Robert F. Drinan, SJ Pre- and Post- Congressional Papers 1955-2007 (bulk 1981-1995) CA.2008.001 http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1020
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Summary Information ...... 3 Administrative Information ...... 4 Related Materials ...... 4 Biographical note ...... 5 Scope and Contents ...... 6 Arrangement ...... 6 Collection Inventory ...... 7 I: Audio and video recordings ...... 7 II: Awards and gifts ...... 9 III: Correspondence ...... 12 IV: Organizations ...... 13 V: Photographs ...... 17 VI: Pre-congressional material ...... 19 VII: Public relations ...... 21 VIII: Topics ...... 21 IX: Writings ...... 23
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Creator - aut: Drinan, Robert F. Title: Robert F. Drinan, SJ pre- and post-congressional papers Collection Identifier: CA.2008.001 Date [inclusive]: 1955-2007 Date [bulk]: 1981-1995 Physical Description 90.75 Linear Feet (83 containers) Language of the English Material: Abstract: Papers document Robert F. Drinan's career as an academic, lawyer, Jesuit, and social justice advocate. Materials cover his years before Congress as a faculty member and Dean of Boston College Law School, and his post-congressional years as a faculty member at Georgetown University Law Center. Preferred Citation
Identification of item, Box number, Folder number, Robert F. Drinan, SJ pre- and post- congressional papers, CA.2008.001, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.
Robert F. Drinan, SJ Pre- and Post-Congressional Papers CA.2008.001
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Publication Information Processed by Sarah K. Nytroe, 2008, and Ayoola White in 2017. This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace.
Restrictions on access Collection is open for research. Audio and video recordings are not available for playback due to format impermanence and can not be reformatted by Burns Library at this time. Please let Burns Library Public Services know of your specific interest; when it becomes possible we will schedule reformatting.
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Provenance Gift of Robert F. Drinan, 1990-2004; transfer from Boston College Law School in 1991; gift of Helen Drinan in 1995; gift of Francis Sweeney, SJ, 1996-2003; gift of Grace Mary Mann in 2000; gift of J. A. Appleyard in 2015.
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Robert Frederick Drinan was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 15, 1920, to James John and Ann Mary (Flanagan) Drinan. He graduated from Hyde Park High School in 1938 and entered Boston College the same year. He earned his B.A. from Boston College in 1942, later that year entering the Society of Jesus, though he was not ordained until 1953. In the intervening years, Drinan pursued a legal education and earned a M.A. from Boston College in 1947 as well as two law degrees from Georgetown University Law Center, a LL.B in 1949 and a LL.M in 1950. He completed his Jesuit education in 1954 when he received a doctorate of sacred theology from the Gregorian University in Rome.
In 1955 Drinan began his professional academic career with a return to Boston College. He joined the faculty of the Boston College Law School, where he also served as the Associate Dean. He became the Dean a year later, a position he held until 1969. During his tenure at the law school, Drinan increased the size of the faculty and brought in top-quality scholars, transforming the law school into a top-rated institution. He was outspoken on social justice issues confronting Boston in the 1960s and called for the desegregation of Boston public schools. From 1969–1970 Drinan served as the Vice-President and Provost of Boston College.
In 1970 Drinan, a Democrat, ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and became the first Catholic priest to be elected to Congress. From 1971-1981 he served in the 92nd-96th Congresses. In the 92nd Congress he represented the Massachusetts 3rd District, which was renamed the Massachusetts 4th District for the 93rd-96th Congresses. Drinan served on the House Internal Security Committee, the House Government Operations Committee, the House Select Committee on Aging, and the House Judiciary Committee, for which he served as the Chairman of the Criminal Justice Subcommittee in his final term.
Drinan was focused on social justice and human rights issues throughout his legislative career. After running on an anti-Vietnam War platform in his first congressional campaign he used his position to push for an end to the war and the withdrawal of American troops. His involvement with the House Judiciary Committee and its Criminal Justice Subcommittee played an integral part in the impeachment investigation of President Nixon. When Drinan called for Nixon's impeachment in 1973 he was the first Representative to do so, though he was motivated by the secret bombing of Cambodia, rather than the Watergate affair. Drinan's work as chair of the Criminal Justice Subcommittee also led to an overhaul of the federal criminal code in 1979 and 1980.
In 1980, Pope John Paul II announced that priests were henceforth barred from holding political office and so Drinan did not seek re-election.
After his retirement from Congress in 1981, Drinan returned to academia, joining the Georgetown University Law Center as a professor, specializing in international human rights, constitutional law, civil liberties, and arms control. He remained involved in politics, serving as president of the Americans for Democratic Action, as well as on the boards of the International League of Human Rights, the Lawyer's Committee for International Human Rights, the International Labor Rights Fund, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
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- Page 5 - Throughout his political and academic careers Drinan was a prolific writer. He wrote numerous books, including Religion, the Courts and Public Policy (1963); Democracy, Dissent and Disorder (1969); Vietnam and Armageddon (1970); and Honor The Promise: America's Commitment to Israel (1977). He also wrote many magazine and journal articles, book reviews, and letters to the editor. He served as the corresponding editor to America for National Catholic Weekly from 1958-70, and also as the editor in chief of Family Law Quarterly from 1967-70.
