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RMM04602.xml Guide to the Daniel and Philip Berrigan collection, 1880-1995 Berrigan, Daniel and Philip collection, 1880-1995 Compiled by D. Randolph, P. McCray, staff Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library August 2000

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EAD encoding by Mireille Lee, August 2000. File last modified: August 22 2000 ENG 2007-05-29 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 Guide to the Daniel and Philip Berrigan Collection, 1880-1995 Collection Number: 4602 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library Contact Information: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu Compiled by: D. Randolph P. McCray staff Date completed: Additions Jan. 1996 Sep. 1997 EAD encoding: Mireille Lee, August 2000 Date modified: Jude Corina, December 2015 © 2000 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY Daniel and Philip Berrigan Collection, 1880-1995 4602 Daniel Berrigan. Philip Berrigan. 207 cubic ft. Correspondence, legal documents, manuscripts of poetry and prose writings, notes for talks, periodical articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, broadsides, tape recordings, videocassettes, microfilms. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Personal papers and ephemeral publications by and about Daniel and Philip Berrigan. Collection material in English BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

The brothers Daniel Berrigan (born 1921) and Philip Berrigan (born 1923) have both been prominent in resistance to racial segregation, to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war, and to the production of nuclear weapons. Philip Berrigan, a former Josephite priest, and Daniel, a Jesuit priest, poet, playwright, and teacher, are both lecturers and civil disobedience activists.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Personal papers and ephemeral publications by and about Daniel and Philip Berrigan, including correspondence, legal documents, manuscripts of poetry and prose writings, notes for talks, periodical arcticles, newspaper clippings, photographs, broadsides, tape recordings, videocassettes, and microfilms. The greater part of the collection consists of papers dated after 1960 and contains much on the Catonsville Nine, the Harrisburg Seven, and the Plowshares Eight. Earlier material includes some Berrigan family history. The collection is supplemented by published books by and about the Berrigans. Also twelve letters of correspondence with Ross Labrie.

Also a broadside from the "America is Hard to Find" weekend, April 17-19, 1970; and a videocassette "America is Hard to Find," - Spring 1970. Video: "The Trial of the Catonsville Nine," screenplay by Daniel Berrigan and Saul Levitt ; produced by Gregory Peck ; directed by Gordon Davidson, ca. 1988; and poster from the Actors' Gang/Office of the Americas (OOA) staged reading of "The Trial of the Catonsville Nine," August 18, 2007.

SUBJECTS Names: Berrigan, Daniel. Berrigan, Philip. Berrigan, Jerome C. Labrie, Ross. McAlister, Elizabeth. Subjects: Antinuclear movement. Catonsville Nine -- Trials, litigation, etc.. Catholic Church --Political participation. Civil rights movements. Harrisburg Seven (Trial). Modernism (Christian theology)--Catholic Church. Peace movements. Plowshares Eight (Group). Protest poetry, American. Political activists. Political culture. Political plays. Political poetry, American. Politics in literature. Radical theory. Radicalism--United States. Religion and politics--United States. Social justice. Student movements. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Protest movements. Trial of the Catonsville Nine. Form and Genre Terms: Photographs. Videotapes. INFORMATION FOR USERS Restrictions on Use:

Daniel Berrigan retains literary rights.

Philip Berrigan does not retain literary rights.

Cite As:

Daniel and Philip Berrigan Collection, #4602. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

The collection comprises two series. Series A is documented to item level; please refer to the card catalogue or contact a Reference librarian. Series B comprises later accessions. Within Series B, only boxes B98 and B99 are described to folder or item level.

