Friendly and Adopted Sons
...Friendly Sons, despite being a social group, took a definite stance on the American Revolution. It expelled on of its members in 1776 for siding with the British.[5] Many members of the group were active within the Revolution, such as Commodore John Barry and General Anthony Wayne. Furthermore, the members
Digital Collections
...ibrary@Villanova has digitized books, papers, and periodicals owned by the American Catholic Historical Society, the majority of which relate to Irish American history. ACHS material can be found here and CHRC Historic Papers can be found here. The Catholic Historical Research Center's oral history program, which focuses on the life
Newman Centers
...xander Gray, OSF, “Development of the Newman Club Movement, Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, vol LXXIV, no 2, June 1963, 116. [11] Newman Club Manual: A Handbook for Newman Club Chaplains and Leaders, (Newman Club Federation: Washington, 1951) P015.296 [12] Catholic Campus Ministry, West Chester State
Lawrence Francis Flick papers, 1889-1930 (MC 18)
...e was not hereditary but contagious. He organized the first American tuberculosis society in 1892, the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, to educate the public and founded White Haven Sanitarium in 1901. Having a great interest in history, Flick was one of the founders of the American Catholic