Digitizing the Halvey Photograph Collection, Step One

...h the exception of several early glass negatives, the collection contains primarily cellulose acetate film, or safety film. These negatives are in 4x5 single sheets and 3x5 35mm or 7.5x1.5 70mm strips. Safety film is named for its inflammability, but is nonetheless unstable and subject to deterioration. This makes reformatting

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National Council of Catholic Women

...2012 February 2012 December 2011 November 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 December 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe

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Irish Land War

...ulties renters faced, land owners continued to increase their rent. These crises led to the Irish Land War. By the fall of 1879, tenants organized to create The Irish National Land League with the ultimate goal of abolishing landlordism. Members acted out through protests, militant riots, and even assassinations. Possibly

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The Church and Labor

...Years). Quadragesimo Anno further expended on the idea that the God given right to private property should be directed to the common good and that "Capital cannot do without Labor, nor Labor Capital."[3] Both of these encyclicals made clear that for progress to be made on improving the conditions of

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