Box: 1 Fold: 52 "Maritain, Personhood and the State" by Charles E. Rice Box: 1 Fold: 53 "Mes Premiers Souvenirs de Jacques Maritain" by Yves R. Simon Box: 1 Fold: 54 "Meeting Jacques Maritain" by Leo R. Ward Box: 1 Fold: 55 Maritain-Merton Symposium Box: 1 Fold: 56 Maritain, Jacques - Death (Newsclippings) Box: 1 Fold: 57 Maritain, Jacques and Raissa - Newsclippings (Misc.) Box: 1 Fold: 58 Maritain, Jacques - Printed Matter about (Misc.) Box: 1 Fold: 59 Kernan, Julie - Correspondence Received
@ Chambrun, Rene de - 1 TLS, 1/7/65.
@ Sothern, Julia Marlowe (actress) - 1 ALS (12/6/40), 1 ACS, n.d.
Box: 1 Fold: 60 Kernan, Julie - Correspondence Sent Box: 1 Fold: 61 Kernan, Julie - Correspondence to Thomas Kernan Box: 1 Fold: 62 Kernan, Thomas - Correspondence to Julie Box: 1 Fold: 63 Kernan, Thomas - Correspondence to Julie Box: 1 Fold: 64 Kernan, Thomas - Correspondence to Julie Box: 1 Fold: 65 Kernan, Thomas - Correspondence to Julie Box: 1 Fold: 66 Kernan, Thomas - Correspondence to Julie re "Our Friend" Box: 1 Fold: 67 Kernan, Thomas - Correspondence to Kernan Family Box: 1 Fold: 68 Kernan, Thomas - Correspondence to Kernan Family Box: 1 Fold: 69 Kernan, Thomas - Correspondence to Kernan Family Box: 1 Fold: 70 Kernan, Thomas - Correspondence to Kernan Family Box: 1 Fold: 71 Kernan, Thomas - Correspondence to Kernan Family Box: 1 Fold: 72 Kernan, Thomas - Correspondence to Kernan Family Box: 1 Fold: 73 Kernan, Thomas - Correspondence Sent (Misc.) Box: 1 Fold: 74 Kernan, Thomas - Correspondence from Kernan Family Box: 1 Fold: 75 Kernan, Thomas - Correspondence Received Box: 1 Fold: 76 American Maritain Association - Correspondence Box: 1 Fold: 77 American Maritain Association - Jacques Maritain Centenary 1982 Box: 1 Fold: 78 American Maritain Association - Conferences (Printed Matter) Box: 1 Fold: 79 Doubleday - Correspondence Box: 1 Fold: 80 Institut International Jacques Maritain Box: 1 Fold: 81 Little Brothers of Jesus - Correspondence Box: 1 Fold: 82 Little Brothers of Jesus - Printed Matter Box: 1 Fold: 83 Kernan, Julie - Birthday Book Box: 1 Fold: 84 Kernan, Julie - Personal Items (Misc.) Box: 2 Fold: 1 American Red Cross - Correspondence Box: 2 Fold: 2 American Red Cross - Staff Correspondence (Copies) Box: 2 Fold: 3 Conde Nast Publications, Inc. / Vogue Magazine, etc.
@ Nast, Conde to TDK - TLS, Staff Announcement [n.d., c.1937] that TDK accepted the position of general manager of Conde Nast Publications European offices headquartered in Paris.
@ Nast to TDK - TLS, 9/30/37, confirming agreement of employment for 2 years beginning 10/17/37.
@ Nast to TDK - TLS, 3/18/40, confirming agreement for continued employment.
@ Nast to TDK - TLS, 6/7/41, "Thank you a thousand times for your Saturday Evening Post article."
@ Nast to TDK - TLS, 11/18/41, compliments TDK on his book, "Paris on Berlin Time."
@ Memorandum from Nast to staff, announcing resignation of TDK, 2/3/42.
@ Includes 3 pp. TL carbon from TDK to Nast, 5/23/40.
@ Also includes printed picture with lengthy biographical caption on TDK.
