Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Papers of John Dear, 1979-current

Collection: DG 201


Contact Information
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399
U.S.A.
Telephone: 610-328-8557 (curator)
Fax: 610-690-5728
Email: wchmiel@swarthmore.edu (curator)
URL: http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/peace/


Descriptive Summary
Repository
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Creator
Dear, John (1959- )
Title
John Dear Papers
Inclusive Dates
1979-current
Call Number
DG 201

Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
17.25 linear feet [papers only], plus later accessions
Abstract
Father John Dear is a Jesuit priest, peace & nonviolence activist, lecturer, and author of books on peace & social justice issues. His papers reflect his focus on nonviolent witness through all aspects of his life.

Administrative Information
Restrictions to Access
None
Usage Restrictions
None
Alternate Form of Material
None
Acquisitions Information
Gift of John Dear, 1999-2006 (acc. 099A-058; 01A-025; 01A-031; 02A-016; 03A-023; 04A-031, 05A-011, 06A-005)
Processing Information
Processed initially by Anne Yoder, May 2000; revised & updated by Anne Yoder & student assistants, May 2004, March 2005, Summer 2006
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the John Dear Papers (DG 201), Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law

Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online library/archival catalogs.
See tripod record


Related Collections
Fellowship of Reconciliation (DG 013) -- acc. 99A-037 & acc. 01A-031
Archived web sites created by John Dear

Historical Background
Rev. John Dear (S.J.) is a Jesuit priest, pastor, peace activist, organizer, writer, lecturer, and retreat leader. He has worked in homeless shelters, soup kitchens, and community centers around the country; traveled in war zones around the world, including most recently Iraq and Palestine; lived in El Salvador, Guatemala and Northern Ireland; been arrested over 75 times in acts of civil disobedience; organized scores of demonstrations against war and nuclear weapons at military bases across the country, as well as to stop the death penalty; and spent eight months in North Carolina jails (along with Philip Berrigan) for a Plowshares disarmament action. Dear served as Executive Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation from 1998-2000. After the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center (NYC), Dear volunteered as a Red Cross chaplain, and became one of the coordinators of the Red Cross chaplaincy program. During this time he worked with and/or counseled some 1,500 family members who had lost loved ones in the tragedy, as well as with hundreds of firefighters and police officers, while at the same time he spoke out against the U.S. retaliatory bombing of Afghanistan. Dear currently (Nov. 2006) lives in northeastern New Mexico.

Dear is the author or editor of 20+ books on peace and justice, including Living Peace, Mohandas Gandhi: Essential Writings and Mary of Nazareth, Prophet of Peace. Besides his books, he has had many articles published, and has given hundreds of talks on nonviolence.

Dear was born on Aug. 13, 1959 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. He earned his undergraduate degree from Duke University, and two masters degrees in theology from the Graduate Theological Union in California.


For more information on John Dear, see his web site at http://www.fatherjohndear.org.

Collection Overview
This collection includes biographical information, correspondence, information about speaking engagements, involvement with Spirit of Life Plowshares, manuscripts and reviews of Dear's books, unpublished manuscripts, and reference material about Daniel and Philip Berrigan, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, and Henri Nouwen. The papers include information about Dear's involvement with and imprisonment on behalf of social justice movements, including the issues of peace, nuclear disarmament, and homelessness. Dear's collection has come to the SCPC in good condition, with some initial sorting and labeling done by Dear. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence and Dear's writings. The papers are divided into multiple sections , the first made up of the original accession donated in 1999, and the other parts consisting of the accessions received since. Correspondents include Daniel Berrigan (S.J.), Jerry & Carol Berrigan, Philip Berrigan & Liz McAlister, Dom Helder Camara, Cesar Chavez, Janet Chisholm, S. Joan Chittister (O.S.B.), William Sloane Coffin, Richard Deats, Pat & Ray Donovan, Jim & Shelley Douglass, Eileen Egan, Jim Forest, Lynn Fredriksson, Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Brother Patrick Hart, Franziska Jagerstatter, Steve Kelly (S.J.), Mary Lou Kownacki, Denise Levertov, Colman McCarthy, Bill McNichols (S.J.), Richard McSorley (S.J.), Senator Barbara Mikulski, Henri Nouwen, Sister Helen Prejean, Fred Rogers, Martin Sheen, Mitch Snyder, Bishop Walter Sullivan, Mother Teresa, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Jean Vanier, Jim Wallis, and Gordon Zahn.

Photos of Dear, Daniel Berrigan (S.J.), Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Martin Sheen and others were removed to the Photograph Collection; videos, audiocassettes and CDs were removed to the Audiovisual Collection; graphics were removed to the Subject File: Art in War & Peace; a cotton banner and a certificate from Morehouse College were removed to the Oversized Items Collection; and, posters were removed to the Poster Collection.
Books written by John Dear are catalogued (see online library catalog Tripod) and available in the Book Collection (
one set of his books is in permanent storage and may not be borrowed).

Arrangement of Collection
Series A. Biographical information
Series B. Correspondence
Series C. Public Life and Witness
Series D. Writings
Series E. Reference Material




Detailed Description of the Collection

Part I: Accession 099A-058

SERIES A: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Box 1
Checklist; removal forms
Biographical information; articles about Dear; media coverage of Dear, 1979
Biographical information; articles about Dear; media coverage of Dear, 1980-1989
Profession of vows as a Jesuit, 1984
Work with D.C. Schools Project, 1984
Biographical information; articles about Dear; media coverage of Dear, 1990
Biographical information; articles about Dear; media coverage of Dear, 1991
Biographical information; articles about Dear; media coverage of Dear, 1992
Biographical information; articles about Dear; media coverage of Dear, 1993
Biographical information; articles about Dear; media coverage of Dear, 1994
Biographical information; articles about Dear; media coverage of Dear, 1995
Work as Executive Director at Sacred Heart Center, Richmond (VA), 1996-1997
Biographical information; articles about Dear; media coverage of Dear, 1996-1997
Teaching of course "'Faith and Critical Reason" at Fordham University, 1997
Sabbatical year in Ireland, 1997 (Sept.) - 1998 (July)
Biographical information; articles about Dear; media coverage of Dear, 1998
Application for Executive Director position at the Fellowship of Reconciliation [includes letters of recommendation]
Biographical information; articles about Dear; media coverage of Dear, 1999
Biographical information; articles about Dear; media coverage of Dear, n.d.

SERIES B: CORRESPONDENCE
Box 1 (cont.)
Outgoing correspondence, 1981, 1983-1989
Outgoing correspondence, 1990-1998

Box 2
Incoming correspondence (general), 1980-1989
Incoming correspondence (general), 1990
Incoming correspondence (general), 1991-1993
Incoming correspondence (general), 1994
Incoming correspondence (general), 1995
Incoming correspondence (general), 1996
Incoming correspondence (general), 1997
Incoming correspondence (general), 1998-1999
Incoming correspondence (general), n.d. [1990s?] [photos removed]

Box 3
Incoming correspondence: Daniel Berrigan (S.J.), 1980-1989, n.d.
Incoming correspondence: Jerry & Carol Berrigan, 1986-1997
Incoming correspondence: Philip Berrigan, 1986-1998, n.d. [photo removed]
Incoming correspondence: Dom Helder Camara [includes transcript of interview by Dear]
Incoming correspondence: Cesar Chavez [audiotape of interview of Chavez by Dear removed; transcript included in folder]
Incoming correspondence: S. Joan Chittister (O.S.B.), 1992-1996
Incoming correspondence: Peter Cicchino
Incoming correspondence: William Sloane Coffin
Incoming correspondence: Richard Deats
Incoming correspondence: Pat & Ray Donovan

Box 4
Incoming correspondence: Jim Douglass, 1986-1998
Incoming correspondence: Shelley Douglass [photos removed]
Incoming correspondence: Eileen Egan
Incoming correspondence: Jim Forest
Incoming correspondence: Lynn Fredriksson
Incoming correspondence: Harry Geib (S.T.), 1982-1997
Incoming correspondence: Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton [photo removed]
Incoming correspondence: Brother Patrick Hart, 1989-1998, n.d.
Incoming correspondence: Franziska Jagerstatter
Incoming correspondence: Marty [Martin] Jenco
Incoming correspondence: Steve Kelly (S.J.)
Incoming correspondence: Mary Lou Kownacki [Executive Director of Pax Christi, 1980-?]

