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Box 20

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

January 1956-April 1959

 File — Box: 20
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Most of the papers of Father Louis J. Twomey, S.J., originated between the late 1940s and his death in 1969. However, a scattering of correspondence and other material dates back into the 1920s and forward into the 1970s.

Dates: 1926-1979

Louis J. Twomey, S.J. Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Collection 02
Abstract

Father Twomey's papers, especially the correspondence, document this Jesuit's active involvement in the social apostolate. Also, they provide documentation about the Catholic Church's stance towards various social issues and about the recent history of New Orleans and the United States. Of particular value is material from the 1950s and 1960s concerning civil rights, labor-management relations, and communism.

Dates: Created: 1926-1979; Other: Majority of material found in 1947-1969; Other: Date acquired: 01/12/1990