CORDUM

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Thomas Cooke Middleton papers, 1859-1917 (MC 7)

...illanova University (then Villanova College) where he served for almost 60 years. He served as the University’s tenth president from 1876 to 1878. He had also served as a teacher, archivist, librarian, and vice-president of the university. Middleton was the first president of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia

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Catholics Responses to the Spanish Civil War

...a marriage of necessity, as the Spanish government was seen as openly anti-Catholic. It had taken ownership of Church property, outlawed the Jesuits, and forbid religious orders from teaching.[1] Due to these restrictions, many saw the Nationalists as the side who would help protect and restore the Church.[2] Nationalist forces

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Friendly and Adopted Sons

...together with the list of members of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, 1771-1884, (Philadelphia: The Hibernian Society, 1884), P001.2003 [2] Redmond P. Conlon, Toast the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick: Forty-first Annual Banquet of the Society of the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick of Newark, NJ, March 17, 1911

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