Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find

...entertainment mogul. Redpath had sold his Lyceum booking agency several years earlier and was recuperating from an accident. He proposed to The New York Tribune that they send him to Ireland where he could regain his health while reporting on social conditions in that country. Though born in Scotland, Redpath

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Nuclear War

Nuclear War The dangers of the nuclear arms race and the possibility of mutually assured destruction were a prominent Cold War theme. Knudsen, “First Robin?” 1971 Knudsen compares the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) to a robin announcing the thaw of winter. Beginning with negotiations in 1969, SALT resulted in

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Recap of “To Touch a Saint: Creating a Place for Middle School Students” Grant Program!

...ducation and Catholic ministry throughout the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Archives Archives Select Month July 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 December 2024 October 2024 July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January

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Black Catholics in Philadelphia and The Journal

...s; baptized May 1 (1796) by Rev. L. Neale Rachel, born March 17, 1789, of Margaret Felia and Phanice, negroes, unbelievers; baptized May 2 by Rev. M. Ennis Louis, negro; aged about 6 months, born of John Lewis and Ophelia, negroes; baptized May 6, by Rev. R. Houdet Old St.

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