Recently Processed Collection: John Gilmary Shea Correspondence
...ribes of the United States, 1529-1854 (1854), An Elementary History of the United States (1855), and A School History of the United States (1855). Shea was very passionate about his life as a scholar; so much so that over the next four decades, he published two hundred and fifty articles
The Bishop’s Bank
...iladelphia. Mark Antony Frenaye, n.d. The rules of the bank for conducting business are written in the front of the bank's first ledger book in Frenaye's own hand. They illustrate that the Diocese ran that bank according to sound business practices. Customer relations and secure investments were the guiding principles
The Church and Labor
...iladelphia were often vocal in their views of the economic problems in the United States. Archbishop Patrick Ryan was active in labor relations, working on a number of occasions as a mediator between management and labor unions to bring about peace resolutions. In a 1953 Labor Day speech, John Cardinal
Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection
...ckard, Butler and Partridge. At about this time, they also relocated their business to 715 Arch Street. The church lithograph collection contains items from both firms. On January 26, 1886, the building where the firm was located was destroyed by a fire. This appears to have ended the firm, although