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Oral history interview with Jim Forest

Interview conducted for Dorothy Day : portraits by those who knew her. Jim Forest discusses Dorothy Day, the Catholic Worker Movement, and the Catholic Church authorities in New York. He talks about how he first met Day and how he first became involved in the Catholic Worker Movement. He discusses how Day dealt with the Catholic Church authorities in New York and the church's influence on the Catholic Worker, or lack thereof. He also talks about Dorothy's sense of humor and her personality in general. Interviewed by Rosalie G. Riegle. Interruptions in audio present in original recording.

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  • "Interview conducted for Dorothy Day : portraits by those who knew her. Jim Forest discusses Dorothy Day, the Catholic Worker Movement, and the Catholic Church authorities in New York. He talks about how he first met Day and how he first became involved in the Catholic Worker Movement. He discusses how Day dealt with the Catholic Church authorities in New York and the church's influence on the Catholic Worker, or lack thereof. He also talks about Dorothy's sense of humor and her personality in general. Interviewed by Rosalie G. Riegle. Interruptions in audio present in original recording."@en
  • "Interview conducted for Voices from the Catholic Worker. Jim Forest, a Catholic Worker, former managing editor of The Catholic worker newspaper, a biographer of Dorothy Day, and a member of the Milwaukee Fourteen discusses his involvement with the Catholic Worker Movement, his relationship with Day, editing the paper, and the Russian Orthodox Church. Forest discusses why he moved from America to The Netherlands and his experiences in the Russian Orthodox Church. He talks about meeting Day and working in the New York Catholic Worker Community. He discusses editing The Catholic worker as well as the Catholic press in America. He also compares the Catholic Church with the Russian Orthodox Church and discusses the changes in the Catholic Church during the 20th century. Finally he discusses peace movements, Day's opinions on destruction of property as a form of protest and his involvement with the Milwaukee Fourteen who burned draft records in 1968. Interviewed by Rosalie Riegle Troester. Interruptions in audio present in original recording."@en

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  • "Oral histories"@en
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