Recently Processed Collection: John Gilmary Shea Correspondence
...1850s when Shea really began his work in American Catholic history. Between 1852 and 1855, Shea published several scholarly works that were critically acclaimed: Discovery and Exploration of Mississippi Valley (1852), History of the Catholic Missions Among the Indian Tribes of the United States, 1529-1854 (1854), An Elementary History of
National Council of Catholic Women
...th National Convention of the National Council of Catholic Women, September 15, 1948. [7] MC78_80.7528, Classified List of Outlines and Materials for the Use of Study Clubs, National Council of Catholic Women; Letter 1/14/1939; MC78_80.7258, Monthly Message to Affiliated Organizations, National Council of Catholic Women, Vol XXI, No 6, June
Newspapers & Periodicals
...ates and the District of Columbia, and covers the period primarily from the 1820’s through the 1940’s. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1840’s through the 1920’s. Click here for information about Catholic newspapers in Philadelphia. CHRC’s periodical collection, which includes over 600 titles, is comprised mainly of
Temperance Movement
..., History of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America, (Philadelphia: 1907), 11. [2] Daria Gasparini, “A Celebration of Moral Force: The Catholic Total Abstinence Union of American Centennial Fountain,” Master’s Thesis (University of Pennsylvania, 2002), 47. [3] Ibid., 47. [4] Ibid., 49. [5] Gibbs, History of the Catholic, 19.