A lengthy and active military career
...largely sick holy people. On Saturday I sent seven Sisters of Charity from New Orleans off on a ship to Santiago...They are yellow fever nurses. O'Reilly to his sister, August 16, 1898, page 1 He continues on the second page: We are moving the troops out of here as fast
Recently Processed Collection: John Gilmary Shea Correspondence
...e correspondence 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
A “petulant girl”?: Josephine Walsh’s diaries
...h cut 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
In Her Own Right: Jane and Marianne Campbell
...ling the types of literature read within Catholic women circles.[11] These newly digitized collections offer a window into a wider range of topics, from the suffragist movement of the 19th and 20th centuries to Catholic family life. And now thanks to the In Her Own Right project they are available