Thomas Nast Anti-Catholic Cartoons

...h his cartoons.[3] Thus by studying this cartoons one is able to come to a better understanding of the social conflicts and prejudices that existed in America during the late 1800s. Visit our archives or our digital collections for more historic cartoons.               [1]

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Temperance Movement

...ver 66,000.[12] President Roosevelt speaking before C.T.A.U. delegates and United Mine Workers of America http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2013647511/resource/ One of the largest events held by the CTAU was the 1905 annual convention in Wilkes-Barre, PA when President Teddy Roosevelt spoke as the keynote to over 80,000 people. The Catholic Total Abstinence Union continued

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Newspapers & Periodicals

...in 1886 to collect material documenting the history of Catholicism in the United States. The newspaper collection contains Catholic newspapers from throughout the United States as well as some Catholic newspapers from Canada, England, Ireland, France and Italy. The collection contains over 300 titles, representing 35 states and the District

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National Council of Catholic Women

...ssage to Affiliated Organizations, National Council of Catholic Women, Vol XXI, No 6, June 1941, [8] MC78_80.7527 National Catholic School of Social Service, 1398 MC78_80.7527, Letter to Dennis Cardinal Dougherty from Agnes Regan, 1/14/1939 [9] Mc79_90.1197, Letter to Amalia Otzenberger from John Cardinal O’Hara, 7/13/1960 [10] MC79_90.855, Board of Directors

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