Research guide for parish histories
...boundaries, and the location of spiritual records for parishes that have closed, can be found on the Archdiocesan website. The following is a brief discussion of several types of sources available at the Archives. Parish History Collection This collection consists of published parish histories as well as other printed material
Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital
...journal kept at the hospital by a Sister of Charity." Records of the American Catholic Historical Society 8, no. 4 (December 1897): 399-449. West, Nathaniel. History of the Satterlee U.S.A. Gen. Hospital at West Philadelphia from October 8, 1862 to October 8, 1863. The Hosptial Press, 1863. (Call# IC0135) Archives
Digitizing the Halvey Photograph Collection, Step One
...d a photo, the collection contains negatives from the entirety of Halvey’s career, from 1935 to 1999. These images capture presidents, popes, entertainers, as well as everyday participants in Philadelphia Catholic life. In addition to photos taken for The Catholic Standard and Times there are photos taken for organizations and
Black Catholic periodicals
...y. It was in 1886 that Daniel Rudd started the weekly black newspaper American Catholic Tribune, initially titled Ohio State Tribune in Springfield, Ohio. The newspaper was then published in Cincinnati before moving to Detroit where it continued to operate until 1899. Rudd noted the paper would "give the great