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Identifier	Catholic_00020
Title	[William Deeney letter to Joseph Glass, 1917 Febrary 12]
Creator	Deeney, William
Date Created	1917 February 12
Description	A letter dated February 12, 1917 to Fr. Joseph S. Glass from Fr. William J. Deeney typed on letterhead of "The Charity Organization Society of Salt Lake city, Utah" with names of officers and directors printed on either side of letterhead. The letter discusses Mary J. Workman and the Brownson House.
Historical Background	Fr. Joseph Glass, C.M. was the President of St. Vincent's College from 1901 until 1911. When the Vincentian fathers decided to withdraw from teaching in California and sold the campus in 1910, Fr. Glass stayed on as a Trustee as the Jesuits took up the teaching mission, changing the name of the institution to Los Angeles College. Fr. Deeney was president of Los Angeles College from 1914-1915. Mary Julia Workman founded the Brownson House Settlement Association in 1901 and led it for 19 years. The Brownson House assisted underprivileged and immigrant families in the city, providing them with educational, vocational and social programs such as student clubs, Sunday school, dances, and sporting events.
Type	Text
Physical Description	[1] p. ; 28 x 22 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University
Collection Identifier	http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt8870232n
Project note	LHDRP
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	Public Domain
Copyright Statement	Materials in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Language	eng
Subject (Name)	Jesuits--California--Los Angeles; Deeney, William; Glass, Joseph S.; Charity Organization Society of Salt Lake City; Brownson House (Los Angeles, Calif.);
Subject (Topic)	Priests--California--Los Angeles; Settlement houses--California--Los Angeles; Social settlements--California--Los Angeles;
Form/Genre	Letters (correspondence);
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/
Item/Call Number	Workman Family Papers CSLA-9, Series 1: Mary Julia Workman, Box 1, Folder 1
Transcription	The Charity Organization Society of Salt Lake City, Utah, 120 East First South Street; Please address all correspondence to the charity organization society. President: T.B. Beatty, M.D.; Vice-President: F.A. Druehl; Treasurer: L.H. Farnsworth; Secretary: Miss Kate Williams; General Secretary: William J. Deeney; Directors: Mrs. Arthur Bird, Mrs. R.A. Bowdle, Mrs. Selden Clawson, Mrs. E.B. Critchlow, W. Mont Ferry, Mrs. R.C. Gemmell, Mrs. A. J. Gorham, Joy H. Johnson, Mrs. C.H. McMahon, John Malick, Geo D. Pyper, Mrs. M.L. Ritchie, Mrs. Adolph Simon, George Albert Smith, Frank B. Stephens, Leon Sweet, James H. Wolfe. Rt. Rev. Joseph S. Glass, Salt Lake City, Utah. February 12, 1917. Most Reverend Bishop: I deeply appreciate the courtesy of your kind note of introduction to Miss Workman, which made it possible for me to see Brownson House and its activities, and to meet with Miss Workman and her associates, from whom I received a most cordial welcome. I was much impressed with the progressive spirit of these Catholic Social Workers. As for Brownson House, no social worker can visit it and talk with Miss Workman without coming away with the feeling that here is a social institution worth while, one that is designed to meet a real need and that is trying to give the best possible measure of genuine service. From the Catholic point of view it is an object leson which is likely to prevail over the minds of many of our separated brethren, and win a hearing for the Catholic cause where other methods less modern and more abstract would fail. Sincerely yours, William J. Deeney, General Secretary.