Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find
...t and entertainment mogul. Redpath had sold his Lyceum booking agency several years earlier and was recuperating from an accident. He proposed to The New York Tribune that they send him to Ireland where he could regain his health while reporting on social conditions in that country. Though born in
Irish Land War
...y, last will and testaments, and booklets on a variety of topics. I recently came across a number of documents related to the “Irish Question.” The Irish Question, concerning Irish nationalism and independence, spanned the time period from around the mid 19th to the mid 20th century. Religion and politics
Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish
...vermin. When Mother Isador of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary called to see me with reference to the future school she happened to notice this wretched building. “there’s your school,” she exclaimed. I was dumbfounded. She gathered up her skirts and went over the premises, even going
A lengthy and active military career
...and conflicts. O'Reilly's career began in 1862 when he interrupted his medical studies at the University of Pennsylvania to enlist as a medical cadet during the Civil War. A good deal of correspondence in the collection is O'Reilly's letters to his mother that he wrote while stationed in Chattanooga, Tennessee.