Drinan spent the latter part of his life traveling extensively, going to Southeast Asia, Africa, and South and Central America. He died on January 28, 2007 at the age of 86.
Sources:
Cunningham, John O. "US Representative Robert F. Drinan, SJ."BC Law: Boston College Law School Magazine, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Winter 2017): 23.
Feeney, Mark. "Rev. Drinan, first priest elected as voting member of Congress, dies." The Boston Globe, January 28, 2007.
Frost, Greg. "Former Law School Dean Fr. Drinan Dies at 86." The Boston College Chronicle, February 1, 2007.
Katz, Sanford N. "In Memoriam - Robert F. Drinan, S.J., 1920-2007." Family Life Quarterly 40, no. 4 (Winter 2007): ix-xii.
Scope and Contents
This collection documents Robert F. Drinan's career as an academic, lawyer, Jesuit, and social justice advocate. Materials cover his years before Congress, as a faculty member and Dean of Boston College Law School, and his post-congressional years as a faculty member at Georgetown University Law Center. The papers contain a significant amount of Drinan's correspondence and writings, as well as material on human rights and legal organizations in which he participated. It also includes photographs, honorary degrees and awards, recordings of speeches and addresses given by Drinan, and scrapbooks.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into nine series: I. Audio and video recordings; II. Awards and Gifts; III. Correspondence; IV. Organizations; V. Photographs; VI. Pre-congressional material; VII. Public relations; VIII. Topics; and IX. Writings.
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Series I: Audio and video recordings, 1982-2001 Conditions Governing Access
Audio and video recordings are not available for playback due to format impermanence and can not be reformatted by Burns Library at this time. Please let Burns Library Public Services know of your specific interest; when it becomes possible we will schedule reformatting.
Arrangement
Chronological.
Scope and Contents
Audio and video recordings document Drinan's public speaking engagements and appearances on radio and television shows. Topics covered include ethics in government, the role of religion in solving conflicts, and law.
Larry King Show, 1982 September 21 box 68
National Public Radio, Morning Edition with Robert Drinan, 1982 box 68 October 12
"The Case of Jonathan Pollard", 1983 January box 68
"Voice of America", 1983 January box 68
Preservation of the History of Congress, Deposit of Drinan Papers, box 68 1984-1986
National Conference of Catholic Charities, "General Session 1: box 68 The Challenge of Reconciling Public Policy to the Needs of the Poor", 1984
National Catholic Educational Association, "Two Perspectives on box 68 the Convention Theme", 1984
"Religion and Politics in America", 1985 January 15 box 68
Issue for the '80s, "First Monday: New Directions for the U.S. box 68 Supreme Court", 1986 September 17
"God and Country: The Rise of the Religious Right", 1986 box 68 October
"Show of Faith" on WBZ-TV Boston, 1988 April 10 box 68
50th Reunion of Hyde Park High School, 1988 October 15 box 68
Bean Supper Politics, Tony Galvin on Gerry Nee, 1988 December box 68
"Government in Action: Ethics in Government", 1991 February 21 box 68
Ford Hall Forum, "Lessons the Holocaust Can Teach us Today", box 68 1993 April 8 Robert F. Drinan, SJ Pre- and Post-Congressional Papers CA.2008.001
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Issues and Ethics: Intervention, 1994 October 7 box 68
Washington National Cathedral, "On the Issues", 1994 November box 68 2
Washington National Cathedral, "The Church in a Violent box 68 Society: Responses to Domestic and Community Violence", 1994 December 6
Think Tank, "Is America Taking a Chance on Gambling?", 1995 box 68 January
Georgetown University, Drinan Testimonial, 1995 March 18 box 68
Diocese of Joliet Peace Day, "Confronting a Culture of Violence", box 68 1995 May 6
Georgetown University Law Center 125th Anniversary Dinner and box 68 Gala Celebration, 1995 October 21
Washington National Cathedral, "The Church in a Violent box 68 Society: Responses to Domestic and Community Violence", 1995
Alliance for Justice, "Upholding the Promise: Profiles in Judicial box 68 Courage", 1996
Legal-Moral Problems-Contemporary America, 1996 box 68
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Days of box 68 Remembrance, 1996
ABC's World News Now, "Religious Freedom Restoration Act", box 68 1997 February 19
Drinan speech at Vermont Law, 1997 September 19 box 68
"America's Voice Tonight", 1998 March 24 box 68
60 Minutes, "Remembering Water", 1998 September 13 box 68
National Public Radio, Talk of the Nation, Politics/Makeover?, box 68 1998 September 30
AandE's American Justice, "High Crimes and Misdemeanors", box 68 1998
Untitled audio recording, 1999 November 15 box 68
Schulz, "In Our Best Interest", 2001 April 16 box 68
"Take Action", 2000 June 22 box 68
"Talk to America", 2001 May 22 box 68
"Church Today", undated box 68
"Coffee House", undated box 68
"Coming of Age: 75 Years of Legal Education", undated
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"Quest for Peace: Individuals Can Make a Difference", undated box 68
Untitled video recordings, undated box 68
Series II: Awards and gifts, 1956-2007 Scope and Contents
The bulk of this series contains honorary degrees and plaques of appreciation from organizations both pre- and post- congressional. Gifts include a pottery jar, a letter opener from Tiffany's, and various medals. Material also includes a banner hung at Boston College after Drinan's death in 2007.
