Paul Hanly FurfeyAn inventory of the Paul Hanly Furfey Papers at The American Catholic History Research Center and University ArchivesContact Information:
Biographical NoteMonsignor Paul Hanly Furfey was born on 30 June 1896 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to James Arthur Furfey and Margaret Connell Hanly. His elementary education was at St. Mary's and St. Paul's Parochial schools in Cambridge, 1902-1909, followed by secondary education at Boston College High School, 1909-1913. For higher education, he attended Boston College, 1913-1917, where he received an A.B.; was a Knights of Columbus Fellow at The Catholic University of America (CUA), 1917-1918, specializing in Psychology; went to St. Mary's University in Baltimore, Maryland, receiving a masters of arts degree in 1918; then Theological studies at St. Mary's and the Sulpician Seminary in Washington, D.C., 1918-1922. He also served as acting Assistant Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in the summer of 1922. He returned to CUA, 1922 to 1926, pursuing on a doctorate with major work in Sociology and minor work in Psychology and Biology. His 1926 dissertation, The Gang Age, was a study of preadolescent boys at St. Martin's School for Boys. He also studied medicine in Berlin and Frankfurt from 1931 to 1932, obtained an L.L.D. from Duquesne University in 1944, and an L.H.D. from St. John's University in New York in 1969. Furfey was ordained in 1922 and became a Domestic Prelate in 1958. He joined the CUA faculty as an instructor in 1925, became an Assistant Professor in 1931 and Professor in 1940. He was Acting Head of the Sociology Department from 1934 to 1940 and Head from 1940 to 1963. He also served as Co-Director, along with Thomas J. Harte, of the Department's Bureau of Social Research (BSR) and of CUA's Center for Research in Child Development. In 1936, he was one of the founders, along with Glady Sellew, of Il Poverello House, a settlement house for the poor and homeless on Tenth Street, Northwest, in Washington, D.C. In 1940, he was the co-founder of another house, Fides House, on Tenth Street, along with Mary Elizabeth Walsh, a former student, fellow Sociology professor, and lifelong friend. Fides House was started as a project in Catholic social activism and study of a deteriorated D.C. neighborhood. The house garnered archdiocesan support and Walsh served as its director until her resignation in 1958. Furfey served as chaplain and member of the board of directors. Furfey was also involved with several other local organizations and institutions, serving as Assistant Director of Catholic Charities of Washington as well as teaching at Trinity College and at the National Catholic School for Social Service (NCSSS). He also was in New York City as one of two part-time Assistant Directors of the Juvenile Delinquency Evaluation Project (JDEP) tasked to make a full scale fact finding survey of how public and private agencies could combat juvenile delinquency. At the national level he was President of the American Catholic Sociological Society. Msgr. Furfey retired in 1966 and became Professor Emeritus, remaining at CUA as a Lecturer and continuing his work at the BSR until 1972. He published numerous articles and books including Fire on the Earth (1936), History of Social Thought (1942), The Scope and Method of Sociology (1953), The Respectable Murderers (1966), and Love and the Urban Ghetto (1974). He received the papal medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice in 1958 in recognition of his teaching, research, and writing. He died on June 8, 1992 at Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsThe voluminous Furfey papers contains correspondence, both personal and professional, as well as reference and research material, calendars and address books, student notes and papers, photographs, multi-media material, memorabilia, financial records, and printed material. These papers reflect the decades of educational, religious, and social activist efforts of Msgr. Furfey and Dr. Walsh from a Catholic intellectual and spiritual perspective. The material deposited in the CUA archives was loose and unorganized, often without folders, with much work needed to attempt to separate Furfey material from that of Dr. Walsh. When there was doubt as to authorship, material was retained in the Furfey papers consisting of ten series numbering some 135 record center boxes. The Walsh papers reflect a similar format, but with only seven series and some 37 record center boxes. Series 1 is Correspondence, 1920-1992, in boxes 1-14. There are two subseries, with the first having personal correspondence dated 1920-1992 and located in boxes 1-4 