Finding Aid for the Michael Denis Cullen Papers
Papers of a religious educator who co-founded Milwaukee's Casa Maria Catholic Worker House of Hospitality (1966) and destroyed draft records in the "Milwaukee Fourteen" anti-war action in 1968, for which he served 9 months in federal prison before being deported to Ireland. (He was re...
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MDC Finding Aid for the Michael Denis Cullen Papers Finding aid prepared by Phil Runkel Marquette University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Finding aid encoded by Bill Fliss, November 4, 2009 Finding aid written inEnglish. Collection Summary Marquette University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Cullen, Michael Denis Michael Denis Cullen papers 1942, 1953-2001 4.3 cubic feet (16 boxes). Papers of a religious educator who co-founded Milwaukee's Casa Maria Catholic Worker House of Hospitality (1966) and destroyed draft records in the "Milwaukee Fourteen" anti-war action in 1968, for which he served 9 months in federal prison before being deported to Ireland. (He was readmitted to the United States in 1991.) MDC English Biography of Michael Denis Cullen Michael Denis Cullen was born in Ireland in 1941 and raised in County Wicklow. As a teenager, he joined the White Friars missionary order. In 1961 Cullen emigrated to the United States, spurred by an encounter with an American priest from Pueblo, Colorado who encouraged him to seek ordination in the Pueblo diocese. Cullen studied in Pueblo for a year and then spent time at the Benedictine monastery in Conception, Missouri before settling at St. Lawrence Seminary at Mt. Calvary, Wisconsin. Cullen left the seminary in 1964 to marry Annette "Netty" Rhody. The two established a home in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, where Cullen managed an insurance office. In 1966 Michael and Netty left their home and careers in Cedarburg to found the Casa Maria Catholic Worker House of Hospitality in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A supporter of the civil rights movement, Cullen also became an outspoken opponent of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. On September 24, 1968, Cullen and thirteen other anti-war protesters broke into Milwaukee's Selective Service office, seized draft records, and then burned them publicly in a park across the street. The "Milwaukee Fourteen" were arrested and prosecuted in high-profile trials. In 1970 a court convicted Cullen for his involvement in the Milwaukee Fourteen action and sentenced him to a year at the Federal Penitentiary in Sandstone, Minnesota. He began serving his sentence in March 1970 but was released in February 1971 for time served. Following Cullen's release, he and Netty lived for a year in northern Wisconsin before returning to the Milwaukee area. In 1973 the U.S. Government ordered Cullen deported. Michael and Netty settled with their children in Ireland, where he became active in lay ministry and retreat direction. Over the next eighteen years, Cullen tried repeatedly to return to the United States, but U.S. authorities refused his requests. Cullen was finally readmitted to the country on October 17, 1991. He and Netty subsequently settled on a farm in northern Wisconsin. Scope and Contents of the Collection Includes correspondence, legal records (including case files from the office of his attorney, James Shellow), manuscripts, photographs, press clippings, publications, and audiotape recordings, largely relating to Cullen's social ministry, anti-war activism, and imprisonment. Correspondents include Daniel and Philip Berrigan, Dorothy Day, James Groppi, and Albion Ross. Arrangement of the Papers This collection is arranged into the following series. 