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...d material on Catholic institutions in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Maryland and Washington, D.C. A variety of types of institutions are included, especially hospitals, orphanages, and colleges. Associations & Institutions   Pamphlets Contains several thousand pamphlets and other printed materials relating to subjects of Catholic interest. Newspapers CHRC

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Recently Processed Collection: John Gilmary Shea Correspondence

...rrespondence file comes from Michael Augustine Corrigan, Archbishop of New York. Typed letter composed in 1891 by Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan asking Shea for clarification of sources to the assertion that there were large defections in the Catholic Church in America. Other large correspondence files contain letters from Archbishop James

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Irish Catholics and Secret Societies

...tives of the Fenian Brotherhood, in Joint Convention at Philadelphia, PA, (New York: D.W. Lee, 1868), P005.0145 [4] John O’Neill, “Address. Headquarters, O'Neill's Irish American colonies, 1439 North Twelfth St, Philadelphia, Pa, December 4th, 1876,” P001.1587, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8438 [5] O’Neill, “Address,” P001.1587 [6] MC14: Fenian Brotherhood Collection, https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:247376. [7] Letter, T...

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Associations & Institutions

...d material on Catholic institutions in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Maryland and Washington, D.C. A variety of types of institutions are included, especially hospitals, orphanages, and colleges. Types of material include institutional histories and anniversary books, annual reports, prospectuses and course catalogs. Also included are ephemera such as

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