1952-1975
  6 sets of typed lecture notes, a few pages of handwritten notes, a reprint of an article by Niemeyer, and a reprint of an article by Kenneth Waltz. The lecture notes are concerned with various combinations of the related concepts of "nation," "state," "government," "power," and "political strategy;" one lecture is labeled "IADC," apparently given at the Inter-American Defense College. Niemeyer's article is entitled "The Balance-Sheet of the League Experiment" (International Organization VI.4, 1952), and Waltz's article is entitled "Force and the Balance of Power" (Journal of International Affairs XXI.2, 1967).
• CGNM 6/02 Folder : Princeton 1937-1941
  Materials relating to Niemeyer's time at Princeton. Included are two copies of a brief article on Niemeyer's son Herman, two issues (1940-41) of the Nassau Sovereign, two information booklets on Princeton campus life, a syllabus for a Comparative Government course (1941), and official as well as informal notification of Niemeyer's appointment as Lecturer in Politics at Princeton University (1937).
• CGNM 6/03 Folder : Princeton Conference 1951/12
  A 36-page report on the Princeton Inn Conference (attended by Niemeyer) of Dec. 14-16, 1951, written by George D. Stoddard of the University of Illinois. The topic of the conference was rather open-ended and informal, treating the general question of how to "formulate a definitive and compelling statement of the meaning of the American experience" (p. 2).
• CGNM 6/04 Folder : Public and Semipublic Letters 1949-1970
  A collection of letters and correspondence dating from 1949-1959, as well as a folder of newspaper clippings from this period. Much of the correspondence relates to William F. Buckley's speeches at the National War College in 1956 and 1958, the latter of which was especially controversial according to Niemeyer. Also included is a letter to the New York Times by Niemeyer entitled "To Control Germany" (1949).
• CGNM 6/05 Folder : Quotes
  Two brief (1-page) cut-out articles on Christian theological issues, and a small (2-page) collection of typed quotations (Auden, Wordsworth, and others).
• CGNM 6/06 Folder : Recovery of History
  An 18-page, heavily corrected draft manuscript of Niemeyer's article "The Loss and Recovery of History" (Imprimis , Oct. 1977). There are also approximately 30 pages of handwritten notes and 10 pages of typed notes, most of which relate directly to the topic of the article.
• CGNM 6/07 Folder : The Recovery of the Sacred 1988
  Two corrected drafts (19 and 16 pages) of Niemeyer's lecture, entitled "The Recovery of the Sacred," given at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's (ISI) 35th Anniversary celebration in November of 1988. Whether this manuscript has been published cannot be ascertained from the bibliography, since it was written around the same time as the bibliography was compiled. Also included are two loose pages from the Nov. 25, 1988 issue of National Review and 6 pages of handwritten notes relating to the ISI lecture.
• CGNM 6/08 Folder : GN Resumes 1972
  A collection of a few of Niemeyer's CV's (Curricula Vitae) from the late 1960s and early 1970s, including lists of publications and educational and professional histories.
• CGNM 6/09 Folder : Revelation 1965/1969
  Correspondence relating to Niemeyer's participation in the Liberty Fund's Seminar on Revelation of July 18-20, 1969. A list of participants in the seminar as well as a schedule are included. There is also a 23-page text of a lecture given at the Seminar by Carl Henry entitled "Divine Revelation in the Judeo-Christian Understanding."
• CGNM 6/10 Folder : James V. Schall
  6 articles by James V. Schall, S.J. from the late 1970s and early 80s. These include "Revelation, Reason and Politics: Catholic Reflexions on Strauss," "Human rights: the 'so-called' Judaeo-Christian tradition," "The Best Form of Government: A perspective on the Continuity of Political Theory," "Displacing Damnation: The Neglect of Hell in Political Theory," and "The Old Testament and political theory."
• CGNM 6/11 Folder : Simposio Interamericano 1981
  A pamphlet for the 1981 "Simposio Interamericano" in Buenos Aires, at which Niemeyer gave a lecture entitled "Propiedad, principios religiosos y progreso." This is accompanied by 5 pages of typed notes on Latin America entitled "First Impressions of Latin America" which catalogue Niemeyer's observations from his visits to Chile and other South and Latin American countries. Also included are two copies of a 19-page manuscript (apparently unpublished) entitled "Structures, Revolutions and Christianity," which confronts manifestations of the "liberation theology" popular in Latin America. Another manuscript is included (12 pages) which is entitled "Eric Voegelin and American Conservatives," also apparently unpublished (at least with this title). Lastly, there is a 1981 Wall Street Journal article entitled "A Letter on Marxist Analysis by Christians."