SERIES LIST Series I A. Published and Unpublished Manuscripts of Daniel Berrigan Boxes 1-58 B. Published and Unpublished Manuscripts of Philip Francis Berrigan Boxes 59-66 C. Manuscripts of Others Boxes 67-79 D. Documents Boxes 80-87 E. Outgoing Correspondence of Daniel Berrigan Boxes 88-100 F. Outgoing Correspondence of Philip Francis Berrigan Boxes 101-106 G. Correspondence from Others Boxes 107-147 H. Correspondence Received - Engagements Boxes 148-152 I. Correspondence Received - Publications Box 153 J. Correspondence Received - General Boxes 154-189 K. Correspondence Received - General (to Philip Berrigan) Boxes 190-196 L. Printed Materials by Daniel Berrigan Boxes 197-217 M. Printed Materials by Philip F. Berrigan Boxes 218-221 N. Printed Materials by Others Boxes 222-232 O. Berriganiana Boxes 233-257 P. Harrisburg Defense Files Boxes 258-261 Q. Photographs Boxes 262A, 262B Series II A. Daniel Berrigan Materials - 1979-1994 Boxes B1-B22, B60-B63, B76, B80, B92, B99 B. Philip Berrigan Materials - 1979-1994 Boxes B10, B23-B60, B63, B77-B79, B81-B85, B89-B90 C. Jerome C. Berrigan Materials Boxes B48, B60, B64-B65, B87 D. Harrisburg 7 Defense Files Boxes B67-B73 E. Correspondence Received Boxes B98 F. Miscellaneous Boxes B66, B74-B75, B88 G. Oversize Material Mapcases H. Video DVD-120, V-209, V-815 Series III Bound Manuscripts Bd. Ms. 1-12 CONTAINER LIST Series I A. Published and Unpublished Manuscripts of Daniel Berrigan (filed alphabetically by title or attributed title) 1 A-Am 2 An-Bl 3 Bo-Boq 4 Born-Christd 5 Christe-Conr 6 Cons-Coursd 7-11 Course Materials 12 Dar-Daz 13 Db-Em 14 Discipline of the Mountain 15 En-Fak 16 Fal-Foq 17 For-Fq 18 Fr-Hn 19 Ho-I L 20 I M-Interu 21 Interv-Jn 22 K-Let 23 Leu-Lig 24 Lights II 25 Lih-Love 26 Love-Med 27 Mee-Mi 28 Mj-Ne 29 Nf-Nn 30 No 31 No-[Notes] Interracial, parts 1-16 32 [Notes] Interracial, parts 17-34-On 33 On-[Notes] Retreat 34 [Notes] Retreat-[Notes for sermons] 35 [Notes for sermons] 35-38 [Notes for talks] 39 Nov-O 40 P-Poe 41 Pof-Prison Poems [Version "A"] 42 Prison Poems [Version "B"]-Q

Contains annotated manuscript of "The Prison Letters of Cain"

43 R-Ref 44 Reg-Saint R 45 Saint S-Sele (I) 46 Sele (II)-Selz 47 Sem-Som 48 Son-Std 49 Ten Commandments 50 Ste-They Call Us Dead Men [Version "A"] 51 They Call Us Dead Men [Version "B"]-Th 52 Ti-Tria 53-55 Trial 56 Trib-U 57 V-Wi 58 Wk-Z B. Published and Unpublished Manuscripts of Philip Francis Berrigan (filed alphabetically by title or attributed title) 59 A-Leaf 60 Leag-[Notes for talks] 61 [Notes for talks] 62 [Notes for talks]-Prh 63 Pri-A Punishment for Peace, Chapter II 64 A Punishment for Peace, Chapter III-R 65 S-Wh 66 Wi-Z C. Manuscripts of Others (filed alphabetically by author) 67 Berrigan, E. 68 Berrigan, F. 69-72 Buchman, Harold - Legal Files 73 Co-E 74 F 75 G-K 76 L-Mim 77 Min-S 78 T-Wa 79 Wb-Z D. Documents (filed alphabetically by author) 80 A-Berrigan, Daniel 81-83 Berrigan, Daniel

Transcripts of the trial of the Catonsville Nine appear in box 81 and 82.