Subseries A: Pre-congressional awards and certificates, 1956-1978 Arrangement
Chronological.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts — Admission to box 71 Massachusetts Bar, 1956 May 23
American Bar Foundation — Fellow of the American Bar box 71 Foundation, 1963 June
The Brotherhood Temple Mishkan Tefila Good Neighbor box 72 Award, 1963 October 8
Boston College Law School — clock commemorating Drinan's box 80 tenth year as Dean, given by the faculty, approximately 1966
American Bar Association — Gavel, approximately 1966-1967 box 75
Milton B'Nai Brith Lodge — Most Dedicated Persons Award, box 74 1969 February 12
Jewish Theological Seminary of America — Eternal Light box 75 Medal, 1970 November 15
Boston College Law School — Appreciation, 1971 box 74
Tiffany's letter opener, 1978 box 75
Outstanding and Dynamic Leadership as Dean of the Boston box 74 College Law School, undated
Subseries B: Honorary degrees, 1967-2002
University of Clermont-Ferrand—Honorary Doctorate, 1967 box 73 folder 1 October 14
University of Syracuse — Doctor of Laws Degree, 1977 May 15 box 71
Gonzaga University — Doctor of Laws, 1981 May 10 box 71
University of Lowell — Doctor of Humane Letters, 1981 May box 71 23
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University of Bridgeport — Doctor of Laws, 1981 June 7 box 72
Curry University — Doctor of Laws Degree, 1982 May 23 box 71
De Paul University — Doctor of Laws Degree, 1984 February 5 box 71
University of San Diego — Doctor of Laws, 1984 May 20 box 72
Mount Saint Mary College — Doctor of Humane Letters, 1985 box 71 May 19
Hebrew College — Doctor of Hebrew Laws Degree, 1987 May box 72 10
Notre Dame College — Doctor of Letters, 1989 May 13 box 72
Walsh College (Canton, OH) — Doctor of Human Services, box 71 1990 May 5
Georgetown College — Doctor of Laws Degree, 1991 April 20 box 71
Brandeis University — Doctor of Humane Letters Degree, 2002 box 72 May 26
Subseries C: Post-congressional awards and certificates, 1981-2007 undated
Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo Humanitarian Award of Cardozo box 73 Lodge, 1981 February 17
Detroit City Council — Testimonial Resolution for Robert F. box 72 Drinan, 1981 March 29
Ethical Society of Boston — Humanist of the Year Award, 1981 box 74 April 19
Institute for Peace and Justice — Recognition as Shareholder, box 74 1981 April 27
Washington Committee of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund — box 74 Plaque, 1981 May 13
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith — Torch of Liberty box 74 Award, 1981
American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia — Bill of Rights box 74 Award, 1982 January 22
William S. Thompson International Law Society — box 74 International Human Rights Award, 1982
National Consumer Center — Recognition, 1983 March 2 box 74
Connecticut Civil Liberties Union — Marble Box, 1984 box 75 November 10
Facing History and Ourselves — Humanity Award, 1985 April box 74 24
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- Page 10 - The American Committee for Human Rights — limited edition Shared box print of Pablo Neruda quote given in recognition of his lifetime 9616 advocacy for the rights of people all over the world, 1985 April 25
Roger N. Baldwin Civil Liberties Award, 1985 November 16 box 74
American Bar Association Section of Family Law — Plaque of box 74 Appreciation, 1987 August 10
U.S.S. Constitution Salutes the Constitution of the United States box 75 — Stamp, 1987 September 19
American Society of Appraisers — Certificate of Appreciation, box 72 1987 November 3
Western New England College, U.S.S. Constitution Lecture box 75 Program — paper weight, 1987
St. John the Baptist de la Salle, Patron of All Teachers — box 75 Medal, 1988 August 25
The National Judicial College — Certificate of Appreciation, box 72 1988 October 8
State of Texas — Honorary Texas Citizen, 1989 October 11 box 73 folder 4
Tarlton Law Library Conference on the Global Responsibility of box 72 Law Librarians — Certificate of Appreciation, 1989 October
Pen with Signature of President Bill Clinton, 1990s box 75
National Press Foundation, Washington Journalism Center — box 72 Certificate of Appreciation, 1995 December 5
"Priest — Patriot — Heightsman" Banner on the Occasion of box 77 Robert F. Drinan's death, 2007
Action on Smoking and Health — Certificate of Honor and box 72 Accomplishment, undated
Americans for Democratic Action — Appreciation, undated box 74
Franklin D. Roosevelt Freedom Medal, undated box 75
Georgetown Alumni Club of Metropolitan Washington — box 72 Achievement Award, undated
Georgetown University Law Center Distinguished Alumnus — box 75 Medal, undated
Howard Clock Products, Inc. — Certificate of Appreciation, box 72 undated
Jewish National Fund of America - grove of trees planted in the Shared box John F. Kennedy Peace Forrest in Jerusalem in honor of Drinan, 9616 undated
Marquis Who's Who in American Law — Certificate, undated box 72
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Pottery jar, undated box 76
Rina Rotholz, "The Old City" limited edition fine art print Shared box (number 55 of 100) of Jerusalem, undated 9616
Series III: Correspondence, 1981-2007 Arrangement
Chronological by year and then alphabetical by correspondent's last name.