Box 5
Incoming correspondence: Denise Levertov
Incoming correspondence: Liz McAlister
Incoming correspondence: Colman McCarthy, 1993-1994 [2 letters]
Incoming correspondence: Megan McKenna
Incoming correspondence: William Hart McNichols (S.J.)
Incoming correspondence: Richard McSorley (S.J.)
Incoming correspondence: Mother Teresa [original letters removed; photo removed]
Incoming correspondence: Henri Nouwen
Incoming correspondence: Sister Helen Prejean
Incoming correspondence: Mev Puleo & Mark Chmiel [photos removed]
Incoming correspondence: Fred Rogers
Incoming correspondence: Pete Seeger
Incoming correspondence: Martin Sheen [photos removed]
Incoming correspondence: Mitch Snyder, 1988-1990
Incoming correspondence: Bishop Walter Sullivan
Incoming correspondence: Jean Vanier
Incoming correspondence: Jim Wallis
Incoming correspondence: Gordon Zahn [photo removed]

SERIES C: PUBLIC LIFE & WITNESS
Box 6
Miscellaneous
Interview of Charlie Liteky, 1986 (July 31)
Efforts re: Central America, 1980s
Efforts re: protesting arms race & nuclear weapons, 1980s-1990s
Efforts re: protesting Gulf War, 1990-1991
Efforts re: visit of Bishop Antonio Fortich (Philippines) to San Francisco (CA), 1991
Efforts re: establishment of Pax Christi USA Book Award, 1988-1990
Efforts (as Committee Chair) re: Pax Christi Book Award #1-#2, 1990-1991
Efforts (as Committee Chair) re: Pax Christi Book Award #3-#4, 1992-1994
Protesting death penalty for Robert Harris, 1992
Efforts re: 50th Anniversary Commemoration in Washington (DC) of the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki (1995), 1993-1995 [includes protesting Enola Gay exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution]
Participation in Spirit of Life Plowshares: general, 1993-1995 [includes statements, etc.; see also published & unpublished articles by Dear]
Participation in Spirit of Life Plowshares: media coverage, Dec.1993
Participation in Spirit of Life Plowshares: media coverage, Jan. 1994
Participation in Spirit of Life Plowshares: media coverage, Feb. 1994
Participation in Spirit of Life Plowshares: media coverage, March 1994

Box 7
Participation in Spirit of Life Plowshares: media coverage, April-May 1994
Participation in Spirit of Life Plowshares: media coverage, June-July 1994
Participation in Spirit of Life Plowshares: media coverage, Aug.-Sept. 1994
Participation in Spirit of Life Plowshares: media coverage, ca. 1994
Participation in Spirit of Life Plowshares: Festivals of Hope (in support of. . .)
Involvement in planning 75th birthday celebration for Daniel Berrigan (S.J.), 1996
Coordination of "An Evening With Sister Helen Prejean," Richmond (VA), Sept. 22, 1996 [and introduction of her at event]
Speaking engagements [includes transcripts of speeches/talks], 1985-1989
Speaking engagements [includes transcripts of speeches/talks], 1990-1991
Speaking engagements [includes transcripts of speeches/talks], 1992-1993
Speaking engagements [includes transcripts of speeches/talks], 1994-1995
Speaking engagement: Speaking engagement: leadership of Pax Christi MA retreat "The Changing Faces of Nonviolence," Feb. 25, 1995
Speaking engagements [includes transcripts of speeches/talks], 1996-1997
Speaking engagements [includes transcripts of speeches/talks], 1998-1999
talk "Making Life Count: The Practice of Revolutionary Nonviolence, from Jesus and Merton to Ourselves," Bellmarine College, Sept. 17, 1998
Speaking engagement: Speaking engagement: leadership of Pax Christi Maine retreat, Oct. 16-18, 1998
Speaking engagements [includes transcripts of speeches/talks], n.d.

SERIES D: WRITINGS
Box 8
Letters to the Editor
Published articles/book reviews/poems, 1985-1998, n.d.
Mss. articles & book reviews: title A-B [most of these were later published]
Mss. articles & book reviews: title C [most of these were later published]
Mss. articles & book reviews: title D-F [most of these were later published]
Mss. articles & book reviews: title G [most of these were later published]

Box 9
Mss. articles & book reviews: title H-J [most of these were later published]
Mss. articles & book reviews: title K-L [ most of these were later published]
Mss. articles & book reviews: title M-O [most of these were later published]
Mss. articles & book reviews: title P [most of these were later published]
Mss. articles & book reviews: title R-S [most of these were later published]
Mss. articles & book reviews: title T-W [most of these were later published]
Mss. "Vow of Nonviolence: Five Years Later," 1989 [includes correspondence]
Mss. articles, untitled [most of these were later published]
Prayers

Box 10
Book Apostle of Peace: mss. (original), April 1995
Book Apostle of Peace: mss. introduction
Book Apostle of Peace: correspondence, etc. [graphics removed]
Book Apostle of Peace: correspondence re: essays
Book Apostle of Peace: essays contributed [includes correspondence]

Box 11
Book Apostle of Peace: essays contributed [includes correspondence] (cont.)
Book Apostle of Peace: publicity/promotion; review
Mss. "Central America through the Eyes of Peace," 1986 [includes correspondence]
Booklet Christ Is With the Poor: mss. (final draft)
Mss. "Days of War, Days of Peace: The Diary of a Christian Peace Activist During the U.S.-Iraq War," 1991 [some of this mss. published at end of Seeds of Nonviolence]
Mss. (first draft) "Disarmed by Love," Fall 1983
Book Disarming the Heart: Toward A Vow of Nonviolence: mss., 1985 [includes correspondence]
Book Disarming the Heart: Toward A Vow of Nonviolence: correspondence etc. re: re-publishing by Herald Press, 1992-1993, & book reviews for both editions
Book Disarming the Heart: Toward A Vow of Nonviolence: publicity/promotion; reviews

Box 12

Mss. "God & the Chaos Monster" [unpublished manuscript by Bryan McNeil (SJ.), edited after his death by Dear (foreword by Dear)]
Mss. The God of Peace [originally Dear's Master's Thesis, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley (CA), Spring, 1993]
Book The God of Peace: correspondence etc.
Book The God of Peace: publicity/promotion; reviews
Mss. (original, unpublished) "Gospel Times" [revised to "The Rebel Jesus" in 1999]

