Philly in Focus: Robert Halvey’s Photographic History of Catholic Philadelphia
...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 presidents, popes, and entertainers.
Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee
...end the Mass and many dignitaries would be there including the Governor of Pennsylvania and the Mayor of Philadelphia.[13] Halvey_482 The celebrations of June 2 began at 9:30am when the parish parade divisions made up 53,000 men and boys began their march.[14] The procession to the altar began at 11:30,
Collections
...s collection contains various printed 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
Eden Hall
.... W. Bromley & Co. The story of Eden Hall begins in 1841 in McSherrystown, Pennsylvania. It was here that a mission was opened by Mother Elizabeth Gallitzin, sister of the missionary priest Demetrius Gallitzin and former Russian princess. Conditions in McSherrystown grew worse when a wave of tuberculosis ran