Scope and Contents
Primarily the letters pertain to Drinan's expertise in law, social justice, and human rights issues, but they also contain some personal correspondence.
A(1981)-G(1981), 1981 box 3 folder 1-23
H(1981)-Z(1981), 1981 box 4 folder 1-21 box 13 folder 1
Z(1981)-A(1982), 1981 box 5 folder 1-20
A(1981)-B(1982), 1981-1982 box 6 folder 1-20
B(1982)-H(1982), 1982 box 7 folder 1-14
H(1982)-S(1982), 1982 box 8 folder 1-19
S(1982)-A(1983), 1982-1983 box 7 folder 15 box 9 folder 1-22
B(1983)-G(1983), 1983 box 10 folder 1-17
H(1983)-M(1983), 1983 box 11 folder 1-16
M(1983)-S(1983), 1983 box 12 folder 1-15
S(1983)-B(1984), 1983-1984 box 13 folder 1-16
C(1984)-R(1984), 1983-1984 box 14 folder 1-21
A(1984)-N(1984), 1984 box 15 folder 1-25
N(1984)-B(1984/5), 1984-1985 box 16 folder 1-26
C(1984/5)-K(1984/5), 1984-1985 box 17 folder 1-18
L(1984/5)-T(1984/5), 1984-1985 box 18 folder 1-15
U(1984/5)-D(1985), 1984-1985 box 19 folder 1-20
D(1985)-M(1985), 1985 box 20 folder 1-19
M(1985)-S(1985), 1985 box 21 folder 1-21
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A(1986/7)-D(1986/7), 1986-1987 box 23 folder 1-17
D(1986/7)-H(1986/7), 1986-1987 box 24 folder 1-20
I(1986/7)-T(1986/7), 1986-1987 box 25 folder 1-25
U(1986/7)-M(1987), 1986-1987 box 26 folder 1-22
N(1987)-H(1987/8), 1987-1988 box 27 folder 1-22
H(1987/8)-T(1987/8), 1987-1988 box 28 folder 1-18
T(1987/8)-C(1988), 1987-1988 box 29 folder 1-25
C(1988)-M(1988), 1988 box 30 folder 1-23
M(1988)-B(1989), 1988-1989 box 31 folder 1-25
B(1989)-G(1989), 1989 box 32 folder 1-33
G(1989)-N(1989), 1989 box 33 folder 1-34
N(1989)-W(1989), 1989 box 34 folder 1-49
Y(1989)-G(1990), 1989-1990 box 35 folder 1-28
G(1990)-S(1990), 1990 box 36 folder 1-31
S(1990)-B(1991/2), 1990-1991 box 37 folder 1-30
B(1991/2)-M(1991/2), 1991 box 38 folder 1-32
M(1991/2)-B(1991/2), 1991-1992 box 39 folder 1-40
B(1991/2)-H(1991/2), 1991-1992 box 40 folder 1-21
H(1991/2)-S(1991/2), 1991-1992 box 41 folder 1-26
S(1991/2)-C(1992), 1991-1992 box 42 folder 1-19
C(1992)-P(1992), 1992 box 43 folder 1-16
Q(1992)-Z(1992), 1992 box 44 folder 1-5
General, circa 1992 box 44 folder 6-15
Concerning writings and publications, 1981-1989 box 44 folder 16-17
1988-2007 Shared box folder 4 244
Series IV: Organizations, 1979-1992 Arrangement
Alphabetical.
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Includes reports, minutes, Drinan's notes, and some correspondence from his membership in legal and human rights organizations including the American Bar Association, Americans for Democratic Action, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the International League for Human Rights.