Box 13
Mss. (unpublished) "In the Eye of the Beholder: The Diary of a Young Jesuit," Aug. 1982-1989
Mss. (unpublished) "In the Eye of the Beholder: The Diary of a Young Jesuit," Aug. 1982-1989 (cont.)
Mss. (unpublished) "In the Eye of the Beholder: The Diary of a Young Jesuit," Aug. 1982-1989 (cont.)
Book It's a Sin to Build A Nuclear Weapon: mss., 1990
Book It's a Sin to Build A Nuclear Weapon: publicity/promotion; reviews

Box 14
Booklet Jean Donovan: The Call to Discipleship: mss. (original), May 1986 [includes correspondence]
Mss. (final copy) for Kirkridge commentary on the lectionary, 1994 [includes correspondence]
Book Oscar Romero & the Nonviolent Struggle for Justice: mss. (original), July 1990 (Oakland, CA)
Book Our God Is Nonviolent: mss. (original)
Book Our God Is Nonviolent: mss. (1st revised edition), 1989 [includes correspondence]
Book Our God Is Nonviolent: correspondence, etc.
Book Our God Is Nonviolent: publicity/promotion; reviews

Box 15
Book Peace Behind Bars: mss. (original), Christmas 1994
Book Peace Behind Bars: correspondence etc.
Book Peace Behind Bars: publicity/promotion; reviews
Book The Road To Peace: correspondence & notes, etc.
Book The Road To Peace: preparation -- mss. of book by Nouwen "A Spirituality of Peace"(1st edition)
Book The Road To Peace: preparation -- mss. of book by Nouwen "A Spirituality of Peace" (2nd edition called "Peacework"?)
Book The Road To Peace: publicity/promotion; reviews
Book The Sacrament of Civil Disobedience: mss. (original), 1992-1993

Box 16
Book The Sacrament of Civil Disobedience: mss. [revised Aug-Sept. 1991 & Aug. 1994]
Mss. (original) "Seeds of Nonviolence" (Berkeley, CA)
Mss. "Seeds of Nonviolence" combined with "Song of the Street" [includes 1991 revisions & correspondence]

Box 17
Mss. "Seeds of Nonviolence" combined with "Song of the Street" [includes 1991 revisions & correspondence] (cont.)
Book Seeds of Nonviolence: correspondence
Book Seeds of Nonviolence: publicity/promotion; reviews
Mss. "The Solitude of the Heart," 1992-1993 [unpublished book]
Book The Vision of Peace: Faith & Hope in Northern Ireland - Mairead Corrigan Maguire: mss.
Book The Vision of Peace: Faith & Hope in Northern Ireland - Mairead Corrigan Maguire: correspondence & notes etc. re: preparation [photos removed]
Book The Vision of Peace: Faith & Hope in Northern Ireland - Mairead Corrigan Maguire: publicity/promotion; reviews

Box 18
Mss. "Walking the Way of Peace," ca. 1994 [unpublished book ]
Booklet Words of Peace: Selections from the Writings of Daniel Berrigan, edited by Dear: mss. & published copy, 1989 [includes correspondence]
Mss. "Writings of Mary Lou Kownacki" edited by Dear [unpublished book]
Publicity for & reviews of books (collective)

SERIES E: REFERENCE MATERIAL
Box 19
Material by/about Daniel Berrigan (S.J.)
Poems by Daniel Berrigan (S.J.)
Writings/notes by Philip Berrigan; media coverage of Philip Berrigan
Material re: Philip & Daniel Berrigan (S.J.)
Material by/about Mairead Corrigan Maguire
Material by/about Mairead Corrigan Maguire (cont.)
Material by/about Henri Nouwen
50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki, 1995; Enola Gay exhibit at Smithsonian Institution, 1994-1995
Misc. periodicals [note: these were originally with other periodicals that contained articles by Dear, but cannot find such in these]


Part II: Accessions 01A-025, 01A-031, 02A-016, 03A-023, 04A-031
 

SERIES A: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Box 1
Checklist; removal forms
Biographical information; articles about Dear; media coverage of Dear, 2000-2001
Arrest for civil disobedience (?) at United Nations, Jan. 16, 2001 (& subsequent lawsuit)
Biographical information; articles about Dear; media coverage of Dear, 2002
Appointment as pastor in New Mexico, Aug. 2002
Biographical information; articles about Dear; media coverage of Dear, 2003
Biographical information; articles about Dear; media coverage of Dear, 2004
Biographical information; articles about Dear; media coverage of Dear, n.d.

SERIES B: CORRESPONDENCE
Box 1 (cont.)
Outgoing correspondence, 2001-2004
Incoming correspondence (general), 2000 (Jan.-Sept.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2000 (Oct.-Nov.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2000 (Dec.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2001 (Jan.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2001 (Feb.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2001 (March)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2001 (April)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2001 (May)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2001 (June)

Box 2
Incoming correspondence (general), 2001 (July)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2001 (Aug.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2001 (Sept.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2001 (Oct.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2001 (Nov.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2001 (Dec.)
Incoming correspondence (general), n.d. [ca. 2001]
Incoming correspondence (general), 2002 (Jan.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2002 (Feb.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2002 (March)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2002 (April)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2002 (May)

Box 3
Incoming correspondence (general), 2002 (June)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2002 (July)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2002 (Aug.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2002 (Sept.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2002 (Oct.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2002 (Nov.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2002 (Dec.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2002 (Dec.)
Incoming correspondence (general), n.d. [ca. 2002]
Incoming correspondence (general), n.d. [ca. 2002]

Box 4
Incoming correspondence: letters of non-support from parishioners in New Mexico, 2002-2003
Incoming correspondence: letters of support from parishioners in New Mexico, 2003
Incoming correspondence (general), 2003 (Jan.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2003 (Feb.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2003 (March)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2003 (April)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2003 (May)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2003 (June)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2003 (July)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2003 (Aug.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2003 (Sept.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2003 (Oct.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2003 (Nov.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2003 (Dec.)

Box 5
Incoming correspondence (general), 2003 (Dec.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2003 (Dec.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2003 (Dec.)
Incoming correspondence: letters from children at the Bruderhof (Farmington, PA), 2003 (Dec.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2003 [no month designated]
Incoming correspondence (general), 2004 (Jan.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2004 (Feb.)
Incoming correspondence (general), 2004 (March)
Incoming correspondence: Joan Baez, 2003 (Dec. 21) [photocopy of note]
Incoming correspondence: Daniel Berrigan (S.J.), 1999-2001
Incoming correspondence: Daniel Berrigan (S.J.), 2002 - 2004 (March)
Incoming correspondence: Daniel Berrigan (S.J.), n.d. [acc. 01A-031]

Box 6
Incoming correspondence: Jerry & Carol Berrigan, 1999-2003
Incoming correspondence: Philip Berrigan & Liz McAlister, 1999 - 2004 (March)
Incoming correspondence: Father Roy Bourgeois, 2000, 2003
Incoming correspondence: Janet Chisholm, 2000-2001
Incoming correspondence: Jim & Shelley Douglass, 2000 - 2004 (Jan.)
Incoming correspondence: Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, 2000-2003
Incoming correspondence: Brother Patrick Hart, 2000-2003
Incoming correspondence: Mairead Corrigan Maguire, 2000-2003
Incoming correspondence: Megan McKenna, 2000-2003
Incoming correspondence: William Hart McNichols (S.J.), 2001-2003
Incoming correspondence: William Hart McNichols (S.J.) [under pseudonym of Liam de la Cruz], 2002 - 2004 (March)
Incoming correspondence: Senator Barbara Mikulski, 2000 - 2004 (Jan.)
Incoming correspondence: Sister Helen Prejean (& Sister Marg. Maggio), 2001-2003
Incoming correspondence: Fred Rogers, 2001-2002
Incoming correspondence: Susan Sarandon, 2002 (Oct. 18)
Incoming correspondence: Pete Seeger, 2000-2002
Incoming correspondence: Martin Sheen, 2000 - 2004 (Jan.)
Incoming correspondence: Bishop Desmond Tutu, 2003 (Jan. 29)
Incoming correspondence: Dar Williams, 2002 (Aug. 6)

