Digitizing the Halvey Photograph Collection, Step One
...ian Grady, and I used sampling to accomplish this task. After counting the number of envelopes in each box, we counted the number of negatives in a sample population of envelopes, as each envelope contains a sometimes vastly different number of negatives. Based on the results, we can reasonably estimate
Black Catholic periodicals
...the 19th century. In November 1889, a number of prominent men (the actual number is not known) gathered in Baltimore for the first black Catholic lay congress in the country’s history. The emergence of this community was largely due to the efforts of Daniel Rudd, the “leading Catholic representative of
Pilgrimage of Hope
...nd and along a narrow road called Via Cornelia. The origins of this sacred site can be traced back to the 1st century AD when Saint Peter, one of Jesus Christ's apostles and considered the first pope, was martyred in Rome. The location of his burial became a place of
American Czestochowa
...k Mitura. Father Michael Zembrzuski, OSPPE at the dedication of the Shrine, 10/16/1966 As news of the Shrine quickly spread, the barn was becoming too small for the large number of pilgrims. The vision of a larger Shrine was realized when a solemn procession was led to nearby Beacon