- CGOE : Edward A. Goerner: Manuscripts
- CGOE 1-7/ Series : Edward A. Goerner Office Files
- CGOE 1/01 Folder : F O'M [Frank O'Malley] / Christ College 1974
Faculty member at Notre Dame (1934-1974), an editor of The Review of Politics, and one of Goerner's undergraduate professors. The folder contains: two obituaries from Newsweek and the New York Times; a pamphlet entitled "The New Plan of Studies: For the Bachelor of Arts Degree" (Sept. 1954); a list of O'Malley's published writings; several copies of a poem entitled "To Frank O'Malley" by Ernest Sandeen; a copy of a eulogy by Charles E. Sheedy, C.S.C.; copies of an edition of the student paper Scholastic largely dedicated to Frank O'Malley (Sept. 9, 1974); and a large photo of O'Malley. Also a copy of Frank O'Malley's proposal for a residential college at Notre Dame.
- CGOE 1/02 Folder : 180 Lit and Pol - Spring 2002 1982-2002
Primarily administrative material related to a freshman Literature and Politics seminar. The material includes student lists, syllabi from various versions of the course (1982, 1983, 2002), course adoption forms, and bibliographies.
- CGOE 1/03 Folder : Iliad
Material relating to lectures on the Iliad given as part of the 180 Lit and Pol seminar. Mostly handwritten notes; also questions for papers, a newspaper clipping and a few notes on related scholarly research.
- CGOE 1/04 Folder : Bolt [Robert, Man for All Seasons] 1977
A lecture on the film version of Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons (on the life of Saint Thomas More) which Goerner delivered as part of "Seasonal Man: A Film / Lecture series" in North Carolina, 1977 (typewritten, 18 pp). A description of the lecture series reads: "The following quotation fixes the questions upon which this proposed series would dwell: 'Whether he sees himself as religious or not, modern man cannot be ethical in the way that the religious man of former times was, before the 'death of God.' Two possibilities remain open for modern man. The first being ethical within given, inherited structures - the family, the church, the culture, the state - ordinary living which, because it is within these structures and because it rests on some genuine interhuman contact, is ethical in practice . . . . The second is the vastly more difficult and painful discovery of the ethical in limit situations, in the 'absurd,' in the 'eclipse of God.' (Maurice Friedman)." Goerner's student, Bill O'Grady, was another presenter in the series. The folder also contains logistical material relating to the lecture series, a newspaper article entitled "Sir Thomas More's Role as a Political Activist Is Debated by Scholars" (New York Times, 1977), and a small collection of handwritten notes on Bolt's play.
- CGOE 1/05 Folder : 180 Others
Handwritten notes on texts from the 180 Pol and Lit seminar: Beowulf, Bread and Wine, The Song of Roland, Malraux's The Conquerors, Sophocles' Philoctetes, Aristophanes' Lysistrata, and Shakespeare's Henry V.
- CGOE 1/06 Folder : Camus 1973-1999
Administrative material relating to an undergraduate seminar on Camus, including textbook information, student lists, copies of syllabi (1999, 1997, 1995, 1994, 1988, 1983, 1981, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1974, 1973, 1972), brief correspondence concerning related administrative matters, and posters advertising a public presentation of a dramatic reading of Camus's The Just Assasins by seminar participants.
- CGOE 1/07 Folder : Camus Notes 1983-1999
Handwritten and typewritten notes for the Camus seminar, most of which seem to be notes for lectures, as well as a short handwritten piece on Camus (possibly relating to Goerner's MA Thesis on Camus). The folder includes several newspaper clippings including: on Camus's last, posthumously published work (New York Times, 1994); on Camus and the story of the village of Le Chambon (New York Times Book Review, 1979); on George Bidault, former Prime Minister of France who opposed Algerian independence (New York Times, 1983); 'The 'Americanization' of Camus's 'Stranger'" (New York Times, 1988). The folder also contains copies of "The Condemned" by Woody Allen, a postcard of Camus (from a student), and a copy of The Major Works of Albert Camus: A Critical Commentary by Austin Fowler.
- CGOE 1/08 Folder : J. Sem [Justice Seminar] 1982-1993
Administrative material relating to the Justice Seminar, the core course in the Politics, Philosophy and Economics undergraduate minor. The material includes syllabi from different versions of the course, lists of students, textbook adoption forms, an article entitled "At Work: When a White Collar Unravels" (New York Times, 1992), lists of review topics and questions for an oral exam, and brief correspondence.
