Pamphlets

...g to the US’s affairs in Ireland, particularly on topics of the Land League and Home Rule. Search the collection via our online catalog....

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Parish Histories and Calendars

...ne catalog. View a complete list of parishes, both active and closed, located within the Archdiocese: Alphabetical Index to Parishes Chronology of Parish Foundations See the research guide for information on conducting parish history research. Fr. Michetti blesses those being sent off to fight during WWI, St. Donato, 1917 Sisters

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Digitizing the Halvey Photograph Collection, Step One

...newspaper and neighborhood newspaper The Kensington Critic. He was then a U.S. Army photographer during World War II, for which he received a Legion of Merit, and later a staff photographer for Pennsylvania Hospital. Having never discarded a photo, the collection contains negatives from the entirety of Halvey’s career, from

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Patrick Coad, patentee of the galvanic battery, and interesting miscellaneous items

...hiladelphia physician who served as president of the city’s Board of Health. Dr. Joseph R. Coad, circa 1860 Thus far, I have found that manuscript collections, particularly collections of family papers, often have some interesting miscellaneous items that seemingly have nothing to do with the family that is being documented.

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