Benedict Club: A Home Away From Home

...rst year about 200 men visited the club each day and by 1943 that was up to 800.[11] The women volunteers, called the Morale Corps, would organize various themes for the dances as well as staff the offices and service desks and serve food and refreshments. The military men described

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Patrick Reilly papers, 1828-1878 (MC 42)

...ncerns matters at the school. Some of the letters from students document their experiences during the Civil War. The collection also includes business and legal records of the school. [17 linear feet]...

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The Day the Bronx Bomber Played in Kensington

...ting for Ascension of Our Lord, Babe Ruth Baseball today seems more like a business than a sport. Americans look to the past as a simpler time when baseball was played for fun, not profit. These thoughts may just be nostalgic longing for a time that never really existed. But

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Thomas Lloyd family papers, 1766-1867 (MC 45)

...ly contains materials related to Thomas Lloyd, including some personal and business correspondence as well as shorthand notes for various events and court cases, including those related to the Hogan Schism as Old St. Mary. Manuscript materials for the book The System of Shorthand Practiced by Thomas Lloyd in Taking

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