Collection Development Policy

...s social and cultural histories of the various ethnicities that shaped the American Catholic Church. CHRC does not actively collect non-institutional records, but welcomes donations of print and non-print materials related to Catholicism in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia as long as access to these records is not significantly restricted. Access

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Irish College, Rome. Transcripts, 1832-1848 (MC 53)

...Henry, traveled to the Irish College in Rome and transcribed letters from American priests and bishops who had corresponded with Cullen and Kirby. Henry published edited versions of these transcripts in the Records of the American Catholic Historical Society (volumes 7-9). The intent was to document some of people and

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Catholic Interracial Council

...l   [1] John LaFarge, SJ, “A Catholic Interracial Program,” (New York: The American Press, 1939) [2] “Catholic Interracial Council of Philadelphia Constitution,” 1999.047 Box 8 Folder Stanton Paper. [3] “Ten Years in Retrospect,” 01/21/1948, 1999.047 Box 9 [4] “Background and History of the Catholic Interracial Council of Philadelphia,” 08/26/1952,

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A Brief History of the Growing Pains of the Church in Philadelphia

...ard and Times, (July 29, 1976); “The Catholic Church in Pennsylvania before 1800,” http://omeka.pahrc.net/admin/items/show/id/7133. [6] Christine Friend, “Philadelphia’s First Bishop,” CHRC (February 22, 2010), http://www.chrc-phila.org/philadelphias-first-bishop/. [7] Martin I. J. Griffin, “Life of Bishop Conwell,” Records of the American Catholic History Society of Philadelphia, vol. 25, no. 2 (June, 1914), 160.

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