A, 1982-1990 box 48 folder 14-17
American Association for the International Commission of Jurists, box 45 folder 1 1979-1981
American Bar Association, 1981-1990 box 45 folder 2-8
American Bar Association, criminal code revision, 1980-1982 box 46 folder 11-14
American Bar Association, human rights, 1981-1983 box 45 folder 9-10
American Bar Association, individual rights and responsibilities, box 45 folder 11-20 1981-1993 box 46 folder 1-2
American Bar Association, world order under law, 1981-1983 box 46 folder 3-10
American Civil Liberties Union, 1982-1985 box 46 folder 15-16 box 47 folder 1
American Committee for Human Rights, 1984-1985 box 47 folder 2
American Privacy Foundation, 1982-1983 box 47 folder 3-4
American Society of International Law, 1982 box 47 folder 5
Americans for Democratic Action, 1981-1985 box 47 folder 6-17 box 48 folder 1-7
Amnesty International, 1976-1985 box 48 folder 8-11
Anne Frank Institute, 1985 box 48 folder 12
Asociación Latinoamericana Para Los Derechos Humanos, 1982 box 48 folder 13
B, 1983-1984 box 49 folder 9-10
B and C, 1983-1985 box 50 folder 19-22
Bread for the World, 1981-1987 box 48 folder 18-20 box 49 folder 1-8
C, 1980-1984 box 49 folder 15 box 51 folder 1
Campaign for U.N. Reform, 1981-1985 box 49 folder 11-12
Center for Constitutional Rights, 1983 box 49 folder 13
Center for Immigration Policy and Refugee Assistance, 1982 box 51 folder 28
Center for International Policy, 1981 box 49 folder 14
Central American Historical Institute, 1984-1985 Robert F. Drinan, SJ Pre- and Post-Congressional Papers CA.2008.001
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Citizens Against Nuclear War, 1983-1984 box 49 folder 17-18
Clergy and Laity Concerned, 1983 box 49 folder 19
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1982 box 49 folder 20
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, box 49 folder 21 1983
Committee for National Security, 1981-1983 box 49 folder 22 box 50 folder 1-2
Committee in Support of Solidarity, 1982-1983 box 50 folder 3
Common Cause, 1981-1984 box 50 folder 4-6
Continental Association of Funeral and Memorial Societies, Inc., box 50 folder 7 1981
Council for a Livable World, 1981-1990 box 50 folder 8-14
Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 1982-1985 box 50 folder 15-18
D, 1990 box 51 folder 3
Democratic National Committee, 1983-1985 box 51 folder 2
E, 1990 box 51 folder 4
F, 1990 box 51 folder 7
Facing History and Ourselves, 1982 box 51 folder 5
Fate of the Earth, 1982-1984 box 51 folder 6
Georgetown University, 1990 box 51 folder 21-22
Georgetown University Law Center, 1981-1985 box 51 folder 8-20
H, 1984 box 51 folder 27
Harvard Public Interest Health Foundation grants, 1982-1983 box 51 folder 23
Helsinki Watch Committee, 1983 box 51 folder 24
Human Rights Internet, 1982-1983 box 51 folder 25-26
I, 1990 box 52 folder 2
International Center for Peace in the Middle East, 1982 box 51 folder 29
International Human Rights Law Group, 1981-1982 box 51 folder 30-31
International League for Human Rights, 1984 box 51 folder 32 box 52 folder 1
J, 1984-1990 box 52 folder 3
K, 1990 box 52 folder 4
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Lawyer's Alliance for Nuclear Arms Control, 1982-1990 box 52 folder 5-7
Lawyer's Committee Against U.S. Intervention in Central box 52 folder 8-9 America, 1982-1983
Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1982-1984 box 52 folder 10-12
Lawyer's Committee for International Human Rights, 1981-1990 box 52 folder 13-17
Lawyer's Committee on Nuclear Policy, 1982 box 52 folder 18
Let Them Eat Cake, 1983 box 52 folder 19
M, 1982-1990 box 52 folder 21
N, 1982-1984 box 53 folder 23-24 box 54 folder 1
NAACP Legal Defense Fund, 1980-1984 box 53 folder 5-10
National Archives, 1980-1984 box 53 folder 1-4
National Center on Institutions and Alternatives, 1982 box 53 folder 11
National Coalition to Ban Handguns, 1984 box 53 folder 12
National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case, 1983 box 53 folder 13
National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1981-1984 box 53 folder 14-17
National Consumer Law Center, 1982-1983 box 53 folder 18-19
National Institute on the Holocaust, 1982-1984 box 53 folder 20-21
Nuclear Free America, 1983 box 53 folder 22
Nestle Infant Formula Audit Commission, 1982 box 53 folder 23
Offender Aid and Restoration, 1980-1983 box 54 folder 2-3
P, 1984-1990 box 54 folder 13
Pate Institute for Human Survival, 1989-1990 box 54 folder 4
Pax Christi, 1983 box 54 folder 5
PeacePAC, 1982-1984 box 54 folder 6-7
People for the American Way, 1989 box 54 folder 8
Project for Church, State, and Taxation, 1982 box 54 folder 9
Project Vote, 1982-1984 box 54 folder 10-11
Public Interest Health Foundation, 1982 box 54 folder 12
R, 1984 box 54 folder 14
S, 1989-1990 box 54 folder 15
T, 1990 Robert F. Drinan, SJ Pre- and Post-Congressional Papers CA.2008.001
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U, 1984 box 54 folder 22
Unidentified, 1991-1992 box 54 folder 34
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, 1982-1984 box 54 folder 17-18
United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 1981-1986 box 54 folder 19-21
V, 1984 box 54 folder 23
W, 1983-1990 box 54 folder 32
Washington Office on Latin America, 1982-1984 box 54 folder 24-25
Woodstock Theological Center, 1982 box 54 folder 26
World Federalists Association, 1980-1983 box 54 folder 27-28
World Hunger Education Service, 1982-1984 box 54 folder 29-30
Working Women Education Fund, 1982-1983 box 54 folder 31
Z, 1989 box 54 folder 33
Series V: Photographs, 1955-2000 Arrangement
Chronological.
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the photographs depict Drinan at college commencements, public speaking engagements, or with prominent political figures, including former President Bill Clinton. There are also a few photographs of Drinan's ordination and of him performing Mass.
