Digitizing the Halvey Photograph Collection, Step One

...he collection contains negatives from the entirety of Halvey’s career, from 1935 to 1999. These images capture presidents, popes, entertainers, as well as everyday participants in Philadelphia Catholic life. In addition to photos taken for The Catholic Standard and Times there are photos taken for organizations and schools such as

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Beloved Cardinal Archbishop: John Francis O’Hara

...his 9 years as Archbishop.[11] O’Hara would receive the red hat on December 15, 1958, becoming the first member of the Congregation of Holy Cross to be raised to the College of Cardinals as well as more generally the first religious from the United States to do so.[12] One August

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Bishop Francis Kenrick and His Journals

...olics throughout the diocese. This journal that Bishop Kenrick kept between 1830 and 1851 during his time in Philadelphia, as well as translations of many of his letters and of his diary and visitation records, can all be found here at the Historical Research Center. A summary and brief description

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