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Daniel Cantwell papers

Descriptive Summary

Title
Daniel Cantwell papers
Dates
1923-1981
Creator
Cantwell, Daniel Michael, 1914-1996
Creator
Cody, John Patrick, Higgins, George C, Meyer, Albert,1903-1965, Stritch, Samuel Alphonsus,1887-1958, Catholic Adult Education Center (Chicago, Ill.), Catholic Council on Working Life (Chicago, Ill.), Catholic Inter-Racial Council (Chicago, Ill.), Chicago Conference on Religion and Race, Friendship House (Chicago, Ill.), Housing Conference of Chicago, National Catholic Welfare Conference
Size
22 linear ft. (53 boxes)
Language
Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Scope and Content

Personal and official correspondence, sermons, memos, reports, minutes, newsclippings, articles, and pamphlets of Monsignor Daniel Cantwell. Materials primarily document Cantwell's work as a Catholic priest in Chicago from the 1940s onward, in the areas of race relations, fair housing practices, and working people's rights, including material about his role as co-founder and chaplain of activist Catholic lay groups such as Friendship House, Catholic Adult Education Center, Catholic Interracial Council, and Catholic Council on Working Life (originally Catholic Labor Alliance); the position of the Roman Catholic Church on social issues; and the work of Catholic clergy and lay people in the social arena. Organizations represented include Housing Conference of Chicago, National Conference on Religion and Race, and Chicago Conference on Religion and Race. Correspondents include personal friends and acquaintances; lay and clerical colleagues in social action work, including Msgr. George C. Higgins of National Catholic Welfare Conference; individual commentary on Cantwell's position on such social issues as integration and open housing; and officials of the Archdiocese of Chicago, among them cardinals John Cody, Albert Meyer, and Samuel Stritch.

Scope and Content

Includes "A Chicago Declaration of Christian Concern," of which Cantwell was a signer.

Conditions for Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Donor retained copyright to his writings. Other copyrights may be retained by the creators of items, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law, unless otherwise noted.

Preferred Citation

A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.

Custodial History

Gift of Monsignor Daniel Cantwell (M1968.0750; M1981.0001; 1992.0144).

Biography or History

Msgr. Daniel M. Cantwell was 85 when he died on Jan. 2, 1996. He was a pastor for many years of St. Clotilde parish on the South Side.

Related Material

Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Catholic Adult Education Center records; the Catholic Inter-Racial Council records; and photographs in the Image file-People: Cantwell.

Descriptive inventory available, including a description of a supplement of 12 boxes received in 1992.

Indexed Terms

Citation/Reference

NUCMC MS 93-797445.

Meeting Name

National Conference on Religion and Race(1963 :Chicago, Ill.)

Added Entry–Uniform Title

Chicago declaration of Christian concern.