and the second being professional correspondence dated 1925-1992 stored in boxes 4-14. The latter has a file level index that especially reflects Msgr. Furfey's interaction with peers and students in broad social and intellectual activities as well as personal advancement and achievement. Among the wide range of notable personages he corresponded with are controversial theologian Charles Curran, diplomat Thomas P. Melady, psychiatrist and monk Thomas Verner Moore, poet June Vanleer Williams, and pacifist Gordon Zahn. He was also in contact with social justice advocates Ada Bethune and Dorothy Day of the Catholic Worker as well as Baroness Catherine De Hueck-Doherty of Madonna House. Finally, he was in regular correspondence with fellow CUA sociology professors Thomas J. Harte, William J. Kerby, C. Joseph Nuesse, Gladys Sellew, and Mary Elizabeth Walsh. Series 2 is Catholic University Sociology Department/Bureau of Social Research (BSR) Records, 1916-1992, in boxes 15-89. This has been divided into two subseries, with the first consisting of records of the Sociology Department, 1928-1980, in boxes 15-22, that entail a variety of material regarding the administration of the department, before, during, and after his tenure as department head, 1934-1963. The second subseries has material of the Bureau of Social Research (BSR), which was created by Furfey and fellow Sociology professor Thomas J. Harte as a facility for contract and grant research. It avoided structure and a statement of specific goals as it was an ongoing experiment that they believed had an important academic role in the training of students by providing them with dissertation topics and Sociological data. A major portion is a mass of reference material, 1916-1992, mostly printed and filed according to an alphabetical code. There are also studies, workshops, and grant project files, including the St. Martin's School for Boys, 1925-1930; the Baltimore Deaf Community Research Project (BDCRP), 1962-1973; Juvenile Delinquency Evaluation Project (JDEP), 1959-1960; and the Infant Education Research Project (IERP), 1967-1973. Because of their sensitive nature, case files for St. Martin's, the BCDRP, and the IERP are restricted. Finally, there are field work records, including Emmaus House, Friendship House, Madonna House, Il Poverello House, and Fides House. Series 3 is Calendars, Address Books, and Related Material, 1932-1981, boxes 90-91. The calendars are mostly small desk ones with notes written in both pen and ink, though there are also the occasional wall calendars present. The address books also include some addresses written in notebooks and on note cards. Series 4 is Education Records, ca. 1904-1991, boxes 92-94. These are his personal education records divided into two subseries. The first is Furfey's Student Notes and Books, ca. 1905-1931, in boxes 92-93. This includes handwritten notes, notebooks, and early twentieth century text books such as the 1902 edition of Thomas Lawlor's Essentials of American History. The second is Diplomas, Awards, and Honorary Degrees, 1909-1991, in box 94. This is a mix of awards, diplomas, and degrees he earned earlier in his life and awards and honorary degrees he received later. Most of these are rolled up documents in Latin. Series 5 is Photographs, 1896-1992, in boxes 95-98. These include personal portraits, family photos, and photos of his professional activities. Series 6 is Phonographs and Audio Tapes, ca. 1930-1992, in boxes 98-99. It has phonograph records, including some that were clearly recreational while others were educational. There are also three audio tapes. One is a 1988 interview with Bruce Lescher. The other two, one from about 1960 and the other from 1992, do not have any indication as to subject. Series 7 is Genealogy, Artifacts, and Memorabilia, 1803(1896-1980)1980, in boxes 100-101. This includes correspondence, both original and photocopies, as well as notebooks and charts related to both sides of Msgr. Furfey's family. There are also miscellaneous artifacts and memorabilia that include material such as an old coin purse and assorted desk utensils that may have belonged to his parents or other family members. Series 8 is Postcard, Devotional, Travel, Exhibit, and Map Collections, ca. 1920-1980, in boxes 102-104 and oversize storage. It has a mix of mostly miscellaneous material. Series 9 is Financial Records, 1887(1920-1992)1992, boxes 105-116. There are personal financial records including income taxes, banking, investments, medical, auto, housing, legal, and miscellaneous. Series 10 is Publications and Publicity Material, 1914-1992, boxes 117-135. This material reflects Furfey's voluminous writing of