The Centennial Fountain
...he work.[4] Since there was only two years to complete the project, the committee also hired contractors for other parts of the fountain, such as Hobbs and Sons for the structures, basins, and pedestals and Comber and Co for the granite work.[5] Work began on the fountain on July 5th
Associations & Institutions
...ies. These are mainly national associations but also include material on local chapters of national associations as well as local associations and societies. Types of printed material include Constitutions and By-Laws, histories, programs of annual meetings and dinners and ephemeral material such as circulars and brochures. The Institutions Collection (1838-
Jane and Marianne Campbell: Catholic Feminists
...minent Catholic women feminists who advocated for women’s equality, specifically a woman’s right to vote. Both were very active within the women’s suffrage movement until the passage of the nineteenth amendment. Sarah Jane Campbell Jane, a prolific writer and speaker, was considerably visible within the suffrage movement. In 1892, she
Interesting film history finds in the Parish Calendar collection
...ng with PAHRC's collection of parish calendars. My task was to catalog the calendars into PastPerfect so that the collection could be accessible to researchers online. In all, the collection contains calendars for over three hundred parishes. The date range for most is from about 1920 to 1955. Most of