Recently Processed Collection: John Gilmary Shea Correspondence

...performing basic preservation such as re-housing and removing rubber bands/staples/paperclips; and creating a finding aid in Archivists’ Toolkit. The most challenging aspect of processing the collection came from the fact that Shea had a substantial amount of personal correspondence; the collection is housed in approximately seven boxes. The bulk of

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Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons

...m. "'The Promised Land,' as seen from the Dome of St. Peter's, Rome" https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7354 "Tied to His Mother's Apron-Strings" https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/7360 One of themes conveyed through Nast’s cartoons was that the pope was looking to rule the United States by converting its people to Catholicism. This could be seen in his

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Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War

...1), 100. [4] Juan Francisco de Cardenas, “Letter to Cardinal Dougherty,” 01/30/1937, MC78_80.4513. [5] J. David Valaik, "American Catholic Dissenters and the Spanish Civil War." The Catholic Historical Review 53, no. 4 (1968), 732. [6] Spanish Nationalist Relief Committee, “Letter To Cardinal Dougherty,” 03/18/1938, MC78_80.8209. [7] Cardinal Dougherty, “Letter to

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Catholic Interracial Council

...ter to Anna McGarry from Budd Rockower, chairman Anti-Defamation League, 10/7/1959, 1999.047 Box 10 Folder McGarry Testimonial Dinner, 1959 [19] Notes from La Farge Papers, 1999.047 Box 11 folder CIC 1963 [20] Krol collection Box 24C Cardinal's Commission on Human Relations.   Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024

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