Peter Ernest Dietz Correspondence
1910-1921.
Origination : Dietz, Peter Ernest, 1878-1947.Extent : .5 linear inches.
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives
Address : Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English.
Preferred Citation
Peter Ernest Dietz Correspondence (DTZ), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Scope and Content
Letters from John W. Cavanaugh, CSC, Nicholas Dietz, James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop John Glennon, and Frederick P. Kenkel to Peter E. Dietz; concerning Dietz's work in support of organized labor and his interest in social service and social reform; with material on the Militia of Christ and the American Federation of Labor.
Also correspondence between Dietz and officers of the Catholic Central Verein concerning cooperation between the Verein and the American Federation of Catholic Societies; with a few related letters involving other correspondents.
Letters from Archbishop Glennon also available on microfilm.
Background
Priest and journalist dedicated to the social principles set down in Pope Leo XIII's encyclical Rerum Novarum. He supported labor unions and was associated with the Catholic Central Verein and the American Federation of Catholic Societies.
Index
Dietz, Peter Ernest, 1878-1947.Militia of Christ for Social Service.
American Federation of Labor.
American Federation of Catholic Societies.
Catholic Central Verein of America.
Labor movement -- United States.
Social service -- United States.
Social reformers -- United States.
Church and social problems -- Catholic Church.
Cavanaugh, John W. (John William), 1870-1935.
Dietz, Nicholas.
Gibbons, James, 1834-1921.
Glennon, John (John Joseph), 1862-1946.
Kenkel, Frederick, 1863-1952.
Letters.