Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia
...ress, 1975; O'Toole, James M. The Faithful: A History of Catholics in America. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008; Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Our faith-filled heritage : The church of Philadelphia bicentennial as a diocese 1808-2008. Strasbourg : Editions du Signe, 2007. PAHRC has a significant number of
1832 Cholera Outbreak in Philadelphia and Duffy’s Cut
...be the worst month with well over a hundred cases a day reported. A significant number of those cases resulted in death. The worst days in the city were August 6, when there were 176 cases and 71 deaths, and August 7, when there were 136 cases and 73 deaths
Temperance Movement
...on, are an important chapter in the history of the United States. Annual Convention, Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America, August 9, 1939 https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/6871 To learn more of the CTAU come to the archives to see the papers, ephemera, and photos. See our online catalog for a list of material.
Interesting film history finds in the Parish Calendar collection
...country as well as editorials concerning proper Catholic behavior. Parish calendars can prove useful for researchers interested in the history of a parish or even for those conducting genealogical research. For social and cultural historians, they offer a glimpse into parish, and more broadly, Catholic life during the first half