Education
...ools caused concern that public schools would be completely replaced. “The American River Ganges. The priests and the children,” December, 30, 1871 One of Nast’s most famous cartoons, “The American River Ganges,” depicts bishops shaped as crocodiles coming to devour children as a public school lays in ruins. Nast believed
The Bishop’s Bank
...e of origin. Other notations are more lengthy. They might include personal information about the depositor or instructions on distributing money. They provide a brief but fascinating glimpse of the life of the depositor. The notation for Johanna Reilly, who opened an account in 1852, reads "42 years old, St.
Collection Development Policy
...s social and cultural histories of the various ethnicities that shaped the American Catholic Church. CHRC does not actively collect non-institutional records, but welcomes donations of print and non-print materials related to Catholicism in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia as long as access to these records is not significantly restricted. Access