Collection Summary
Marquette University. Department of Special Collections and University
Archives.
Catholic Association for International Peace
Catholic Association for International Peace records
1926-1968
14.4 cubic feet (43 boxes)
Records of a membership organization
(administered as an independent branch of the Social Action Department of the
National Catholic Welfare Conference) concerned with "educating all Catholics as to
their obligations of justice and charity in the cause of international peace.
CAIP
English
Administrative History:
In 1926 representatives of the Social Action Department of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference, the National Council of Catholic Men, and the National Council
of Catholic Women founded an association of Catholics to further the aim of
international peace. According to its constitution, the "ultimate purpose" of the
new association (administered as an independent branch of the NCWC's Social Action
Department, which served as its secretariat) would be "to promote, in conformity
with the mind of the Church, the Peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ." The
Catholic Association for International Peace sought to meet this goal through the
intensive study of current issues, the production of reports and statements on
matters of international importance, and the publication of pamphlets by Catholic
scholars on these issues.
Extremely active during the turbulent decade before World War II, the CAIP
experienced a rebirth following the end of the war and the founding of the United
Nations. In 1952 it established a peace award, given out at the annual conference to
an outstanding American who helped further Christian principles of justice and
charity in international life; recipients included George Meany, Rev. John Courtney
Murray, and R. Sargent Shriver. Staunchly anti-communist throughout this period, the
Association endorsed the U.S. government's policy of containment toward the Soviet
Union.
As the events of the 1960s unfolded, the CAIP retained its anti-communist stance and
"just war"orientation (supporting the Vietnam War) while seeking unsuccessfully to
increase its membership. When the Catholic bishops reorganized the NCWC as the
United States Catholic Conference in 1967, they created a new Commission on World
Justice and Peace. Rendered superfluous in the eyes of USCC policy makers, the CAIP
went out of existence the following year.
Scope and Content of the Records
Included in this collection are correspondence, minutes, publications, reports,
speeches, and other records documenting the annual conferences and other activities
of the Association's committees, subcommittees, officers, and secretariat. Notable
correspondents include Patrick H. Callahan, John Tracy Ellis, Charles Fahy, Anna
Dill Gamble, Carlton J.H. Hayes, John LaFarge, Elizabeth M. Lynskey, Raymond A.
McGowan, Francis E. McMahon, Parker T. Moon, and Elizabeth M. Sweeney.
Arrangement of the Records
These records are divided into the following series
- 1 Annual Conferences and Reports, 1927-1967
- 2 Governing Bodies, 1928-1968
- 3.1 Incoming Correspondence, 1926-1967
- 3.2 Outgoing Correspondence, 1927-1967
- 4 Committees, 1928-1967
- 5 Subject Files, 1927-1967
- 6 Publications, 1929-1968, undated
Restrictions on Access
There is no restriction on access to these records.
Restrictions on Use
The archives staff will assist researchers in determining if copyright restrictions
apply, although responsibility for copyright and obtaining necessary permissions
rests with the researcher.
Related Materials
Additional records for the Catholic Association for International Peace can be found
in the National Catholic Welfare Conference records at: Department of Archives,
Manuscripts, and Museum Collections, Mullen Library, The Catholic University of
America.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in MARQCAT, the online
public access catalog of the Marquette University Libraries. Researchers
desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the
catalog using these headings.
Persons:
Callahan, Patrick Henry, 1866-1940
Ellis, John Tracy, 1905-
Fahy, Charles, 1892-1979
Gamble, Anna Dill
Hayes, Carlton Joseph Huntley,
1882-1964
La Farge, John, 1880-1963
Lynskey, Elizabeth M
McGowan, R. A. (Raymond Augstine), b.
1892
McMahon, Francis Elmer, 1906-
Moon, Parker Thomas, 1892-1936
Sweeney, Elizabeth M
Organizations:
Catholic Association for International
Peace (U.S.)--Archives
Subjects:
Disarmament--Religious aspects--Catholic
Church
Peace--Religious aspects--Catholic
Church
Peace--Societies, etc
United Nations--United States
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Series Number, Box Number, Folder Number (if applicable).
