Father John Cronin (fl. 1974), 1974 November 7
Summary
National church efforts toward civil rights; Vatican 11 and interfaith activities; successful methods for promoting interfaith dialogue.
Dates
- 1974 November 7
Creator
- Cronin, John F. (John Francis), 1908-1994 (Narrator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Biography
Employed at the United States Catholic Conference in Washington, D.C. for twenty-nine years and worked for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in cooperation with Jewish and Protestant groups; became chairman of Baltimore's Project Equality, an organization which worked towards opening jobs to blacks.
Extent
From the Collection: 23 Items : 23 oral histories
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Scope and Contents
Includes 23 oral histories with various religious leaders in Baltimore, Maryland. Topics discussed in this series include: methods to achieve interfaith understanding; the role of politics and the media in interfaith activities; organization and goals of various religious and interfaith organizations including the Office of the Clergy Brotherhood of Maryland, Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Baltimore, Maryland Churches United, Associated Catholic Charities, and Associated Jewish Charities; the civil rights movement; 1963 Gwynn Oak Park demonstrations; Vietnam War protests; (Please see the interview summaries on the inventory page for more topics).
Materials available for this series include audio recordings for each interview and tape indexes for 21 of the interviews. There is a partial transcript available for OH 8231, Father Joseph Connolly.
OH 8071, which is not part of this series, consists of an interview with Lenora Nast in which she discusses her doctoral dissertation and the oral history interviews she conducted for it.
Creator
- Cronin, John F. (John Francis), 1908-1994 (Narrator, Person)
- Nast, Lenora Heilig (Interviewer, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org