- CGOE 1/09 Folder : J. Sem Clips [newspaper clippings] 1992-1993
Newspaper clippings from the New York Times for the Justice Seminar, almost all on the subject of the Clinton health care plan.
- CGOE 1/10-11 Folder : J. Sem Arts [Justice Seminar Articles 1973-1993
Readings (with occasional comments) for the Justice Seminar, including a copy of the Ephebic Oath; also includes some brief correspondence, notes, and bibliographies.
- CGOE 1/10-11 Title : "Choices of Principles of Distributive Justice in Experimental Groups" / by Frohlich, Oppenheimer, Eavey
- CGOE 1/10-11 Title : "Can the Maximin Principle Serve as a Basis for Morality? A Critique of John Rawls's Theory" / by Harsanyi
- CGOE 1/10-11 Title : "An Outline of a System of Utilitarian Ethics" / by J.J. Smart
- CGOE 1/10-11 Title : "Rawls and Individualism" / by C.F. Delaney
- CGOE 1/10-11 Title : "Pope, Criticizing capitalism, laments widening rich-poor gap, ecological damage"
- CGOE 1/10-11 Title : "Big news is that encyclical voted for democracy" (National Catholic Reporter); brief essays on Centesimus Annus (several from the National Review); a textbook chapter on supply-side economics
- CGOE 1/10-11 Title : "Morality and the theory of rational behavior" / by Harsanyi
- CGOE 1/10-11 Title : "The Economic Significance of John Rawls' Theory of Justice" / by Stephen Worland
- CGOE 1/10-11 Title : "Kantian Constructivism in Moral Theory" / by John Rawls
- CGOE 1/10-11 Title : "'Constructivism' in Rawlsian Political Philosophy" / by C.F. Delaney
- CGOE 1/10-11 Title : "The Shrinking Middle Class" / by Katharine L. Bradbury
- CGOE 1/10-11 Title : "The Middle Class: Is it Really Vanishing?" / by Frank Levy
- CGOE 1/10-11 Title : "In the Shadow of the General Will: Rawls, Kant and Rousseau on the Problem of Political Right" / by Patrick Neal
- CGOE 1/10-11 Title : "Justice, Desert and Rawls" / by Finbarr O'Connor
- CGOE 1/10-11 Title : "Effort, Ability, and Personal Desert" / by George Sher
- CGOE 1/12 Folder : PT [Political Theory] 1994-2001
Primarily administrative material for a Political Theory undergraduate course, including: syllabi, a list of students, a series of case studies for student discussion, paper assignments, exams, and material on texts for the course. The folder also includes a newspaper clipping ("On a New Map, the Income Gap Grows" by David Cay Johnston) and a student paper.
- CGOE 1/13-14 Folder : PT [Political Theory] Archive 1990-1999
Material for the Political Theory course, primarily packets from different years of the course that include syllabi, case studies, paper assignments and exams.
- CGOE 1/15 Folder : PT [Political Theory] Clips 1985-2001
Newspaper clippings (from the New York Times, South Bend Tribune, Le Monde, Parade Magazine, Wall Street Journal, and the Fayetteville Observer-Times) that seem to have formed the basis for case studies discussed in the Political Theory course. The folder also includes a book entitled "Social Stratification in the United States" by Stephen J. Rose.
- CGOE 1/16 Folder : [Autonomy and Majority Rule] 1984
A typewritten paper by Goerner entitled "Autonomy and Majority Rule," 1984 (22 pp).
- CGOE 1/17 Folder : Jury Nullification 1980-1995
An article entitled "Jury Nullification: The Contours of a Controversy" by Alan Scheflin and Jon Van Dyke; a copy of court case "United States v. Dougherty"; a newspaper article "Anarchy or fairness? Jury is out regarding merits of nullification" (South Bend Tribune, 1995).
- CGOE 1/18 Folder : White House as Junta
Two versions of a short editorial by Goerner on the Iran-Contra scandal (4 pp).
- CGOE 1/19 Folder : European Unity and the Future of the West
A handwritten speech (23 pp).
