Christopher Dawson (1889-1970) was an English Catholic intellectual and author of books, articles, and scholarly monographs on the relations of religion and culture and the Christian sources for the development of western civilization. His intellectual interests were remarkably comprehensive and covered a wide range of historical periods and cultural contexts. Lecturer in the History of Culture, University College, Exeter, Gifford lecturer and first recipient of the Chauncey Stillman Chair of Roman Catholic Studies at Harvard University (1958-1962), Dawson was also editor of the Dublin Review.

The Dawson Collection is part of the Collection of the Center for Catholic Studies, a  gift of Eugene and Faye Sitzmann of St. Paul. The collection is held by the Special Collections Department.  The Christopher Dawson papers include manuscripts of his publications, correspondence with colleagues and publishers, and Dawson's extensive library of works on philosophy, theology, Christian education, the history of religion, Europe, the Middle East and the United States.

The collection of works from Christopher Dawson's personal library have been cataloged and are filed in the Special Collections Department. Cataloging information on these books has been entered into the University of St. Thomas' online public access library catalog (designated OSF-Special-Dawson) available for searching   at http://clicnet.clic.edu/ 

The Christopher Dawson Collection database is an online index to the manuscript collection. Please click on the button below to view the search page.

A traditional finding aid to the Christopher Dawson Collection can be accessed here.

For further information about the Dawson Collection at the University of St. Thomas, please
contact Ann M. Kenne (amkenne1@stthomas.edu), Head of Special Collections.

For copyright and terms of use for the Dawson Collection please click here. 

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