• CGNM 6/12 Folder : Simposio Interamericano 1981
  A 153-page booklet containing the texts of the lectures given at the Simposio Interamericano of 1981. Included is the Spanish-language text of Niemeyer's manuscript (in 6/11) entitled "Estructuras, revolucion y cristianismo" (Structures, Revolutions and Christianity).
• CGNM 6/13 Folder : Social Science - Notre Dame Curriculum 1956
  Large amount of correspondence, reports, and notes relating to the development of an integrated social science course (economics, sociology, and politics) at Notre Dame in 1956. Included are numerous typed notes of meetings of the Social Science Committee (of which Niemeyer was a member) during the summer of 1956, numerous versions and portions of syllabi for the course, and a 7-page letter from Father Hesburgh to Father Sheedy (Dean of Arts and Letters) on June 10, 1956, detailing plans for improvement of the curriculum (including the social science course).
• CGNM 6/14 Folder : Social Science - Notre Dame Curriculum 1954-1955
  Two booklets containing multiple syllabi for various courses in the Arts and Letters, including History, Philosophy, English, and Languages (dating from 1954-1955). The booklets are marked "for the correlation committee" and "for the correlation program," indicating that these were used in conjunction with an effort to integrate the Notre Dame curriculum.
• CGNM 6/15 Folder : Spain 1935,1949
  A collection of "cupones" from a Madrid bank in 1949, a list of courses taught at the Federacion de Asociaciones Espanolas de Estudios Internacionales (Madrid) in 1935 which includes Niemeyer's course entitled "Historia Internacional," and a two-page "Programa" (outline) of Niemeyer's course.
• CGNM 6/16 Folder : Stalin 1952
  "A Selection of Stalin's Public Statements in the Postwar Period (1945-1951)" dated March 1952. The selection is 129 pages long, is organized chronologically by year, and includes a complete table of contents, although no editor is listed or source for the collection as a whole. Also included are the transcripts of two brief (1-page) interviews with Stalin in 1952 and the 3-page text of a speech by Stalin at the XIX Congress of the C.P. of the Soviet Union.
• CGNM 6/17 Folder : Steering Committee - Reports for Meeting - Notre Dame CAP 1975
  A collection of reports, correspondence, and membership lists relating to the Committee on Academic Progress (CAP) of the College of Arts and Letters from 1975. Niemeyer was the Chairman of the Committee at this time, and compiled the notes and reports of the CAP Steering Committee meetings in 1975. Also included is a copy of an article from the November 21, 1975 Observer describing the decline of the relevance of the CAP and its "elitist" reputation.
• CGNM 6/18 Folder : Student Feedback / Comments
  A copy of The University Bookman Vol. 29, Number 3 (1989) which includes a section on "Professor Niemeyer's Achievements" and a review of The Good Man in Society: Active Contemplation, Essays in Honor of Gerhart Niemeyer . Also included is a card from some of Niemeyer's students labeled "Guanajuato, July 15/90."
• CGNM 6/19 Folder : Taiwan, Japan
  Several information pamphlets and tourist booklets from Japan and Taiwan, as well as several (mostly blank) postcards.
• CGNM 6/20 Folder : Taiwan, Japan
  An information book entitled "Taiwan Today," published by the Department of Information, Taiwan Provincial Government (1968), two picture books of Kyoto palaces and villas, and two articles from the China Post of Sept. 29, 1967 regarding celebrations for Confucius's birthday.
• CGNM 6/21 Folder : Theoretical Foundations - Communist Ideology 1967
  Two sets of lecture notes (both from 1967) and one 15-page typed manuscript with handwritten comments. One group of lecture notes consists of 6 pages on the topic of "Communist Ideology and the Communist Phenomenon" (Spring 1967), and the other of 4 pages on the topic of "Ideological Foundations of Communism" (Jan. 4, 1967). The manuscript is untitled and doesn't include the name of the author, and is on the topic of Communist ideology and precisely why it is wrong.
• CGNM 6/22 Folder : Total Critique, etc.
  Over 2 dozen handwritten pages of notes (apparently dating from the late 1950s) on the concept of the "total critique." The notes treat of St. Augustine, Marx, Hegel, modern liberalism, and totalitarianism in relation to the idea of a "total critique" of society.
• CGNM 6/23 Folder : Totalitarianism in General 1937/1028
  A 5-page text which appears to be a lecture rather than the beginnings of an essay, entitled "The Intellectual Surrender of German and Italian Liberalism to the Totalitarian State" (Oct. 28, 1937). Also 4 pages of typed lecture notes on "German Government" for a Comparative Government course dated 1938-39.
