A “petulant girl”?: Josephine Walsh’s diaries
...ger than her distinguished older brothers, James and Joseph. Joseph Walsh, based in Philadelphia, became a physician and studied tuberculosis. James Walsh cut short his Jesuit education due to his interest in medicine. Based in New York, he went on to become a doctor, a well-known lecturer, and author of
In Her Own Right: Jane and Marianne Campbell
...tative Women” shined light on the who’s who of women during the 1890s. For instance, the first issue in April, 1893 looked at the life of Mary Grew, a key anti-slavery and suffragist activist.[6] This section often focused on Philadelphia area women, such as Dr. Hannah E. Croasdale, a professor
Recently Processed Collection: John Gilmary Shea Correspondence
...plicable); performing basic preservation such as re-housing and removing rubber bands/staples/paperclips; and creating a finding aid in Archivists’ Toolkit. The most challenging aspect of processing the collection came from the fact that Shea had a substantial amount of personal correspondence; the collection is housed in approximately seven boxes. The bulk