- CGOE 1/20 Folder : Single Issue Politics 1980
An exchange that occurred in Notre Dame student publications the Observer and the Scholastic between Goerner and Ralph McInerny on the subject of abortion as a political issue. The folder includes: the original piece "The Christian Menace" (Ralph McInerny, The Scholastic, October 1980); a typewritten editorial entitled "On Single-Issue Politics: A Rejoinder to Professor McInerny" as well as the published version "Single issues and multiple mistakes" (Goerner, The Observer, Nov 4, 1980); an editorial entitled "McInery responds" (The Observer, Nov. 14,, 1980); letter to the editor "McInerny position confusing" (Joseph Wilder, The Observer, Nov 21, 1980).
- CGOE 1/21 Folder : Assas [Assassination, referring to JFK] 1963
A short speech Goerner prepared for his class the day after the assassination of John F. Kennedy (handwritten, 8 pp). The folder also contains a copy of a Religious Bulletin which prints a sermon on the same subject, delivered by Father Stanley J. Parry, C.S.C., in Sacred Heart Church, Nov 24, 1963.
- CGOE 1/22 Folder : Straussites and Moderns
A small collection of handwritten notes on the subject of differences between the Straussites and the Moderns.
- CGOE 1/23 Folder : Faculty Unions 1973
Selections from the student newspaper The Observer devoted to the subject of faculty unions at Notre Dame. Goerner, one of two faculty contributors, contributed an article entitled: "Collective Bargaining: Lure of Egypt" (Jan 29, 1973).
- CGOE 1/24 Folder : Reviews P+C [Peter and Caesar] 1965-1971
Reviews of Goerner's Peter and Caesar: by Guenter Lewy (Political Science Quarterly, vol. LXXXI, No. 3, Sept. 1966); by Robert E. Rodes, Jr (The Review of Politics, Vol. 28, No. 3, July 1966); by Angelo Codevilla (The Intercollegiate Review); by Patricia Barrett, R.S.C.J. (Theological Studies); Michael G. Ryan (The Juggler, Spring 1966); by James V. Schall, SJ (The Catholic Messenger, Mar 17, 1966); from Herder Correspondence; by Daniel Callahan (The Critic, Dec 1965 - Jan 1966); by Peter J. Henriot (America, Sept 25, 1965); by Richard Talaber (Chronicle, Aug 1965); in the Catholic Accent, Feb 17, 1966. The folder also includes a royalty statement from 1971.
- CGOE 1/25 Folder : Cambodia 1970
Material relating to a faculty senate meeting on the subject of Father Hesburgh's Declaration concerning the invasion of Cambodia. The folder contains a paper entitled "Remarks of the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame, speaking at a student-sponsored rally held May 4, 1970, to discuss U.S. actions in Cambodia"; minutes of faculty senate meetings from May 5th and 6th, 1970; a copy of the resolution proposed by Goerner (expressing support for Hesburgh's Declaration) and passed by the Faculty Senate on May 6th; a handwritten speech relating to the resolution Goerner proposed.
- CGOE 1/26 Folder : Aquinas, Roos and Fortin 1975-1980
A piece entitled "St. Thomas Aquinas and Natural Law" (handwritten, 12 pp). The writing appears to be Goerner's. The folder includes drafts of a paper entitled "Natural Right and Natural Law" by John Roos; "Thomas Aquinas and the Reform of the Augustinian Natural Law Doctrine" by Ernest L. Fortin; "Unger and Aquinas" by John Roos; and correspondence concerning Goerner's work on Aquinas, natural law and natural right with John Robinson, Ernest L. Fortin, and Christopher Wolfe. The folder also includes handwritten notes on Aquinas; a book review; and a few pages from a dissertation on related issues.
- CGOE 1/27 Folder : Fortin / Finnis / Aquinas 1983
Copies of articles; also correspondence with Fortin regarding a lecture at Notre Dame; correspondence with John Finnis regarding Goerner's articles on natural law and natural right (a few comments by Goerner in the margin of the letter are included); and a newspaper clipping, "Robbery suspect awaits police" (South Bend Tribune, Jan 20, 1983).