84 Berrigan, Philip-L 85 M-R 86 S 87 T-Z E. Outgoing Correspondence of Daniel Berrigan 88 Letters to Family, 1939-1977 89 undated, 1939-1964 90 1965-1967 91 1968-May 1969 92 Jun. 1969-Jan. 1971 93 Feb. 1971-Aug. 1972 94 Sep.-Dec. 1972 95 Jan.-Oct. 1973 96 Nov. 1973-Dec. 1975 97 Jan. 1976-Dec. 1977 98 Jan. 1978-Aug. 1978 99 Sep. 1978-Dec. 1979 100 Jan. 1980-Dec. 1980 F. Outgoing Correspondence of Philip Francis Berrigan 101 1943-1966 102 1967-Aug. 1969 103 Sep. 1969-Dec. 1971 104 1972 105 1973-1974 106 1975-1984 G. Correspondence from Others 107 A-Andersr 108 Anderss-Bat 109 Bartelme, Elizabeth 110 Bauer-Berrigan, Carol 111 Berrigan, Carol Natalie-Berrigan, Elizabeth 112 Berrigan, Elizabeth-Berrigan, Freda 113 Berrigan, Frida-Berrigan, Jerome 1943-1973 114 Berrigan, Jerome 1974-1978-Berrigan, J.Z. 115 Berrigan, K.-Bri 116 Brj-Bur 117 Bus-Carf 118 Carg-Coq 119 Cor-Corn 120 Coro-Cz 121 D-Dd 122 De-Dowc 123 Dowd-Fink 124 Finl-Foq 125 For-Forest, James, 1972 126 Forest, James, 1973-1974 127 Forest, James, May 1975-Ge 128 Gf-Gl 129 Gm-Heh 130 Hei-Hols 131 Holt-Kens 132 Kent-Lamb, Jn 133 Lamb, Jo-Li 134 Lj-MacF 135 MacG-Mayer, E. 136 Mayer, F.-Meyer, Karl, 1962 137 Meyer, Karl, 1963-Net 138 New-Pe 139 Pf-Rik 140 Ril-Sam 141 San-Sn 142 So-Sz 143 T-Tx 144 Ty-Walsh, S. 145 Walsh, T.-Waz 146 Wb-Wilk 147 Will-Z H. Correspondence Received - Engagements 148 1954-1965 149 1965-1967 150 1967-May 1972 151 Jun. 1972-Dec. 1973 152 1974-1976 I. Correspondence Received - Publications 153 1950-1976 J. Correspondence Received - General 154 1935-1964 155 1965 156 Jan.-Aug. 1966 157 Sep. 1966-Jan. 1967 158 Feb.-Dec. 1967 159 Jan.-Mar. 1968 160 Apr.-Aug. 1968 161 Sep.-Dec. 1968 162 1969 163 Jan.-Sep. 1970 164 Oct. 1970-Dec. 1971 165 Jan.-Feb. 1972 166 Mar.-Jun. 1972 167 Jun.-Dec. 1972 168 Jan.-Jun. 1973 169 Jul.-Dec. 1973 170 Jan.-Sep. 1974 171 Oct. 1974-Jun. 1975 172 Jul. 1975-Feb. 1976 173 Mar.-May 1976 174 Jun.-Sep. 1976 175 Oct.-Dec. 1976 176 Jan.-Mar. 1977 177 Mar.-May 1977 178 Jun.-Aug. 1977 179 Aug.-Sep. 1977 180 Oct.-Dec. 1977 181 Jan.-Feb. 1978 182 Mar.-Apr. 1978 183 May-Jul. 1978 184 Aug.-Sep. 1978 185 Oct.-Nov. 1978 186 Dec. 1978-Feb. 1979 187 Mar.-May 1979 188 Jun.-Aug. 1979 189 Dec. 1979-Mar. 1980 K. Correspondence Received - General (to Philip Berrigan) 190 Sep.-Nov. 1979 191 Jan.-Mar. 1980 192 May 1978 [uncatalogued] 193 Jun. 1978 [uncatalogued] 194 Jul. 1978 [uncatalogued] 195 Aug. 1978 [uncatalogued] 196 Sep.-Dec. 1978 [uncatalogued] L. Printed Materials by Daniel Berrigan (filed alphabetically by title) 197 A-Be 198 Bf-Com 199 Con-D 200 E-Fn 201 Fo-Gq 202 Gr-Hz 203 I-K 204 L-Letter to J 205 Letter to K-Lh 206 Li-Mn 207 Mo-Nn 208 No-On 209 Oo-Pn 210 Po-Q 211 R 212 Sa-Ss 213 St-Th 214 Ti-Trd 215 Tre-Trial 216 Trial-Tz 217 U-Z M. Printed Materials by Philip F. Berrigan (filed alphabetically by title) 218 A-I 219 J-O 220 P-Ss 221 St-Z N. Printed Materials by Others (filed alphabetically by title) 222 A-Be 223 Bf-Cor 224 Cos-E 225 F-Gq 226 Gr-I 227 J-L 228 M-O 229 P-S 230 T-V 231 W-Year 232 Year-Z O. Berriganiana 233 Undated, pre-1952-1963 234 1964-1966 235 1967-1968 236 1969 237 1970 238 1971 239 1972 240 1973 241 1974-1976 242 1977 243 1978-1979 244-245 Daniel Berrigan [file folders] 246-257 Philip Francis Berrigan [file folders] P. Harrisburg Defense Files 258-261 Harrisburg Defense Files Q. Photographs 262A, 262B Photographs I. Berrigan Family (in alphabetical order) II. Other Individuals III. Mission Individuals IV. Trial of the Catonsville Nine Series II A. Daniel Berrigan Materials - 1979-1994, 1996 B1 1979 B2 Jan. 1980 - Aug. 1980 B3 Jan. 1981 - Jun. 1981 B4 1981 Carbray Gift B5 Jul. 1981 - Mar 1982 B6 Sept. 1982 - Dec 1983 B7 1982, 1984 B8 1983 - 1985 B9 Apr 1982 - Apr 1984 B10 1984 