National Council of Catholic Women

...venir of the Tenth Annual Convention, National Council Catholic Women, 1920-1930, September 28-October 1, Denver, Colorado, P008.900 [2] MC78_80.7527, Letter to Dennis Cardinal Dougherty from Anne Sarachon Hooley, 9/28/1934 [3] MC78_80.7258, National Council pf Cahtolic Women: What it is, Why it is, What it does [4] MC78_80.7527, Letter to Gertrude

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Manuscript Collections

...the volume of his and subsequent collections increases significantly. Post-1920 materials are closed to researchers except by permission. Most of the bishops' papers can be searched through online finding aids. Most of the manuscript collections of the American Catholic Historical Society (ACHS), which include the papers of prominent Catholic clergy,

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The Bishop’s Bank

...hi." Written underneath is, "The depositor is dead. John McCue, his brother-in-law, is appointed guardian of Hughes daughter Ann-14 years". John Hughes' entry in Bishop's Bank Ledger, 1864 Mark Frenaye managed the bank until September 23, 1857, when Bishop Wood, who had been a bank clerk before entering the priesthood,

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Dougherty’s Movie Boycott

...Dougherty saw this as creating division which would result in only a “milk-and-water” resolution on movies. While Cardinal Dougherty was strong in his support for the general boycott, everyday Catholics began to start wavering by the winter of 1934. Indeed, many wrote letters to Dougherty asking him to release them

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