- CGOE 1/27 Title : "The New Rights Theory and the Natural Law" by Ernest L. Fortin, in which he discusses John Finnis's Natural Law and Natural Rights (The Review of Politics) with the occasional marginal note by Goerner
- CGOE 1/27 Title : "On the Naturalness and Lawfulness of the Natural Law: A Few Remarks on Ernest Fortin's Doubts" (Goerner, Review of Politics, vol. 45, July 1983; no. 3) with a response from Fortin
- CGOE 1/27 Title : "Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and the Problem of Natural Law" by Ernest L. Fortin (Mediaevalia, 1978), with a brief collection of handwritten notes by Goerner attached
- CGOE 1/28 Folder : Good and Bad Man's View 1979-1990
Correspondence regarding the publication of an edited version of Goerner's "On Thomistic Natural Law: the Bad Man's View of Thomistic Natural Right" in An Introduction to Political Theory, along with copies of the original and edited versions of the article and a copy of "Thomistic Natural Right: The Good Man's View of Thomistic Natural Law." The folder includes a copy of a brief response to Goerner's work by Donald Roy, published in the Communications section of Politcal Theory (Feb 1980).
- CGOE 1/29 Folder : Lord Kennet 1986-1987
Correspondence with the Right Honorable the Lord Kennet concerning a possible internship for one of Goerner's daughters.
- CGOE 1/30 Folder : World Democracy 1961
A talk entitled "The Application of the Principle of Democracy in the World Community" prepared for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Semi-Centennial Symposium, Notre Dame (March 4, 1961). The folder contains typewritten (13 pp) and handwritten versions of the piece.
- CGOE 1/31 Folder : Voice - Wallace 1964
An article entitled "Academic Freedom Or Academic Whoredom?" that Goerner wrote in response to the prospect of Gov. George Wallace speaking on Notre Dame's campus in the closing days of the Indiana Democratic presidential primary campaign (published in student newspaper The Voice, April 29, 1964). The issue was reported on by the National Review and the Chicago Tribune, though both incorrectly claimed that Goerner had opposed Wallace's right to the speak at the university. Goerner had, in fact, signed a statement saying Wallace ought to be allowed to speak on campus, but he vehemently opposed the peculiar staging / timing of the event, suggesting it was a political photo-op masquerading as an academic event. The folder includes excerpts from the National Review and the Chicago Tribune, as well as drafts of Goerner's responses to these pieces and published versions of the responses. There is also a small collection of letters written to Goerner in response to his article, some of which were addressed to Father Hesburgh.
- CGOE 1/32 Folder : New Cath Ency [New Catholic Encyclopedia] 1963-1964
Material relating to two articles Goerner contributed to the New Catholic Encyclopedia, entitled "Collectivism" and "Dictatorship" (750 words each). The folder contains related correspondence and handwritten drafts of the two articles.
- CGOE 1/33 Folder : Democracy in Crisis 1970-1974
Material (primarily reviews) related to Democracy in Crisis: New Challenges to Constitutional Democracy in the Atlantic Area, edited by Goerner. The book emerged from a 1970 conference held at Notre Dame. The book reviews are: by Minton F. Goldman (American Political Science Review, Dec. 1974); in [first word illegible] Fra Historien (1973, German); by Thomas M. Leonard (Growth and Change, 1973); in Choice (May 1972); in American Behavioral Scientist (May-June 1972); in Comparative Politics and International Relations (1972); an abstract in Poverty and Human Resources (Dec. 1971). The folder also includes correspondence from the National War College (regarding their use of one of the chapters), and pamphlets from the original conference
- CGOE 1/34 Folder : Articles and Reviews
Articles and reviews by Goerner and his colleagues. By Goerner is a handwritten piece entitled
- CGOE 1/34 Title : "Review of John Courtney Murray, We Hold These Truths" (7 pp) / by Edward A. Goerner
- CGOE 1/34 Title : "Cicero and the Rebirth of Political Philosophy" / by Walter J. Nicgorski
- CGOE 1/34 Title : "The Thinker in the Church: The Spirit of Newman" / by Frank O'Malley
- CGOE 1/34 Title : "The Restoration of Tradition" / by Stanley Parry
- CGOE 1/34 Title : "Babeuf and the Total Critique of Society" / by Gerhart Niemeyer
- CGOE 1/35 Folder : Calley [Trial of William L. Calley Jr.] 1971
Material relating to a Panel Discussion: "William Calley: Arms and the Man," Farley Hall. There is a short handwritten piece (10 pp) that was evidently the basis for some initial comments by Goerner in the discussion. The folder also includes a piece entitled "Text of Calley Prosecutor's Letter to the President" and a packet of papers prepared for the panel itself.