Drinan and Robert O'Brien at a conference in Florence, Italy, 1955 box 67 folder 1
Drinan participating on unidentified panel, 1969 box 67 folder 2
Drinan with unidentified people in Newton, Massachusetts, 1969 box 67 folder 3
Blackburn College Commencement, 1981 May box 67 folder 4
Drinan at Kenyon College Commencement, 1981 May box 67 folder 5
Drinan at Solidarity Day, 1981 September 19 box 67 folder 6
Drinan with Judy Patkin at Action for Soviet Jews, 1981 box 67 folder 7 November
Drinan with unidentified people at a college commencement, 1981 box 67 folder 8
Drinan next to a bridge in Washington, 1981 box 67 folder 9
Drinan speaking at unidentified event in Washington, D.C., box 67 folder 10 February 1982
Hebrew Union College Founder's Day, 1982 March 10 box 67 folder 11
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Drinan and Kathy Douglas at American for Democratic Action box 67 folder 13 Dinner, 1982 June
Drinan at Loyola University Commencement, 1982 June box 67 folder 14
Drinan, Mo Udall and unidentified women, 1982 box 67 folder 15
Drinan at meeting for U.S. Holocaust Museum, 1982 box 67 folder 16
Photographs, 1983-1990, undated box 72
Drinan with Gideon Hausner, Frank Littell, and Mrs. Littell, 1983 box 67 folder 17 March
Americans for Democratic Action, 1983 June 5 box 67 folder 18
Drinan speaking with students at Swarthmore College, 1984 May box 67 folder 19
Feast of St. Ignatius, 1985 July box 67 folder 20
Drinan at State Department demonstration, 1985 August box 67 folder 21
Drinan with unidentified people, 1986 Summer box 67 folder 22
Drinan at the Amnesty International Annual Meeting at box 67 folder 23 Georgetown University, 1986
Drinan lecturing at the University of Utah Law School, 1987 box 67 folder 24 November
American Bar Association Standing Committee on World Order box 67 folder 25 Under Law, 1987 December 15
Drinan receiving award at American Bar Association office, 1987 box 67 folder 26 December
Formal photograph of Drinan, 1988 box 67 folder 27
Drinan receiving the Saint Thomas More Award at Boston box 67 folder 28 College, 1989
Drinan giving testimony before Congressional committee with box 67 folder 29 Claude Pepper, Chairman, probably 1980s
Society for the Reform of Criminal Law, 1989-1990 box 67 folder 30
Drinan and three people at the Institute of Religion, Texas, 1990 box 67 folder 31 February
Drinan speaking at the Rothko Chapel, 1990 April 24 box 67 folder 32
Drinan and Speaker of the House Tom Foley, 1991 box 67 folder 33
Drinan with President Bill Clinton, Joseph Moakley, and Tom box 67 folder 34 Foley, 1993 April 27
Drinan talking with Janet Reno at American Bar Association, box 67 folder 35 1993 August
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- Page 18 - Drinan speaking with Andrew Young at American Bar box 67 folder 36 Association, 1993 August
Drinan at a wedding in Andover, Massachusetts, 1994 box 67 folder 37
Drinan with President Bill Clinton, 1995 March 17 box 67 folder 38
Photographs of Drinan, 1995 box 67 folder 39
Drinan with President Bill Clinton at White House Fulbright box 67 folder 40-41 Dinner, 1996 June 5
Drinan speaking about the Holocaust Memorial in Washington, box 67 folder 42 D.C., 1996
Drinan at the Council for a Livable World/Peace PAC, 1997 box 67 folder 43
Headshots of Drinan, 1997 July box 67 folder 44
Drinan on CNN's Crossfire, 1997 box 67 folder 45
Bob Matsui and Drinan of the U.S. Commission on Internment of box 67 folder 46 the Japanese, 1997
U.S. Commission on Internment of Japanese, 1997 box 67 folder 47
Common Cause National Governing Board, 1997 box 67 folder 48
Trinity College Commencement Honorary Degree, 1997 box 67 folder 49
Drinan with President Bill Clinton, 1988 April 15 box 67 folder 50
Drinan at an unidentified event, 1999 June box 67 folder 51
Drinan with President Bill Clinton, 2000 October box 67 folder 52
Drinan speaking for the Anti-Defamation League, 2000 box 67 folder 53
Christmas photographs, undated box 67 folder 67
Curry College Commencement, undated box 67 folder 74
Drinan at unidentified events, undated box 67 folder 12, 56-58, 60-66, 68-73
Drinan saying Mass, undated box 67 folder 54
Drinan shaking hands with John H. Dalton, undated box 67 folder 59
Drinan's Ordination, undated box 67 folder 55
Slides and negatives, undated box 67 folder 76
Snapshot of Frank Divito, undated box 67 folder 75
Series VI: Pre-congressional material, 1944-1971 Arrangement
Original order.
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Contains correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, and writings from Drinan's years at Boston College Law School. Additional pre-congressional material is contained in the Awards and gifts and photographs series.