Box: 2 Fold: 4 Conde Nast Publications, Inc. / Vogue Magazine, etc. Box: 2 Fold: 5 World War II - Employment Correspondence to Thomas Kernan Box: 2 Fold: 6 World War II - Employment Correspondence sent by Thomas Kernan Box: 2 Fold: 7 World War II - Reports Box: 2 Fold: 8 Kernan, Thomas - Employment (Miscellaneous) Box: 2 Fold: 9 Kernan, Thomas - Awards/Certificates Box: 2 Fold: 10 Kernan, Thomas - Documents 1940-1945 Box: 2 Fold: 11 Kernan, Thomas - Documents: American Red Cross Box: 2 Fold: 12 Kernan, Thomas - Miscellaneous Box: 2 Fold: 13 Kernan, Thomas - Finances Box: 2 Fold: 14 Kernan, Thomas - Finances: Financial Statements Box: 2 Fold: 15 Kernan, Thomas - Death/Obituaries Box: 2 Fold: 16 Kernan, Julie - "Le Christ est Vivant" (Review) Box: 2 Fold: 17 Kernan, Julie - "De l"Eglise du Christ" (Review) Box: 2 Fold: 18 Kernan, Julie - "Foi Chretienne" (Review)
Date: 5/25/82
DESCRIPTION: Contains TMs of a paper by Charles E. Rice delivered at the Jacques Maritain Centenary Symposium, University of Notre Dame, 5/25/82. Entitled, "Maritain, Personhood and the State."
Reprint Spring 1982
DESCRIPTION: Contains 3 copies of reprint of article by Yves R. Simon. Entitled, "Mes Premiers Souvenirs de Jacques Maritain." Originally published in The New Scholasticism, vol. LVI, 2, Spring 1982. Includes English edition published by the Jacques and Raissa Maritain Institute.
October 1982
DESCRIPTION: Contains issue of The Review of Politics which includes a paper by Leo R. Ward entitled, "Meeting Jacques Maritain" (vol. 44, no.4, October 1982). Includes a xerox copy.
Symposium date: September 1980
DESCRIPTION: Contains printed edition of papers presented at a symposium organized by the Instituto Jacques Maritain de Venezuela, AMA, and the Institut International Jacques Maritain (Rome), on a theme of "Spirituality in Secularized Society." The symposium chose Maritain and Thomas Merton as two significant models for direction toward spirituality in today's secularized world.
Datespan: c. May 1973
DESCRIPTION: Contains newsclippings and obituaries concerning the death of Maritain. Includes obituary for Raissa Maritain.
Datespan: c. 1967-1979
DESCRIPTION: Contains miscellaneous newsclippings about Raissa and Jacques Maritain.
Variously dated: c. 1979-1984
DESCRIPTION: Contains miscellaneous printed brochures and announcements of publications of works by Jacques Maritain, particularly the Oeuvres Completes (Editions Universitaires, 1982). Includes a study entitled, "Jacques Maritain," by Marie and Tony Shannon, published by the Catholic Truth Society (1982, pamplet). Also includes printed statutes of the Cercle d'Etudes Jacques et Raissa Maritain, Kolbsheim, France.
Datespan: c. 1924-1984
DESCRIPTION: Contains miscellaneous correspondence received by JKK from friends and associates. Arrangement is alphabetical. (Includes some letters signed with first names only.) Of note are:
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Contains 3 TLS undated addressed by JKK to her "Aunties." Includes 1 TLS, n.d., to JKK, signed "Auntie." Also, 1 ALS to Eleanor Ridge.
Datespan: 4/25/33-5/12/69
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence from JKK to TDK: 2 ALS, 4 TL carbons.
Date: 3/17/25
DESCRIPTION: Contains 3 TLS, 1 ALS from TDK to JKK, written during his early years in New York and Paris with Vogue magazine. TLS dated August 3rd. refers to a visit to Paris by Conde Nast.
Datespan: 1940-1945
DESCRIPTION: Contains 5 ALS, 8 TLS. Correspondence covers the period of the Nazi occupation of France and TDK's experiences while interned at Lourdes and Baden Baden. Includes 2 TLS undated but probably written during the war years. Includes reference to picnicking with Julien Huxley and his wife. At the time, Huxley was director general of UNESCO. Also refers to the former's brother, Aldous.
