Philly in Focus: Robert Halvey’s Photographic History of Catholic Philadelphia

...mance of outstanding services and achievements.​ Halvey later went on to become a staff photographer for Pennsylvania Hospital. The Robert Halvey Collection contains approximately 350,000 negatives from the entirety of Halvey’s career, covering the years 1935 to 1999. These images capture everyday participants in Philadelphia Catholic life, as well as

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Thomas Lloyd family papers, 1766-1867 (MC 45)

...ates. Lloyd’s last publication was Lloyd’s Stenography (1819), a work that compiled the full structure of his shorthand system. This small collection mostly contains materials related to Thomas Lloyd, including some personal and business correspondence as well as shorthand notes for various events and court cases, including those related to

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The Right Reverend Monsignor Louis Meyer papers, 1910-2007 (MC 91)

...era, correspondence, notes, journals, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, and subject files containing clippings and other printed materials. 7.5 linear feet; 18 boxes Researchers may find it helpful to use the more recent finding aid (HTML) in conjunction with the legacy finding aid (PDF), which includes item-level information. View finding aid (HTML)

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