Bibliography of Drinan's writings, 1968 box 1 folder 1
Law conference reports, approximately 1950-1959 box 1 folder 2
Book reviews, 1956-1971 box 1 folder 3-20
Letters to the editor, 1965-1970 box 1 folder 21-23
Articles, 1949-1970 box 1 folder 24-104
Article typescripts, undated box 2 folder 1-11
Letters to the editor, 1965-1966 box 2 folder 12
Speeches and addresses, 1958-1970 box 2 folder 13-39
Correspondence, 1966-1967 box 2 folder 40
Boston College Law School, 1960-1970 box 2 folder 41
National Lawyers' Guild, 1965-1971 box 2 folder 42
U.S. Study Team on Religious and Political Freedom in Vietnam, box 2 folder 43 1969
Press releases, 1960 box 2 folder 44
"Christianity and the Criminal," address at Our Lady of Ransom box 78 folder 1 Guild, Harvard Club, 1957 September 29
Meeting of the Department of School Superintendents of the box 78 folder 2 National Catholics Education, 1959 October 29
"Pius XII's Legacy to World Federation," address at the Catholic box 78 folder 3 Association for International Peace, 1959 October 23
Sermon at Red Mass, St. John's Church (Bangor, Maine), 1960 box 78 folder 4 October 2
"Should the American government be neutral to religion," sermon box 78 folder 5 at Red Mass, St., 1961 October 1
"A Code of Expectations for Public Officials," address at Boston box 78 folder 6 College Citizen's Seminar, 1961 December 16
"The Changing role of the Lawyer in an Era of Non-Violent box 78 folder 7 Action," address at the National Legal Conference of CORE, 1964 February 1
"The Independence of the Bar: Its Meaning and Its Future," box 78 folder 8 address, National Lawyers Guild, 1965 November 13
"The Inviolability of the Right to be Born," offprint, 1965 box 78 folder 9 December
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"Morality of the Abortion Laws", 1968 box 78 folder 11
"Should there be a Legal Right to Die?", 1968 October box 78 folder 12
"The Law and the Negro in the North," typescript, undated box 78 folder 14
Untitled typescript on the Northern Negro, undated box 78 folder 15
Correspondence with the Cardinal's Office and Robert Burgess, box 79 folder 1 1951-1961
Personal correspondence, 1944-1960, undated box 79 folder 2-8
Visit to the University of Texas, 1966-1967 box 79 folder 9
Democrat, Dissent and Disorder — reviews, clippings, and box 79 folder 10-11 correspondence, 1969
Ephemera: cartoons, Bellarmine Law Academy at Boston College box 78 folder 16 membership, and 1887 Fourth Congressional District Democratic Club Boston program, 1887, 1974, undated
Scrapbooks, 1958-1970 box 70 box 69
Series VII: Public relations, 1981-2007 Scope and Contents
Programs, schedules, and a limited number of speeches from Drinan's participation in conferences, Congressional hearings, award dinners, and other events.
Addresses and speeches, approximately 1981-2003 box 64 folder 1-21
Public engagements, 1981-2006 box 61 folder 27-32 box 62 folder 1-13 box 63 folder 1-15
Shared box folder 1-3 244
Schedules, 1981-2007 box 64 folder 22
Series VIII: Topics, 1980-1990 Arrangement
Scope and Contents
Legislative, legal, and activist group materials on issues of social concern. Subject areas include chemical and nuclear warfare, civil rights, fair sentencing, human rights, freedom of information, and religious freedom. This series also contains Drinan's résumé and desk files from his office at Georgetown University, which include
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American Association of Law Schools annual meeting, 1984 box 64 folder 29
American Friends Service Committee v. Webster, 1980-1982 box 64 folder 30
Amnesty International, 1982 box 64 folder 31
Basic sentencing amendment, 1984 box 64 folder 32
Boston College O'Neill Symposium, 1982 box 64 folder 33
Chemical warfare, 1982 box 64 folder 34
Chile, 1985-1986 box 64 folder 35
Central Intelligence Agency, 1982 box 64 folder 36
Constitutional law exam, 1983 box 64 folder 37
Crockett v. Reagan, 1981-1983 box 64 folder 38-39 box 65 folder 1-3
Desk files, 1980-2003 box 64 folder 24-28
Emergency Black Survival Fund, 1981 box 65 folder 6
Encyclical on human work, 1981 box 65 folder 4
Episcopal Church and civil rights, 1983 box 65 folder 5
FBI file, 1987 box 65 folder 28
Frank-Sacco marriage, 1982 box 65 folder 7
Freedom of Information Act, 1982 box 65 folder 8
Futuristics, 1981 box 65 folder 9
Georgetown Law School course reading lists, 1990 box 65 folder 10
Georgetown University Press, 1980-1984 box 65 folder 11
Helsinki Accords, 1975-1982 box 65 folder 13-16
Helsinki Watch Committee, 1981-1982 box 65 folder 17-18
House Committee on Internal Security, 1981 box 65 folder 20
Human rights, circa 1979-1985 box 65 folder 21-26 box 66 folder 35
Immigration law articles, 1981 box 65 folder 27
Iran hostages, 1981 box 65 folder 19
Israel, 1982 box 66 folder 36
Jewish advocacy, 1983 box 66 folder 1
Journal of Legal Ethics, 1990 box 66 folder 2
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Michael Glazier, Inc., 1984-1989 box 65 folder 12
Nestle boycott, 1982 box 66 folder 5
Nixon/Watergate, 1984 box 66 folder 6
Notes, circa 1981 box 66 folder 7
Nuclear arms control, 1975-1983 box 66 folder 8-13 box 81 folder 1-7
Pajibo, Ezekiel, 1984-1985 box 66 folder 14
Peace Corps, 1981 October box 66 folder 15
Pension funds, 1981 box 66 folder 16
Priests and politics, 1981-1983 box 81 folder 8-9
Reagan on human rights, 1981 box 66 folder 17-18
Religion, 1981 box 66 folder 19
Religious freedom, Smith v. Oregon, 1990 box 66 folder 20-21
Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 1989-1992 box 66 folder 22
Résumé, undated box 64 folder 23
Rural America, 1981 box 66 folder 23
Soviet Jews, 1982-1984 box 66 folder 24-25
Soviet peace activists, circa 1981-1984 box 66 folder 26
Spilken, Aron, 1982 box 66 folder 27
State Department, 1981 box 66 folder 28
Tax exemptions for religious schools, 1982 box 66 folder 29
Terrorism, 1982 box 66 folder 30
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1998-2006 box 81 folder 10-15
UN documents, 1982 box 66 folder 31
UPC v. Reagan, 1982 box 66 folder 32
U.S. Court of Appeals decisions, 1983-1984 box 66 folder 33
Winston-Seabury Press, 1983-1984 box 66 folder 34
Series IX: Writings, 1981-2003
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Includes articles, book reviews, clippings, subject files, and press files about Drinan and on topics of interest including human rights, nuclear arms control, and Reagan foreign policy. Also includes writings by Drinan.