1 General Correspondence, 1960-1977, undated 2 Family Correspondence, 1961-1977, undated 2.1 Correspondence between Michael and Annette Cullen - Restricted, 1963-1976 3 Manuscripts by Michael Cullen, 1963-1977, undated 4 Financial Records, 1964-1971 5 Material pertaining to Michael Cullen, 1953-1991, undated 6 Audio Recordings, 1962-1973 7 Legal Records, 1942, 1964, 1968-2001 Restrictions on Access Correspondence between Michael Cullen and his wife, Annette, is closed to research use except by permission of the donor. Several audio recordings are also restricted and are marked as such under Series 6 of the finding aid. Restrictions on Use The archives staff will assist researchers in determining if copyright restrictions apply, although responsibility for copyright and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Related Materials Index Terms This collection is indexed under the following headings in MARQCAT, the online public access catalog of the Marquette University Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings. Persons: Berrigan, Daniel Berrigan, Phillip Cullen, Michael, 1941- -- Archives Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980 Groppi, James, 1930- Ross, Albion, 1906-1988 Subjects: Casa Maria Catholic Worker Community (Milwaukee, Wis.) Catholic Worker Movement Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Draft resisters -- United States Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Series Number, Box Number, Folder Number (if applicable). Michael Denis Cullen Papers. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Marquette University. Acquisition Information Gift of Michael Denis Cullen, 1977. Accruals No further accruals expected for this collection. Detailed Description of the Collection Series 1: General Correspondence, 1960-1977, undated. 0.5 cubic feet. 1 1 Correspondence, 1960-1972 1 2 Correspondence, 1973-1977, undated Series 2: Family Correspondence, 1961-1977, undated. 0.3 cubic feet. 1 Correspondence, 1961-1977, undated Series 2.1: Correspondence Between Michael and Annette Cullen (RESTRICTED), 1963-1976. 0.6 cubic feet. 1 Correspondence, 1963 - 1970 November 1 Correspondence, 1970 December - 1976 Series 3: Manuscripts by Michael Cullen, 1963-1977, undated. 0.2 cubic feet 1 1 "An Awakening Giant," 1963 April 6 1 2 "A Problem of Today," 1963 May 2 1 3 "The Forgotten Glories of an Island," 1964 January 14 1 4 "Yeates and the Folk-Theatre," 1964 May 15 1 5 "Peace Be with Youth," 1966 May 11 1 6 "Bible Vigil," 1966 September 14 1 7 "Poverty and the Family in the Church of Renewal," 1969 1 8 Spiritual Diary (fragmentary), 1970 1 9 Editorial Correspondence (A Time to Dance), 1971-1972 1 10 Journal (fragmentary), 1972 1 11 "An Open Letter to the Sioux Nation at Wounded Knee," 1973 March 25 1 12 Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1967-1972, undated Series 4: Financial Records, 1964-1971. 0.3 cubic feet. 1 1 Financial Records, 1964-1971 1 2 Income Tax Returns for 1964, dated 1965 March 29 Series 5: Materials Pertaining to Michael Cullen, 1953-1991, undated. 0.5 cubic feet. 1 1-3 Deportation, 1970-1985 1 4 Diploma (in Gaelic), 1959 1 5 Employment Records, 1964-1965, 1968 1 6 Immigration and Naturalization Documents, 1964, 1968 1 7 Manuscripts by Others, 1969-1976, undated 1 8 Marriage Records, 1964 Milwaukee Fourteen, 1 9 Court Documents, 1969-1971 1 10 General Information, 1968-1970 1 11 Letters for Room 24, 5th Street School (Milwaukee), 1969 February 13 1 12 Miscellaneous Records, 1953, 1965-1971, undated 1 13 Petition for Apostolic Blessing, 1963 April 10 1 14 Photographs, 1961-1970, 1978, 1987, undated 1 15 Photographs of Michael Cullen, circa 1960-1976 2 1 Prison Records, 1970-1971 2 2 Speaking Engagements, 1966-1973 Writings by and about Michael Cullen, 2 3 "Violence in Search of Peace: An Interview with Michael Cullen." Scholastic, 1969 May 9, pp. 18-20. 2 4 Gintoft, Ethel. "Why would a Person Burn Draft Records?" U.S. Catholic/Jubilee, 36 (September 1971): 6-13. 2 5 Cullen, Michael. "Surprised by Grace." New Creation, 3 (1985): 7-11. 2 6 Circulars and Newsletters, 1969-1990 2 7-8 Clippings and Ephemera concerning Michael Cullen, 1964-1991 Series 6: Audio Recordings, 1962-1976. 0.5 cubic feet. All recordings have been reformatted from the original reel-to-reel tapes or audiocassettes. Unrestricted recordings are available on CD or as .wav or .mp3. Running times are expressed in the following format: (hours:minutes:seconds). Michael Cullen's Christmas message to his family in Ireland (54:02) [RESTRICTED], circa 1962 Draft Resistance Meeting, Milwaukee, (readings and talks by several speakers, including Michael Cullen) (44:08), Spring 1968 Discussion of Catonsville Action by Rev. Paul Mayer, Mary Moylan, and George Mische, Milwaukee(?) (31:09), July(?) 