Philly in Focus: Robert Halvey’s Photographic History of Catholic Philadelphia
...he years 1935 to 1999. These images capture everyday participants in Philadelphia Catholic life, as well as presidents, popes, and entertainers. In addition to photographs taken for The Catholic Standard and Times, there are also photos taken for Catholic institutions, organizations, parishes and schools. Due to Halvey’s long and prolific
Temperance Movement
...of Father Matthew, a priest who helped start the temperance movement in Ireland and then traveled America from 1849-1851 to spread the cause.[3] With the growth in local societies, usually based around either parishes or dioceses, the need for a unifying national organization arose. So in 1872 in Baltimore, a
Thomas Lloyd family papers, 1766-1867 (MC 45)
...returned to London with his family where he was arrested and placed in Newgate prison for two years for debt. The diary he kept while imprisoned can also be found in the collection. Other materials in the collection, such as correspondence and estate papers, relate to Thomas Lloyd’s immediate family,