Catholic Association for International Peace Records, 1926-1968. Dept. of Special
Collections and University Archives. Marquette University.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Catholic Association for International Peace, 1961. Additional records
received from Msgr. George C. Higgins, 1970 and 1972.
Accruals
No further accruals expected for this collection.
Series 1: Annual Conferences and Reports,
1931-1967.
3.6 cubic feet.
Contains information about the Association's annual meetings, including
correspondence, programs, publicity, tape recordings (1962 and 1963), and
texts of speeches. Annual reports on the work of the CAIP are also included.
The series is arranged by date of meeting or report, and alphabetically
thereunder.
1
1
Annual Conferences,
1927-1935
Annual Conference, 1936
Correspondence
1
2
Fenwick, Charles
1
3
Hayes, Carleton J. H.
1
4
Lynskey, Elizabeth
1
5
Moon, Parker Thomas
1
6
Ryan, Rev. John
K.
1
7
Program
1
8
Annual Conferences,
1937-1945
1
9
Annual Reports,
1937-1946
1
10
Annual Conferences,
1946-1947
1
11
Annual Reports,
1947-1948
1
12-13
Annual Conferences,
1948
2
1
Annual Reports,
1948-1949
2
2
Annual Conference, Villanova, PA,
1949
2
3
Annual Conference, New York, NY,
1949
2
4
Annual Reports,
1950-1951
2
5
Annual Conference,
1951
Annual Conference, 1952
2
6
General Correspondence
2
7
Invitations
2
8
Peace Award, Brian McMahon, Recipient
3
1-3
Proceedings
3
4
Publicity
3
5
Annual Reports,
1952-1963
Annual Conference, 1953
3
6
General Correspondence
4
1
Peace Award, Bishop Raymond A. Lane, Recipient
4
2
Publicity
4
3
Reports and Working Papers
Annual Conference, 1954
4
4
General Correspondence
4
5
Peace Award., Charles G. Fenwick, Recipient
4
6
Publicity
4
7
Speeches
Work Groups
4
8
I: Inter-America
4
9
II: Europe
4
10
III: Asia
Annual Conference, 1955
4
11
General Correspondence
5
1
Arrangements
5
2
Peace Award, Fr. John LaFarge, Recipient
5
3
Publicity
5
4
Speeches
Annual Conference, 1956
5
5
General Correspondence
5
6
Peace Award, Thomas E. Murray, Recipient
5
7
Publicity
5
8
Speeches
Annual Conference, 1957
5
9
General Correspondence
5
10
Invitations
5
11
Peace Award, Rev. Raymond McGowan, Recipient
5
12
Program Committee
6
1
Publicity
6
2
Speakers
Annual Conference, 1958
6
3
Discussants
6
4
General Correspondence
6
5
Peace Award, Robert D. Murphy, Recipient
6
6
Publicity
6
7
Sample Conference Kit
6
8
Speeches
Annual Conference, 1959
6
9
Peace Award, Msgr. Edward Swanstrom, Recipient
6
10
Publicity
6
11
Speeches
Annual Conference, 1960
6
12
General Correspondence
6
13
Peace Award, George L. Warren, Recipient
6
14
Publicity
6
15
Speeches
Annual Conference, 1961
7
1
General Correspondence
7
2
Peace Award, Msgr. Luigi G. Ligutti, Recipient
7
3
Program
7
4
Publicity
7
5
Speeches
Annual Conference, 1962
7
Audiotapes (4 reels)
8
1
General Correspondence
8
2
Invitations
8
3
Peace Award, George Meany, Recipient
8
4
Proceedings
8
5
Program
8
6
Publicity
8
7
Speeches
Annual Conference, 1963
9
Audiotapes (11 reels)
10
1
General Correspondence
10
2
Invitations
10
3
Peace Award, Teodoro Moscoso, Recipient
10
4
Proceedings
10
5
Publicity
10
6-7
Registration
10
8
Sample Conference Kit
10
9
Speeches
Annual Conference, 1964
11
1
General Correspondence
11
2
Peace Award, R. Sargent Shriver, Recipient
11
3
Program Committee
11
4
Publicity
11
5
Speeches
Annual Conference, 1965
11
6
General Correspondence
11
7
Peace Award, Rev. John Courtney Murray, Recipient
11
8
Program
11
9
Publicity
11
10
Speeches
11
11
Student Sessions
Annual Conference, 1966
12
1
General Correspondence
12
2
Mass for Peace
12
3
Program
12
4
Publicity
12
5
Registration
12
6
Sample Conference Kit
12
7
Speeches
12
8
Student Sessions
Annual Conference, 1967
12
9
General Correspondence
12
10
Program and Publicity
12
11
Registration
Series 2: Governing Bodies,
1927-1968.
