Herman Joseph Heuser papers, 1811-1933 (MC 1)

...crapbooks with miscellaneous materials. Most of the materials in the collection are in English, though some are written in German, French, and Italian. 27 boxes, 10.4 linear ft. Researchers will find it useful to use the more recent (html) finding aid in conjunction with the legacy finding aid, which includes

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National Council of Catholic Women

...o help coordinate action between associations rather than a local group focused on a single issue.[2] Indeed, the NCCW saw itself as a federation seeking to unite and strengthen local groups, not to be in competition with them.[3] When the NCCW began, there were 264 women’s groups that affiliated with

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Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters

...7, 1917- Feb. 12, 1920, CHRC An account from an IHM nun recalls entering houses and finding entire families sick in bed together with no one to care for them. When this happened the sisters would bathe the sick, clean the house and then prepare food and medicine for the

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In Her Own Right: Jane and Marianne Campbell

...ling the types of literature read within Catholic women circles.[11] These newly digitized collections offer a window into a wider range of topics, from the suffragist movement of the 19th and 20th centuries to Catholic family life. And now thanks to the In Her Own Right project they are available

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