Herman Joseph Heuser Papers
...rticles in the AER and The Dolphin. Below she asks that her piece remain unsigned. Louise Imogen Guiney to Herman Joseph Heuser, May 15, 1912, front Louise Imogen Guiney to Herman Joseph Heuser, May 15, 1912, back Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) was an American Realist painter. He studied and taught at
Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee
...Dougherty was born August 16, 1865 to Patrick and Bridget Dougherty, both Irish immigrants living in Schuylkill County.[3] From an early age Dougherty felt a calling to the priesthood, trying to enter St. Charles Seminary in Overbrook at the age of fourteen. However, he was deemed to young so he
Higher, Faster, Stronger: The Olympics
...Rowing. The first, and probably the most famous, is John B. Kelly. Born of Irish immigrants, he grew up in Saint Bridget’s parish and worked as a bricklayer. After joining Vesper Rowing Club, he teamed up with his cousin, Paul Costello, who was from Saint Edward the Confessor in North
Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia
...Philadelphia bicentennial as a diocese 1808-2008. Strasbourg : Editions du Signe, 2007. PAHRC has a significant number of 19th-century pamphlets in its General Pamphlet Collection. The Archives also has an almost complete run of official Philadelphia Diocesan newspapers up to the current Archdiocesan paper, The Catholic Standard and Times. More