Datespan: 4/12/48-11/9/79
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence covering the postwar years including the 1960s and some letters from the 1970s. Primarily consists of news to JKK from TDK about his life in France, where he continued to reside as editor of the French edition of House and Garden magazine. A group of letters bearing only partial dates seem to come from this period. In them, TDK writes about the reconstruction of his house at Senlis and his and his assistant Edmond Chouen's various activities; refers to his work with Vogue and its associates, especially Iva S.V. Patcevitch; advises JKK on the continued care of their aunts Mary, Elsie and Agnes Kernan.
Incomplete dates
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence from TDK to JKK that is only partially dated. The bulk appears to be post World War II. Arrangement is by month and day, although this should not be understood as being strictly chronological since years are unknown. Some of the stationery letterhead bears the address of TDK's second residence in Paris, Rue de Marignac, where he moved after his well-loved apartment building at the Place Vendome was converted into office space. Topics focus on TDK's travels in Europe, reconstruction progress of his house at Senlis in France, and advice to JKK regarding the care of their aunts.
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence from TDK to JKK concerning her book, "Our Friend Jacques Maritain."
Date: 6/27/18-6/9/22
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence to members of the Kernan family, primarily TDK's and JKK's aunts. Bearing incidental news.
Datespan: c. 1939
DESCRIPTION: Contains 2 ALS, 4 TLS, 1 telegram addressed to "Dear Ones." Letters are notable for TDK's description of the situation in France at the time.
Dated c. 1940
DESCRIPTION: Contains 13 TLS, 3 ALS, 1 telegram addressed to the Kernan family, during the early months of the Nazi invasion of Europe.
Datespan: 9/14/42-11/16/43
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence from TDK home to the Kernan family during his internment at Baden Baden. Offers details of life as a POW. 16 TLS total.
Datespan: 1/28/44-8/19/44
DESCRIPTION: Contains 5 TLS from TDK.
Datespan: 4/9/45-6/6/45
DESCRIPTION: Contains 3 TLS, 1 ALS, 3 V-Mail from TDK. In 1944 through 1945, TDK entered the U.S. Intelligence Service and was posted in England and Germany. This correspondence was written during this period. The letters detail the aftermath of World War II. TDK refers to his visits to the concentration camps just after liberation at Buchenwald and Dachau. Mentions his fear that Jean d'Ayen, husband of his friend Solange d'Ayen may have perished at one of the camps.
Date: 2/21/61
DESCRIPTION: Contains 2 ALS to friends of TDK.
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Contains 1 TLS, undated from "M.M.K." [Mary Margour Kernan] to TDK, and 1 TLS, undated, signed, "Auntie."
Datespan: c. 1921-1941
DESCRIPTION: Contains alphabetically arranged correspondence received by TDK. Includes ALS, 2pp. from Solange d'Ayen (she had joined Vogue magazine staff in the late 1920s).
Datespan: 1/27/81-9/27/82
DESCRIPTION: Contains 1 TLS, dated 1/27/81 to JKK from Anthony O. Simon, secretary of the AMA. Includes 3 TL carbons to Simon from JKK.
Datespan: 12/1/81-5/27/82
DESCRIPTION: Contains memoranda, brochures and printed announcements relating to the Jacques Maritain Centenary celebration hosted by the AMA and the Jacques Maritain Institute at the University of Notre Dame.
Datespan: 1982-1987
DESCRIPTION: Contains miscellaneous forms and printed information pertaining to conferences held by the AMA. Includes 2 issues of the AMA newsletter, for Spring 1982 and Winter 1983.
Datespan: 5/22/61-8/11/76
DESCRIPTION: Contains chronological correspondence from Doubleday & Company publishers to JKK re various translation assignments. Includes correspondence from Doubleday editors, Elizabeth Bartelme and John Delaney who would both work with JKK on her book, "Our Friend Jacques Maritain," and with whom she maintained contact for many years. Includes Doubleday catalog 1974/75 listing JKK's book, "Our Friend Jacques Maritain."
Datespan: 9/20/78-10/6/78
DESCRIPTION: Contains TLS to JKK from Roberto Papini (Institut International Jacques Maritain), dated 9/20/78. Includes TL carbon from JKK in reply. Re the publication of the complete works of Maritain. Includes printed copy of statutes of the Institute.
Datespan: 1/6/55-10/6/73
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence from members of the Little Brothers of Jesus to JKK. The fraternity was founded on the inspiration of the life of Charles de Foucauld by Father Rene Voillaume - approved by the Holy See in 1968 as a congregation of papal jurisdiction. After the death of Raissa, Jacques Maritain retired from the world to Toulouse to join the fraternity in January 1961.
