Rev. Virgil C. Blum, S.J., Papers

"Religious Liberty and the Religious Garb," The University of Chicago Law Review, vol. 22, no. 4, Summer 1955: pp. 875-888.

"Educational Benefits without Enforced Conformity," The Homiletic and Pastoral Review, vol. 58, no. 1, October 1957.

"To Improve Our Educational System," published in Congressional Record, under "Extension of Remarks of Hon. Clement J. Zablocki of Wisconsin," Tuesday, January 14, 1958.

"Freedom of Choice in Education," The Catholic Editor, April 1958.

"Financing Higher Education," Journal of Higher Education, vol. 29, June 1958: pp. 309-316, 351.

"Academic Freedom And Tax Support For Independent Education," Phi Delta Kappan, June 1959.

"Freedom of Choice in Education," Our Sunday Visitor Press, July 1, 1959.

"The Right to Choose Your Own School," The Catholic World, October 1959.

"State Monopoly in Higher Education," Columbia, March 1960.

"The Future of the Private College," Our Sunday Visitor, January 29, 1961.

"Archbishop Hughes and Civil Rights," Ave Maria National Catholic Weekly, May 20, 1961.

"Freedom in American Education," published in Congressional Record, under "Extension of Remarks of Hon. Clement J. Zablocki of Wisconsin," Tuesday, April 10, 1962.

"Children Bumped Off Buses," America, August 4, 1962.

"Federal Aid Through Democracy," Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., ca. 1962.

"The Aid-To-Education Debate: New Directions," published in Congressional Record, under "Extension of Remarks of Hon. Clement J. Zablocki of Wisconsin," Tuesday, August 27, 1963.

"Secretary Humphrey's Tax Credi Bill," Journal of Higher Education, vol. 34, no. 9, December 1963.

"Tax Credit for Parents," The Marquette University Magazine, vol. 5, no. 3, Spring, 1964.

"Tax Credits for Education," published in Congressional Record, under "Extension of Remarks of Hon. Clement J. Zablocki of Wisconsin," Wednesday, May 20, 1964.

"New Plan for Tuition Grants," America, October 30, 1965.

"This Heartless Business," America, September 10, 1966.

"Why Church-Related Schools?" America, November 16, 1968.

"Tax Funds for Nonpublic Education," America, September 27, 1969.

"Is the Supreme Court anti-Catholic?" Homiletic & Pastoral Review, vol. 74, no. 8, May 1974.

"Politicizing the Catholic Community," Hospital Progress, September 1975.

"Tax Refunds for Tuition," America, April 11, 1981.

1959-1966

1969-1974

1982-1983

1985-1986

1987-1988

1989

"Freedom of Choice in Education," ca. 1958

"Can the Private College Survive?" 1960

"Civil Rights for Children in Independent Schools", ca. 1960

"School Aid Issue Accelerates", 1962

"Jews and Catholics in Civil Affairs", ca. 1962

"Freedom and Equality in Education", 1963

"The ACLU and Civil Liberties" ca. 1965

"Seven Million Kids -- And Still Not Enough Volume" ca. 1967

Untitled manuscript regarding bussing amendment, ca. 1967

"We need a Martin Luther King!", 1968

"Power through Organization", ca. 1971

"Catholic Schools: Should They Teach Catholic Values?" 1971

"Public Funds for Nonpublic Education", ca. 1972

"Reimbursement as a Matter of Rights", 1972

"Catholic School sand Tax Credits", 1973

"The Future of Catholic Education", 1973

"Public Funds for Church-Related Education", 1973

"Defamation of the Catholic Religion", 1974

"Catholics are Political Pygmies", 1975

"Excerpts from the Writings of Political Scientists which Underscore the Essential Role of Interest Groups in the American Democratic Process", 1975

"Excerpts from Writings of Political Scientists which Underscore the Essential Role of Interest Groups in the American Democratic Process", 1975 (Revisions)

