Box 9

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Correspondence with Jerome E. Town, SJ, who had been stationed with Parsons in Louvain for their philosophical studies. Also includes a letter from Clement R. Risacher, SJ, concerning Town's death (August 6, 1912).

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Correspondence with Anthony J. Schweitzer of the National Catholic Alumni Federation (NCAF), including a letter pertaining to the possible formation of the Catholic League of Social Justice in the Archdiocese of Chicago (January 1933). Also includes material related to the NCAF, of which Schweitzer was regional director and secretary-treasurer, and their work with social justice.

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Correspondence with Charles Stelzle, director of the Good Neighbor League, with information on the Canadian and American "Good Neighbor" Celebration and more than thirty issues of his circular on labor unions.

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Correspondence with John McHugh Stuart, newspaperman who was part of the original staff of the Production Code Administration in 1934, including a memorandum by him on social justice and the Roosevelt administration (August 15, 1932). Also contains letters referring to Martin Quigley, Joseph Breen, and Myles Connolly, in part discussing how Stuart was "angry and indignant at the grounds" Breen took for forcing him to settle out on his contract (March 13, 1935).

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Correspondence with Florence D. Sullivan, SJ, president of Loyola University New Orleans (1925-1931) and associate editor of America (1931-1934).

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Correspondence with Harry A. Sylvester, including discussion of an unnamed, then-unpublished work that received a negative critique from John McCormick at MacMillan Company Publishers. Also includes letters referring to the Committee of Catholics to Fight Anti-Semitism (June and August 1939).

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Correspondence with economist Basil C. Walker, including a reprint of an article titled "Men Not Mechanisms" (March 1931) as well as four letters/circulars discussing labor (June 17, 1932), Russian recognition (November 16, 1933), monetary reform (November 24, 1933), and current economic and sociological trends (December 1, 1933). Also includes copies of his resume.

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Correspondence with economist Basil C. Walker, including his favorable review of Parsons' article on Rev. Charles Coughlin (May 16, 1935); a copy of his new circular "Estimate of World Affairs" (March 30, 1937); and discussion of Walker developing a "catechism on Americanism" (December 1939-April 1940).

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Correspondence with Stanley Walker, city editor of the New York Herald Tribune (and later the Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger), including his attitude toward Catholic news (November 1934).

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Correspondence with Rev. Will W. Whalen, a writer and diocesan priest who was rector of the "Old Jesuit Mission" (St. Ignatius Loyola) in Orrtanna, Pennsylvania.

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Correspondence with Rev. Will W. Whalen, a writer and diocesan priest who was rector of the "Old Jesuit Mission" (St. Ignatius Loyola) in Orrtanna, Pennsylvania.

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Correspondence with Ferdinand C. Wheeler, SJ, in part while Parsons was completing his biennium in theology at Gregorian University (Rome).

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Correspondence with Jean Wick, wife of Achmed Abdullah, including references to newspaperman John McHugh Stuart, author Louis J. Stancourt, and Abdullah's 1939 book Deliver Us From Evil.

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Correspondence with Anthony J. Schweitzer of the National Catholic Alumni Federation (NCAF) including discussion of the Catholic Workers' Study Club and the NCAF's social justice work, e.g., plans for the Study Club to address "the great social need of an understanding of social, economic and political problems by more people in all groups" through education (January 7, 1934).

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Correspondence predominantly concerning the logistics of Parsons' travel as a delegate to the 29th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus in Rome.

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Correspondence from Parsons' tenure as editor of America, primarily including responses from readers, requests for assistance, and queries regarding submissions.

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Correspondence from Parsons' tenure as editor of America, primarily including responses from readers, requests for assistance, and queries regarding submissions.

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Correspondence from Parsons' tenure as editor of America, primarily including responses from readers, requests for assistance, and queries regarding submissions.

Scope and Contents Correspondence from Parsons' tenure as editor of America, primarily including responses from readers, requests for assistance, and queries regarding submissions. Includes a letter from Parsons to Rev. Albert C. Dieffenbach of The Christian Register (February 25); a letter to Bishop Thomas E. Molloy on the attitude of America toward the Phipps Bill (March 23); and a letter from Jesuit Superior...

Scope and Contents Correspondence from Parsons' tenure as acting editor and editor of America, primarily including responses from readers, requests for assistance, and queries regarding submissions. Includes a letter from Parsons to Jesuit Superior General Wlodimir Ledóchowski discussing his dismissal as acting editor due to "numerous complaints about writing ... which had reached the ears of the Fathers" (May 5, 1924). Parsons notes he was unaware of the...