Wilfrid Parsons Correspondence "M" (1928)., 01/02/1928-12/04/1928

File — Box: 3, Folder: 3

Identifier: 21017

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

01/02/1928-12/04/1928

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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 "M" Correspondence (1928) of Wilfrid Parsons, S.J., Editor of America Magazine (1925-1936). Items of interest include: letter (Mar. 10) concerns Mexican affairs and alleges public indifference on the matter due to a conspiracy of silence by the secular press; letter (Aug. 16) from a priest who complains of the worldliness of Catholics and alludes to the unseemly past of the Society of Jesus; letter (Oct. 6) discusses Leo XIII's encyclical "Rerum Novarum" as stressing some of the same values as expressed by Karl Marx.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

PARSONS, REV. WILFRID, S.J.-CORRESP.-M-(1928): Typescript

MEXICO-CONSPIRACY OF SECULAR PRESS-ALLEGATIONS-1928: Typescript

JESUITS-HISTORY-OBSERVATIONS OF A PRIEST-1928: Typescript

CATHOLICS-MODERN WORLD VIEW-OBSERVATIONS OF PRIEST-1928: Typescript

LEO XIII-ENCYCLICAL: "RERUM NOVARUM"-COMMENTS UPON-1928: Typescript

ENCYCLICAL: "RERUM NOVARUM" OF LEO XIII-COMMENTS UPON-1928: Typescript

MARX, KARL-PHILOSOPHY-COMMENTS REGARDING-1928: Typescript

COMMUNISM-MARX:PHILOSOPHICAL VALUES/LEO XIII'S "RERUM NOVARUM": Typescript

RELIGIOUS BIAS-ANTI-CATHOLICISM-ALLEGATIONS-1928: Typescript

SOCIETY OF JESUS-HISTORY-COMMENTS OF PRIEST-1928: Typescript

MEXICO-PUBLIC OPINION-COMMENTS REGARDING-1928: Typescript