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...Standard and Times, or any other newspaper in the collection, indexed? Q: Does the Archives accept donations of materials? Q: Does CHRC offer monetary appraisals? ____________________________________________________________________________ Q: How can I discover what materials are in CHRC’s collection? A: Researchers are encouraged to peruse the website for summaries of information about
Research guide for parish histories
...are usually documented by articles from both the Catholic newspaper of the time and secular newspapers. Consultors' Minute Books, 1896-1991 These provide brief descriptions of consultors meetings. The Diocesan consultors are a certain number of priests in each diocese of the United States who act as official advisers of the
Bishop Francis Kenrick and His Journals
...enrick was named the Archbishop of Baltimore. The early years of Kenrick's time in Philadelphia were not without controversy, and many of the letters at the beginning of his journal detail the events surrounding the conflict between the bishop and the trustees of St. Mary's Church, then the cathedral of
Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital
...hospital in a single month. The following month of August saw the greatest number of deaths in any one month, averaging at least one per day. In just one year, patients consumed more than 800,000 pounds of bread, 16,000 pounds of butter and 334,000 quarts of milk. During the war,