• CGNM 6/24 Folder : Turkey 1972-1973
  Correspondence and travel-related documents relating to Niemeyer's service as Public Member on the USIA (U.S. Information Agency) Foreign Service Inspection team to Turkey from My 17 through June 2, 1973. The visit culminated in a 6-page report by Niemeyer to the Director of the USIA submitted on August 1, 1973 including a "General View of the Turkish Situation" and a recommendation for a new position at USIS Ankara. Also included are numerous copies of this report and a few early typed drafts.
• CGNM 6/25 Folder : U.S. Foreign Policy 1953-1956
  Documents relating to U.S. foreign policy during the mid-1950s. Included are two letters from Alfred B. Mason to Niemeyer in response to an article published in U.S. News and World Report entitled "1964: After Ten Years of Coexistence" with Niemeyer's response, a copy of Henry Kissinger's "American Policy and Preventive War" (12 pages) with two pages of handwritten notes, a 36-page essay by Frank R. Barnett entitled "Is Airpower 'Obsolescent'? An Essay on Fourth Dimensional Warfare," and two addresses (7 and 9 pages) by John Foster Dulles in 1953.
• CGNM 6/26 Folder : U.S. Foreign Policy 1953-1957
  Numerous articles and official statements relating to U.S. foreign policy during the mid-1950's. The sources of the articles include the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, U.S. News and World Report and Discussions of Foreign Affairs . Other documents include an address by President Eisenhower dated April 16, 1953 and entitled "The Chance for Peace," an address by John Foster Dulles dated September 24, 1953, and an address by Robert Murphy dated September 12, 1953.
• CGNM 6/27 Folder : U.S. Foreign Policy 1958-1959
  Materials relating to U.S. foreign policy in the late 1950s. Included are a 22-page text of Lucian W. Pye's address to the National War College on March 6, 1959 entitled "Southeast Asia and American Policy," 4 copied pages from New York newspapers (Times, Herald Tribune, Post ) regarding the Acheson-Kennan dispute of 1957-58, the April 14, 1958 issue of The Dan Smoot Report entitled" Communism, Christianity, Confusion," and 4 pages of notes from USIA Opinion Polls of Western Europe (1959) regarding perceptions of U.S. foreign policy.
• CGNM 6/28 Folder : U.S. - U.S.S.R. Relations 1950s
  An excerpt from an editorial entitled "Corrosive Myth" which appeared in the 1953 issue of The Economist , a 33-page paper by W.C. Wentworth entitled "Time and the Bomb: An Analysis of the Atomic Situation," an article from Commentary entitled "The Peking-Moscow Axis and the Western Alliance: How Really Hopeful for Us Are Their Disagreements?" by Franz Borkenau, an article from The American Slavic and East European Review entitled "Stalin's Role in the Communist Victory in China" by Peter S. H. Tang, and a 30-page booklet entitled "The Communist Party of the U.S.A., What It Is -- How It Works: A Handbook for Americans."
• CGNM 6/29 Folder : U.S.S.R. Trip Notes
  A journal containing over 200 pages of handwritten notes from a visit to the U.S.S.R detailing travels, accommodations, conversations, and general impressions.
• CGNM 6/30 Folder : Valley Forge 1969-1970
  Materials relating to Niemeyer's service as Director of the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in 1969. Included are Program of Instruction booklets for two seminars occurring in the summer of this year, one in conjunction with Texas A+M University and another in conjunction with the University of Notre Dame. Also included are typed lecture notes (by Niemeyer and other instructors), exam questions, assigned paper topics, and a roster of students for the Notre Dame seminar.
• CGNM 6/31 Folder : Vietnam 1967
  5 pages of typed lecture notes on the Vietnam War dated Nov. 1967, 6 pages of handwritten notes, a brief excerpt from the speech of the Laws to Socrates in the Crito, and a "provisional draft" of a 24-page paper entitled "Vietnam -- A Report" by Ernest S. Griffith dated December 4, 1967.
• CGNM 6/32 Folder : Barbara Von der Heydt 1963-1992
  A draft manuscript, including a general proposal and outline, of Barbara von der Heydt's study of Christianity and Soviet Communism before the fall of the Berlin Wall. This manuscript was sent to Niemeyer for suggestions and corrections in 1991. Also included is some correspondence between von der Heydt and Niemeyer relating to her manuscript. This work was published in 1993 by WM. B. Eerdmans Publishing under the title Candles Behind the Wall .
