Manuscript Collections
...or CHRC can be found here and material for ACHS can be found here. For a full list of all collections please visit our online catalog....
The Church and Labor
...to go on strike. In “the Church the Champion of the Working Man,” Father M.F. Hennelly argued that for a strike to be just it must first use all other means to revolve the dispute and that the potential benefits must outweigh the suffering that the strike can impose on
1832 Cholera Outbreak in Philadelphia and Duffy’s Cut
...nd Columbia Railroad. The cholera epidemic that was ravaging parts of the U.S., including New York City, spread to Philadelphia and reached the laborers' camp in mid-August. Within two and a half weeks, all of the men were dead. All of the deaths were blamed on the disease; however, historical
Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection
...real. More information on the collection can be found here. St. Agatha's Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Reverend B.F. McLoughlin...