Catholic Adult Education Center records
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Catholic Adult Education Center records
- Dates
- 1949-1968
- Creator
- Catholic Adult Education Center (Chicago, Ill.)
- Size
- 20.5 linear ft. (49 boxes)
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions for Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Contact the archives for more information on licensing and permissions for use and reproduction.
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
A portion of the collection is a gift of the Catholic Adult Education Center (M1969.0018). Box 33 contains materials that are a gift of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, financial records, newspaper clipping, meeting minutes, photographs, and other administrative records of the Catholic Adult Education Center (CAEC) in Chicago (Ill.). Included are materials from CAEC courses on intellectual and social matters, the CAEC Chicago Center for Film Study, Chicago World Peace Center, and Summer Biblical Institutes. In addition are records from Father Daniel Cantwell's work at the center and materials from the John A. Ryan Forum. Topics include interracial justice, communism, and Vatican II.
Indexed Terms
- Cantwell, Daniel Michael, 1914-1996
- Catholic Council on Working Life (Chicago, Ill.)
- Catholic Adult Education Center (Chicago, Ill.)
- Catholic Church -- Archdiocese of Chicago (Ill.)
- Catholic Church -- Charities
- Catholic Church -- Education -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Catholic Church -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Catholic Church -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Clergy
- Catholic Council on Working Life (Chicago, Ill.)
- John A. Ryan Forum
- Adult education -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Catholics -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Church and education -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Church and social problems -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 20th century
- Communism -- United States -- 20th century
- Laity -- Catholic Church
- Motion pictures -- Study and teaching -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Peace -- Societies, etc.
- Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- 20th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Correspondence
- Financial records
- Minutes
- Newspaper clippings
- Photographic prints
Meeting Name
John A. Ryan Forum.