- CGOE 1/36 Folder : Graduation 1971
Material relating to a committee appointed by Fr. Burtchaell to improve commencement; Goerner chaired the committee and wrote and submitted the final report. The report captures Goerner's majestic and rhetorically high-flying vision of a truly liturgical commencement (Goerner had no hope that this would actually be realized, but it's fun reading nonetheless). The folder includes correspondence from Fr. Burtchaell and Donald P. Costello.
- CGOE 1/37 Folder : Fr. [John Courtney] Murray Miscellany 1958-1963
The folder contains a copy of "On Religious Liberty: Freedom is the most distinctively American issue before the Council" by John Courtney Murray, S.J. (America, 1963). There is a handwritten piece by Goerner in response to this article (10 pp), apparently prepared for a discussion of some sort. The folder includes correspondence from Goerner to Murray and Murray's response. The latter is a cryptic note that Murray wrote after having been silenced by his religious superiors.
- CGOE 1/38 Folder : Aristotle and N.R. [Natural Right] 1972-1974
A copy of Goerner's article "Aristocracy and Natural Right" (The American Journal of Jurisprudence, Vol. 17 1972); the folder also contains brief correspondence from Gerhart Niemeyer and Al Beitzinger in response to the article.
- CGOE 1/39 Folder : St. John's [College] 1981
Brief correspondence from Dean Robert S. Bart concerning a talk Goerner gave at St. John's College (Santa Fe).
- CGOE 1/40 Folder : Harvard / St. Th. A. II 1981
Program for a seminar entitled "The Claims of Revealed Truth: the Place of Islam, Christianity and Judaism in Political Philosophy," conducted at Harvard University, the Center for International Affairs. Goerner is listed as delivering a talk entitled "Legal Order, Natural Justice and Civil Disorder in Thomas Aquinas." The conference was directed by Muhsin Mahdi and Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr.
- CGOE 2/01 Folder : Hampshire Papers 1973
"Plato's Republic and the Search for Common Objects" by William O'Grady; "Word and World" by Joseph M. Duffy; "On Living with Inevitability" by J. N. Hartt.
- CGOE 2/02 Folder : Hampshire 1972
Brief correspondence with Robert C. Birney, Vice-President of Hampshire College, who was inquiring whether Goerner would consider being a candidate for the post of Dean of the College.
- CGOE 2/03 Folder : Review - Stackhouse Ethics and the Urban 1974
A few different versions (handwritten and typed) of Goerner's review of Ethics and the Urban Ethos: An Essay in Social Theory and Theological Reconstruction, by Max L. Stackhouse. The review was requested by the American Political Science Review; the folder includes related correspondence. The review was likely not printed, since Goerner was unhappy about proposed revisions.
- CGOE 2/04 Folder : Rags to Riches to Rags 1973
Goerner was elected to receive the Sheedy Award, Notre Dame's highest award for excellence in teaching, but in response to an ongoing dispute over University governance at the time refused to accept the award and the material token of $1000 that accompanied it. The dispute concerned the question of whether or not the elected faculty members of the Academic Council were to have veto power in the selection of the University's provost. In a series of pieces published in student papers the Observer and Scholastic he made public his reasons for refusing the award. The folder includes: "On University Governance: the Goerner Letters" (three letters published in the Scholastic April 13, 1973); "Goerner declines teaching award" (The Observer April 5, 1973); Observer editorial "The Fear Factor" (April 5, 1973); "Goerner's refusal receives praise" (The Observer April 9, 1973); "Professor Rejects Award" (South Bend Tribune, April 9, 1973); a brief article entitled "Goerner Refuses Award" published in Notre Dame Magazine, June 1973; "On Governance and the University" (Daniel J. Koob, Scholastic, May 1973). The folder also includes correspondence with Fr. Hesburgh, Rev. Burtchaell, Dean Plunkett, Dean Crosson, and Father Ferdinand Brown.
