Communism
...ed with the expansion of communism, the United States continued to pursue a policy of containment. Many believed that the Soviet Union existence threatened the safety and freedoms of mankind. Knudsen, “Saigon or Bust,” May 18, 1972 With the establishment of communism in Eastern Europe and Korea, Knudsen highlights that
The Right Reverend Monsignor Louis Meyer papers, 1910-2007 (MC 91)
...an Army chaplain during World War II, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India Theater until 1946. Upon his discharge from the service, Meyer resumed his parish duties in Philadelphia. He was elevated to Monsignor in 1965, retired in 1972, and passed away in 1985. The Right Reverend Monsignor Louis Meyer
Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find
...rter, publisher, lobbyist, superintendent of schools in the reconstruction south, social activist and entertainment mogul. Redpath had sold his Lyceum booking agency several years earlier and was recuperating from an accident. He proposed to The New York Tribune that they send him to Ireland where he could regain his health
Daughters of Charity Nursed Wounded Civil War Soldiers at West Philadelphia hospital
...soldiers. A 14-foot high fence surrounded the property, which now sprawled south to Baltimore Avenue and west to 46th Street. On the grounds there was a post office, clothing store, laundry facility, carpenter shop, printing shop, dispensary, library, and three kitchens referred to as restaurants. Although the official capacity of