Box 7
Incoming correspondence, n.d. [ca. 2001-2003]
Incoming correspondence, n.d. [ca. 2001-2003]
Incoming correspondence, n.d. [ca. 2001-2003]

SERIES C: PUBLIC LIFE & WITNESS
Box 7 (cont.)
Work to organize April 20, 2003 March on Washington
Sign-on to Amicus Brief re: nonviolent civil disobedience, 2002
Interviews given
Involvement with Nevada Test Site witness "For the Sake of the Future...," Dec. 30, 2002 - Jan. 1, 2003
Speaking engagements [includes transcripts of speeches/talks], 2000
Speaking engagement: leadership of Kirkridge Retreat (with Jonathan Schell), March 17-19, 2000
Speaking engagement: talk in honor of Steve Kelly (S.J.) at Festival of Hope for Plowshares vs. Depleted Uranium, March 19, 2000
Speaking engagement: talk "The Road to Peace: Launching the Decade for a Culture of Nonviolence," Rochester (NY), April 5, 2000
Speaking engagement: leadership of Lenten retreat sponsored by Catholic Peace Fellowship, Philadelphia (PA), April 8, 2000

Box 8
Speaking engagement [includes transcripts of speeches/talks], 2001
Speaking engagement: leadership of Pax Christi Metro New York Annual Retreat, Brentwood (Long Island), Feb. 2-4, 2001
Speaking engagement: talk for Fourth Annual Arrupe Lecture, St. Peter's Prep high school, Jersey City (NJ), April 5, 2001
Speaking engagement: role as master of ceremonies for Daniel Berrigan (S.J.)'s 80th birthday party, May 6, 2001 [includes planning of event]
Speaking engagement: talk on nonviolence for conference "Living Justice, Building Peace," Rivier College, Nashua (NH), June 24-25, 2001
Speaking engagement: talk "Remembering Hiroshima, Practicing Nonviolence," Christ Church Cathedral (KY), July 29, 2001
Speaking engagement: talks given at Call to Action National Conferences, Aug./Sept./Nov. 2001
Speaking engagement: talk for "The 7th Day Event: Part Deux - A National Conference for Presbyterian Young Pastors," Stony Point Conference Center (NY), Oct. 9-12, 2001
Speaking engagement: leadership of Pax Christi New Jersey Retreat Day, Nov. 10, 2001
Speaking engagement: leadership of Advent retreat "The Road to Peace, The Advent of Nonviolence," Villa Maria Retreat Center (PA), Nov. 30 - Dec. 2, 2001
Speaking engagement [includes transcripts of speeches/talks], 2002
Speaking engagement: talk for Militarism Issue Group of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, New York (NY), Feb. 7, 2002
Speaking engagement: talk "Living Peace: Reflections on Sept. 11th and the War on Terror" (2nd Annual Rev. Daniel Berrigan (S.J.) / International House Peacemaker Lecture), Le Moyne College, Syracuse (NY), Feb. 13, 2002
Speaking engagement: talk "Walking the Road to Peace in a World of War," 7th Annual Bishop Maurice J. Dingman Peace Award Dinner (sponsored by Catholic Peace Ministry), Des Moines (IA), Feb. 23, 2002
Speaking engagement: leadership of Lenten retreat "Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Following Jesus on the Road to Peace," Brentwood (NY), March 8-10, 2002
Speaking engagement: talk "Living Peace at Ground Zero," The Peace Center, Wilkes-Barre (PA), March 14, 2002
Speaking engagement: talk at Maryknoll (with Roy Bourgeois), Ossining (NY), March 21, 2002
Speaking engagement: talk "Non-Violence Amid Global Terror: The Relevance of Radical Compassion," Mercyhurst College, March 25, 2002
Speaking engagement: talk "A Vision of Peace in Different Times," New Jersey Peace Action 4th Annual Dinner, Cedar Grove (NJ), April 21, 2002 [includes morning press conference with Dennis Kucinich]
Speaking engagement: talk "The Road to Peace and Justice: Following the Non-Violent Jesus," National Association of Diaconate Directors Convention, Orlando (FL), April 25, 2002
Speaking engagement: leadership of Pax Christi Florida Annual Retreat "Jesus the Rebel: Following the Path of Gospel Non-Violence," Winter Park (FL), April 26-28, 2002
Speaking engagement: talk "Putting Peace Into Action," Pendle Hill Conference "Building Peace in the 21st Century," Philadelphia (PA), May 3-5, 2002
Speaking engagement: leadership of workshop at 3rd New York State Call to Action Conference, Utica (NY), May 18, 2002
Speaking engagement: leadership at retreat "Peace Be With You," Dayspring Retreat Center, Germantown (MD), June 7-9, 2002
Speaking engagement: talk "The Road to Peace: Adventures in Gospel Nonviolence," St. Martin's College, Lacey (WA), June 19, 2002
Speaking engagement: talk on peace (with Daniel Berrigan), Dublin (Ireland), Aug. 14, 2002 [Dear & Berrigan were in Ireland Aug. 13-22]

Box 9
Speaking engagement: talk at Theological Forum "What's a Christian to Do in the Face of Terrorism?," St. Andrew's Newman Center, Riverside (CA), Oct. 22, 2002
Speaking engagement: talk "Love Your Neighbor, Love Your Enemies: Jesus' All-Inclusive Nonviolence...," Call to Action National Conference, Milwaukee (WI), Nov. 1-3, 2002
Speaking engagement: talk "Globalization: Militarism and Nonviolence," Santa Clara University (CA), Nov. 6, 2002 [also workshops with students, Nov. 4-6]
Speaking engagement: invocation (etc.?) at Annual Matthew 25 Ceremony of the Catholic Charities of New Mexico and of Santa Fe, Albuquerque (NM), Nov. 19, 2002
Speaking engagement: presider at funeral mass for Philip Berrigan, Dec. 9, 2002 [includes writings & correspondence]
Speaking engagement [includes transcripts of speeches/Speaking engagement: talks], 2003
Speaking engagement: speech "Don't Bomb Iraq" at Anti-War Rally and March, Washington (DC), Jan. 18, 2003
Speaking engagement: talk "Disarming the Heart: Disarming the World," Gettysburg College (PA), Jan. 23, 2003
Speaking engagement: talk "Waging Peace: The Challenge of Active Nonviolence," Cal Poly State Univ., San Luis Obispo (CA), Feb. 6, 2003
Speaking engagement: talk "Waging Peace: The Life of Active Nonviolence in a World of War," Univ. of Dayton (OH), Feb. 20, 2003
Speaking engagement: talk "Disarming the Heart, Disarming the World," Univ. of St. Francis, Joliet (IL), March 13, 2003
Speaking engagement: talk "The Road to Peace: Walking the Path of Nonviolence," Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk (VA), April 1, 2003
Speaking engagement: leadership of retreat "Peace Be With You: Following Jesus on the Road to Nonviolence," Kirkridge Retreat Center (Bangor, PA), April 2-4, 2003
Speaking engagement: talk "Making Peace in a World of War," Spirit of Christ Catholic Community, Denver (CO), April 10, 2003
Speaking engagement: talk at Rally for Peace (with Rigoberto Menchu), Taos (NM), April 12, 2003
Speaking engagement: talk "Nonviolence: The Way of Peace," Spirituality Convocation, Morristown (NJ), April 13, 2003
Speaking engagement: talk "The Prophetic Voice of Peace," Univ. of Notre Dame, South Bend (IN), April 24, 2003
Speaking engagement: talk at Peace Pilgrimage mass (NM), April 26, 2003
Speaking engagement: talk at Presentation Convent, Aberdeen (SD), June 13, 2003
Speaking engagement: talk "Waging Peace: Nonviolence in a World of War," Villanova Univ. (PA), Sept. 25, 2003
Speaking engagement: leadership of retreat "Peace Be With You: Practicing the Nonviolence of Jesus," Mandala Center, Des Moines (NM), Oct. 11, 2003 [NM is not a typo]
Speaking engagement: talk "Disarming the Heart, Disarming the World: The Way of Active Nonviolence," Sisters of St. Joseph Ministry Center, LaGrange Park (IL), Oct. 23, 2003
Speaking engagement: talk at Albuquerque Academy (NM), Nov. 7, 2003
Speaking engagement: talk "The Road to Peace: Practicing Nonviolence in a World of War," Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque (NM), Oct. 30, 2003
Speaking engagement: talk "Thomas Merton, Nonviolence and Me" (with Daniel Berrigan), Bellmarine Univ. (KY), Nov. 13, 2003