1968 Talk by Michael Cullen, (24:25), 1968 August 25 Baptism of Brigid Cullen (31:42) [RESTRICTED], undated Michael Cullen on WOKY-Talky talk show, WOKY-AM, Milwaukee (1:38:34), circa 1969 Interview of Michael Cullen by Fr. Don Ranly (basis for A Time to Dance), (6:12:17), 1970 January Talk by Michael Cullen at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2:08:00), circa 1970 February Michael Cullen on The Stan Major Show radio talk show) (55:59), 1971 May 3 Discussions of Christian radicalism, led by Michael Cullen, evidently at a college in northern Wisconsin (1:24:20), 1972 January Interview of Michael Cullen by Peter Genovese and David Vogel of the Marquette Tribune, Milwaukee (59:30), 1973 September 6 Reflections and songs by Michael Cullen, recorded at the home of Monica and Thomas Cornell, Newburgh, NY(34:37) [RESTRICTED], 1973 September 6 Michael Cullen on Ira Fistell's talk show, WEMP-AM, Milwaukee (48:35), 1973 Conversations between Michael and Annette Cullen and Charles and Betsy Boyle, Dublin, Ireland (1:28:40) [RESTRICTED], 1976 September 21-23 Series 7: Legal Records, 1942, 1964, 1968-2001. 1.5 cubic feet. United States v. Michael Denis Cullen Trial Transcripts, 1 1 Volume I, 1970 1 2 Volume II, 1970 1 3 Volume III, 1970 1 4 Volume IV, 1970 1 5 Volume V, 1970 1 6 Volume VI, 1970 1 7 Volume VII, 1970 1 8 Volume VIII, 1970 1 9 Transcript of Testimony of Defendant, 1970 1 10 Transcript of Sound Track of Movie Film Exhibited in Open Court, 1970 1 11 Transcript of Sound Track of Video Tape Marked Plaintiff's Exhibit I, 1970 1 12 Transcript of Proceedings Upon Testimony of Defendant, 1970 2 1 Appeal Papers, court documents, correspondence, notes, 1969-1970 2 2 Appeal Preparation, research notes, 1968-1970 2 3 Closing Statement, notes, clippings, court documents, correspondence, 1968-1970 2 4 Correspondence, 1970 2 5 Costs, receipts, correspondence, schedules, 1968-1970 2 6 Court Documents, 1970 2 7 In Forma Pauperis court documents, correspondence, income tax returns, 1968-1971 2 8 Instructions to Jury, notes, court documents, 1970, undated 2 9 Jury, notes, court documents, jury lists, 1969-1970 3 1 Legal Research, 1968, 1971, 1972, undated 3 2 Orders, Indictment, Pretrial Motion Briefs, 1968-1971 3 3 Subpoenas for Witnesses, 1970, undated 3 4 Trial Correspondence/Dates, 1968-1971 3 5 Trial Research, court documents, research notes, 1970, undated 3 6 Witnesses, lists, correspondence, petitions, 1970, undated 3 7 Witnesses, transcripts of Grand Jury Inquest, 1970 3 8 Citizenship, correspondence, court documents, birth and marriage certificates, 1942, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1977, 1991 3 9 Corum Nobis legal documents, 1968, 1969, 1977 3 10 Cullen, Michael and Annette, Part I, correspondence, court documents, reports, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1987, 1991 4 1 Cullen, Michael and Annette, Part II, correspondence, court documents, reports, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1987, 1991 4 2 Deportation, transcripts, cassette tapes, clippings, court documents, 1972-1973 4 3 Forms, affidavits, applications, 1973, 1985 4 4 INS (Immigration and Naturalization Services), court records, correspondence, 1991, 1998-2001 4 5 Legal Records-Cullen Letters, correspondence, 1980, 1985-1987, 1991 4 6 Legal Records-INS Orders and Findings, reports, correspondence, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1985 4 7 Legal Records-Summary History, notes, correspondence, 1973, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1991 4 8 Legal Research, notes, federal documents, 1970, 1973, 1985 4 9 Letters-Correspondence, 1987, 1989, 1990-1991 4 10 Letters of Support, correspondence, clippings, 1970, 1972-1973, 1979 4 11 Letters of Support, correspondence, 1985 5 1 Pardon Application, legal documents, correspondence, 1985 5 2 Publications: "Delivered into Resistance" and "Who Loses if Mike Cullen is Deported," 1969, 1973 5 3 Publicity, news clippings, 1968, 1970 5 4 Re-entry Application, correspondence, news clippings, cassette tape, court document, 1972, 1973, 1977-1979 5 5 Re-entry Application District Director and Regional Appeal, correspondence, court documents, 1977-1978 5 6 Senate Bill Materials, Senate bill, correspondence, forms, 1979 5 7 1985 Notes, news clippings, articles, notes, correspondence, 1985-1986 |