Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find
...n. Forgotten Firebrand: James Redpath and the Making of Nineteenth Century America. Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London. 2008. Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 September
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...of Lyon in 1843 that some missionaries of the time were concerned for the welfare of German Catholics in America. Kenrick, however, and encouraged the publication of a newspaper in German and a translation of the catechism into German. It was also interesting to note that two of the letters
Martin I. J. Griffin papers, 1842-1950 (MC 8)
...r to the newly established Catholic Standard and Times, the official Philadelphia diocesan newspaper, from 1870 to 1873. Griffin founded the American Catholic Historical Society in 1884 and served as its secretary. He also belonged to several other historical associations, including the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Society of Philadelphia
Recently Processed Collection: John Gilmary Shea Correspondence
...ished research materials. Another notable correspondent was John Wesley Powell. Powell was a U.S. soldier, geologist, explorer of the American West, and director of the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology. Letter written by John Wesley Powell, Geologist for the U.S. Department of the Interior, on October 27, 1876 requesting Shea's