Robert M. O’Reilly papers, 1862-1925 (MC 34)
...ce for the Revision of the Geneva Convention in Geneva in 1906. During his time as surgeon general, O’Reilly made significant improvements by elevating the status and personnel of the army medical corps and furthering medical research. This collection contains both personal and professional correspondence, much of which documents O’Reilly’s
Herman Joseph Heuser papers, 1811-1933 (MC 1)
...titutions of the Sisters of Mercy, Merion, Pa., where his sister was for a time General Superior, and of Katharine Drexel’s Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. He served as an adviser to the Pontifical Commission on Anglican Orders in 1896, and received an honorary Doctor of Sacred Theology degree from
Recently Processed Collection: John Gilmary Shea Correspondence
...lawyer, Shea was considered the leading American Catholic historian of his time. Shea was only 14 years old when he published his first article, a short essay on Cardinal Albornoz in the Children’s Catholic Magazine. It wasn't until the 1850s when Shea really began his work in American Catholic history.
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