John C. Cort papers

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John C. Cort papers

1977-1988

http://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2003-016

These papers document social activist John C. Cort's involvement with the Christian Socialist movement. They consist of a typescript of his book which was published in 1988; proceedings from the Congress of Christian Socialists in Sweden in 1983, including Cort’s talk and several reports he authored; and the first eight volumes of the newsletter, co-edited by Cort. There are also a few booklets from Christian and Socialist organizations and a group photograph, thought to be of the Congress of Christian Socialists.

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Boston College. John J. Burns Library

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Cort, John C. (John Cyrus), 1913-2006

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John C. Cort was born on December 3, 1913 in Woodmere, New York to Ambrose and Lydia (Painter) Cort. He was educated at a public school in Hempstead, New York. Cort was raised Episcopal and attended the choir school of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City from the age of ten. He completed his secondary education at the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut. Cort graduated from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1935, and converted to Catholicism shortly after. ...