0.6 cubic feet.
Contains records of the Board of Governors, the Executive Committee/
Executive Council, the Steering Committee, and the Ways and Means Committee,
including minutes, reports, and some correspondence. The files are arranged
in alphabetical order by governing body.
1
1
Board of Governors,
1963-1968
Executive Committee
1
2
Minutes and General Correspondence,
1928-1939
1
3
Executive Committee, Policy Statement on World War II,
1939 September-October
1
4-6
Executive Council,
1940-1947,
1949-1959
2
1-3
Executive Council,
1960-1965
2
4
Steering Committee,
1960-1963
2
5-7
Ways and Means Committee,
1928-1959
Series 3.1: Incoming Correspondence,
1926-1967.
2.1 cubic feet.
Consists of incoming correspondence, arranged alphabetically. Notable
correspondents include Patrick H. Callahan, John Tracy Ellis, Charles Fahy,
Anna Dill Gamble, Carlton J. H. Hayes, John LaFarge, Elizabeth Lynskey,
Raymond A. McGowan, Francis E. McMahon, and Parker T. Moon. The bulk of the
letters are from 1927-1937.
Incoming Correspondence, alphabetical,
1926-1934
1
1
A-B,
1927-1934
1
2
Brennan, Jessie,
1932-1934
1
3
C-E,
1927-1934
1
4
Callahan, Patrick.H.,
1929-1934
1
5
Chadeayne, Mildred,
1933-1934
1
6
de Lima, Sr. Rose,
1932-1934
1
7
Doyle, Michael F.,
1927-1934
1
8
Ellis, John Tracy,
1932-1934
1
9
Emmanuel, Rev. Cyprian, O.F.M.,
1927-1934
1
10
F,
1927-1933
1
11
Fenwick, Charles G.,
1932-1934
1
12
G-H,
1928-1934
1
13
Gamble, Anna Dill,
1928-1934
1
14
Haas, Francis,
1929-1931
2
1
Hayes, Carleton, J.H.,
1927-1934
2
2
J-K,
1929-1934
2
3
Kenkel, Frederick,
1931-1934
2
4
LaFarge, Rev. John, S.J.,
1929-1934
2
5
Loughran, Elizabeth,
1931-1934
2
6
Lucey, Rev. Robert E.,
1931-1934
2
7
Lynskey, Elizabeth,
1932-1934
2
8
M,
1926-1934
2
9
MacLean, Donald A.,
1931-1934
2
10
Madden, Marie R.,
1931-1934
2
11
Montavon, William F.,
1930-1932
2
12
Moon, Parker T.,
1927-1934
3
1
N,
1928-1934
3
2
O,
1928-1934
3
3
P-Q,
1928-1934
3
4
R,
1927-1934
3
5
Ryan, Rev. Edwin,
1932-1934
3
6
Ryan, Rev. John A.,
1931-1934
3
7
S,
1928-1934
3
8
Sands, William Franklin,
1929-1935
3
9
Schuler, John,
1930-1934
3
10
Sisters,
1930-1934
3
11
T-Z,
1927-1934
4
1
Thorning, Joseph F.,
1932-1934
4
2
Ward, Patrick J.,
1930-1934
4
3
Wolfe, Msgr. J.M.,
1932-1934
4
4
Women’s Council,
1930-1934
4
5
Workman, Mary J.,
1932-1934
4
6
Wright, Herbert,
1932-1934
Incoming Correspondence, alphabetical,
1935-1939
4
7
A-C,
1935-1937
4
8
Callahan, Patrick H.,
1935-1937
4
9
Carroll, Marie J.,
1935-1938
4
10
Chadeayne, Mildred,
1935-1937
4
11
The Christian Front,
1936-1937
5
1
D-E,
1935-1937
5
2
de Lima, Sr. Rose,
1935-1937
5
3
Ellis, John Tracy,
1935-1937
5
4
F-G,
1935-1937
5
5
Fenwick, Charles G.,
1935-1937
5
6
Gamble, Anna Dill,
1935-1937
5
7
H-K,
1935-1937
5
8
L,
1935-1937
5
9
Lynskey, Elizabeth,
1935-1937
5
10
M,
1935-1939
5
11
McGowan, Rev. Raymond A.,
1935-1937
5
12
Moon, Parker T.,
1935-1936
5
13
N-Q,
1935-1937
6
1
National Catholic Welfare Conference,
1935-1937
6
2
R-S,
1935-1939
6
3
Sands, William Franklin,
1935
6
4
Schuler, John,
1935-1937
6
5
Sisters,
1935-1937
6
6
Southern California Committee of the CAIP,
1935-1937
6
7
T-Z,
1935-1937
6
8
Thorning, Rev. Joseph F., S.J.
