Misericordia Hospital
...tinued to expand and would add two more wings over the years, bring the total number of beds to 400 by 1968.[12] The Nursed Record of the First Graduating Class of the Misericordia Hospital (Philadelphia 1921), 32. An important component of Misericordia hospital was its use as a teaching center
Digital Collections
...rship with CHRC, the Digital Library@Villanova has digitized books, papers, and periodicals owned by the American Catholic Historical Society, the majority of which relate to Irish American history. ACHS material can be found here and CHRC Historic Papers can be found here. The Catholic Historical Research Center's oral history program,
Elizabeth Sarah Kite and the Seminaries of France
...returned by this post under other cover." However, a subsequent letter reveals that Kite’s appeal struck an emotional chord in Heuser: "Miss Elizabeth S. Kite. My dear Miss Kite, Your note explaining the occasion of the communication for which you ask space in the E.R. cannot, of course, leave me
Friendly and Adopted Sons
...him more than an honorary member. So the Friendly Sons toke a vote and formally adopted Washington as an Irishman.[7] Reasoning that if they all counted themselves adopted Americans, he could be adopted into the Irish. Washington was then invited to a dinner by the Friendly Sons on January 2,