PAX Pax Christi USA Records Guide University of Notre Dame Archives University of Notre Dame Archives 2011
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Description based on paper finding aids and inhouse database. English PAX Pax Christi USA Records 1958-1995. Pax Christi USA. 50 linear feet. 112 audio tapes. 2 video tapes. 5 linear inches of photographs. University of Notre Dame Archives
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
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Preferred Citation

Pax Christi USA Records (PAX), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Records of the American chapter of Pax Christi, including correspondence, financial and membership records, subject files, records relating to the American chapter's affiliation with Pax Christi International, files from the group's conferences and special projects, audio and video tapes, and photographs.

Principle correspondents include Etienne de Jonghe, Eileen Egan, Joseph Fahey, Thomas Gumbleton, Gordon Zahn, Walter Grazer, Mary Ellen Jegen, Carol ter Maat, Gerard Vanderhaar, Vincent Dilalla, Thomas Cornell, and Robert Hovda.

Background

An international Catholic peace organization founded in 1947. The offices of the American chapter were located in Chicago until 1985 when they moved to Erie, Pennsylvania. The international office is in Antwerp, Belgium.

Jonghe, Etienne de. Egan, Eileen. Fahey, Joseph. Gumbleton, Thomas. Zahn, Gordon Charles, 1918- Grazer, Walter. Jegen, Mary Evelyn. Maat, Carol ter. Vanderhaar, Gerard A. Dilalla, Vincent Domenic. Cornell, Thomas C. (Thomas Charles), 1934- Hovda, Robert W. Pax Christi USA. Peace -- Religious aspects. Nonviolence. Peace -- Societies, etc. Pacifism. Related Material Center on Conscience and War Records Eileen Egan Papers Thomas J. Gumbleton Gerard A. Vanderhaar Papers Gordon Zahn Papers CPAX Pax Christi USA: Manuscripts CPAX 1-03 Correspondence CPAX 4-06 Administrative Files CPAX 4/01-21 Meetings and Conferences CPAX 4/22-35 Financial CPAX 4/36-60 Membership CPAX 5 Outside Organizations CPAX 6/01-15 Stewardship Services Inc CPAX 6/16-24 Swords into Plowshares 1979 CPAX 6/25-43 Printed Materials CPAX 7 International Files APAX Pax Christi USA: Audio-Visual Material GPAX Pax Christi USA: Photographs