Catholic Club of Philadelphia records, 1871-1923 (MC 23)
...cities throughout the country during the late 19th century, offered wealthy men of a certain socioeconomic background cultural, intellectual, and social opportunities. These clubs sponsored balls, concerts, lectures as well as other events and activities that raised large sums of money for local church charities. This collection contains administrative records,
Education
...ls (schools run by a parish) and attempts by politicians to use government money to fund these schools caused concern that public schools would be completely replaced. “The American River Ganges. The priests and the children,” December, 30, 1871 One of Nast’s most famous cartoons, “The American River Ganges,” depicts
Francis B. Gallagher collection of Fenian Brotherhood records, 1862-1870 (MC 14)
...8 with the goal of establishing an independent Ireland. As well as raising money and gathering arms to send back to Ireland, the Fenians also engaged in military activity against the British, leading two failed invasions of Canada. Factionalism within the organization led to the Brotherhood’s decline by the 1880s.
Bishop Francis Kenrick and His Journals
...in Philadelphia (Nolan 252) and allowed for the publication of a Catholic newspaper in German. A page from Kenrick's journal that mentions the establishment of the Catholic newspaper for Germans. It was also interesting to note that two of the letters mentioned in Bishop Kenrick's journal were written to Joseph