Subseries A: Articles, 1981-1997 Arrangement
Alphabetical.
The American Way, 1985 box 60 folder 24
Amnesty, 1981 box 60 folder 19
Arms control, 1985-1986 box 60 folder 25
Article typescripts, 1985-1997, undated box 60 folder 29, 35, 41-47 box 61 folder 1-3, 6-15
Capital punishment, 1987 box 60 folder 36
Children's rights, 1982 box 60 folder 22
Chile, 1985-1986 box 60 folder 26, 30
Church and state relations, 1986-1987 box 60 folder 31, 37
Civil and Constitutional rights, 1987 box 60 folder 38
Fair housing, 1986 box 60 folder 32
Human rights, 1986 box 60 folder 33
Human rights in Guatemala, undated box 61 folder 4
Impeachment, 1987 box 60 folder 39
Ireland, 1987 box 60 folder 40
Law, 1985 box 60 folder 27
Legal ethics, 1986 box 60 folder 34
Nicaragua, undated box 61 folder 5
PACs, 1981 box 60 folder 20
Refugees, 1982 box 60 folder 23
Ronald Reagan, 1985 box 60 folder 28
Vietnam, 1981 box 60 folder 21
Subseries B: Book reviews, 1981-1991 box 61 folder 22-24
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Subseries C: Books, 1985-1987
Beyond the Nuclear Freeze, typescript, 1985 box 56 folder 28-30 box 61 folder 16-18
Cry of the Oppressed, typescript, 1987 box 61 folder 19-21
Subseries D: Clippings collection, 1981-2006 box 57 folder 1-16 box 58 folder 1-16
box 59 folder 1-12
box 60 folder 1-5
box 56 folder 31-34
Subseries E: Curriculum vitae proof, box 72 approximately 1987-1990
Subseries F: Subject files, 1976-1995 Arrangement
Alphabetical.
Arms race, 1981-1984 box 55 folder 1
Beyond the Nuclear Freeze, 1982-1983 box 56 folder 2
Civil rights, 1981-1987 box 56 folder 3
Civil Rights Act of 1990, 1990 box 56 folder 4
Committee on Aging, 1981 box 56 folder 5
Cry of the Oppressed, 1986-1988 box 56 folder 6
Death penalty, 1986-1989 box 56 folder 7
Economy/budget, 1981 box 56 folder 8
Education, 1981-1984 box 56 folder 9
El Salvador, 1981-1983 box 56 folder 10
General, 1980-1995 box 55 folder 1-12
Gun control, 1983-1986 box 56 folder 11
Guns, 1976-1991 box 56 folder 12
Human rights, 1980-1983 box 56 folder 14
Human Rights Symposium, 1983-1988 box 56 folder 13
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Israel, 1978-1983 box 56 folder 16
Legal profession, 1981-1984 box 56 folder 17
Malaysia, 1988 box 56 folder 18
New Federalism, 1981-1983 box 56 folder 19
Medical professions, 1979-1982 box 56 folder 20
Panama, 1984-1985 box 56 folder 21
Politics and campaign financing, 1982-1990 box 56 folder 22
Prayer, 1982-1984 box 56 folder 23
Reagan foreign policy, 1981-1985 box 56 folder 24
Sanctuary, 1985 box 56 folder 25
Soviet Jews, 1980-1985 box 56 folder 26
Women, 1980-1982 box 56 folder 27
Subseries G: Press, 1981-1982 Arrangement
Alphabetical by subject.
Christian and Jews/Israel, 1981-1982 box 60 folder 10
Church and State, 1982 box 60 folder 11
Commencement speeches, 1982 box 60 folder 12
Defense spending, 1982 box 60 folder 13
Democrats, 1981 box 60 folder 14
Education in South America, 1981 box 60 folder 15
General, 1981-1982 box 60 folder 6-9
Nukes, 1982 box 60 folder 16
Reagan foreign policy, 1982 box 60 folder 17-18
Subseries H: Publication lists, 1999, undated box 61 folder 25-26
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