Documents
Charles Coughlin, John Ryan, and the 1936 Presidential Campaign
• Biography
• Speeches and Pamphlets
• Correspondence
• Reactions and Responses
Biography
John A. Ryan. Social Doctrine in Action: A Personal History. New York: Harper & Bros., 1941.
Speeches and Pamphlets
Charles Coughlin. Speech at the Townsend Convention in Cleveland, OH, July 16, 1936. Transcription.
Charles Coughlin. An Open Letter, November 8, 1936. Ryan Scrapbook, ACUA.
Correspondence
John Ryan to Raymond Moley, November 29, 1932 and Moley's response to Ryan, February 21, 1933.
Charles Coughlin to Rev. Earle B. Jewell, November 27, 1934.
Charles Coughlin to Member of NUSJ, April, 1935.
FDR to John Ryan, September 24, 1935; Ryan to FDR, September 24, 1935.
Rev. John J. Burke to Archbishop Edward Mooney, July 17, 1936.
Anonymous Letter to Charles Coughlin, September 28, 1936.
Jessie Horton to John Ryan, October 8, 1936.
E. Doskey to John Ryan, October 8, 1936.
Mrs. Joseph G. Caskey to Charles Coughlin, October 12, 1936.
Mary Rose Hyland to John Ryan, October 12, 1936.
Thomas Kenan to John Ryan, October 23, 1936.
Mary Roth to John Ryan, November 8, 1936.
Anonymous Letter to Charles Coughlin, November 15, 1936.
Bishop John Peterson to Rev. John J. Burke, October 1936.
FDR telegram to John Ryan, November 1936; John Ryan to FDR, November 12, 1936.
John Ryan to FDR, November 12, 1936.
Rose Welch to John Ryan, November 24, 1936.
FDR to Ryan and Response from Ryan to FDR, January 7, 1937.
Maurice Sheehy to FDR, May 3, 1940.
Catholic Involvement in the 1936 Election: Reactions and Responses
Rev. John J. Burke. "The Catholic Church on the Radio" N.C.W.C. Review, (October 1930).
Memorandum on the Involvement of NCWC Staff in Politics, April 1933. (NCWC Papers, ACUA.)
Memorandum on the Involvement of NCWC Staff in Politics, March 3, 1936. (NCWC Papers, ACUA.)
"Bishop Gives Approval to Social Justice Pastor", Social Justice, (August 3, 1936).
"Coughlin Again Backs Bullets in Ballot Fails," Washington Post (September 27, 1936).
"The Spoken Word" Cartoon, Los Angeles Evening News, (October 9, 1936).
Editorial, "Two Political Priests" Baltimore Catholic Review, (October 16, 1936).
George Gallup, The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935-1971, (New York: Random House, 1972).
Voting Statistics from Boston.