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Contains printed information about the fraternity. Includes AMs, 4 pp. by JKK about Jacques Maritain and the fraternity.
Date: 1/24/61
DESCRIPTION: Contains a scrapbook put together by JKK's colleagues at P.J. Kenedy and Sons publishers in honor of her birthday.
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Contains miscellaneous items belonging to JKK. Includes personalized stationery, admission card to the Institut Catholique de Paris.
Datespan: 1/13/42-12/11/46
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence from the American Red Cross to JKK and TDK during the war years. The bulk of this correspondence was received by JKK during TDK's internment.
Datespan: 2/16/43-8/12/43
DESCRIPTION: Contains mimeograph copies of letters home from interned members of the Red Cross at Baden Baden, 1943.
Datespan: c. 1937 - 5/23/40
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence to TDK from Conde Nast re his work for the latter's publications. Includes:
Datespan: 8/1/69-11/26/69
DESCRIPTION: Contains memorandum to staff announcing the retirement of TDK, 8/1/69. Includes telegram to TDK from Iva S.V. Patcevitch expressing well-wishes upon the former's retirement, 11/26/69.
Datespan: 1940-1944
DESCRIPTION: Contains business correspondence to TDK from the Psychological Warfare Division of the Allied Expeditionary Force, re employment. After his release from Baden Baden in 1943, TDK entered the U.S. Intelligence Service, serving in England and Germany until the end of the war. Includes TLS to TDK fro Colonel William J. ("Wild Bill") Donovan (1883-1959), dated 11/24/41.
Datespan: 4/17/40-12/28/44
DESCRIPTION: Contains TL carbons by TDK during the war years, to the U.S. Consulate, Spain, the Coordinator of Information, and the Office of War Information. The last letter, dated 12/26/44 concerns TDK's resignation from duties for the Office of War Information as a result of criticism he received for his book, "France on Berlin Time." In this 2 page TL carbon, TDK outlines the criticism and his attitude.
Datespan: 1942-1945
DESCRIPTION: Miscellaneous undated accounts of aspects of World War II. Some are official reports for the Office of War Information. Others are personal eye-witness accounts of the effect of the Nazi invasion of France on civilian life. Also includes four printed booklets re the occupation and liberation of Paris, 1942-45.
Datespan: 3/16/20-8/9/21
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence to TDK from the Census Bureau (March 1920-June 1920), and from the Inter American High Commission, concerning employment.
Datespan: 11/3/1915-12/10/1971
DESCRIPTION: Contains various awards and certificates honoring the achievements of TDK. Includes Georgetown diplomas, citation from the American Red Cross, certificate of appreciation for service in the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey.
Datespan: c. 1940-1945
DESCRIPTION: Contains documents and personal identification papers carried by TDK during the war. Includes safe conduct forms .
Date: 3/31/44
DESCRIPTION: Contains passport documents and identification card issued to TDK for his work with the American Red Cross during the Second World War.
Undated
DESCRIPTION: Contains business cards belonging to TDK; membership card; book plate.
Datespan: 6/8/61-7/11/72
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence between TDK and his accountants concerning personal finances, his aunts' estate, taxes, etc.
Datespan: 12/31/66-6/30/73
DESCRIPTION: Contains chronological financial statements.
Datespan: c. 5/09/75-12/31/75
DESCRIPTION: Contains newspaper and magazine obituaries for TDK. Includes condolences from Harry Yoxall, among others. Also includes mass card.
Datespan: 2/19/70-3/4/70
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence from Doubleday & Co. publishers to JKK re a review and report on a manuscript by Michel Quoist entitled, "Le Christ est Vivant." Includes a TMs carbon of JKK's report.
Date: 1/25/71-2/10/71
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence from Doubleday & Co. publishers to JKK re a reading and report of an essay by Jacques Maritain, entitled, "De l"Eglise du Christ." Includes a TMs carbon of JKK's review.
Datespan: 3/25/70-4/2/70
DESCRIPTION: Contains correspondence from Doubleday & Co. publishers to JKK re a reading and report on Henri du Lubac's book, "La Foi Chretienne: Essaie sur la structure du symbole des apotres." Includes TMs carbon of the report by JKK.
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