- CGOE 2/05 Folder : Fac. Man. - University [Faculty Manual] 1972
Material relating to proposed revisions to the Notre Dame Faculty Manual. At stake was a larger dispute about University governance. The folder includes correspondence directed to the members of the Academic Council; a copy of a written request from Goerner to other elected members of the Academic Council that they not attend a proposed meeting run under the joint auspices of the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate and the Executive Committee of the Notre Dame Chapter of A.A.U.P. (attached are brief replies from Ralph McInerny and from Bernard Norling); a copy of the Faculty Manual in which various corrections / revisions seem to have been noted; a description of proposed changes to the Faculty Manual; a brief piece entitled "The University" that may have formed the basis for a proposed Article in the Faculty Manual (typewritten, 6 pp, no author noted but probably written by Goerner); a piece entitled "The Future at Notre Dame," anonymously composed but signed and sponsored by several faculty members; a copy of a "Draft Report of the Sub-Committee on Faculty Ethics - Majority Report"; and some brief related correspondence.
- CGOE 2/06 Folder : Phi Beta Kappa talks
A 12 pp speech, apparently delivered at an initiation ceremony for Phi Beta Kappa.
- CGOE 2/07 Folder : Jobs ~ 1958-1977
Documents, primarily correspondence, relating to academic positions Goerner held at Yale and at Notre Dame, and to potential appointments at other colleges. The folder also includes some documents dealing with the organization of courses within Notre Dame's Political Science Department; brief descriptions of some of Goerner's own courses are included in these. The folder includes correspondence from Marquette University, The Catholic University of America, Fordham University, and Claremont, all of which institutions were writing to inquire whether Goerner would consider an appointment in their departments of political science. St Mary's College, California, inquired whether Goerner would consider the chairmanship of their Political Science Department. St. John's University, Minnesota, inquired whether Goerner would consider the position of Dean of their College of Arts and Sciences. The University of Dallas inquired whether Goerner would consider the position of University President.
- CGOE 2/08 Folder : SSRC-Harv-etc. [Social Science Research Council Fellowship, Harvard Society of Fellows] 1957-1965
Material relating to various fellowship and grant applications, including a fellowship Goerner received from the Relm Foundation for the purpose of finishing Peter and Caesar. The folder includes a fair amount of correspondence, including Goerner's description of his Peter and Caesar project and its importance, and material relating to applications for a Social Science Research Council fellowship (fellowship granted but refused) and for a Junior Fellowship with Harvard University's Society of Fellows.
- CGOE 2/09 Folder : St. Thomas More 1969-1970
Material relating to Goerner's proposal for a residential college at Notre Dame and the various campus disputes the proposal engendered. The folder includes a copy of the proposal: "Proposal to Establish a Residential College as a Confederal Unit of the College of Arts and Letters"; an edition of student newspaper The Observer with an article entitled "Goerner requests radical revision" (Oct 1, 1969); an edition of student magazine the Scholastic in which Goerner published an article entitled "Experiments with Truth: A Radical Proposal" (May 16, 1969); a humor supplement to the Scholastic entitled "The Absurder," which includes the article: "Garner discovers Truth" (March 13, 1970); a copy of "Alma Mater, Mater Sterilis: An Open Letter to Fr. Charles Sheedy" by Goerner; edition of The Observer that includes an article entitled "Father Sheedy moved by Goerner's criticisms" (Nov 6, 1969); related correspondence; a copy of "A Proposal from the General Program of Liberal Studies" submitted by Michael J. Crowe in cooperation with Bruno P. Schlesinger; a copy of a pamphlet entitled "the University of Michigan the Residential College 1969-70"; a Scholastic edition that contains an article "The Presidential Prerogative" (Nov 24, 1969); an Observer edition with article "Experimental College" (Nov 10, 1969); an Observer edition with article "Goerner retracts proposals" (Nov 5, 1969); a booklet entitled "Residential College Concept in American Higher Education: Proceedings of a Conference Held under the Auspices of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Oct 1967"; handwritten notes on the structure of the proposed college; and "The Crisis of Liberal Education" by Allan Bloom. The folder also includes correspondence relating to a request from St. Mary's College, South Bend, that Goerner consider the position of St. Mary's College President.
- CGOE 2/10 Folder : [Mixed loose papers - election results, Peter Mailaender papers - made a folder] 2006-2007
A document entitled "2006-2007 Mexican Presidential Election (from Bill Herzog)"; "Without a Higher Purpose in Mind" (on the subject of the scholar-servant); and "Is Loyalty a Virtue? An Aristotelian Perspective" by Peter Mailaender; a document describing the Treaty of Lisbon; a document entitled "Assessing Proportional Representation in Britain's Regional Elections of 6 May 1999."