Box 10
Speaking engagements [includes transcripts of speeches/talks], 2004
Speaking engagement: talk "Martin Luther King and Nonviolence in a World of Violence," Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Arlington (VA), Jan. 22, 2004
Speaking engagement: talk at Peace & Justice Affirmation Night, Holy Spirit Parish, McAllen (TX), Jan. 30, 2004
Speaking engagement: talk "Practicing Non-Violence in a Violent World," Pleasant Hill (CA), Feb. 19, 2004
Speaking engagement: talk at Western Regional Call to Action Conference, Pomona (CA), March 19-21, 2004
Speaking engagements, n.d.

SERIES D: WRITINGS
Box 10 (cont.)
Articles published, 2000-2004
Article "Disarming Our Hearts and Our Nations: Towards a Culture of Peace," UN Chronicle (No. 3), 2000
Pastoral letters in parish newsletter (NM), May 11, 2003 - March 28, 2004
Mss. articles etc.
Mss. article "Remembering Richard McSorley (S.J.)," Oct. 22, 2002
Essay "Human Rights and Nonviolence: The Christian Theology and Movement for Peace" for book on human rights & nonviolence, 2003
Book reviews written
Promotion / talks by Dear for his books
Book Jesus the Rebel: Bearer of God's Peace and Justice: publicity/promotion; reviews
Book Living Peace: mss. (first draft)
Book Living Peace: mss. (given to Doubleday, Dec. 22, 1999)

Box 11
Book Living Peace: correspondence; contract
Book Living Peace: publicity/promotion; reviews
Book Mary of Nazareth: Prophet of Peace: mss. (with editorial notes [by Daniel Berrigan?])
Book Mary of Nazareth: Prophet of Peace: correspondence with Ave Maria Press, etc.
Book Mary of Nazareth: Prophet of Peace: publicity/promotion; reviews
Book Mohandas Gandhi: Essential Writings: correspondence with Orbis Books, etc.
Book Mohandas Gandhi: Essential Writings: publicity/promotion; reviews
Book The Sound of Listening: A Retreat Journal from Thomas Merton's Hermitage: correspondence
Book The Sound of Listening: A Retreat Journal from Thomas Merton's Hermitage: publicity/promotion; reviews
Pamphlet "Christianity and Vegetarianism: Pursuing the Nonviolence of Jesus," n.d. [see also CD with same title]
Mss. "Walking With Hope" [unpublished book]

SERIES E: REFERENCE MATERIAL
Box 11 (cont.)
Miscellaneous
Daniel & Philip Berrigan [includes some of Daniel's poems]
Mss. "Wisdom" by Daniel Berrigan (S.J.), 1998



Part III: Accession 05A-011

SERIES A: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Box 1
Pictures [photographs removed], etc.
Articles about Dear; media coverage of Dear, 2004-2005
Kell Kearn's film on Dear, 2002-2003
Kell Kearn's film on Dear (cont.), 2004 [not completed]
Trip to India, Dec. 25, 2004 - Jan. 15, 2005 [includes Dear's travel journal (typed)]
Court case against Dear et.al. re: civil disobedience ("Furniture Action" to protest homelessness) at U.S. Capitol -- trial transcript #1, 1989 [see Dear's book Seeds of Nonviolence for description of action/case]
Court case against Dear et.al. re: civil disobedience [cont.] -- trial transcript #2
Court case against Dear et.al. re: civil disobedience [cont.] -- trial transcript #3

SERIES B: CORRESPONDENCE
Box 2
Outgoing correspondence, 2002 (Oct.-Dec.)
Outgoing correspondence, 2003 (Jan.-Aug.)
Outgoing correspondence, 2003 (Sept.-Dec.)
Outgoing correspondence, 2004 (Jan.-May)
Outgoing correspondence, 2004 (June-Dec.)
Incoming correspondence, 2004 (Jan.-April)
Incoming correspondence, 2004 (May)
Incoming correspondence, 2004 (June-July)
Incoming correspondence, 2004 (Aug.)
Incoming correspondence, 2004 (Sept.-Nov.)
Incoming correspondence, 2004 (Dec.) [includes Christmas cards]

Box 3
Incoming correspondence, 2004 (Dec.) [Christmas cards cont.]
Incoming correspondence, n.d. [2004]
Incoming correspondence, 2005 (Jan.)
Emails to/from Dear, 2004 - 2005 (Jan.) [messages printed out together]
Incoming correspondence: Daniel Berrigan (S.J.), 2004 - 2005 (Jan.)
Incoming correspondence: Jerry [Jerome] Berrigan, 2004
Incoming correspondence: Roy Bourgeois (SOA Watch), 2004 (Dec.) - 2005 (Jan.)
Incoming correspondence: Shelly Douglass, 2004
Incoming correspondence: Lynn Fredriksson, 2004 - 2005 (Jan.)
Incoming correspondence: Br. Patrick Hart, 2004
Incoming correspondence: Rev. Benjamin Jimenez (S.J.), 2004
Incoming correspondence: Kathy Kelly, 2004
Incoming correspondence: Steve Kelly (S.J.), 2004 - 2005 (Jan.)
Incoming correspondence: Mairead Maguire, 2004
Incoming correspondence: Liz McAlister, 2004 - 2005 (Jan.)
Incoming correspondence: Fr. William Hart McNichols (S.J.) [under pseudonym of Liam de la Cruz], 2004 - 2005 (Jan.)
Incoming correspondence: Martin Sheen, 2004
Incoming correspondence: Mordechai Vanunu, 2004
Incoming correspondence: Jerry Zawada, 2004 - 2005 (Jan.)
Incoming correspondence: letters from parishioners upon leaving post as parish priest, 2004 (Spring)
Correspondence re: possibility of being in Michael Moore's film "Fahrenheit 911"

