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
Irish College, Rome. Transcripts, 1832-1848 (MC 53)
...ice-rector of the College since 1836. Kirby served as rector for forty-one years from 1850 until he retired in 1891. In 1896, the American Catholic Historical Society’s Archivist, H. T. Henry, traveled to the Irish College in Rome and transcribed letters from American priests and bishops who had corresponded with
Editorial Cartoons
...Times were used widely during the 1950s through 1970s. Over the years, the newspaper had used both in house and syndicated cartoons. These cartoons covered major historical events, including the Vatican II, and the Civil Rights Movement. Examining the drawings reveals how Catholics reacted to world events. Earl H. Wolf
Patrick Reilly papers, 1828-1878 (MC 42)
...gion. Attendance at the school dropped significantly during the Civil War due to the fact that more than one third of the student body was from the southern states. It closed in 1866. The bulk of the collection is correspondence, most of it covering the years 1841-1866 when Reilly ran