Marion Howe Gift B11 1984 - 1985 B12 1985 - 1986 B13 1986 B14 1986 B15 1987 B16 Sept. 1987 - Aug. 1988 B17 1988 B18 1988 B19 1988 - 1989 B20 1988 - 1989 B21 1989 - 1990 B22 1990 - 1991 B60 1992 B61 Tapes B62 Tapes, Records, Manuscripts B63 Tapes, John Deedy Gift, C-9 Film B76 1991 - 1992 B80 1992 - 1993 B92 Correspondence, Poetry, Diaries B99 Photograph album including photographs of festivities and attendees of Daniel Berrigan 75th Birthday Celebration, 1996 B. Philip Berrigan Materials - 1979-1994 B10 1986 B23-B24 1979 - 1980 B25-B26 1980 - 1981 B27-B28 1981 B29 1981 Ploughshares Material B30 1981 B31 1981 - 1982 B32-B33 1982 B34 1982 - 1983 B35-B38 1983 B39-B42 1984 B43-B44 1984 - 1985 B45-B46 1985 B47 1985 - 1986 B48-B50 1986 B51-B52 1988 B53 1988 - 1989 B54 1989 B55 1989 - 1990 B56-B57 1990 B58-B60 1991 B63 Engraved Photographs B77-B79 1991 - 1992 Philip Berrigan, Elizabeth Mcalister B81-B85 1992 - 1994 Philip Berrigan, Elizabeth Mcalister B89-B90 1994 C. Jerome C. Berrigan Materials B48 1986 B60 1992 B64 1980 - North Vietnam Photographs, Berriganiana B65 Files B87 Miscellaneous Printed Items and Ephemera D. Harrisburg 7 Defense Files B67-73 Harrisburg 7 Defense Files E. Correspondence received 1996-1997 B98 1 John Dear, Jim Tyler, Oct. 1996 Folders marked "Answered" consist of personal, family, and pastoral letters; requests to appear, announcements, clippings, fliers; most letters first name-signed only B98 2 Phil Berrigan, John Dear, Oct. 1996 B98 3 Phil Berrigan, Ramsey Clark, Nov. 1996 B98 4 Jerome Berrigan, Nov. 1996 B98 5 Plowshares broadsides, and others, Dec. 1996 B98 6 John Dear, Steve Kelly; Orbis Books; broadsides, Dec. 1996 B98 7 John Dear, Phil Berrigan, William Sloane Coffin, Jerome Berrigan, Steve Kelly; Orbis Books, Dec. 1996 B98 8 Steve Kelly, William Sloane Coffin, Phil Berrigan; Trinity site exorcism, Jan. 1997 B98 9 Phil Berrigan, Jerome Berrigan, Steve Kelly, John Dear, Jan. 1997 B98 10 Phil Berrigan; Isaiah, Feb. 1997 B98 11 Phil Berrigan, Feb. 1997 B98 12 Schuyler Rhodes, John Dear, Mar. 1997 B98 13 Phil Berrigan, Mar. 1997 B98 14 Phil Berrigan, Jerome Berrigan, Liz McAllister, Mar. 1997 B98 15 Phil Berrigan, Jerome Berrigan, Liz McAllister, Apr. 1997 B98 16 Liz McAllister, Steve Kelly, Phil Berrigan, Jerome Berrigan, Apr. 1997 B98 17 Steve Kelly, Apr. 1997 B98 18 Phil Berrigan, Liz McAllister; Berrigan papers, May 1997 B98 19 William Stringfellow, May 1997 B98 20 Jerome Berrigan, Phil Berrigan, Liz McAllister, Kate (Berrigan?), Jun. 1997 B98 21 Phil Berrigan, Jun. 1997 B98 22 Jerome Berrigan, Phil Berrigan, Liz McAllister; Orbis Books, Pastoral Musicians, Jul. 1997 B98 23 Jul. 1997 B98 24 John Dear, Marian Howe, Jul. 1997 B98 25 Aug. 1997 B98 26 Phil Berrigan; Kalamazoo nephew; Berrigan papers, Aug. 1997 B98 27 Phil Berrigan, John Dear; Orbis Books, Aug. 1997 B98 28 Plowshares, Sep. 1997 B98 29 Liz McAllister, Phil Berrigan, Steve Kelly; Plowshares, Sep. 1997 B98 30 Sep. 1997 B98 31 Jim Forest, Jerome Berrigan, Sept. 1997 B98 32 John Dear; US vs. Philip Berrigan, Oct. 1997 B98 33 Jerome Berrigan, Oct. 1997 F. Miscellaneous B66 1970s - 1980s - Miscellaneous Backlog B74 Rosemary Bannan Gift B75 Kairos Gift B88 Mcvey Files B98 34-35 Frederic M. O'Connor, S.J. Material Correspondence, clippings, photocopies, and other material, c. 1964-70 B98 36 "Identity Crisis and Monastic Vocation" by Thomas Merton, annotated by Daniel Berrigan; other Merton material, 1964 B98 37 Isaiah typescript; poems, n.d. G. Oversize Material AA-14 Oversize Material II-7 America is Hard to Find Poster H. Video B61 DVD-120 Investigation of a Flame B61 V-209 The Trial of the Catonsville Nine B61 V-815 1970 America is Hard to Find Series III. Bound Manuscripts Bd. Ms. 1 Purgatorio

