Same as (UDIS H2/08.06)

Speech about Intercollegiate Athletics

"I am very much for the Equal Rights Amendement and would like to see it passed in the Bicentennial year as part of the fulfillment of the promise of this nation."

Father Hesburgh's comments during this interview were also shared with the Chicago Tribune.

"If one were to ask ten years ago what society at large can expect for and from the American university, the answer would have been quite different than today."

"American aspiration is like love, a many splendored thing."

Also titled "American Aspirations and the Grounds of Hope" in printed brochure in (CPHS 142/09.07).

With the address a handwritten outline for bicentennial speech, 5 pages.

Also enclosed an earlier draft of the speech with Father Hesburgh's handwritten annotations.

Same as (UDIS H2/09.03).

"It is a curious paradox that America is one of the most criticized countries on earth, especially if one listens to U.N. debates, and yet, at the same time, America is the country which most people would prefer to live in, if they were free to choose."

Two titles: "Religious Liberty in the International Scene" and "An Almost Chosen People: The Moral Aspirations of Americans", but this copy is without title.

cc in (CPHS 142/10)

"What message does one bring to America on our 200th birthday?"

Justice in America: The Dream and the Reality

Same as (UDIS H2/09.04).

"Yesterday, together with the President of the United States, I had the opportunity of speaking to Americans from the American Philosophical Society, next to Independence Hall, in Philadelphia."

Same as (UDIS H2/09.05).

cc in (CPHS 142/10).

This is a shorter version of the Notre Dame-Saint Mary's bicentennial speech in (CPHS 142/09.03).

Text of address in English. Talk was delivered by Father Hesburgh in English. Enclosed is a German translation of the intoductory remarks, 1 page, with Father Hesburgh's handwritten note: "For facility - just make it a 'free' translation ..."

"I have been asked to say something today about presidential leadership in the field of higher education."

The Presidency: A Personalist Manifesto

2 copies; 2nd copy with Father Hesburgh's handwritten annotations.

Same as (UDIS H2/09.06) except the first 2 pages.

"The Bicentennial was a great experience for all Americans, in that it made all of us think about the inner meaning of America - something we mainly take for granted."

Prited brochure containing 3 main speeches Father Hesburgh gave in 1976. Published by The Office of the President, University of Notre Dame, dated 1 November 1976. Introduction written by Father Hesburgh, 2 pages. Includes: 1. "Justice in America: The Dream and the Reality", 2. "Religious Liberty in the International Scene" and 3. "American Aspirations and the Grounds of Hope." Manuscripts of speeches are filed in 1. (CPHS 142/09.05), 2. (CPHS 142/09.04), and 3. (CPHS 142/09.03), respectively.

"'Whoever lives and believes in Me will never die.' These simple reassuring words of Jesus to the grieving Martha are our best consolation today as we gather in this holy place to bid goodbye to an old friend and associate and to pray powerfully in the Mass for the repose of his noble soul."

"As an educator, I would like to take the second part of the question, since the answer to the first part is factual - who runs America, whereas the answer to the second part - who should - is normative, a moral imperative, not necessarily a fact, but at least an ideal."

Who Runs America ... Who Should?

7 ribbon copies

"I would like to say a few words about Catholic education."

"... First, on behalf of all my fellow honorees, I would like to say how pleased we are to join your class today and to receive this wonderful honor from the nation's oldest Catholic university."

Georgetown speech in Washington was ordered to be printed in the Senate Congressional Record, with unanimous consent, on June 13, 1977, and addressed to the President, Mr. Kennedy.

Copy of Congessional Record offprint, pp. S9538-S9540.

To give this address, Father Hesburgh combined two earlier speeches from 1953: 1st "I live, now not I, but Christ liveth in me" in (CPHS 141/04.05) and 2nd a draft of an earlier speech in (CPHS 141/04.06)

"Antes de entrar en materia, por decirlo así, quiero agradecerle sinceramente al Rector de esta Universidad, el Monseñor Agripino Núñez, su muy amable invitatión que me permite compartir con todos ustedes esta ocasión tan importante."

2 copies, both in Spanish. Also enclosed a printed program in Spanish.

"Each acedemic year begins in a burst of hope, shared by faculty and students alike, that a new time of inner growth is at hand, awaiting all the subtle influences of the educational process."

"I am very happy to be with all of you today on this happy occasion for Laval University, to become a member of this academic community, and to share with you a few thoughts on 'The University and Society.'"

Also UDIS files: similar to "The University and Society" in (UDIS H2/10.02), but different speech.

3 copies: 1st in English, 2nd and 3rd copies in French

With the address a printed program in French: "Album Souvenir, Université Laval, 1852-1977."

Not clear if this is a 125th Anniversary Address or a convocation address, or both.

"First a brief word about the University of Notre Dame itself ... This institution of Catholic higher learning was founded in late November (tradition has it on or about the Feast of St. Andrew) of 1842 by a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Rev. Edward Sorin, C.S.C."

Not an actual speech. Printed pages from "Insight: Notre Dame", first 3 pages possibly from 1977 and the last page from Summer 1971. Father Hesburgh explores recent developments at Notre Dame and presents his vision of a great Catholic university.

Also encloses a handwritten note by Father Hesburgh possibly written in 1977: "Between the years 1945 and 1977, the operating budget grew from ... millions to ... millions of dollars," 1 page.

"This is a very special day for you and for me. If you will permit me to mention first the personal specialness of this day for me, may I share with you the fact that I would not have had the wonderful opportunity to be with you today, if my father and my mother had not pledged their love for each other in marriage, on this day, sixty-five years ago, at St. Augustine's Church in New York City."

Same as (UDIS H2/11.02).

cc in (CPHS 142/13)

"You have all heard the French saying that is a tribute to the ancient Greek cyclical theory of history: 'Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose,' the more things change, the more they are the same."

The Past and Present of American Higher Education

Same title as in (CPHS 142/12.10), but different speech.

"I wish to speak to you about the poorest part of the world which is now called the Fourth World."

A New Vision for the Year 2000

Same as (UDIS H2/11.04).

"I'd like tonight to reminisce a bit with you about where we are and where, maybe, we are going."

"I am especially happy to be with you today, to celebrate with you this Red Mass, in which we invoke the power, the wisdom, the grace of the Holy Spirit upon each of you and your profession of law."

With the speech a printed program, the prayers and the Solemn Blessing for the Red Mass, 2 pages.

"If this subject were being discussed in the 13th Century, we could dispense with the adjective Catholic in the title, since to speak of universities in the first century or two of their existence in the Western world would be to speak of them as Catholic, since there were no others."

The Catholic University in the Modern Context

With the address two printed programs: "Centennial Lecture Series: The Future of Religiously Affiliated Private Higher Education in America."

cc in (CPHS 142/13)

Same as "The Catholic University in the Modern Context" in (CPHS 142/15.03) and in (CPHS 142/15.07).

"Universities began with the thirteenth century in France."

Unclear if this is an actual speech. Dated 1978, but date is not certain. Could also be a draft of a speech or article by Father Hesburgh.

"I am happy to be with all of you, especially our visitors from afar, from Japan, Australia, France, Great Britain, and Canada - as we dedicate the new quarters of this company that has contributed so much to education, all around the world."

Enclosed a printed program of the dedication, but the speech is missing except the first page and the last. These pages are the same as the first and last pages of the speech Father Hesburgh used in the address he gave at St. Francis Xavier University, in Antigonish, Nova Scotia in (CPHS 142/12.09)