Philly in Focus: Robert Halvey’s Photographic History of Catholic Philadelphia

...War II, for which he received the Legion of Merit, a military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements.​ Halvey later went on to become a staff photographer for Pennsylvania Hospital. The Robert Halvey Collection

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Pope visit

...rse of ten days in October 1979, Pope John Paul II visited 6 cities in the United States. He spent two of those days in the City of Philadelphia. Arriving at Philadelphia International Airport at three in the afternoon on October 3rd, 1979, Pope John Paul II was greeted by

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Lawrence E. McCrossin papers, 1917-1919 (MC 4)

...vities in Europe. Most of the correspondence issued through the Knights of Columbus deals with supply and personnel data. Also included are referrals from noted officials Richard V. Farley of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry and Major Thomas F. Meehan of the United States Army; booklets on the

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