University of St. Thomas

Christina Dawson Scott Papers

Scope and Content:

The collection includes lectures and writings by and correspondence to Mrs. Scott as well as planning materials for the Dawson Centenary Celebrations.

Provenance:

Material in the Christina Scott Collection was given to the University of St. Thomas in November 2002 by Dominic Scott, the son of Christina Scott

Processed by:   Ann Kenne, 2002 -2003.

INVENTORY:
 
Series I.  Correspondence

Box/Folder

1/1          General Correspondence, nd, 1970 – 1984

1/2          General Correspondence, 1985 – 2000

1/3          Correspondence regarding Christopher Dawson Memoir for the British Academy, 1971

1/4          Correspondence with Msgr. Eugene Clark / Homeland Foundation, 1992- 1993

1/5          Correspondence re:  Dictionary of National Biography entry for Christopher Dawson, 1989 – 1992

1/6          Correspondence with George Every, 1973- 1987

1/7          Correspondence with Adrian Hastings, 1985, 1996

1/8          Correspondence with John Hayes, 1972, 1989 
  
1/9          Correspondence with James Hitchcock, 1988 – 1999

1/10          Correspondence with Edward King, 1974 – 2000

1/11          Correspondence with Russell Kirk (re: Homeland Foundation proposal), 1992 – 1993

1/12          Correspondence with David Knowles, 1971 – 1974

1/13          Correspondence with John Mulloy, 1980 – 1993

1/14          Correspondence regarding North American Review articles by John Mulloy, 1977 – 1978

1/15          Correspondence with E. J. Oliver, 1970 – 1991 

1/16          Correspondence with Bruno Schleisinger, nd, 1972 – 2000

1/17          Correspondence with Chauncey Stillman, 1980 – 1988

1/18          Correspondence with Francis Sweeney, 1990

1/19          Correspondence with the University of St. Thomas (MN), 1997 – 2000

1/20          Correspondence re: proposed Wetherfield Symposium, 1985 – 1986

 
Series II.  Publishing and Publications

1/21          Correspondence with Catholic University Press, 1987

1/22          Correspondence re: special Dawson issue of the Chesterton Review, 1982 – 1983

1/23          Correspondence with Ignatius Press, 1986 – 1987

1/24          Correspondence regarding publication permissions, 1970 – 1990

1/25          Correspondence and Notes relating to meeting with Gerald Griffin, 1993

1/26          Correspondence with Sheldon Press, 1976 – 1986

1/27          Correspondence with Sherwood Sugden & Co., 1976 – 1978

1/28          Correspondence with Transaction Press, 1992 – 1997

 
Series III. Centennial of Christopher Dawson’s Birth

1/29          Correspondence regarding Centenary Lecture, 1989 – 1990

1/30          Guest List for Centenary Lecture, 1990

1/31          Christina Scott’s remarks for Centenary Lecture, 1990

1/32          “Christopher Dawson Centennial Lecture” by Lord Rawlinson, 1990

1/33          Correspondence regarding Centenary Mass, 1989

1/34          Farmington Institute for Christian Culture Conference: A Christian Vision for the New Europe, 1989 – 1990

 
Series IV. Lectures and Writings

1/35        “Dead Among the Living – Typescript,  nd

1/36         A Historian and His World -  Synposis,  nd

1/36a        A Historian and His World – Typescript Drafts of Epilogue by James Oliver, nd

1/37          A Historian and His World – Reviews, 1984 – 1993

1/38          Lecture to Opus Dei, Oxford, 1988

1/39          Letters to the Editor, 1971 – 2000

1/40          Lecture to “The Keys” St. Etheldreda’s, Ely Place, nd

1/41          Correspondence re: St. Mary’s College Lecture, 1998

1/42         The Meaning of the Millennium : The Ideas of Christopher Dawson, nd

1/43    The Meaning of the Millennium : The Ideas of Christopher Dawson,” Lecture at St. Mary’s College, 1998

1/44          Correspondence re: Phoenix Institute Lecture, 1999

1/45          Vision and Legacy of Christopher Dawson,” Downside Review, Vol. 114, No 397, October 1996 
    
1/46          Correspondence regarding Honorary Degree from St. Mary’s College, 1993
 
Series V.  Miscellaneous  

1/48          “Christopher ‘Tiger’ Dawson, 1889 – 1970” by Harmond Grisewood, nd

1/49          Suggested Dawson Reading Plan with Annotations by Edward King, nd

1/50          “Opening Lecture at the College of Europe, Brussels,” by Dr. J. Lukaszewski, 1988

1/51          “Christopher Dawson,”  by P.M.S. Pinto, 1989

1/52          “Dawson and Europe,” by Estaban Pujals, nd

1/53          “Christopher Dawson : Historian of Christendom and Europe,”  by Jeremy White, 1986

1/54          Miscellaneous Materials regarding David Jones, 1976 - 1991