"A Catholic Bicentennial Gift to America", 1976

"Liberty and Justice in Education", 1976

"Successes and Failures in Obtaining Tax Funds for Church-Related Education", 1976

Untitled Address, Knights of Columbus, Council Bluffs, IA, 1955

"American Catholics and their Religion"; Rosary College; Chicago, IL; 11-12 June 1960

"Freedom of Choice in Education", Symposium on Christian Wisdom, University of Notre Dame, 7 March 1959

"Freedom of Religion", Foundations of Freedom Lecture, Milwaukee Public Schools, 3 November 1959

"Freedom in American Education", Annual Teachers Conference, St. John's University, New York, 7 November 1961

"Freedom in American Education"; John Carroll University; Cleveland, OH; 3 December 1961

"Freedom in Education"; The Convention of the Grand Rapids Council of Catholic Home and School Associations; Grand Rapids, MI; 7 April 1962

"Federal Aid to Private Education"; The Fathers Club of the University of Detroit High School; Detroit, MI; 17 April 1962

"Federal Aid for All Children"; Parents' Organization, Academy of the Holy Angels; Minneapolis, MN; 26 September 1962

Untitled statement; The Town hall, WMVS-TV, 6 January 1964

"Bus Rides for All Children", Conference on Religion and Education, University of Nebraska, 19 November 1965

Statement before Education Task Force of the Congressional Committee of the Republican Party, 24 May 1965

"The 1965 Federal Aid to Education Act"; The Institute on Religion and Public Education Wisconsin Center; Madison, WI; 15 March 1966

Alverno College Commencement Address, 15 May 1966

Outline of Statement, 11 August 1966

Untitled address, 30 November 1967

"Education Tax Funds through Democratic Involvement", Symposium-Discussion on Catholic Education sponsored by the Education Committee of the Priest Senate of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, 30-31 March 1968

"Citizens for Educational Freedom"; St. Joseph's Gym; 21 November 1968

"Tuition Grants for Nonpublic Education"; Annual Meeting of the Diocesan Attorney's Association; Washington, D.C.; 28 April 1969

"Remarks Made Before the Governor's Commission on Education", 9 December 1969

Untitled Paper, Illinois Elementary and Secondary Nonpublic Schools Study Commission, 1970

"Catholic Teachers & Parents: Political Eunuchs", 69th Annual Convention of the National Catholic Educational Association, 6 April 1972

"Catholic Education--Its Value and Preservation"; 25th Annual Diocesan Teachers' Institute; Hartford, CT; 17 October 1972

"Private Education & Education Policies"; Meeting of the Dads Club, Brebeuf Prep; Indianapolis, IN; 14 November 1972

"Catholic Teachers--Political Eunuchs"; 69th Annual Convention of the National Catholic Educational Association; 6 April 1972

"Political Action or a Godless society"; Annual Convention of the Catholic Educational Association of Pennsylvania; 29 September 1972

"School Teachers--The Architects of Society"; 25th Annual Diocesan Teachers' Institute; Hartford, CT; 17 October 1972

"Catholics--Aliens in American Society"; Meeting of the Diocesan Home-School Association, Pope Paul VI High School; Clifton, NJ; 14 October 1973

"Catholic Schools and Tax Credits"; Meeting of Catholic School Parents; Janesville, WI; 13 March 1973

"Tax Credits Where Credit is Due"; Annual Meeting of Citizens for Educational Freedom; St. Louis, MO; 11 May 1973

"The Catholic Community in American Democratic Society"; Cardinal Dougherty High School commencement address; Philadelphia, PA; 8 June 1974

"A Civil Rights League for Catholics"; Meeting of Chief Administrators of Catholic Education; San Diego, CA; 23 October 1974

"Our Schools Shall Not Die"; Annual Convention of the Minnesota Federation of Citizens for Educational Freedom; Rochester, MN; 9 February 1974

Untitled paper; St. Eugene Church; Fox Point, WI; 24 August 1974

"Catholics Must Fight for Their Religious and Civil Rights"; Annual Teachers Institute; Archdiocese of San Antonio; 3 October 1975