- CGOE 2/11 Folder : World of Man and World of Things 1965
The folder contains different versions of a piece entitled "The World of Man and the World of Things" (29 pp), apparently originally given as one of the Young Christian Students at Notre Dame Lenten Lectures; it is on the subject of the relationship between economics and politics. Goerner sent it to the editors of Cross Currents with a view to its possible publication there. The folder includes correspondence relating to two talks Goerner gave to the Boston Newman club, one of which was "The World of Man and the World of Things," the other "Glory, Friendship, and Contemplation." The folder contains an untitled, handwritten piece that appears to be a version of the latter speech.
- CGOE 2/12 Folder : Steintrager Lecture 1982
The folder contains different versions of a piece entitled "Letter and Spirit: the Political Ethics of the Rule of Law versus The Political Ethics of the Rule of the Virtuous," which Goerner apparently presented as the inaugural James A. Steintrager Lecture in Political Philosophy, Wake Forest University. A later version was submitted to The Review of Politics; the folder contains some brief related correspondence.
- CGOE 2/13 Folder : Sick Earth 1970
An 11 pp talk Goerner gave at the University of Chicago. The folder contains brief related correspondence.
- CGOE 2/14 Folder : Homage to Solon 1974
A piece entitled "Homage to Solon of Athens: A Response to Charles C. West's 'Faith, Ethics and Politics'" by Goerner (21 pp). It was prepared for the Convocation on Ethics and Politics, (Institute for Neighborhood Studies, 1974).
- CGOE 2/15 Folder : Homage to Solon
The folder includes a draft of Goerner's "Homage to Solon of Athens" as well as a marked copy of Charles C. West's piece "Faith, Ethics and Politics: A Study in the Theology of Politics with Relation to the Worldliness of the Former and the Transcendental Dimensions of the Latter" to which Goerner was responding.
- CGOE 2/16 Folder : [Autonomy and Majority Rule] 1984
Two versions of Goerner's "Autonomy and Majority Rule," submitted for publication in Interpretation.
- CGOE 2/17 Folder : Letter and Spirit - ROP [Review of Politics] 1983
A copy of Goerner's piece "Letter and Spirit: The Political Ethics of the Rule of Law Versus the Political Ethics of the Rule of the Virtuous." It is a later version of Steintrager Lecture at Wakeforest. The folder contains correspondence related to its publication in The Review of Politics, as well as reviewer comments.
- CGOE 2/18 Folder : Kant - P.T. [Political Theory] 1975-1976
A few different versions (handwritten and typed) of Goerner's "On Kant as the Most Inadequate of the Social Contract Theorists: Queries for Patrick Riley," a brief response piece evidently published in Political Theory. The folder contains related correspondence.
- CGOE 2/19 Folder : Lyons Hall Communion Breakfast
A handwritten speech Goerner evidently delivered for a communion breakfast at Notre Dame (18 pp; pages 9-11 appear to be missing.)
- CGOE 2/20 Folder : Refl. On State of Nature
Copy of a piece entitled "Reflections on the State of Nature," a lecture Goerner apparently gave as part of the Hampshire College Lectures in Philosophy of Religion (34 pp, typewritten).
- CGOE 2/21 Folder : Festivity and Politics Mid 1960s
A copy of Goerner's "Festivity and Politics" (approx 30 pp, typewritten). Parts were published in "The Notion of Christendom and the Problem of Justice," Continuum, Winter '65-66. The folder also includes an untitled, handwritten piece that appears to be the basis for a lecture on leisure (11 pp).
- CGOE 2/22 Folder : St. Anselm - Assumption Talks on Pol. [Political] Community
A handwritten piece on the subject of political community (40 pp).
- CGOE 2/23 Folder : The Iliad and Aristocracy
A copy of a piece entitled "The Iliad and Aristocracy" (6 typed pages, many more handwritten); it appears to be the basis for a speech or lecture.
- CGOE 2/24 Folder : Review: Jacobs, Lawrence. R., and Skocpol, Theda. Inequality and American Democracy: What We Know and What we Need to Learn. 2006-2009
Scrawled note: "For Aristo" [Aristocracy]. Also part of Dennis Brennan's Hobbes book?
- CGOE 2/25 Folder : [Loose - Research]
The folder contains several lists of citations for works on natural law, the Virgin of Chartres, Christian iconography; works by John Finnis. The bulk concerns the Aristocracy manuscript, described below in the Aristocracy section.