SERIES C: PUBLIC LIFE & WITNESS
Box 4
Civil disobedience at the Pentagon, 1984: statement to the court; correspondence from Fr. Richard McSorley
Speaking engagements & book signings: publicity, schedules, etc.
Speaking engagement: 6th Annual Western Regional Call to Action Conference, Pomona (CA), March 19, 2004
Speaking engagement: National Conference of Catechetical Leadership, Albuquerque (NM), April 25-29, 2004
Speaking engagement: "Remember 9/11, Work for Peace," Silver City (NM), Sept. 11, 2004
Speaking engagement: J.U.S.T.I.C.E. (Jesuit University Students Together In Concerned Empowerment) Conference, Loyola University, Chicago (IL), Sept. 18, 2004
Speaking engagement: The Immaculate Conception church's 140th anniversary celebration (Cimarron, NM), Sept. 26, 2004
Speaking engagement: Messiah College, Grantham (PA), Sept. 28, 2004
Speaking engagement: Workshop etc. sponsored by the Idaho Peace Coalition, Boise (ID), Oct. 2, 2004
Speaking engagement: 1st Annual Gandhian Nonviolence Conference, Memphis (TN), Oct. 8-9, 2004
Speaking engagement: "Revolutionary Nonviolence: Christian Discipleship In a Culture of Violence," Marquette University, Milwaukee (WI), Nov. 4, 2004
Speaking engagement: St. Norbert College, De Pere (WI), Nov. 5, 2004
Speaking engagement: Call to Action National Conference, Milwaukee (WI), Nov. 5-7, 2004
Speaking engagement in Cobourg & Petersborough (Ontario, Canada), Nov. 7-10, 2004
Speaking engagement: "The Road to Peace: The Path of Nonviolence in a Culture of Violence," Spring Hill College (Mobile, AL), Nov. 18, 2004
Speaking engagement: SOA protest vigil etc., Fort Benning (GA), Nov. 19-21, 2004
Speaking engagement: Advent retreat "The Art of Holy Resistance," Birmingham (AL), Dec. 3-5, 2004
Interviews given

SERIES D: WRITINGS
Box 5
Unpublished articles/reflections; published articles, 2003-2004
Misc. books written: publicity
Book Jesus the Rebel: correspondence; publicity, 1999-2000
Book Jesus the Rebel: first draft, 1998 (Dec. 5)
Book Jesus the Rebel: editorial notes, 1999
Book Mary of Nazareth: Prophet of Peace: (almost) final draft, 2002 (Feb.) [revised Oct. 2002]
Book Mary of Nazareth: Prophet of Peace: illustrations of Mary by Fr. William Hart McNichols (S.J.)
Book Mohandas Gandhi: Essential Writings: correspondence; publicity
Book Mohandas Gandhi: Essential Writings: edited draft, 2001
Book The Sound of Listening: A Retreat Journal From Thomas Merton's Hermitage: first draft

Box 6 (1/2 box)
Foreword to book Spirituality of Peace (by Henri Nouwen): correspondence; rough drafts, 2004
Book Testimony: The Word Made Fresh (edited by Dear) by Daniel Berrigan (S.J.): correspondence etc., 2003-2004
Book Testimony: The Word Made Fresh (edited by Dear) by Daniel Berrigan (S.J.): publicity
Mss. journals [typed]: "The Road to the Philippines," "The Road to Guatemala," "The Road to Haiti," "The Road to Palestine," "The Road to Northern Ireland," and "The Road to Iraq"

Box 7
Book The Questions of Jesus: Challenging Ourselves to Discover Life's Great Answers: publicity, 2004
Books The Questions of Jesus: Challenging Ourselves to Discover Life's Great Answers and Transfiguration: correspondence with Doubleday
Book The Questions of Jesus: Challenging Ourselves to Discover Life's Great Answers: foreword by Richard Rohr [includes correspondence], 2003 (Nov.-Dec.)
Book The Questions of Jesus: Challenging Ourselves to Discover Life's Great Answers: rough drafts of first sections, with editorial notes by Kass Dotterweich of Doubleday
Book The Questions of Jesus: Challenging Ourselves to Discover Life's Great Answers: rough drafts of parts
Book The Questions of Jesus: Challenging Ourselves to Discover Life's Great Answers: first draft (p. 1-199)
Book The Questions of Jesus: Challenging Ourselves to Discover Life's Great Answers: first draft (p. 200-393, appendix)
Book The Questions of Jesus: Challenging Ourselves to Discover Life's Great Answers: original notes, 1998 (Feb. 9)

SERIES E: REFERENCE MATERIAL
Box 7 (cont.)
Misc. material

 


Part IV: Accession 06A-005

SERIES B: CORRESPONDENCE
Box 1

Outgoing correspondence, 1990-1997
Outgoing correspondence, 1998 (Jan.-July)
Outgoing correspondence, 1998 (Aug.-Dec.)
Outgoing correspondence, 1999
Outgoing correspondence, 2000
Outgoing correspondence, 2001-2003
Outgoing correspondence, 2004
Outgoing correspondence, 2005-2006

Box 2 (1/2 box)
Incoming correspondence, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1995
Incoming correspondence, 2001-2004

Box 3
Incoming correspondence from Daniel Berrigan, 2005 (March-Dec), undated
Incoming correspondence from Jerry and Carol Berrigan, 2005
Incoming correspondence from Father Roy Bourgeois, 2005
Incoming correspondence from (former U.S. President) William Jefferson Clinton, 2005
Incoming correspondence from Jim and Shelley Douglass, 2005
Incoming correspondence from Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, 2005
Incoming correspondence from Brother Patrick Hart, 2005
Incoming correspondence from Mairead Corrigan Maguire, 2005
Incoming correspondence from Liz McAlister, 1993, 2005; correspondence with Jonah House
Incoming correspondence from Megan McKenna, 2002, 2004-2005
Incoming correspondence from Fr. William Hart McNichols [under pseudonym of Liam de la Cruz], 2001-2005, undated
Incoming correspondence from Sister Helen Prejean & Sister Marg. Maggie, 2005?
Correspondence re: correspondence with Gov. Bill Richardson, 2005
Incoming correspondence from Martin Sheen, 2005
Incoming correspondence from Bishop Desmond Tutu, 2005
Incoming correspondence from Dar Williams, 2005
Incoming correspondence: hate mail sampling, July 2005
Emails & mailings received, 2005
Christmas cards received, Dec. 2005
Incoming correspondence, Jan. 2005
Incoming correspondence, Feb. 2005
Incoming correspondence, March 2005

Box 4
Incoming correspondence, 2005 (April)
Incoming correspondence, 2005 (May)
Incoming correspondence, 2005 (June)
Incoming correspondence, 2005 (July)
Incoming correspondence, 2005 (Aug.)
Incoming correspondence, 2005 (Sept.)
Incoming correspondence, 2005 (Oct.)
Incoming correspondence, 2005 (Nov.)
Incoming correspondence, 2005 (Dec.)
Incoming correspondence, 2006 (Jan.)
Incoming correspondence, undated

