Wilfrid Parsons Correspondence "H" (1935)., 01/10/1935-12/31/1935

File — Box: 2, Folder: 6

Identifier: 20998

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

This series consists of the papers [e.g., correspondence] of Wilfrid Parsons, S.J., Editor of America Magazine (1925-1936).

Dates

01/10/1935-12/31/1935

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Extent

From the Collection: 65.5 Cubic Feet (68 boxes (processed))

From the Collection: 69.65 Cubic Feet (81 boxes (unprocessed))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

This folder contains the "H" Correspondence (1935) of Wilfrid Parsons, S.J., Editor of America Magazine (1925-1936). Items of interest include: letter (Jan. 17) suggests a plan to formulate public opinion and awareness regarding the Mexican situation; letter (Apr. 15) addresses Father Charles Coughlin and the need of good rebuttals to his arguments; letter (May 31) speaks of the difficulties and religious bigotry Catholics suffer in Edinburgh, Scotland; letter (June 11) from Father Parsons to a reader expresses the "impossibility" of a war with Japan; letter (Aug. 5) questions the utility of bell-ringing for religious services and suggests the noise factor as a reason for Protestant antipathy towards Catholics; letter (Aug. 8) concerns religious bias (i.e., anti-Catholic) in Edinburgh, Scotland; letters (Aug. 20/Aug. 3/June 19) concern the alleged publication of "The Journal of Commerce" that all Jesuit properties were being insured by Lloyd's of London. The attached letter of a Philadelphia insurance agent (June 19) addresses, at length, the differences between U.S. and English regulatory practices; letters (Sept. 4/Aug. 22) speak of religious tension in Edinburgh and comments upon the Protestant Reformation Society, the Protestant Action Society and the Protestant Defense League; letter (no date) is attached to an article entitled: "Obscene Literature and the New York Penal Law."

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

PARSONS, REV. WILFRID, S.J.-CORRESP.-H-(1935): Typescript

MEXICO-CATHOLICS-PROTEST AGAINST PERSECUTION-1935: Typescript

COUGHLIN, REV. CHARLES-OPPOSITION-1935: Typescript

CATHOLIC CHURCH-EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND-RELIGIOUS BIAS-1935: Typescript

RELIGIOUS BIAS-CATHOLIC CHURCH-EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND-1935: Typescript

WORLD WAR II-PRE-WAR-JAPANESE AGGRESSION-1935: Typescript

CATHOLICISM-RELIGIOUS BIAS AGAINST CATHOLICS-1935: Typescript

RELIGIOUS BIAS-ANTI-CATHOLICISM-1935: Typescript

ARTICLE: "OBSCENE LITERATURE AND THE NEW YORK PENAL LAW": Typescript

RELIGIOUS BIAS-SCOTLAND-PROTESTANT REFORMATION SOCIETY-1935: Typescript

RELIGIOUS BIAS-SCOTLAND-PROTESTANT ACTION SOCIETY-1935: Typescript

RELIGIOUS BIAS-SCOTLAND-PROTESTANT DEFENSE LEAGUE-1935: Typescript

JESUITS-ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS-INSURANCE-1935: Typescript

SCOTLAND-RELIGIOUS BIAS-PROTESTANT REFORMATION SOCIETY-1935: Typescript

SCOTLAND-RELIGIOUS BIAS-PROTESTANT ACTION SOCIETY-1935: Typescript

SCOTLAND-RELIGIOUS BIAS-PROTESTANT DEFENSE LEAGUE-1935: Typescript

JAPAN-PRE-WAR AGRESSION-WORLD WAR II-1935: Typescript