Herman Joseph Heuser Papers
...ter. He studied and taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and frequently painted portraits. In this letter to Heuser, Eakins asks him to translate a phrase into Latin for a portrait of a woman who plans on giving the painting to her son who is
Bil Keane
Bil Keane (1922-2011) Family Circus by Philadelphia native, Bil Keane, is the most widely syndicate cartoon panel in the world. Keane was a member of St. William Parish and attended Northeast Catholic High School. As a Catholic, Keane would often incorporate Catholic themes and settings revolving around a family with
Reverend William McGarvey papers, circa 1900 (MC 5)
Reverend William McGarvey (1861-1924) was an Episcopal priest in Philadelphia who founded a religious order in 1891 called the Congregation of the Companions of the Holy Saviour. Members of the order commit to vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience. McGarvey later left for the Roman Catholic Church after the adoption