Associations & Institutions
...d material on Catholic institutions in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Maryland and Washington, D.C. A variety of types of institutions are included, especially hospitals, orphanages, and colleges. Types of material include institutional histories and anniversary books, annual reports, prospectuses and course catalogs. Also included are ephemera such as
Irish Catholics and Secret Societies
...tives of the Fenian Brotherhood, in Joint Convention at Philadelphia, PA, (New York: D.W. Lee, 1868), P005.0145 [4] John O’Neill, “Address. Headquarters, O'Neill's Irish American colonies, 1439 North Twelfth St, Philadelphia, Pa, December 4th, 1876,” P001.1587, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8438 [5] O’Neill, “Address,” P001.1587 [6] MC14: Fenian Brotherhood Collection, https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:247376. [7] Letter, T...
A “petulant girl”?: Josephine Walsh’s diaries
...t short his Jesuit education due to his interest in medicine. Based in New York, he went on to become a doctor, a well-known lecturer, and author of several books on religion and healing. Dr. James J Walsh Josephine’s mother died in 1895, when she was 12. Her father died
Recently Processed Collection: John Gilmary Shea Correspondence
...rrespondence file comes from Michael Augustine Corrigan, Archbishop of New York. Typed letter composed in 1891 by Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan asking Shea for clarification of sources to the assertion that there were large defections in the Catholic Church in America. Other large correspondence files contain letters from Archbishop James