1935-1937
6
9
Wolfe, Msgr. J.M.,
1935-1937
6
10
Women’s Council,
1935-1937
Incoming Correspondence, alphabetical,
1940-1944
6
11
A-M,
1942-1944
6
12
McMahon, Francis G.,
1942-1944
7
1
N-Z,
1942-1944
7
2
Incoming Correspondence,
1947-1948
7
3-5
Incoming Correspondence (all but 5 letters from 1960-1965),
1952,
1954-1955,
1958,
1960-1965
7
6
Incoming Correspondence,
1966-1967
7
7
Mahony, Thomas H.,
1944-1963
Series 3.2: Outgoing Correspondence,
1927-1963, undated.
0.9 cubic feet.
Consists of outgoing correspondence, arranged chronologically. The bulk of
the letters are from 1927-1937, and by Elizabeth M. Sweeney. Among the other
respondents are George G. Higgins and Catherine and Rita Schaefer.
1
1927-1933
2
1934 - 1937 August
3
1937 September - 1967
Series 4: Committees,
1928-1967.
2.1 cubic feet.
Consists of committee records arranged alphabetically by name of committee or
subcommittee.
1
1
Adult Education Subcommittee,
1947,
1950,
1953, undated
1
2
Africa Subcommittee,
1942-1946,
1952
1
3-6
Africa Committee,
1958-1963
1
7
Agriculture Committee
1929
1944-1945
1950
1
8
Arms Control Committee,
1962-1963
1
9
Asia Committee,
1928-1935
2
1
Asia Subcommittee,
1944-1949
2
2
Asia Subcommittee, "Crisis in the Far East" Manuscript by Harold
Hinton (rejected for publication),
1952-1955
2
3
Canada-United States Committee,
1932-1933
2
4
Colonies Subcommittee,
1943,
1945
Committees
2
5
Activities and Statements,
1953-1961, undated
2
6
Chairmen,
1944-1945,
1964, undated
2
7
Functions,
1938
2
8
Members,
1926-1964
2
9
Constitutional Committee,
1960
2
10
Cultural Relations Committee,
1958-1960
2
11
Dependent Areas Subcommittee,
1953
2
12
Disarmament Committee,
1934-1935
2
13
Economic Relations Committee,
1927-1938
3
1
Economics Subcommittee,
1942
1947, undated
3
2
Economic Life Subcommittee/Committee,
1948-1963
3
3
Education Committee,
1928,
1942-1950,
1954,
1963-1964,
3
4-5
Ethics Committee,
1928-1934
1940-1963
3
6
Europe Committee,
1931,
1934
3
7
Expansion Committee,
1931,
1934
3
8
Financial and Membership Committee,
1957-1964
History Committee,
1929-1936
3
9
General Correspondence,
1929-1936
4
1-2
Peace Statements of Bishops,
1938-1939
4
3-6
"Peace Efforts of the Church during the Past Three
Centuries," Unpublished English Translation of Book by Joseph
Muller,
1936-1937,
1942-1943
4
7
History Subcommittee,
1942-1944
Inter-American Committee
5
1
General Correspondence,
1942-1945,
1948,
1954-1963
5
2
McGowan, Rev. Robert A.,
1942-1943, undated
5
3
International Cooperation Symposium (Joint Report),
1933
International Law and Organization Committee
5
4
General Correspondence,
1927-1938
5
5
World Society Manuscript,
1936,
1939, undated
5
6
International Law and Organization Subcommittee,
1943-1944
1946
5
7
Juridical Institutions Subcommittee,
1947
1949-1951
5
8
Juridical Institutions Committee,
1958-1962
6
1-2
Latin America Committee,
1927-1941
6
3
Lay Apostolate Committee,
1963
6
4
League of Nations Symposium Committee,
1934-1935
6
5
Legal Committee (CAIP Constitution),
1962-1963
6
6
National Attitudes Committee,
1932-1937
6
7
Peace Education Committee,
1935, undated
6
8
Population Subcommittee,
1963
6
9
Post-War World Committee,
1941-1947
7
1
Public Relations Committee,
1960
7