- CGOE 2/26 Folder : Hospers / Sade
Copies from "Medical Care: A Refutation" by Robert M. Sade; Morality and the theory of rational behavior by John C. Harsanyi; The Libertarian Manifesto by John Hospers; the folder includes a page of handwritten notes on Sade.
- CGOE 2/27 Folder : Letters III 1998-2000
Letters from students and friends, including John Engels and Father Hesburgh.
- CGOE 2/28 Folder : Letters II 1991-1999
Primarily letters from students, but also from some family and friends. There are a few letters from Goerner, including: a Letter to the Editor: The New York Times Arts and Leisure, in response to "Looking for Listeners Who Can Love New Music" by Greg Sandow; a Letter to the Editor, South Bend Tribune; and to Senators Richard Lugar and Dan Coats, as well as to Representative Timothy Roemer in response to NIPSCO's campaign against a proposed energy tax.
- CGOE 2/29 Folder : Letters I 1955-1988
Letters and notes from students. The folder also includes correspondence between Goerner and David Wilmot (seems to be a fellow '52 classmate of Goerner's) concerning Wilmot's proposal to write a book on Frank O'Malley; some correspondence with Ernest Fortin concerning an APSA panel; a letter from Outstanding Educators of America, informing Goerner of his nomination; a copy of an advertisement in The New York Times calling for Nixon's impeachment, sponsored by Political Scientists for Impeachment; some correspondence from colleagues (particularly concerning the Sheedy prize - primarily congratulatory); correspondence between Marilyn and Edward Goerner and Bishop Pursely concerning the Apostolic Institute and its Deacon Training Program; a short piece entitled "The Vocation of the Teacher" by Joe Evans; correspondence with John Crutcher regarding a lecture by Goerner at Assumption College and St. Anselm's; correspondence with Ralph Martin concerning some citations in Aquinas; correspondence with John Hooker, CUA (Department of Politics), which includes some interesting comments by Goerner on a non-philosophical versus a philosophical science of politics; and a letter to Goerner from his father, Alfred Goerner M.D.
- CGOE 2/30-31 Folder : Plato 1998-2001
Typewritten course lectures on Plato's Republic, probably for his Political Theory course. The folder also includes a large collection of typewritten and handwritten notes on the same topic. The folder includes a 28 pp paper entitled "Republic V - VI" that is more formal than a normal class lecture (includes footnotes).
- CGOE 3/01 Folder : Plato I 1983-1999
Material on Plato's Republic: primarily handwritten notes (many of which relate Plato's text to the work of other political thinkers, including Hobbes, Rousseau, Marx); several versions of a typewritten final lecture for the Political Theory course; a handwritten lecture entitled "Courage and non-Utilitarian Justice"; and a 21 pp typewritten piece entitled "Skepsis." There are a few other related pieces by others, including a couple papers, newspaper articles and a book review.
- CGOE 3/02 Folder : UNIF. Intro [European Unification Manuscript] late 1970s-1980s
Concerns unification of the European Economic Community. A 14 page typewritten piece entitled "Introduction." Also included is a draft of the same that is partly handwritten and partly typewritten.
- CGOE 3/03 Folder : UNIF. I [European Unification Manuscript] late 1970s-1980s
A 43 page draft (primarily handwritten) of Ch. 1. "Partial Models."
- CGOE 3/04 Folder : UNIF. II [European Unification Manuscript] late 1970s-1980s
A 68 page (primarily handwritten) draft of Ch. 2. "The Christian Democratic Model: Christendom Reconciled." The folder also includes an approximately 40 page draft (primarily typewritten) of what seems to be a different version of the chapter.
- CGOE 3/05 Folder : UNIF. III [European Unification Manuscript] late 1970s-1980s
Approximately 50 pages, both handwritten and typed, of a draft of a chapter entitled "The Technocratic Model: The Conquest of Nature." It is very much still in a draft state, with multiple corrections, parts to be inserted, etc.
- CGOE 3/06 Folder : [Red manuscript binder - stuck in folder "European Unification manuscript"] late 1970s-1980s
Material relating to a manuscript on European Unification, including the text of four chapters, an old table of contents (entitled "Charles de Gaulle and the Unification of Europe"), and notes.