"A Civil Rights League for Catholics"; Annual Meeting of the Daughters of Isabella; Zanesville, Ohio; 3 May 1975

"Politicizing the Catholic Community"; 4th Annual Catholic Health Assembly; San Francisco, CA; 3 June 1975

"Law without Democracy"; Annual Red Mass Breakfast of the St. Thomas More Society; St. John the Evangelist Cathedral, Milwaukee, WI; 11 January 1975

"Political Action for Liberty and Justice in Education"; Annual Diocesan Teachers Institute; Fairfield, CT; 30 October 1975

"Public Funds for Church-Related Education"; Indiana University at Fort Wayne (Indiana Committee for the Humanities); 16 October 1975

Untitled Address; Annual Convention, Knights of Columbus Tennessee State Council; Knoxville, TN; 17 May 1975

"Catholics Must Fight for Their Religious and Civil Rights"; Annual Teachers Institute, Archdiocese of San Antonio; 3 October 1975

"The Catholic in Political Affairs"; Right-to-life Mass, St. Sebastian Church; Milwaukee, WI; 20 March 1976

"The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights"; Denver Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women; 10 May 1976

"Discrimination Against Catholics"; League of Catholic Women of the Archdiocese of Boston; 18 May 1976

"Improving the Status of Catholics in America"; Meeting of the First Friday Club of Cleveland; 4 November 1976

"The Integrity of the Catholic Hospital"; Meeting of the Council of Catholic Hospitals; Buffalo, NY; 5 October 1976

"Is the Catholic League Necessary?"; Western Catholics Press Association Convention; Danville, CA; 30 September 1976

"The Medical Profession and Politics"; Quarterly Meeting of the Medical Staff of Sister of Charity Hospital; Buffalo, NY; 5 October 1976

"The Political Duties of Catholic School Parents"; Connecticut Federation of Home School Associations; Middletown, CT; 19 November 1976

"Religious Freedom Rights in Education"; Triennial Convention of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae; St. Louis, MO; 24 September 1976

"A Call to Action for Human Rights in Education"; Annual Meeting of the Citizens for Educational Freedom; Detroit, MI; 22 October 1977

"History, Review and Implications of Related Supreme Court Decisions with Reference to a State Education Voucher Program"; Meeting of the MANS; Lansing, MI; 5 April 1977

"The Knights of Columbus and Political Activism"; Nebraska Knights of Columbus Convention; Omaha, NE; 30 April 1977

"Our Responsibility to Civil Society"; Presbyterate Assembly, General Meeting of the Priests of the Diocese of Fargo; Valley City, ND; 15 September 1977

"Political Action for Human Rights in Education"; Annual Luncheon of the Council of Catholic School Cooperative Clubs, Archdiocese of New Orleans; New Orleans, LA; 7 November 1977

"Political Action for Life"; North Dakota Catholic Conference Respect for Life Seminar; Bismarck, ND; 13 September 1977

"Political Action in Building the Future"; Upper Midwest Catholic Education Congress; Minneapolis, MN; 29 October 1977

"Recent Developments in the Law Affecting Civil and Religious Rights of Catholics and Others"; Meeting of the Catholic Lawyers Society of Detroit; 3 April 1977

"The Serrans and the Catholic League"; Meeting of the Serra District 15 Convention; Bay City, MI; 15 October 1977

"Secular Humanism and Education Vouchers"; University of Opryland; Nashville, TN; 12 March 1977

Untitled paper, Meeting of the Priests' Senate of the Milwaukee Archdiocese; 30 December 1977

"Quality Education for Inner-City Minorities through Education Vouchers"; School of Education, University of San Francisco; 9 February 1978

"The Catholic Lawyer in Legal Practice"; Annual Meeting of the Guild of Catholic Lawyers of Palm Beach County; West Palm Beach, FL; 18 September 1981

