Archdiocesan Superintendent of Schools records, 1890-1932 (MC 92)
...he first Catholic schools in Philadelphia can be traced to the mid- to late-18th century under the purview of local parishes, and early expansion occurred unsystematically until the 1850s. Since few parishes had the resources to provide a K-12 education, many Catholic households chose to send their children to Philadelphia’s
Other resources/repositories
...ural Center New Advent/Catholic Encyclopedia The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church National Museum of Catholic Art & Library Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents 1610 - 1791 Local Catholic History & Genealogical Research Guide Wilmington's Irish Roots Pennsylvania Genealogy...
Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia
...tunately, no one was killed. Philadelphia became one of the centers of anti-Catholic protest, second only to Hartford Connecticut in the amount of anti-Catholic materials published. The trustee problems that plagued Philadelphia beginning in the 1820s played a significant role, badly damaging the reputation of Catholics and left Philadelphians suspicious
Temperance Movement
...tholic Total Abstinence Union of America, August 9, 1939 https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/6871 To learn more of the CTAU come to the archives to see the papers, ephemera, and photos. See our online catalog for a list of material. [1] Joseph Gibbs, History of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America, (Philadelphia: 1907),