Catabloging

...includes an abstract and controlled access terms; some entries also have a link to a PDF version of the full finding aid. Researchers have the ability to search for collections by keyword by using the website's search engine. They can also select collections by name or subject, using the drop-down

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Francis B. Gallagher collection of Fenian Brotherhood records, 1862-1870 (MC 14)

...in military activity against the British, leading two failed invasions of Canada. Factionalism within the organization led to the Brotherhood’s decline by the 1880s. This collection primarily contains the correspondence of Francis B. Gallagher, a Fenian Senator and district treasurer from Buffalo, NY with other senior Fenian officials. Also included

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Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection

...erior views of Catholic churches throughout the United States and parts of Canada. This collection has been digitized and is available through Villanova's digital library The firm of Packard and Butler was started by Herbert S. Packard and William H. Butler. Packard was an artist and lithographer from Boston where

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Priest and Rosary Calm Tension – Oral History Interview

...Director of the Cardinal's Commission on Human Relations. http://www.pahrc.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Devlin-online-clip-1.wav Devlin: George Fencl, (Chief Inspector and head of the Police Department’s Civil Affairs Unit), would call me. And one time we were up there and I had to bring in Spanish priests you know. And they were good. They’d come out,

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