Jonah House Collected Records
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1977-
Language of Material
Materials are in English.
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research without restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
Jonah House began as a faith-based community in 1973 with a group of people that included Philip Berrigan, a Catholic priest, and Elizabeth McAlister, formerly a Catholic nun. From its inception, the community included religious and lay people, married and single people, children and adults, younger and older people; motto: "nonviolence, resistance and community"; moved from a row house in west Baltimore, Maryland, to St. Peter's Cemetery in 1996, which members of Jonah House help maintain; Jonah House is a Catholic Worker House of Resistance.
Extent
0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
Subject
- Jonah House (Organization)
- Jonah House (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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