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

A lengthy and active military career

...74 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 4th Army Corps, and later chief surgeon on the staff of Major General James F. Wade in Havana.

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Digitizing the Halvey Photograph Collection, Step One

...ck’s Day parades. Halvey once said, “I think many of my pictures will last long after I’m gone,” and PAHRC intends to digitize the negatives to fulfill this prediction.   Luciano Pavarotti and the late Cardinal Bevilacqua, 1989 The collection currently consists of 39 archival boxes filled with envelopes of

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Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home

...the organizations pick the date.[16] The Benedict choice to close on the 5-year anniversary of its opening, December 10, 1946. Over those years, over 1,300,000 servicemen walked through the doors of the Benedict Club into their home away from home.[17] [1] May We Tell You About Benedict Hall, MC78_80.843 [2]

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The Immaculata Mighty Macs

...(The NCAA Women's Division Championship was not inaugurated until the 1981-82 season.) Though the team had a 24-1 record under coach Cathy Rush that year, most people thought the tiny women’s college couldn’t compete at the national level. But at the tournament in Normal, Illinois, the team won game after

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