Msgr. Francis Stafford (1932-), 1974
Summary
The work of the Associated Catholic Charities; the successful cooperation in 1969 with the United Fund of Central Maryland and further activities by the Catholics; the Associated Jewish Charities; the Community Chest and Red Cross; the work of the Interfaith Committee on Social Welfare; the Maryland Food Committee; "Kids in Need"; the Center for Metropolitan Research and Planning at the Johns Hopkins University; the St. Ambrose Housing Association community; interfaith meetings on criminal justice; possibilities of dialogue; fundamentalism; orthodoxy; the influence of politics as they relate to interfaith activities.
Dates
- 1974
Creator
- Stafford, J. Francis, 1932- (Narrator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Biography
Director of the Associated Catholic Charities.
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
- Stafford, J. Francis, 1932- (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