Pope

...h Catholics clashed with the National Guard protecting an Irish Protestant parade. In response, Nast drew a number of anti-Irish cartoons for Harper’s Weekly. This cartoon illustrated the Draft Riots of July 1863, where Irish Catholics attacked African-Americans throughout New York City. Nast blamed the attacks on both the ethnicity

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Drexel Beatification

...ormed a Buffalo Dance, which is a winter prayer of thanksgiving. Halvey_425G_020 Halvey_425G_026 Halvey_425G_027 Halvey_425G_022   ← Papal Visit Parish and School Closings →...

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FAQ

...digitized material, including the over-sized graphics collections and some pamphlets, newspapers, and correspondence. CHRC has also partnered with the Digital Library @ Villanova University. Falvey Library has digitized materials from our collection, the majority of which relate to Irish American history. Most notable is our entire collection of Redpath’s Weekly

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The Other Drexel: Louise Drexel Morrell

...from God and would spend her days answering correspondence from the large number of charities she helped support and overseeing the affairs of St. Joseph’s and St. Emma’s Industrial Schools. When not working she would toil in her greenhouse or walk the grounds of her estate. During the depression she

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