Catabloging

...n the University of Massachusetts' UMarmot site, the catablog originated: "...as an experiment responding to two perceived needs: first, to find a low cost means of maximizing the public availability of our collections; and second, to find a solution that could be shared with colleagues in less technologically-intensive institutions... we

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Portrait photograph of Robert M. O'Reilly, circa 1870

A lengthy and active military career

...y men with 40 wagons takes up a tremendous length of road when on the march... March 5, 1874 letter to his mother, page 1 March 5, 1874 letter to his mother, pages 2-3 During the Spanish- American War, O'Reilly served as chief surgeon of the First Independent Division, the

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Elizabeth Sarah Kite and the Seminaries of France

...nds that we are unable to answer.” Letter from Heuser. Postscript reads: "P.S. the MS is being 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

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Neumann Canonization

...school system, introduced the Forty Hours Devotion, and founded the Third Order of Saint Francis. It was not long after his death that calls were being made to open his cause for canonization. In May of 1886, the Diocese of Philadelphia and his order, the Congregation of the Most Holy

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