Black Catholics in Philadelphia and The Journal
...hurch, Philadelphia, PA. American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, 1947. Souvenir of the Diamond Jubilee of St. Peter Claver's Parish, 1886-1961. (PH0120) Willging, Eugene P. and Herta Hatzfeld. Catholic serials of the nineteenth century in the United States; a descriptive bibliography and union list. Second series: Part Five, Pennsylvania. Washington,
Recap of “To Touch a Saint: Creating a Place for Middle School Students” Grant Program!
...was comprised of 14 questions/items and included items like finding the oldest object on display, identifying what an archivist is, or naming an example of a primary source they saw. The students learned how to also use Find My Past and each visit was tailored to the school and parish,
The Other Drexel: Louise Drexel Morrell
...e the major financial sponsor of the Don Bosco Institute which provided social services to Italian children. St. Francis' Industrial School, n.d. In 1895, Louise and her husband Edward Morrel founded St. Emma’s Agricultural and Industrial School in Virginia to provide young African-American men with secular and religious education. The
Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find
...serialized fiction, including French and Russian works translated by associate editor, Jeremiah C. Curtin. Included were perhaps the earliest serializations of stories by Jules Verne. These changes, however, were not enough to save the paper and the last issue of Redpath’s Weekly was published on August 23, 1884. This 1883