Elizabeth Sarah Kite and the Seminaries of France

...re the Germans officially surrendered to President Eisenhower in 1945, one day before VE-Day. Reference Kite, Elizabeth Sarah. “A Plea for the Seminaries of France.” The American Ecclesiastical Review 64 (1921): 407-411. Print. Archives Archives Select Month July 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 January 2024 November 2023 October

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Archbishop Ryan

...negotiating committee, helped broker a deal which included a 10 hour work day and the right to unionize.[11] Abp. Ryan, Palm Sunday Procession, c. 1908 He also focused on serving minorities in the community by serving on the Board of Indian Commissioners (appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt) and opening the

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Irish Land War

...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 were both prominent topics

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Herman Joseph Heuser papers, 1811-1933 (MC 1)

...on Patrick Augustine Sheehan of Doneraile, Ireland, specifically Sheehan’s book, My New Curate; a story gathered from the stray leaves of an old diary, which appeared serially in Heuser’s magazine. Items, such as drafts and research notes, deriving from Heuser’s work with the American Ecclesiastical Review and the Dolphin, are

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