2
Racial Attitudes Committee,
1930-1932
7
3
Religion and Culture Subcommittee,
1944,
1947
7
4
Re-Organization Committee,
1957
7
5
Social Questions Subcommittee,
1956-1963
7
6
Social Welfare Committee/Subcommittee,
1941-1947,
1950-1952
7
7
United Nations Charter Reform and Social and Economic Questions
Committee,
1956-1957
7
8
United States Dependencies Committee,
1928-1935
World Order Committee
7
9
General Correspondence,
1949-1966
Internationalization of
Jerusalem Pamphlet
7
10
Correspondence,
1953-1957
7
11
Second and Final Typescript Drafts,
1955-1956
Series 5: Subject Files,
1927-1967.
2.7 cubic feet.
Contains a wide range of material concerning the Association's finances,
membership, and relations with other organizations and the United Nations.
It is arranged alphabetically by subject. .
1
1
American Academy of Political and Social Sciences,
1958,
1963
1
2
American Association for the United Nations,
1962-1963
1
3
American Council for Judaism,
1960,
1963
1
4
American Friends Service Committee,
1955-1964
1
5
American Pax Association,
1966
1
6
Assembly of Captive European Nations,
1957,
1959-1960
1
7
Association for International Development,
1959-1960
1
8
Atlantic Union Committee,
1960-1961
1
9
Atomic Warfare,
1945,
1956,
1960
1
10
Builders of the New World,
1967
1
11
Catholic Council for International Relations,
1929-1936
1
12
Catholic International Union for Social Service,
1946-1949
1
13
Catholic Peace Fellowship,
1965-1967
1
14
Catholic Relief Services,
1960-1961
1
15
Catholic Union of International Studies,
1936,
1946-1947
1
16
Center for War/Peace Studies,
1967
1
17
Church Peace Union,
1956-1969
1
18
Committee for International Economic Growth,
1958
1
19
Conference on World Tensions,
1960
1
20
Congress for Religious Leaders for Peace,
1963
1
21
Constitution (CAIP),
1939,
1960,
1963, undated
1
22
Conway, Rev. Edward A., S.J., Testimonial Dinner,
1964
1
23
Council on Religion and International Affairs,
1962-1963
2
1
Criticism ("Crackpots and Smears"),
1953-1961
2
2
Disarmament,
1956-1964
2
3
Dunbarton College Conference on Communism,
1963
2
4
European Crisis, Telegrams to President and Secretary of State,
September-October
1938
2
5
Financial Aid Grants and Requests,
1931-1946
1950
1961-1962
2
6
Financial Records,
1952
1956-1963
2
7
Food and Agriculture Organization,
1963
2
8
Foreign Advisors (group convened by CAIP to consider post-war
reconstruction),
1942-1944
3
1
Foreign Policy Association,
1960-1964
3
2
Herzfeld, Norma Krause,
1952-1960
3
3
Hierarchy and Peace (proposed compilation of statements),
1935
3
4
History of CAIP,
1927-1963, undated
3
5
Human Rights and Genocide Treaties, Ad Hoc Committee on,
1965,
1967
3
6
Interfaith Meetings on Peace,
1963-1965
3
7
International Advisory Council,
1957-1966
3
8
International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace,
1963
3
9-10
International Covenant of Human Rights,
1947-1953
4
1
International Organizations,
1946-1947
4
2
International Pattern Institute,
1945-1950
4
3
International Union of Catholic Women's Leagues,
1947-1951
4
4
International Union of Social Studies,
1937
1946-1947
1949, undated
4
5
Kellogg-Briand Pact Boycott Statement,
1932-1933
4
6
Lay Action Congress,
1947
4
7