"Catholic Lawyer's Mass in Bridgeport"; 13 September 1981

"The Healing Work of the Legal Profession"; Homily preached at the Red Mass arranged by the Catholic Lawyers Association; Bridgeport, CT; 13 September 1981

"Education and Religious Liberty"; Seminar on 'Church, State and the First Amendment: How High a Wall?' sponsored by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and the Department of Government, Georgetown University; Washington, D.C.; 4 April 1981

"Freedom in Socio-Political Affairs"; Workshop on 'Christian Faith and Freedom', sponsored by the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars; Milwaukee, WI; 29 March, 1981

Untitled Paper; Catholic Press Association Eastern Regional Conference; New York, NY; 12 November 1983

"Minority Families Sacrifice For Quality Education," AERA Meeting; New Orleans, LA; 24 April 1984

"The Right of 'Choice' in Education"; 1989

"The Judicial Tyranny of the Watergate Court"; undated

"A new Municipal Charter for Omaha?"; Holy Name Society, Holy Cross Parish; undated

"Purchase-of-Service or Tuition Grants for the Education of the Poor"; undated

"The Church and Politics"; undated

"Are We Ready for Democracy?"

"Are Bus Rides Constitutional?"

"Book Report on The Revolt of the Masses"

"A Catholic Defamation and Civil Rights League"

"The Catholic Intellectual and Political Prudence"

"The Catholic League"

"Catholic Political Pygmies in Education politics"

"The Catholic Press and Civil Liberties"

"Catholics in Civic Affairs"

"Catholics Deserve Discrimination"

"The CEF Credo and Action Programs"

"Children Bumped off Buses"

"The Children Suffer"

"The Children's Equal Opportunities Committee"

"Church-State Relations"

"Citizens for Educational Freedom"

"Civil Rights in Education"

"The Connecticut Yankee Defends Religious Liberty"

"The Democratic Party Assumes Responsibility for Tax Credit Legislation"

"Education for Survival"

"The Education of the Poor"

"Educational Legislation"

"Essays in Religious Liberty"

"Fairness for Our Children"

"Federal Aid through Democracy"

"Federal Aid to Private Education"

"Federal Facilities for All Children?"

"Federal Crisis in Nonpublic Education"

"Freedom on the Upswing"

"The Future of Catholic Education"

"The Future of the Independent College"

"Government Aid to Children: Released Time"

"The Future of the Church-Related College"

"Governmental Aid to Children: Transportation, II"

"Governmental Aid to Children: Transportation, III"

"Implementation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act"

"Inner City Private Elementary Education"

"Is the Supreme Court Anti-Catholic?"

"Jesuit Influence on Public Policy"

"Jews and Catholics in  Civic Affairs"

"JFK for Freedom in Education"

"A Lesson of Euthanasia" (with Charles J. Sykes)

"Liberty and Justice in Education"

"Limitations on Religious Liberty"

"Mayor Briscoe--Symbol of Ireland's Religious Liberty"

"The Milwaukee Journal Opposed Education Tax Credits"

"The Mother and the Child"

"Must We Tolerate Intolerance?" (additions)

"National Seminar on Marriage and Family Life"

"The NEA Kills Federal Aid"

"Need...Not Creed: Federal Aid for All Children"

"New Educational Opportunities"

"No Catholics Need Apply"

"Observations on the Wisconsin Implementation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act"

"Our Children's Education"

"Our Federal and State Constitutions and What the Courts Have Said"

"Parent Power"

"A Partial and Preliminary Report on Inner City Private Schools"

"The Positive Goals of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights"

"Power through Organization"

"Private Schools: A Beneficial Force in the Inner City"

"Questions and Answers by Father Blum on the Civil Rights of Parents in the Education of Their Children"

"Reasons why Christian and Jewish Educational Leaders Should Favor the Enactment of Tuition-Grant Programs Rather Than Purchase-of-Services Programs"

"The Question"

"The Religious Dress in Public Schools"

"Religious Leaders in Defense of Freedom"