• CGNM 6/33 Folder : War and Morality 1961-1966
  Materials relating to the general topic of "Morality and Modern War" dating from 1961-1966. Included are: 4 pages of typed lecture notes dated Nov. 1965 and entitled "Morality and Modern War," a 6-page report by the Republican Coordinating Committee on Foreign Relations regarding Southeast Asia dated June 1965, approx. 30 pages of handwritten notes, a booklet containing the text of Dr. Stefan Possony's testimony in the U.S. Senate regarding his analysis of the Khrushchev Speech of Jan. 6, 1961, an invitation to a seminar sponsored by the Intercollegiate Society of Individualists, Inc. featuring papers by William Kintner, Leo Paul de Alvarez, and Niemeyer (1965), and a 21-page partially handwritten manuscript (untitled and apparently unpublished) by Niemeyer, evidently prepared for the ISI seminar, on the topic of "Morality and Modern War."
• CGNM 6/34 Folder : Simone Weil / by Maura A. Daly 1986
  A 22-page French-language paper entitled "Simone Weil et le Gnosticisme" by Maura A. Daly, a professor at the University of Notre Dame, which was presented at a conference on the life and thought of Simone Weil in Paris in 1986. Also a 10-page published essay by Daly entitled "Simone Weil and the Need for Roots" (September 1988).


• CGNM 6-7/ Series : Lectures
• CGNM 6/35 Folder : Recent Lectures on Communism 1963-1973
  A number of mostly unpublished essays/lectures as well as two sets of lecture notes on Communism dating from 1963-1973. The lecture notes include a "Summing-up Lecture, Valley Forge" (3 pages) and "Politics and Religion" (3 pages, 1973). The essays/lectures include a 10-page "Memorandum on Soviet-American Relations," a 19-page paper entitled "The Nature of the Enemy" (dated 1963), a 19-page paper entitled "Toward a New Cold War Policy," the 12-page text of a lecture entitled "The Communist Ideology I" delivered for the Seminar on the Preservation of the Principles of Freedom (1965, Valley Forge), the 24-page text of a lecture delivered for the National War College in 1969 entitled "The Roots of Soviet Communism," and a 24-page paper entitled "The Role of Ideology in Communist Systems" (Orbis Vol. XVII, No. 3, 1973).
• CGNM 6/36 Folder : Lectures on Communism 1968
  A 32-page essay/lecture entitled "Marxism" (unpublished), which contains a well-organized and comprehensive analysis of Marx's most important writings, a critique of the central tenets of his doctrine, and a critical analysis of the development of Marxist movements, closing with an explanation of 10 points which form the "main substance of Marxist dogmatics" (28). Also included is another copy of "The Roots of Soviet Communism" and 13 pages of organized lecture notes on Communism (Seoul 1968).
• CGNM 6/37 Folder : Lectures on Communism 1973-1978
  6 sets of typed lecture notes (about 4 pages each) dating from 1973 to 1978 on closely related aspects of Communism (such as the "Communist Revolution" and the "Communist Threat").
• CGNM 6/38 Folder : Communist Ideology
  Over two dozen pages of handwritten notes on the subject of Communist Ideology (apparently from the late 1950s and early 60s), a copy of an article from Dissent (Winter, 1960) entitled "A Major Document from Russia: On Socialist Realism" (25 pages), and an extensive (5-page) list of readings for a course on Soviet Foreign Relations.
• CGNM 6/39 Folder : Communist Ideology 1986
  Syllabi and extensive notes for Niemeyer's courses on Communist Ideology from 1982-1986. Parts of the notes are organized by author and work, e.g. "Marx, Early Writings" or "Communist Manifesto," and are a combination of handwritten and typed notes. The notes total approx. 80 pages.
• CGNM 7/01 Folder : Communist Ideology Course 1980s
  Dozens of pages of lecture notes (handwritten and typed), numerous syllabi, final examination questions and paper topics, and records of student grades for Niemeyer's course on Communist Ideology from the 1950s to the 1980s (most materials are from the 1980s). The majority of the notes focus on Lenin and Mao.
• CGNM 7/02 Folder : Communist Ideology Course 1960s-1970s
  Two copies of a pamphlet containing the complete text of Mao Tse-Tung's 1957 speech "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People," with an introduction by G. F. Hudson; a reprint of Niemeyer's article entitled "Lenin and the Total Critique of Society" (Review of Politics Vol. 26, No. 4, Oct. 1964); and two catalogs from publishers (Imported Publications, Inc. 1977, and Liberation Books 1979-1980).
• CGNM 7/03 Folder : Lectures on Communist Theory (Collinet) 1955/09
  The texts of five lectures (in French) given by M. Collinet in September of 1955. The lectures are on the topic of Communist Theory, and are each roughly 15 typed pages in length.