McGowan, Rev. Raymond A.,
1961-1962, undated
4
8
McMahon, Francis G., Dismissal from Notre Dame,
1943
5
1
Meetings Attended,
1961-1962, undated
5
2
Meetings of Washington Area Members of CAIP,
1957-1963
5
3
Membership Appeals,
1931-1935,
ca. 1949-1964, undated,
5
4
Membership Lists,
1960-1963
5
5
Miscellaneous Organizations,
1958,
1962-1964
5
6
Nagle, William J.,
1962
National Catholic Welfare Conference
5
7
Relationship with CAIP,
1950-1963
5
8
Study Club,
1934, undated
5
9
National Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy,
1960-1963
5
10
National Conference on International Economic and Social
Development,
1960-1963
5
11
National Inter-Religious Conference on Peace,
1965-1966
6
1
Nuclear War Institute,
1963
6
2
Nuclear Weapons,
1956-1963
6
3
O'Brien, William V.,
1962,
ca. 1966
6
4
Office Inventories and Procedures,
1964
6
5
Pax Christi,
1953-1964
6
6
Pax Romana,
1945-1951
6
7-8
Peace Groups, Foreign,
1929-1938
6
9
People's Mandate Committee,
1946-1950
6
10
Photographs,
1947,
1955-1957,
1960,
1962,
1964, undated
6
11
Population,
1951-1961
6
12
Publicity,
1936-1964
7
1
Re-evaluation of CAIP,
1952-1954
7
2
Regional Chapters,
1962-1963
7
3
Schaefer, Catherine,
1945-1949
1958
7
4
Schaefer, Rita,
1948-1951
7
5
Solzbacher, Wilhelm,
1932-1948
Speakers
7
6
Lists,
1957,
1961-1963, undated
7
7
Returned Questionnaires,
1958-1961
7
8-9
Student Essay Contest,
1955-1957
7
10
Student Participation,
1963
8
1
Tax-exempt Status,
1963
8
2
This Nation Under God Broadcasts
(WMAL Radio, Washington, DC) Featuring CAIP Speakers,
1958
8
3
Turn Towards Peace,
1963,
1967
United Nations
8
4
Consultative Status with Social and Economic Council,
1946-1947
8
5
Observers from CAIP,
1946-1963
8
6
Pamphlet promotion,
1954
8
7
San Franciso Conference,
1945
8
8
Tenth Anniversary Commemoration,
1955
8
9
United Nations Affairs Office,
1945-1965
8
10
United Nations Commission on Human Rights,
1963
9
1
United Nations Children's Fund,
1961,
1963
9
2
United States Committee for the United Nations,
1950-1957
9
3
United World Federalists,
1949-1963
9
4
Vietnam Action, Ad Hoc Meeting,
1967
9
5
Voice of America,
1951-1952
9
6
Washington Discussion Group,
1942-1945
9
7
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom,
1961-1964
9
8
World Court Membership for United States,
1935
9
9
World Justice,
1960-1963
9
10
World Peace Through Law Center,
1962-1965
World War II
9
11
Corespondence, Manuscripts, and Related Documents,
1941,
1943
9
12-13
Questionnaires on US Entry into War,
1939-1940
9
14
World Without War Council of the United States,
1967
Series 6: Publications,
1929-1968, undated.
0.9 cubic feet.
Contains material published by the CAIP, including newsletters (missing for
1929-1951), press releases, and pamphlets. Arrangement is alphabetical by
type of publication and chronological thereunder.
1
1
Bibliographies,
1956-1965, undated
Newsletters
1
2-10
March-April 1943, August 1952-August 1961
2
1-6
September 1961-December 1967
Pamphlets
2
7-8
General Series, nos. 1-9, 11-25,
1929-1937
3
1-2
General Series, nos. 27-46,
1940-1959
3
3
Miscellaneous Series,
1934-1957, undated
3
4-5
Press Releases,
1930-1963,
1968
3
6
Proceedings,
1953,
1957
3
7
Reprints and Other Publications,
1953-1961, undated