Mass market paper back, Oxford University Press edition of the work of Dante Alighieri, title page and some other pages removed, personal copy of Philip Berrigan, with pencilled annotations. Book has been removed from binding and individual sections bound with tape.

Bd. Ms. 2 + Demonstration photo album

Album of photographs of Philip Berrigan and other people at several sites; no dates given; photographer/s unknown; various signs and banners displayed; some photos depict interactions with police. There is also a work of graphic art by George Knowlton.

Bd. Ms. 3 + Prison and the Christian Resister: The Letters and Journals from Prison of Daniel and Philip Berrigan

M.A. Thesis SUNY Buffalo, pertains to the lives and activities, prior to 1976, of Daniel and Philip Berrigan, Catholic priests active in peace and social justice causes by Sara J. McLaughlin.

Bd. Ms. 4 + Religion and radicalism: the American "Catholic Left" as a social movement

PhD dissertation prepared at Columbia University by Charles A. Meconis. Found (with papers from Daniel Berrigan of early 1981) in a box labelled (by Meconis?) "to Prof. Gilllian Lindt from: Charles A. Meconis PhD. (Cand.) re: Defense copy of dissertation." With the dissertation were found typed and handwritten comments by Elizabeth (McAlister) Berrigan, Philip Francis Berrigan, and Daniel Berrigan; these have been removed and separately cataloged under Berrigan, Elizabeth (McAlister). The title page was lacking, and Philip Berrigan's comments were written on the copyright page; therefore, the dissertation has been bound with replacement title page and copyright page. Cf. the book (N.Y.: Seabury 1979) by Charles A. Meconis, With clumsy grace: the American Catholic left, 1961-1975.

Bd. Ms. 5 & 6 [Unused numbers] Bd. Ms. 7 + v.1-3 The Petrean

Yearbook of St. Peter's Preparatory School, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1947-1949.

Bd. Ms. 8 + Blue Book, 1957

Yearbook of Brooklyn Preparatory School, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Bd. Ms. 9 + Pity the nation..

This is a bound script of a drama about a 1969 trial in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The author has signed the manuscript with a note to Daniel Berrigan, by James Sage.

Bd. Ms. 10 + Daniel Berrigan, S.J.: A bibliography of criticism, with an introductory essay on his critical reputation

MA thesis prepared at the University of Maryland by Carol Ann Rittner. Thesis is concerned with interpretation and critical reception of Daniel Berrigan's published works.

Bd. Ms. 11 ++ Daniel Berrigan scrapbook

Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photos, programs, and writings assembled by Daniel Berrigan in his youth. There is material about various Berrigan family members: John Berrigan, Jerome Berrigan, Edmund Berrigan, Agnes Berrigan, etc. There are early writings by Daniel Berrigan and a poem by John Berrigan. Selection of clippings prefigures some of Daniel Berrigan's adult interests in civil rights and resistance to civil authority when in conflict with religious idealism.

Bd. Ms. 12 + Daniel Berrigan poetry

Consists of a collection of Daniel Berrigan's poetic works, copied and bound together.

OTHER GUIDES TO THE COLLECTION

A card catalogue is available providing item-level description of Series A of the collection.