The Centennial Fountain

...rge of the fountain began to accept proposals for the statues in October of 1874. They choose Herman Kirn, a German sculptor, to create the five statues by April 1876 agreeing to pay $10,275 for the work.[4] Since there was only two years to complete the project, the committee also

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Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War

...about the conflict. Forces during the initial uprising in Barcelona on July 19, 1939. Msgr. Hawks slide collection The Spanish Civil War began in 1936 after the left wing Popular Front won the elections. Right wing groups, later led by Francisco Franco, rose up to overthrow the Second Republic. The

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Herman Joseph Heuser Papers

...on Sheehan of Doneraile. Oliver Wendell Holmes to Herman Joseph Heuser, May 1, 1917 Archives Archives Select Month June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 December 2024 October 2024 July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023

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Archbishop John Carroll

...elphia, 1797; P015.003, 6. Catholic Historical Research Center. [13] Ibid., 11 & 17. [14] Minutes of Holy Trinity, 117. [15] Frist Provincial Council of Baltimore, 1810, MC70-10.03, Egan Papers. Catholic Historical Research Center. [16] The Catholic Historical Research Center has a Carey Bible in its collection, which was own by

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