Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church
...numerous town hall meetings and protests, including occupying buildings to stop demolitions, the State of Pennsylvania was eager to resolve the problem.[8] Officials offered the Archdiocese one million dollars to move the church and also tried to redesign the project to spare the church but such a plan would have
Catholic Interracial Council
...other religious groups then pressured the Irish Catholic union leaders to stop the strike.[9] However, the strike would ultimately end after a Federal government intervention. Anna McGarry In 1946, CIIC and the WPIF were combined into one organization when McGarry and Father Cunnie formed the Catholic Interracial Council of Philadelphia
Recently Processed Collection: John Gilmary Shea Correspondence
...n of Mississippi Valley (1852), History of the Catholic Missions Among the Indian Tribes of the United States, 1529-1854 (1854), An Elementary History of the United States (1855), and A School History of the United States (1855). Shea was very passionate about his life as a scholar; so much so
Walter George Smith papers, 1836-1933 (MC 47)
...the causes of uniform state laws, was an appointed member of the Board of Indian Commissioners, a Manager of the Drexel Institute, and President of the American Bar Association. The collection contains correspondence, including family correspondence; diaries, journals and travel logs; speeches, addresses, published and unpublished writings. Scrapbooks, memorabilia, and