SERIES C: PUBLIC LIFE & WITNESS
Box 5

Speaking engagements [includes transcripts of speeches/talks], 2005 (Feb.-July)
Speaking engagement: "The Road to Justice and Peace," Newman Center, Chico (CA), March 8, 2005
Speaking engagement: 16th Annual Social Issues Conference, San Diego (CA), March 10, 2005
Speaking engagements in Pennsylvania: April 7-10, 2005
Speaking engagement: "Road to Peace: Following the Nonviolent Jesus," Charlotte (NC), April 15, 2005
Speaking engagement: Sisters of Christian Charity, Assembly Days, June 15-17, 2005
Speaking engagement: Sacred Heart Conference, Boston (MA), June 24-26, 2005
Speaking engagement: 9th general meeting of Thomas Merton Society, June 9-12, 2005
Speaking engagement: Lama Foundation Permaculture Convergence, June 6, 2005
Speaking engagement: Conference on Spiritual Activism, July 20-23, 2005; correspondence with Tikkun staff
Speaking engagement: Speaking engagements: Wisconsin talks, Sept. 22-25, 2005
Speaking engagement: River's Edge "The Path to Peace and Justice, Oct. 4, 2005
Speaking engagement: 75th Anniversary, School of Social Work, St. Louis University (MO), Oct. 7, 2005
Speaking engagements [includes transcripts of speeches/talks], 2005 (Sept. 30.- Nov. 14)
Speaking engagement: Regis, Denver (CO), Nov. 2, 2005; Taos/Liz, Nov. 3, 2005
Speaking engagement: Belleville (IL), Nov. 13, 2005
Speaking engagement: University of Detroit (MI), Nov. 14, 2005
Speaking engagement: introduction for Liz McAlister & Susan Crane, Taos (NM), Nov. 3, 2006

Box 6 [includes some Series A material as well]
Articles about/by John Dear
Involvement with the Appeal of the Nobel Peace Laureates Foundation, 2001
Participation in 60th Anniversary Hiroshima vigil, Los Alamos (NM), Aug. 6, 2005
Interview of John Dear by George Anderson, America: The National Catholic Weekly, 2005
Interview of John Dear in U.S. Catholic magazine, May 2005
Articles about John Dear, 2005

SERIES D: WRITINGS
Box 6 (cont.)
"My Life So Far" (unpublished memoir written in Fall 1984)
Homilies from the New Mexico Desert," Nos. 1-37 (unpublished manuscript, 2004)
Homilies from the New Mexico Desert," Nos. 38-67 (an unpublished manuscript, 2004)
Articles, talks, notes by John Dear, 1998-2001 (some unpublished)
Articles by John Dear, 2005


Part V: Accession 07A-012

SERIES A: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Box 1
Miscellaneous
Pictures of John Dear (print-outs)
Media coverage of Dear, 2005-2007
Travel diaries, 1969, 1974
Travel diaries, 1981, 1982
Engagement calendars, 1968-1969, 1972
Engagement calendars, 1973-1976
Engagement calendar, 1977 [Sept.-Dec. pages missing]
Engagement calendars, 1983-1986
Engagement calendar, 1987
Engagement calendar, 1988-1989
Engagement calendars, 1991-1994
Engagement calendar, 1997 [pages for Aug.-Dec. missing]

Box 2
Engagement calendars, 1998-2001
Engagement calendar, 2002
Engagement calendar, 2003
Engagement calendar, 2004-2005
Engagement calendar, 2006


SERIES B: CORRESPONDENCE
Box 2 (cont.)
Correspondence, 2005
Correspondence, 2006 (Jan.)
Correspondence, 2006 (Feb.)
Correspondence, 2006 (March)
Correspondence, 2006 (April)

Box
3
Correspondence, 2006 (May)
Correspondence, 2006 (June)
Correspondence, 2006 (July)
Correspondence: Birthday cards received, 2006 (July-Aug.)
Correspondence, 2006 (Aug.)
Correspondence, 2006 (Sept.)
Correspondence, 2006 (Oct.)
Correspondence, 2006 (Nov.)
Correspondence, 2006 (Dec.)
Correspondence: Christmas cards received, 2006 (Dec.)

Box 4
Correspondence: Christmas cards received, 2006 (Dec.)
Correspondence: ca. 2006
Correspondence, 2007 (Jan.)
Correspondence, 2007 (Feb.)
Correspondence with Daniel Berrigan, 2006 [includes DB's 85th birthday celebration -- see also General Correspondence (2006)]
Correspondence with Shelly and Jim Douglass, 2006
Correspondence with Brother Patrick Hart, 2006
Correspondence with Mairead Maguire, 2006
Correspondence with William Hart McNichols, S.J. ("Liam the Fool"), 2003-2006
Correspondence with Martin Sheen, 2006

SERIES C: PUBLIC LIFE & WITNESS
Box 4 (cont.)
Interviews given
Involvements: misc., 2006
Involvement: Merton-Gandhi Peace Walk, Sept. 2006
Sign-on Letter "Global Call for Nonviolent Civil Resistance to End the US-Led Military Occupation of Iraq, 2005 (Dec.)
Speaking engagement schedule, 2006
Speaking engagement: Kirkridge Retreat "The Sermon on the Mount and Ourselves," Jan. 20-22, 2006
Speaking engagement: United World College Annual Conf. "God at War," Montezuma (NM), Feb. 9, 2006
Speaking engagement: Center for Spiritual Development event "The Path of Peace and Love," Orange (CA), March 10, 2006
Speaking engagement: Season of Nonviolent Interfaith Celebration, Tulsa (OK), March 16, 2006
Speaking engagement: 7th Dorothy Day Lecture "On the Road to Peace: Interfaith Nonviolence," Purdue (IN), March 22, 2006
Speaking engagement: Xavier University talk, Cincinnati (OH), March 23, 2006
Speaking engagement: Interfaith Justice and Peace Center event "Walking the Path of Peace in a World of War," University of Toledo (OH), March 29, 2006
Speaking engagement: St. Mary Student Parish event, University of Michigan ( Ann Arbor, MI), March 30, 2006
Speaking engagement: United Church of Christ in New Hampshire Conf. "Stop the Next War: Building Peace with Justice," Concord (NH), April 1, 2006
Speaking engagement: Pax Christi Michigan Annual State Conf. "The Road Ahead," Detroit (MI), April 22, 2006

Box 5
Speaking engagement: North Suburban Peace Initiative event "The Vision of Peace and Non-violence," Wilmette (IL), May 3, 2006 [and Augustana College, May 4]
Speaking engagement: Network of Spiritual Progressives Conf. on Spiritual Activism, Washington (DC), May 17-20, 2006
Speaking engagement: Religious Formation Conf. event "Walking the Road to Peace in a Time of War: The Difficult Vocation of Gospel Nonviolence" Dayton (OH), May 23-25, 2006
Speaking engagement: Sarabrae Women's Spirituality Center event "Living the Beatitudes," New Windsor (NY), May 27-28, 2006
Speaking engagement: Fifth Lilly Summer Discernment Institute event, Sewanee (TN), June 6, 2006
Speaking engagement: Fund for Theological Education's Conf. on Excellency in Ministry, Austin (TX), June 22, 2006
Speaking engagement: Ghost Ranch Peacemaking Seminars, Santa Fe (CA), July 5-6, 2006
Speaking engagement: talk "Jesus and the Road to Peace," Colorado Springs (CO), Sept. 14, 2006
Speaking engagement: Social Justice Forum "Nonviolence in a Violent World," Fordham University ( Seattle, WA), Oct. 11, 2006
Speaking engagement: Princeton University event, Princeton (NJ), Oct. 12, 2006
Speaking engagement: Pax Christi Maine Retreat, Winslow (ME), Oct. 13-15, 2006
Speaking engagement: National Catholic Worker Gathering, Iowa, Oct. 19-22, 2006 [proposed only?]
Speaking engagement: Catholic Renewal Center Workshop "Jesus, Bearer of God's Peace and Justice," Ft. Worth (TX), Oct. 28, 2006
Speaking engagement: Call to Action National Conference, Milwaukee (WI), Nov. 3-5, 2006
Speaking engagement: Pax Christi and Corpus Christi University Parish event "Mary of Nazareth: Prophet of Peace," Toledo (OH), Nov. 30, 2006
Speaking engagement: Villa Maria Advent retreat, (Villa Maria, PA), Dec. 1-3, 2006
Speaking engagements: misc., 2006 - 2007 (Feb.)
Speaking engagement: Pax Christi event "Dr. King, Jesus, and the Road to Peace," Phoenix (AZ), Jan. 12, 2007

SERIES D: WRITINGS
Box 5 (cont.)
Writings in Fellowship (Fellowship of Reconciliation), 1988-2003
Articles, 2006 - 2007 (Jan.)
articles for National Catholic Reporter, 2006 (Aug.) - 2007 (Feb.)
"Columbia Diary" (mss.), 2006
Foreword to book Transfiguration by Bishop Desmond Tutu
Writings: book You Will Be My Witnesses -- publicity by Orbis Books, 2006
Correspondence with book editors, 2006

SERIES E: REFERENCE MATERIAL
Box 5 (cont.)

