Digitizing the Halvey Photograph Collection, Step One
...he collection contains negatives from the entirety of Halvey’s career, from 1935 to 1999. These images capture presidents, popes, entertainers, as well as everyday participants in Philadelphia Catholic life. In addition to photos taken for The Catholic Standard and Times there are photos taken for organizations and schools such as
Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara
...his 9 years as Archbishop.[11] O’Hara would receive the red hat on December 15, 1958, becoming the first member of the Congregation of Holy Cross to be raised to the College of Cardinals as well as more generally the first religious from the United States to do so.[12] One August
Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons
...red American society. In the immediate aftermath of the Orange Riot of July 12, 1871 in New York City, in which Irish Catholics clashed with the National Guard protecting an Irish Protestant parade, Nast drew a number of anti-Irish cartoons for Harper’s Weekly. One cartoon illustrated the Draft Riots of
Francis B. Gallagher collection of Fenian Brotherhood records, 1862-1870 (MC 14)
...rs document the Brotherhood’s activities, including its failed invasion of Canada, as well as the internal divisions that led to the organization’s demise. 1 box, .4 linear ft. *Materials in this collection have been digitized and can be viewed at the Digital Library @ Villanova University. The collection was also