Recently Processed Collection: John Gilmary Shea Correspondence

...ears. For instance, the collection contains a large file of correspondence between Oscar Wilkes Collet, a writer, scholar, and member of the Missouri Historical Society. Here is a postcard received by Shea requesting help locating research materials. February 2, 1885 postcard sent by Oscar W. Collet regarding unpublished research materials.

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Associations & Institutions

...ontains various printed material on Catholic institutions in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Maryland and Washington, D.C. A variety of types of institutions are included, especially hospitals, orphanages, and colleges. Types of material include institutional histories and anniversary books, annual reports, prospectuses and course catalogs. Also included are ephemera

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Herman Joseph Heuser Papers

...ed on October 1, 2000. In the letter below Drexel asks questions about the new constitution for her order. Katharine Drexel to Herman Heuser, front Katharine Drexel to Herman Joseph Heuser, inside Katharine Drexel to Herman Joseph Heuser, back Poet and essayist Louise Imogen Guiney (1861-1920) frequently wrote to Heuser

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World War One Army Chaplains

...Heroes of Marne,” Catholic Standard and Times. September 28, 1918. [7] “’Knew We Could Lick the Germans,’ Father Wolfe Writes from Trenches” Catholic Standard and Times, November 16, 1918. [8] “Father Wolfe is Lauded for Bravery Under Fire,” Catholic Standard and Times, September 28, 1918. [9] Gibbons, Chris, “A Phila.

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