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Proclamation by the City and County of Philadelphia announcing a special election concerning the prohibition of liquor in Pennsylvania (Article XIX of First Amendment of Pennsylvania Constitution) and amendments regarding Pennsylvania voting…

Broadside; rules and regulations regarding parish boundaries, jurisdiction, etc. Part of the Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick papers (MC 72).

Broadside addressed to Philadelphia Catholics in response to the anti-Catholic riots that took place in Kensington, Philadelphia in May of 1844. Part of the Nativist Riots collection (1990.055).

Certificate of appointment by the Pennsylvania Board of World's Fair Managers of Eleanor Donnelly to the Ladies Auxiliary Society of Philadelphia County, dated December 5, 1891. Signed by Harriet-Anne Lucas, Chairman, Committee on Women's Work; and…

Blank membership certificate for Our Mother of Sorrows Total Abstinence Society.

Blank membership certificate for St. Charles Borromeo Total Abstinence Benevolent Society of Philadelphia. "Published by W. J. Gillin & Co., 230-232 S. 5th St."

Blank membership certificate for the Hibernian Benevolent Society of Olyphant, PA.

Blank membership certificate for the Hibernian Benevolent Society of Olyphant, PA.

Membership certificate for a Marian Sodality at St. Mary's Church in Philadelphia. The name of the Sodality is not listed. Certificate shows that Mary McMullen was admitted to the Sodality on February 14, 1864. At top is an image of the interior of a…

Color lithograph listing the names of the soldiers who served in this company and the engagements the company was involved in through December 1862 and whether soldiers were wounded, killed, dishcharged, promoted, or transferred. The top one quarter…

Certificate of Award from the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 to the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia for its display of Catholic Historical Relics. Dated September 14, 1893

Poster advertising the First Annual Course of Lectures of the American Catholic Historical Society of Pennsylvania at the Academy of Music of Philadelphia, March 13, 20 and 28, 1895.

Certificating authorizing F.X. Reuss a solicitor of the St. Joseph's Association, signed by D.J. Fitzgibbon, C.S.Sp., Director. Printed in bottom left corner: "Tobin Photo-Eng. Phila."

Printed at bottom of certificate: "Duval & Hunter, lith Phila." Undated.

Printed at bottom of certificate: "Duval & Hunter, lith Phila." Undated.

Printed at bottom of certificate: "Woodward, Grant & Co. Lith. Toronto." Undated.

Poster for the Silver Jubilee Reunion Dinner of the Priest Alumni of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Class of 1921. Poster includes a menu (in French) and current thumbnail portrait photographs of the alumni.

Certificate showing that Mark Devine & Co. hold 100 shares of capital stock of the Centennial Board of Finance. Dated November 10, 1876. Includes engraving of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Certificate showing that Mrs. Mark Devine holds 3 shares of capital stock of the Centennial Board of Finance. Dated February 4, 1876. Includes engraving of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Certificate showing that Mrs. M. K. Devine holds 2 shares of capital stock of the Centennial Board of Finance. Dated February 4, 1876. Includes engraving of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Certificate showing that Miss Anne Cullinan holds 1 share of capital stock of the Centennial Board of Finance. Dated February 4, 1876. Includes engraving of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Certificate showing that Thaddeus Brady holds 1 share of capital stock of the Centennial Board of Finance. Dated February 4, 1876. Includes engraving of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The U.S. Centennial International Exhibition Certificate of Award for Mark Devine. Dated September 27, 1876.

Certificate of membership of Martin I. J. Griffin into the Sodality of St. Joseph's Church. Dated April 15, 1866. Printed below certificate: "J. Queen del. Lith of Duval, Williams & Duval. Pha." Lithograph shows the Blessed Virgin Mary and scenes…

Creator unknown.

Handwritten charter dated 1905.

Document created in memoriam of Archbishop James Francis Wood. Small portrait of Archbishop Wood at the top. Primarily text for the "Record of His Life, Sickness, Death, Obsequies, and 'Month's Mind". "Transcribed with a pen from the Catholic…

Print in memoriam of Archbishop Predendergast. A small picture of Prendergast appears on left side. Signed "J.P. Moore. 1918."

Print showing the Honor Roll of the Reverend Clergy from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia who served as chaplains in World War II. Dated May 19, 1944 and published by Jefferies & Manz. Printed at bottom of item: "Compiled by the Philadelphia Office,…

Print showing the Honor Roll of the Reverend Clergy from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia who served as chaplains in World War II. Dated October 1, 1945 and published by Jefferies & Manz. Printed at bottom of item: "Compiled by the Philadelphia…

Print showing the Honor Roll of the Reverend Clergy from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia who served as chaplains in World War I. Dated October 1, 1945 and published by Jefferies & Manz.

Broadside for a concert at American Mechanics' Hall on March 28, 1878.

Broadside for a concert benefiting the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital in Philadelphia, November 29, 1861. Badly damaged with pieces missing at top and bottom of broadside.

Broadside with the B. & O. Railroad schedule for special trains from Philadelphia for the funeral ceremonies for General Philip Sheridan in Washington D.C., August 11, 1888. At bottom of broadside: "Guggneheimer, Weil & Co., Printers, Baltimore."

Broadside for the performance of "Single Life" by the St. Edward's Literary and Dramatic Institute at The People's Theatre, June 16, 1898. Includes cast listing. At bottom of broadside: "The Penn Printing and Publishing Co., successors to Ledger Show…

Program for the protest against the persecution of the Church in Mexico.

Poster adverting the meeting in Philadelphia on February 24.

Ticket for entry to the consecration of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.

Paper describing the collection for all masses to pay for the consecration.

Handbill announcing the lighting ceremony of the Cathedral.

Ticket for the grand oratorio for the lighting of the Cathedral.

Program for the grand oratorio concert celebrating the lighting of the Cathedral.

Pamphlet on the persecution in Mexico.

Pamphlet on the persecution of the Church in Mexico.

History of the Immaculate Conception Parish in Bastress PA.

Constitution and By-Laws of the Celtic Union, an Irish American organization to being together other societies of the west coast.

Manual of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St. Alphonsus.

Pamphlet on the history of the Jesuits.

Pamphlet on the history of the Society of the Sacred Heart in New York.

Transcript of the funeral sermon give by Rev. Molyneux for the Rev. Farmer.