Bartholomew F. Fair papers, 1906-1966 (MC 24)

.... Fair served as president of the American Catholic Historical Society from 1957 until 1966. He was then named to the newly created post of executive director. He had been active in the Society for over 23 years, also serving as its librarian and curator. He supervised the move of

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In Her Own Right: Jane and Marianne Campbell

...meka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8195. [4] Catholic Standard and Times, June, 14, 1919. [5] Catholic Standard and Times, August 2, 1913. [6] Woman's Progress in Literature, Science, Art, Education and Politics, Vol. 1 No. 1, April, 1893, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8127. [7] Woman's Progress in Literature, Science, Art, Education and Politics, Vol 5 No. 1, June 1895,

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John Gilmary Shea Correspondence, 1836-1891 (MC 51)

...olades and accomplishments of publishing nearly three hundred articles and books. The John Gilmary Shea Correspondence preserved in the Philadelphia Archdiocese Historical Research Center primarily consists of correspondences received by Shea throughout the 19th century. Some of the larger files of correspondence are from Oscar W. Collet, Archbishop Michael Augustine

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Thomas Cooke Middleton papers, 1859-1917 (MC 7)

...niversity. Middleton was the first president of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia (ACHS), an organization he helped found in 1884. He also served as editor of the Society’s journal, the Records of the American Catholic Historical Society from 1899 to 1905. Middleton wrote many essays on local Catholic

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