Robert M. O’Reilly, Surgeon General
A small manuscript collection that I recently finished processing is the Robert M. O’Reilly papers (MC 34). Robert Maitland O'Reilly (1845-1912) was the 20th Surgeon General of the United States Army serving from September 7, 1902 to January 14, 1909. O'Reilly served a long military medical career beginning as a
The Immaculata Mighty Macs
...or the next two years and made it to the semifinals in 1977. Cathy Rush retired from coaching that year and Immaculata’s dominance of women’s basketball waned as public universities, with more money for recruitment and scholarships, began to take over. The passage of Title IX in 1972 allowed more
Roman Catholic and Archdiocese High Schools
...it also started to branch out into athletics and other extracurricular activities. The first recorded interscholastic game occurred in March of 1893, with Roman beating St. Joseph College (then the name for both the high school and university) in baseball 14-10.[7] Other sports would be added and the football games
Irish Catholics and Secret Societies
...ing the 1800s there were two major organizations that attracted numbers of Irish Catholics: the Fenian Brotherhood and the Molly Maguires. The Fenian Brotherhood was founded in 1858 as a national movement for the liberation of Ireland from English rule.[1] The Molly Maguires were likely founded in 1863 and were