"Religious Liberty"

"Religious Liberty and Bus Transportation"

"Religious Neutrality or Religious Hostility"

"Response for Denver Post: Abortion"

"The Right to Believe Under Attack"

"The Rights of Parents in Education"

"The Role of the Church in Public Policy-Making"

"Student Power"

"A Study of Some State Court Decisions Touching on Church-State Relations"

"Supreme Court and Parents' Rights"

"Supreme Court Secularized American Education"

"The Supreme Court Speaks"

"Tax Credit Plan: Help for Parents and Institutions of Higher Learning"

"The Tax Credit - Tuition Grant Program" (brochure)

"Tax Credits and Tuition Grants for Parents"

"Tax Credits for Parents"

"Tax Funds for Nonpublic Education through Parent Action"

"Tax Funds for Nonpublic Education--Progress"

"Teacher-Power"

"Tuition Grants for Poor Parents"

"Tuition Grants or Purchase of Services"

"Who's To Blame"

"Why a CEF?"

"Wisconsin on the Move"

"You, Sir (Or Madam as the Case May Be) Are a National Asset"

"Youth for Educational Freedom"

Untitled ("What is Freedom?...")

Untitled ("The Power of Organization")

Miscellaneous Untitled

"Academic Freedom and Tax Support for Independent Education", 1959

America Magazine (publisher), 1959-1968

Argus Communications (publisher), 1967-1972

Ave Maria Press (publisher), 1956-1966

Catholic Education: Survival or Demise, 1969

"Catholic Parents--Political Eunuchs", 1972-1973

"Catholic Parents--Political Eunuchs" (with bishops), 1971-1973

"Catholic Parents--Political Eunuchs", undated

Catholic World (publisher), 1959-1966

"Civil Rights for Children of Independent Schools" (with bishops), 1960

"Civil Rights for Children of Independent Schools" (with high schools), 1961

Doubleday & Company (publisher), 1963-1967

"Education--Freedom and Competition", 1967

"Educational Benefits without Enforced Conformity" (with bishops) 1957

"Educational Benefits without Enforced Conformity" (with superintendents, etc.), 1957

"Financing Higher Education", 1958

"Financing Higher Education", 1958-1959

"Freedom and Education" (with bishops), 1956

"Freedom in Education", 1966

"Freedom in Education" (Reviews), 1965

"Freedom in Education", 1968-1970

Freedom of Choice in Education, 1957-1963

"Freedom of Choice in Education", 1964

"Freedom of Choice in Education" (with bishops), 1958

"Freedom of Choice in Education" (with congressmen), 1958

"Freedom of Choice in Education" (with religious leaders), 1958-1965

"General State Scholarship Programs", 1960

Harper's Magazine article, 1974

"Is the Supreme Court Anti-Catholic?", 1973

"JFK and Freedom in Education", 1965

Media + Materials, 1972-1973

Miscellaneous articles (with Bishops), 1952-1956

Our Sunday Visitor (publisher), 1959-1967

Paulist Press (publisher), 1957-1966

"Proposal for Securing Civil Rights" (with Bishops), 1961

Publishers, Miscellaneous, 1959-1963, 1971-1973

Spanish language, 1965

"State Monopoly" (with Bishops), 1960

"State Monopoly" (with colleges), 1960

"State Monopoly" (with college presidents A-L), 1960-1961

"State Monopoly" (with college presidents M-Z), 1960-1961

"State Monopoly on Higher Education", 1960

"State Scholarships", 1960

"Tax Credits", 1959

"Tax Credits" (with college presidents), 1963

"Tax Credits for Education", 1964

"Tax Credits for Parents", 1964

"US Educational Legislation", 1973

Values in Public and Non-Public Education, 1970-1972

Wagner, Joseph F. (publisher), 1959-1962

"Why Church-related Schools?", 1968

"Your Child's Religious Liberty", 1955

"Your Child's Religious Liberty" (with Bishops), 1955-1956