Daniel and Philip Berrigan Collection, 1880-1995.

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Daniel and Philip Berrigan Collection, 1880-1995.

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.

207 cubic ft. (ca. 118,000+ items)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7908741

Cornell University Library

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McAlister, Elizabeth A.

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Berrigan, Daniel.

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Daniel Berrigan is a Catholic priest associated with peace and social justice movements throughout his life. A believer in non-violent civil disobedience, he has been arrested and imprisoned numerous times. He is most noted for his leadership of opposition to the Viet Nam war, but his work did not begin or end there. From the description of Daniel Berrigan scrapbook, 1930-1950. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64692915 The brothers Daniel Berrigan (born 1921...

Berrigan, Philip

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Peace activist. From the description of Oral history interview with Philip Berrigan, 1985. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309742671 Philip Berrigan is a political activist who was an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War. Berrigan was born in 1923, became active in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, and entered into acts of civil disobedience to protest war and the production of nuclear weapons. From...

Berrigan, Jerome

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Jerome C. Berrigan was born in 1919, the son of Thomas Berrigan and Frida Fomherz (also spelled Fromhart), the fourth of their six children. He married Carol Rizzo in 1955 and was a professor of English at Onandaga Community College in Syracuse, NY for over 30 years. He has been involved in political protests since the late 1950s and continues to do volunteer work in various jails, nursing homes and collecges in upstate New York. Although Jerome remained at home while his brothers Daniel and Phi...

Labrie, Ross

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