Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection

...Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, and a few from Canada, mainly Montreal. Almost nothing is known about why the company chose to specialize in church lithographs or how they solicited business or performed

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Parish and School Closing

...Parishes Merge In 1992, Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua announced plans to examine the closing of a number of parishes in North Philadelphia and the city of Chester. Both areas saw a major decrease in parishioners, with both areas losing around 60% of registered members from 1970 to 1990. Due to this

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Collection Development Policy

...ess to American Catholic Historical Society collections is practically unlimited and major portions of the Seminary and Archdiocesan materials are open to researchers. Access restrictions to Seminary and Archdiocesan records apply to all unpublished materials after 1920; however, these materials may be opened to researchers with special permission. DONATIONS In

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Contact us

...Contact us Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (CHRC) 6719 Calvert Street Philadelphia, PA 19149 Phone: (215) 904-8149 Email: archives@chrc-phila.org...

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