Archbishop Ryan
...ty’s trolley car strike in 1885-1886. Ryan, serving as chairman of the negotiating committee, helped broker a deal which included a 10 hour work day and the right to unionize.[11] Abp. Ryan, Palm Sunday Procession, c. 1908 He also focused on serving minorities in the community by serving on the
Philadelphia’s First Bishop
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American Federation of Catholic Societies
...f Catholic Societies (AFCS), was decided on as well as the new group’s constitution.[3] A few months later in December of 1901, the first national convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies was held in Cincinnati. At the conclusion, it was decided that the AFCS’s goal was to unite
Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection
...Partridge. The PAHRC collection includes a few lithographs of Catholic institutions: Convent of the Sisters of Mercy, Brooklyn, New York A few portraits of priests: Reverend B.F. McLoughlin And large bird’s eye views of Norristown, Pennsylvania and New Brunswick and Paterson, New Jersey. The bird's eye views include