Box 12

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Correspondence surrounding Parsons' Catholic Hour (National Council of Catholic Men) radio talks, including letters from listeners.

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Correspondence surrounding Parsons' Catholic Hour (National Council of Catholic Men) radio talks, including letters from listeners.

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Correspondence surrounding the Catholic Hour (National Council of Catholic Men), including extended discussion by the NCCM's Radio Executive Committee regarding issues with a series of addresses given by Msgr. Fulton Sheen.

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Correspondence regarding the Catholic Hour (National Council of Catholic Men), including extended discussion by the NCCM's Radio Executive Committee in response to listeners objections to the supposedly reduced number of Msgr. Fulton Sheen addresses scheduled for the Advent season.

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Correspondence surrounding Parsons' Catholic Hour (National Council of Catholic Men) radio talks, including letters from listeners, as well as materials related to the NCCM's Radio Executive Committee.

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Correspondence with and regarding the Catholic Library Association, including discussion of the April 1939 convention that took place in Washington, DC, and the collections on exhibit at Riggs Library, Georgetown University, throughout the event. Also contains a typescript "Notes on Riggs Memorial Library."

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Correspondence with and materials related to the Catholic Book Club, Inc., including discussion of books under consideration. Many letters are from S. Sterns Cunningham, business manager.

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Correspondence with and materials related to the Catholic Book Club, Inc., including discussion of books under consideration. Many letters are from S. Sterns Cunningham, business manager.

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Correspondence with the Catholic Historical Review, primarily requesting book reviews from Parsons.

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Correspondence with and materials related to the Catholic Commission on Intellectual and Cultural Affairs, a organization designed to encourage Catholic intellectual life and activities in the US and abroad, founded in 1946. Includes preliminary documents suggesting such an association from John Courtney Murray, SJ, to Msgr. Frederick F. Hochwalt (November 9, 1945); executive committee meeting minutes; and proceedings from the group's third annual meeting (May 1948).

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Correspondence with and materials related to the Catholic Commission on Intellectual and Cultural Affairs, a organization designed to encourage Catholic intellectual life and activities in the US and abroad, founded in 1946. Includes a copy of the association's constitution (April 22, 1949) and proceedings from the group's fourth annual meeting (May 1949).

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Correspondence with and materials related to the Catholic Conference of the South, also known as the Southern Catholic Conference for Social Action, the Southern Conference on Catholic Activities, and the Catholic Committee of the South throughout its history. Includes a talk from its first annual conference entitled "The Church in the South and the Negro" by Vincent D. Warren, SSJ (April 16, 1940); a 1940-1941 proposed budget; and letters from executive secretary Paul D. Williams.

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Correspondence with and materials related to the Catholic Conference of the South, also known as the Southern Catholic Conference for Social Action, the Southern Conference on Catholic Activities, and the Catholic Committee of the South throughout its history. Includes a typescript on the history, organization, and finances of the association (Janaury 21, 1941); an annual report (April 1943); and letters from executive secretary Paul D. Williams.

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Correspondence with and materials related to the Catholic Conference on Industrial Problems, in part on the special 1932 Negro in Industry Conference.

Scope and Contents Correspondence with and materials related to the Catholic Interracial Council, including a letter from Parsons to Archbishop of Baltimore-Washington Michael J. Curley advocating for the formation of an interracial council in Washington, DC (November 30, 1944). In his response, Curley provides permission to create the group but advises "slow-going" in the matter of holding an interracial mass (December 5, 1944). Later letters between Parsons and the Archdiocese Chancellor Joseph M. Nelligan...