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Articles/talks, 1939

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 7

Scope and Contents

Includes the following talks and articles in typescript, published, or summary form:

- "The Lateran Treaties, Ten Years After" (1939)
- "Some Notes on Father James Taaffe, SJ, by a Former Pupil" (January 1939)
- "Liberalism, Democracy and the New Deal" (Georgetown Forum, February 7, 1939)
- "The Crisis in Democracy [1: The External Crisis]" (Knights of Columbus Forum, Brooklyn, February 12, 1939)
- "Pius the Eleventh, Maker of History" (America, February 18, 1939)
- "The Crisis in Democracy [2]: The Internal Crisis" (Knights of Columbus Forum, Brooklyn, February 19, 1939)
- "The Pope Indomitable" (The Catholic World, March 1939)
- "Notes on the History of the Georgetown Library" (Catholic Library Association convention, Washington, DC, April 13, 1939)
- "Georgetown After 150 Years" (Columbia, May 1939)
- "Hitler Marches On" (The Catholic World, May 1939)
- "Culture, Constitution and Religion" two versions (Church of the Air, Columbia Broadcasting network, May 14, 1939)
- "The Economic Conference and Social Justice" (National Catholic Social Action Congress, Cleveland, June 12, 1939)
- "Student Life in the United States" (Pax Romana conference, August 29, 1939)
- "The Emancipation of Modern Man Through Modern Truth" two versions (National Catholic Alumni Federation conference, New York, October 1939)
- "A Symposium on the Philosophy of Civil Law" (Modern Schoolman, November 1939)

Dates

  • Creation: 1939

Creator

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The Wilfrid Parsons, SJ Papers are on deposit at Georgetown University and are the property of the USA East Province of the Society of Jesus. As stewards of the Archives, the Georgetown University Library’s Booth Family Center for Special Collections is responsible for managing access to the material based on policies set forth by the USA East Province. Researchers may view these materials in the Reading Room of the Booth Family Center for Special Collections. General policies for using Special Collections can be found here.

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Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

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