books, articles, reviews, and speeches, with the resulting publicity, i.e. commentary and press coverage. Included are unpublished galleys and notes as well as editorial correspondence preserved in addition to the final published versions. There is also a section that has copies of the three magazines for which Furfey served as contributing editor: Preservation of the Faith, Light, and Liturgy and Sociology. Series 11 is Oversize Material, 1909-1958, n.d., in box 136. This includes Furfey's framed 1926 doctorate degree from CUA, an undated sketch of Il Poverello House, a framed photograph of he and his parents from the 1920s, and bound volumes of The Catholic Worker from 1933-1936. Return to the Table of Contents ArrangementThe Paul Hanly Furfey Papers consists of ten series: Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsRestrictions on AccessThe collection is generally open except for restricted case files from Series 2 related to St. Martin's School for Boys, the Baltimore Deaf Community Research Project (BDCRP), and the Infant Education Research Project (IERP). Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationAcquisition InformationThe first deposit of Msgr. Furfey's papers was on August 26, 1983 and entailed correspondence, financial records, and printed material. A month later, September 26, 1984, Msgr. Furfey and fellow Sociology professor, Dr. Mary Elizabeth Walsh, whose papers were also included, signed deed of gift forms which were witnessed by Library Director Eric L. Ormsby and Dr. Anthony Zito. A second accession of records was received on October 16, 1984 and contained mostly correspondence. The third accession was received on April 13, 1987, with a small accession received July 8, 1988 from Brother Bruce Lescher consisting of mostly photocopied correspondence and interviews with Furfey. The fifth accession, received on June 5, 1991, consisted of printed material, scrapbooks, and phonographs. There was another small accession of miscellaneous printed material received July 22, 1991 from former student Edna O’Hearn. The terminal accession, received from Carroll Manor on June 25, 1992 following Msgr. Furfey’s death, included correspondence, memorabilia, genealogy, and financial records. Due to his lifelong professional and personal collaboration with Dr. Walsh, their records were largely intertwined and difficult to separate. The decision was made initially to treat Furfey and Walsh material as two parts of a joint collection, dividing wherever possible. This is reflected in the 1996 series level inventory describing a collection with two parts of parallel organization with much cross-referencing. When there was a doubt as to authorship, material was placed in the Furfey section consisting of ten series numbering some 135 record center boxes. In 2011, the Walsh material was finally separated and set up as an independent collection, reflecting a similar structure to the Furfey papers, but with only seven series and some 37 record center boxes. Processing Information
Processing in 1996 and 2011 by William J. Shepherd. EAD markup in 2011 by William John Shepherd. Additional contributions by Josh Sakolsky in 1996, Joseph M. Turrini in 2003, and Carter Rawson in 2011. Return to the Table of Contents Related MaterialCatholic Charities USA Records Paul Cooke Papers John Montgomery Cooper Papers William Joseph Kerby Papers Norman McKenna Papers National Catholic School of Social Service Records Papers C. Joseph Nuesse Papers United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Executive Department/Office of the General Secretary Records Mary Elizabeth Walsh Papers Return to the Table of Contents Index TermsThis record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms. Persons:Bethune, Ada
Brophy, Mary Liguori
Carey, Graham
Curran, Charles
Day, Dorothy
De Hueck-Doherty, Baroness Catherine
Ellis, John Tracy
Harte, Thomas J.
Kerby, William J.
Lundberg, George
Melady, Thomas P.
Moore, Thomas Verner
Murphy, Beatrice
Nuesse, C. Joseph
Sellew, Gladys
Walsh, Mary Elizabeth
Williams, June Vanleer
Zahn, Gordon
Organizations:American Catholic Philosophical Society
American Catholic Sociological Society
Catholic Association for International Peace
Catholic Commission for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs
Catholic University of America
Catholic Worker
National Catholic School of Social Service
National Catholic Welfare Conference
St. Martin's School for Boys
St. Mary's University, Baltimore
Sulpician Seminary, Washington, D.C.
Places:Baltimore, Maryland
Berlin, Germany
Boston, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Frankfurt, Germany
Frederick, Maryland
New York, New York
Washington, D.C.
