Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection

...beled but generally are not. St. Stanislaus Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin A number of the exterior views also include vignettes of the pastor or other parish buildings such as the school, rectory and convent or the former church. St. Mary's Church, Norwalk, Ohio The exterior views also have standard touches such

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Catholics in WWII

...which Philadelphia had the second most with 51. As the war continued that number would increase to 68, unfortunately eight of those Philadelphia priests would die in the war, the most of any U.S. diocese.[7] Meyer Photo: Margherita Camp Chapel From his priests, Dougherty would often receive monthly progress reports

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Portrait photograph of Robert M. O'Reilly, circa 1870

A lengthy and active military career

...ers. O'Reilly writes: There hasn't been any fever- yellow fever I mean- in Tampa. There is or was a good deal of typhoid as this is pretty ?? to be in camps of green troops. My associations since the General and staff went to Huntsville has been largely sick holy

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National Council of Catholic Women

...ntion, 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 Gavin from Dennis Cardinal Dougherty,

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