Access Policies and Guidelines

...chivist if anything appears to be out of order; do not rearrange them yourself. Please use a “common sense” approach when handling materials. Smoking is prohibited. Eating and drinking are prohibited around workspace. Noise should be kept at a minimum. Wash hands before handling materials. Gloves should be worn if

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Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons

...hial schools and some attempts by politicians, most notably Boss Tweed, to use state money to help fund these parochial schools raised concern that these religious institutions would replace the public school system completely.[2] One of Nast’s most famous cartoons, “The American River Ganges,” published in 1871 depicts bishops shaped

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Education

...parochial schools (schools run by a parish) and attempts by politicians to use government money to fund these schools caused concern that public schools would be completely replaced. “The American River Ganges. The priests and the children,” December, 30, 1871 One of Nast’s most famous cartoons, “The American River Ganges,”

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An “Un-American Invention”?: Catholics and the Issue of Prohibition

...us Freedom: National Prohibition and the Volstead Act’s Exemption for The Religious Use of Wine,” Brooklyn Law Review, vol. 70, issue 3, 2005, 746. [2] John A Ryan, Prohibition: Yes or No, (New York: The Paulist Press), 1. [3] Thomas Ryan, “Supporters and Opponents of Prohibition,” The Annals of Iowa,

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