 Misc. material


Part VI: Accession 08A-013

SERIES A: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Box 1
Articles about Dear; press coverage
Film "The Narrow Path: Walking Toward Peace and Nonviolence with John Dear, S. J." by Gerard Straub (San Damiano Foundation), 2007
Nomination by Bishop Desmond Tutu for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize
FBI files on John Dear and letters from Joseph Kramf
Engagement calendar, 2007
Attendance at beatification of Franz Jägerstätter, Linz ( Austria), Oct. 26, 2007

SERIES B: CORRESPONDENCE
Box 1 (cont.)

Correspondence, 2006
Correspondence, 2007 (Jan.)
Correspondence, 2007 (Feb.)
Correspondence, 2007 (March)
Correspondence, 2007 (April)

Box 2
Correspondence, 2007 (May)
Correspondence, 2007 (June)
Correspondence, 2007 (July)
Correspondence, 2007 (Aug.)
Correspondence, 2007 (Sept.)
Correspondence, 2007 (Oct.)
Correspondence, 2007 (Nov.)

Box 3
Correspondence, 2007 (Dec.)
Correspondence: Christmas cards received, 2007 (Dec.)
Correspondence, 2007 (circa)
Correspondence, 2008 (Jan.)
Correspondence, 2008 (Feb.)
Correspondence, 2008 (March)
Correspondence: letters from Daniel Berrigan
Correspondence with Jerry and Carol Berrigan
Correspondence with Joan Chittister, 2008 (Jan.-Feb.)
Correspondence: letter from Bill Clinton, 2007 (July 11 & undated)
Correspondence with Jim and Shelley Douglass, 2006 - 2008 (Jan.)
Correspondence with Dr. Paul Farmer [college friend; nominee for Nobel Prize]
Correspondence with Brother Patrick Hart
Correspondence with Fr. Steve Kelly (SJ), 2007 (Dec.) - 2008 (Feb.)
Correspondence with Mairead Maguire, 2007-2008

Box 4
Correspondence with Elizabeth McAlister
Correspondence with Bill McNichols [Liam]
Correspondence: letter from Susan Sarandon, 2007 (Aug.)
Correspondence: letter from Pete Seeger, 2007 (circa)
Correspondence with Martin Sheen
Correspondence with Bishop Walter Sullivan
Correspondence with Fr. Louie Vitale (OFM), 2007 (Nov.) - 2008 (Feb.)
Correspondence with Jody Williams [Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 1997], 2007

SERIES C: PUBLIC LIFE & WITNESS
Box 4 (cont.)

Interviews given
Involvement with San Damiano Foundation (as Board Member), 2002-2005
Public Witness: SOA Watch, Nov. 16-17, 2007 [DVD "On the Line" removed]
Public Witness: Santa Fe 9/Elevator 9 action, Sept. 26, 2006
Santa Fe 9/Elevator 9: statements and articles by participants
Santa Fe 9/Elevator 9: legal documents for Sept. 6, 2007 trial, Albuquerque Federal Court [found "guilty"]
Santa Fe 9/Elevator 9: sentencing in Albuquerque Federal Court, Jan. 24, 2008
Santa Fe 9/Elevator 9: media coverage
Speaking engagement: Guelph, Ontario ( Canada), Nov. 9 & 12, 2006
Speaking engagement: Berakah Renewal Center, Pittsfield (NH), Nov. 11, 2006
Speaking engagement: Pax Christi SOA Gathering, Nov. 17, 2006
Speaking engagements: miscellaneous, 2007
Speaking engagement: Winter Peace Retreat [Franconia Mennonite Conf.], Spruce Lake Retreat, Canadensis (PA), Feb. 10, 2007

Box 5
Speaking engagement: National Speaking Tour of Australia, Feb. 22 - March 18, 2007
Speaking engagement: Institute for Adult Spiritual Renewal, Chicago (IL), June 29-30, 2007
Speaking engagement: 29th Annual Justice and Peace Conference "Called to be Peacemakers", England, July 20-22, 2007
Speaking engagement: Theological Institute, Concordia, (KS), Aug. 7-12, 2007
Speaking engagement: Springfield (IL), Sept. 19, 2007
Speaking engagement: "Working for Peace: Serving for Justice" Conference, Chicago (IL), Sept. 20, 2007
Speaking engagement: Just Faith Group, Most Holy Trinity Parish, Tuscon (AZ), Sept. 26, 2007
Speaking engagement: Franciscan Peace Event, Joliet/Frankfort (IL), Oct. 5-6, 2007
Speaking engagement: "The Path of Nonviolence", Clinton (IA), Oct. 7, 2007
Speaking engagement: Conference "Violence: Its Causes and Alternatives", Spalding University, Louisville (KY), Oct. 12, 2007
Speaking engagement: Loyola University, Chicago (IL), Oct. 15, 2007
Speaking engagement: "Beatitudes of Peace", Syracuse (NY), Oct. 16, 2007
Speaking engagement: 2nd Annual St. Marcellus day of the Center for Peace and Nonviolence, South Bend (IN), Oct. 30, 2007
Speaking engagement: Immaculate Heart Community, Los Angeles (CA), Nov. 11, 2007
Speaking engagement: 16th Annual Daniel O'Hanley Memorial Lecture, Prince Edward Island, Nov. 25, 2007 (and leadership at clergy retreat, Nov. 26, 2007)
Speaking engagement: miscellaneous, 2008 (Jan.-Feb.)
Speaking engagement: Marquette University Mission Week, Milwaukee (WI), Feb. 7, 2008
Speaking engagement: 2008 Season for Nonviolence, Franciscan Renewal Center, Scottsdale (PA), Feb. 9, 2008
Speaking engagement: Lenten retreat "The Passion, Death and Resurrection of the Nonviolent Jesus", Kirkridge (PA), Feb. 22-24, 2008
Speaking engagement: 25th Comemoration of ICBM Resistance at Vandenberg Air Force Base (CA), March 1-2, 2008

SERIES D: WRITINGS
Box 5 (cont.)

Writings & notes
Book reviews of Dear's books

Box 6 (1/2 box)
Script of film "Francesco, An Instrument of Peace" (written with Murray Bodo and Gerry Straub), 2002 [See folder "Involvement with San Damiano Foundation" for correspondence re: film]
Columns for National Catholic Reporter, 2007 (Jan.-July)
Columns for National Catholic Reporter, 2007 (Aug.-Dec.)
Columns for National Catholic Reporter, 2008 (Jan.-March 4)

SERIES E: REFERENCE MATERIAL
Box 6 (cont.) (1/2 box)

Reference material

 



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