• CGNM 7/04 Folder : Eastern Political Thought c1971
  Syllabi for courses taught by Niemeyer from 1971-1973 on Eastern Political Thought (China and India) and dozens of pages of handwritten and typed notes related to these courses. The specific courses include "Eastern Political Thought," "China's Political Tradition," and "The Tradition of India."
• CGNM 7/05 Folder : Faculty Seminar on Eastern Influence on Western Civilization: Indian Civilization and Culture 1969/09
  Two copies of the program for the "Faculty Seminar on Eastern Influence on Western Civilization: Indian Civilization and Culture," September 8-12, 1969 (Notre Dame), of which Niemeyer was a participant. Also included are brief correspondence relating to the seminar and 11 pages of Niemeyer's handwritten notes, apparently taken during or in preparation for the seminar.
• CGNM 7/06 Folder : [ISI?] Lectures 1965-1967
  Sets of lecture notes from the 1960s, a draft of an article entitled "Systems of History and Public Policy Goals" (in Society and History , ed. by G. L. Ulmen, 159-168. The Hague: Mouton Publishers, 1978), and the text of an untitled 15-page lecture on Communism. The titles of the lecture notes include "Morality and Modern War," "National Policy Goals," "Humanism and Theism," "The Reconstruction of Political Order," "Religion and Politics," "The Premises of Communism," and "Political and Sociological Factors, USSR."
• CGNM 7/07 Folder : [ISI?] Lectures 1968-1972
  Sets of lecture notes from the late 60s and early 70s, as well as the texts of three unpublished lectures. The lectures are entitled "The East and the West in Our Time" (6 pages), "Two Sources of American Foreign Policy" (11 pages), and "Communist Ideology and the West" (15 pages). The second of these lectures is perhaps most relevant in the contemporary context, treating the "double-track character" (p. 8) of U.S. foreign policy since World War II.
• CGNM 7/08 Folder : ISI Summer 1974-1975
  Large collection of lecture notes, both typed and handwritten, for ISI summer programs of the mid-70s. The titles of the lectures include "Freedom as Divine Destiny," "The Openness of Being," "Freedom as Magic," "Freedom as Power," "The Abolition of Man," "The Culture of Power," and "The Politics of Perfectibility."
• CGNM 7/09 Folder : ISI Summer 1976
  Lecture notes from 1976, a 17-page draft of "Ethics and Politics in Communism" (Imprimis , Vol. 3, No. 4 [April, 1974]: 1-6), and 27 pages from Der Spiegel , Nr. 23, 1976. The titles of the lectures include "Hegel and Marx," "The Incompatibilities of Marx," and "Outline of Marx and Engels."
• CGNM 7/10 Folder : ISI Education 1977
  Materials relating to the subject of Education, including typed lecture notes and handwritten notes for lectures given for ISI in the late1970s. Included are a very interesting (apparently unpublished) 19-page essay (with attached abstract) entitled "The Commitments of Political Education," a copy of the Summer 1981 issue of The University Bookman which includes an article by Niemeyer entitled "Christian Studies and the Liberal Arts College," a copy of Dorothy L. Sayers' 1971 essay "The Lost Tools of Learning," and two copies of Niemeyer's article "Myth and Order in Our Time" (In Papers on Educational Reform , Vol. III, 83-97. Open Court Publishing Co.).
• CGNM 7/11 Folder : ISI 1979
  An unpublished 13-page essay entitled "What Price Politics?" (Jan. 1977), an 8-page commentary on a paper by Pangle entitled "The political psychology of religion," a 9-page commentary on a paper by William G. Pollard entitled "Religion, Ideology, and Society" presented at the Fourth International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (Nov. 1975), three sets of typed lecture notes ("Nature and Reason," "History and Ethics," "Freedom and God"), and correspondence and other documents relating to Niemeyer's participation in a 1979 ISI Western Summer Seminar on the topic "What is an Education?"
• CGNM 7/12 Folder : ISI 1981
  Primarily materials relating to Niemeyer's participation in the ISI Eastern Summer School held from August 16-22, 1981. Included are a full program schedule and description, both typed and written lecture notes, and brief correspondence. Also included are a copy of Niemeyer's 1982 article "Ideas Have Also Roots" (Modern Age , Vol. 26, No. 2 [Spring, 1982]: 136-143), a copy of a 16-page essay entitled "National Defense and Political Order" (possibly published under a different title in the Intercollegiate Review , 1966), and a copy of Niemeyer's 1963 pamphlet entitled "The Communist Mind."

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