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Daniel Berrigan and Philip Berrigan Collected Papers

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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore 19081-1399

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
CDG-A.Berrigan, Daniel and Philip
Repository:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Extent:
0.21 linear ft. (1/2 box)
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] in the Daniel Berrigan and Philip Berrigan Collected Papers (CDG-A), Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
Date:
1964- (bulk)
Creator:
Berrigan, Daniel and Berrigan, Philip
Abstract:
Collection consists of printed correspondence, leaflets, pamphlets, news clippings, other writings by and about Daniel Berrigan and Philip Berrigan.

Daniel Berrigan, S.J. (1921-2016) was a Roman Catholic priest, peace activist, and poet. Philip Berrigan (1923-2002) was a peace activist, author, and former Roman Catholic priest who served in World War Two and was married to Elizabeth McAlister. Both brothers protested the Vietnam War and were active in various peace, antiwar, and civil rights movements, including the Plowshares Movement. Both were for a time on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for acts of vandalism including destruction of government property.

Records. arranged chronologically.

The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for these papers.

  1. Civil Disobedience Subject File (SF)
  2. Harrisburg Defense Committee Collected Records (CDG-A)
  3. Washington's Birthday Defense Committee (CDG-A)
  4. John Dear Papers (DG 201)

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Publisher
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Collection Inventory

Daniel: about (includes media coverage and involvements).
Box 1
Daniel: about -- pamphlet "The Great Berrigan Debate" by the Committee on New Alternatives in the Middle East, 1974.
Box 1
Daniel: correspondence and form letters.
Box 1
Daniel: statements and testimony; talks given; interviews given.
Box 1
Daniel: writings, 1960s.
Box 1
Daniel: writings, 1970s.
Box 1
Daniel: writings, 1980s-2016; undated.
Box 1
Daniel: writings -- poems and prayers.
Box 1
Philip: about (includes medial coverage and involvements).
Box 1
Philip: statements.
Box 1
Philip: talks given.
Box 1
Philip: writings.
Box 1
Daniel AND Philip: about both (includes media coverage and involvements).
Box 1
Daniel AND Philip: about both -- booklet "The Burden of the Berrigans" (Holy Cross Quarterly 4:1), January 1971.
Box 1
Daniel AND Philip: about both -- booklet/periodical "Year One" no. 3, December 1969 - January 1970.
Box 1

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