Subjects:Childhood Education
Feminism
Pacifism
Psychology
Race Relations
Social Activism
Social Work
Sociology
Select BibliographyBaxter, Michael John. 'Blowing the Dynamite of the Church: Catholic Radicalism from a Catholic Radicalist Perspective.' In The Church as Counterculture, ed. Michael L. Budde and Robert W. Brimlow, 195-212. New York: State University of New York Press, 2000.Baxter, Michael John. 'In Service to the Nation: A Critical Analysis of the Formation of the Americanist Tradition in Catholic Social Ethics (John Courtney Murray).' Ph.D. dissertation, Duke University, 1996. Baxter, Michael John. 'Notes on Catholic Americanism and Catholic Radicalism: Toward a Counter-Tradition of Catholic Social Ethics.' In Catholic Theology Annual, Vol. 42 (1996) ed. Sandra Yocum Mize and William Portier. Burns, Jeffrey Mark. 'American Catholics and the Family Crisis 1930-1962, The Ideological and Organizational Response.' Ph.D. dissertation, Notre Dame University, 1982. Connell, William Leo. 'An Investigation of Catholic Social Teaching in 'The Christian Front': 1936-1942 (Richard Deverall, Norman McKenna).' Ph.D. dissertation, The Catholic University of America, 1996. Curran, Charles E. "Paul Hanly Furfey: Theorist of American Catholic Radicalism," The American Ecclesiastical Review. 166, no. 10 (December 1972): 650-677. Curran, Charles E. 'The Catholic Worker and Paul Hanly Furfey.' In American Catholic Social Ethics: Twentieth-Century Approaches, 130-171. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1982. Furfey, Paul Hanly. Fire on the Earth. New York: Macmillan, 1936. Furfey, Paul Hanly. 'From Catholic Liberalism to Catholic Radicalism,' The American Ecclesiastical Review 166, no. 10 (December 1972): 678-686. Furfey, Paul Hanly. The Gang Age. New York: Macmillan, 1926. Furfey, Paul Hanly. A History of Social Thought. New York: Macmillan, 1942. Furfey, Paul Hanly. Love and the Urban Ghetto. New York: Orbis, 1978. Furfey, Paul Hanly. The Morality Gap. New York: Macmillan, 1968. Furfey, Paul Hanly. The Mystery of Iniquity. Milwaukee: Bruce, 1944. Furfey, Paul Hanly. The Respectable Murderers. New York: Herder and Herder, 1966. Furfey, Paul Hanly. The Scope and Method of Sociology. New York: Harper, 1953. Furfey, Paul Hanly. Three Theories of Society. New York: Macmillan, 1937. Joseph, John E. 'Paul Hanly Furfey and the Origins of American Sociolinguistics,' Historiographia Linguistica (Netherlands) 19, no. 1 (1992): 111-143. Lescher, Bruce H. 'Paul Hanley Furfey: Insights from a Spiritual Pilgramage,' Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia 107, no. 3-4 (1996): 39-63. Lescher, Bruce H., CSC. 'The Spiritual Life and Social Action in American Catholic Spirituality: William J. Kerby and Paul Hanly Furfey.' Ph.D. dissertation, Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, California), 1990. McCarraher, Eugene B. 'The Church Irrelevant: Paul Hanly Furfey and the Fortunes of American Catholic Radicalism,' Religion and Christian Culture 7, no. 2 (Summer 1997): 163-194. Misztal, Bronislaw, Francesco Villa, Eric Sean Wililams (eds), Paul Hanly Furfey's Quest for a Good Society. Washington: Council for Research and Values in Philosophy, 2005. Nuesse, C. Joseph. 'Correspondence on Neo-Positivism Between Paul Hanly Furfey and George A. Lundberg, 1954-56: A Research Note (n.d.).' The American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Paris, Jenell Williams. 'Fides Means Faith, A Catholic Neighborhood House in Lower Northwest Washington, DC,' Washington History 11, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 1999-2000): 24-45, 92-94. Rademacher, Nicholas K. 'Apostle of Social Justice: Paul Hanly Furfey and the Construction of a Catholic Culture,' Ph.D. dissertation, The Catholic University of America, 2006. Rademacher, Nicholas K. 'Paul Hanly Furfey and the Social Sciences: Liberal, Radical, and Revolutionary,' U.S. Catholic Historian 25, no. 4 (Fall 2007): 23-43. Serano, Joseph A. 'The Social Mission of the Church in the Writings of Paul Hanly Furfey and John Courtney Murray: Analysis and Assessment.' Ph.D. dissertation, The Catholic University of America, 1981. Smith, Richard G. 'Furfey, Paul Hanly (1896-1992),' in The Encyclopedia of American Catholic History, ed. Michael Glazier and Thomas J. Shelley, 557. Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1997. Walsh, Mary Elizabeth. American Social Problems. New York: The Catholic University of America Press, 1942. Walsh, Mary Elizabeth. The Saints and Social Work: A Study of the Treatment of Poverty as Illustrated by the Lives of the Saints and Beati of the Last 100 Years. Ph.D. Dissertation, Catholic University of America, 1936.
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TABLE OF CONTENTSDetailed Description of the Collection Series 1: Correspondence, 1920-1992 Series 3: Calendars and Address Books, 1932-1981 Series 4: Education Records, ca. 1905-1991 Series 5: Photographs, 1896-1992 Series 6: Phonographs and Audio Tapes, ca. 1930-1992 Series 7: Genealogy, Artifacts, and Memorabilia, 1803(1896-1980)1980 Series 8: Postcard, Devotional, Travel, Exhibit, and Map Collections, ca. 1920-1982, n.d. Series 9: Financial Records, 1887(1920-1992)1992 |
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