Catholic Council on Civil Liberties records, 1958-1967.

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Catholic Council on Civil Liberties records, 1958-1967.

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The materials in this collection document the creation and operation of the Catholic Council on Civil Liberties, originally named the American Freedoms Council. The collection includes the constitution, bylaws, membership applications, and mailing lists of the organization, as well as briefs filed in court cases, publications, photographs, and newspaper clippings. A large portion of the collection is made up of correspondence of the organization's officers and members, including that of Thomas F. Ritt, director; Russell W. Gibbons, secretary; William B. Ball and A.V. Krebs, members of the national board of directors; and Joseph O'Meara, A.C. Germann, and Rev. Louis A. Gales, members of the national advisory committee. The collection spans 1958-1967.

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University of Dayton, Roesch Library

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University of Dayton, Roesch Library

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Gibbons, Richard, 1550?-1632

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Catholic Council on Civil Liberties

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The American Freedoms Council was incorporated on May 26, 1959, in Omaha, Nebraska, by John Holman and Gerald McGuire. The Council was conceived as a type of "Catholic Civil Liberties Union" in which the laity could work for the general welfare without fear of compromising their religious principles. The aims of the group were to promote closer cooperation of Catholics in a non-political body for the purposes of benevolence, charity and education, and to educate its members in civic and religiou...

Ball, William B.

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McGuire, Gerald F., 1929-

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Krebs, A. V.

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O'Meara, Joseph, 1898-

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Dean, University of Notre Dame Law School, 1952-1968. From the description of Papers, 1952-1968. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 26327157 ...

Germann, A.C.

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Holman, John, 1918-

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Gales, Louis A.

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Ritt, Thomas F.

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