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An exterior photograph of the Treweryn mansion, built by Horace Trumbauer in 1907. It was home to Francis Bond under the name "WIllowbrook", then became known as "Treweryn" by new owner Roland Taylor.

A drawing of Villanova University as it would have appeared in 1849. From left to right, the chapel/oratory, Belle-Air Mansion, the College Building, and the old Rudolph barn.

An exterior photograph of Barbelin Hall, the oldest building on campus.

An image of Mother Mary Dolores Brady, SHCJ, the foundress and first President of Rosemont College

An aerial view of the property belonging to the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia in Aston, PA. Neumann University, then College, is No. 4, while the Our Lady of Angels Convent is No. 1.

A photograph of an unknown Sister using a commemorative shovel to break ground for Our Lady of Angels College, which would become Neumann University decades later.

A photograph of the Preparatory Seminary in Glen Riddle, PA. Originally the Ashton Ridge Female Academy and connected to the Presbyterian Church, the property was bought by Bishop John Neumann. From 1859 to 1871, the predecessor to the College…

An aerial view of La Salle College at its present location at 20th and Olney Streets.

A photograph of the Bouvier Mansion, former home of Michael Bouvier, ancestor of First Lady Jacqueline bouvier Kennedy. It would become the third location of La Salle College in 1886.

Pictured is the first location of La Salle College, when it was connected to Saint Michael's Parish in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia

Villa Maria Hall, home to Villa Maria Academy and, later, Immaculata University

A photograph of Mother Mary Loyola Gallagher, IHM, foundress and first president of Immaculata University.

A photograph of the former stables of the Treweryn estate. the top floor housed Gwynedd Junior College, while the first floor housed Gwynedd Mercy Academy.

An aerial photograph of Treweryn estate, formerly owned by Roland Taylor. The building on the left is the Mansion, while the building on the right are the stables. When purchased by the Sisters of mercy in 1948, these buildings became the Motherhouse…

A photograph of Holy Family Hall, the main building of Holy Family University

Groundbreaking for Holy Family hall, the main building of Holy Family University. The photograph features unknown participants and possibly Sister Mary Neomisia Rutkowska, CSFN

A photograph of Sister Mary Neomisia Rutkowska, CSFN, foundress and first president of Holy Family University

A photograph of Mother Mary Bernard Graham, RSM, the foundress and first president of Gwynedd Mercy University

An aerial view of Fournier Hall at Chestnut Hill College

A view of the Motherhouse of the Sisters of Saint Joseph (left) and Mount Saint Joseph Academy (right)

Exterior of the former Woodcrest Mansion, which now served as the classrooms for Cabrini College

A photograph of Mother Ursula Infante, founder and first president of Cabrini College

An aerial photograph of the Woodcrest, the estate of Dr. John T. Dorrance

Photos and captions of RCHS trip to Loyola University for a basketball tournament.

Vol. 6 no. 39 of the Irish-American newspaper published in New York in 1854.

Description and images of Stained glass windows

Photograph a seminarian's photo album of the seminarians.

Photograph from a seminarian's photo album of caskets in a mass grave.

Photograph from a seminarian's photo album of seminarians carrying caskets of victims of the flu.

Photograph a seminarian's photo album of the seminarians unloading caskets off a truck.

Photograph of St. Patrick’s Parish Hall

Photograph of Misericordia Hospital

Photograph of the Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute

Newspaper article describing the crowds gathered for the Mass protesting the Persecution of the Church in Mexico.

Photograph album containing photographs of Medical Mission Sisters and their institutions and patients in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the United States. Undated

Photograph album containing photographs of Medical Mission Sisters and their institutions and patients in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the United States. Undated.

Photograph of interior of St. Anthony's Church, Ripley County, Indiana. Title taken from verso. Note on verso reads "Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, Morris, Ripley County, Indiana. Diocese of Vincennes, now Indianapolis, Ind. The Rev. Francis X.…

Photograph of interior of old St. Anthony's Church, Easton, PA, facing altar. Note in bottom right corner reads "To V. Rev. D. McDermott, D.D. Easton, Pa. June 1, 1912. Very sincerely, Rev. A. Landolf."

Photograph of exterior of St. Anne's Church, Baltimore, MD. Note on verso reads "Erected by Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Kennedy. Transept afterwards built & consecrated by bequest in the will of their daughter, Sarah Boone." Title taken from verso.

Photograph of exterior of St. Aloysius Church, Leonardtown, MD. Inscribed below photograph and on verso: "Presented by Miss M. J. Jenkins of Baltimore, MD, Nov. 1911."

Group photograph of the Minor Seminary students of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook, Pa. Inscribed in bottom right of photograph: "Photo by Luedecke Studio, Inc. Upper Darby, Penna."

Group photograph of the Major Seminary students of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook, Pa. Inscribed in bottom right corner of photograph: "Photo by Luedecke Studio, Inc. Upper Darby, Penna."

Group photograph of participants in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Pilgrimage to Rome posed on the deck of the S.S. Ohio, May 2, 1925. Photo by T. H. Merritt, 31 Lincoln St., Winchester, Mass.

A few people in the photograph are circled and…

Group photograph of the delegates to the first Convention of the Federation of Colored Catholics of the United States, December 6-7, 1925.

Inscribed in bottom center of photograph: "Capitol Photo Service, 319 Penn Ave. S.E. Washington, D.C."

Group photograph of the delegates to the Forty-Seventh Annual Convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America held in Scranton, Pennsylvania, August 7-9, 1917. In the background is a navy recruitment poster reading "Be a Submarine…

Title devised by cataloger.

Title devised by cataloger. Inscribed in bottom right of photograph (but partially cut off): "Thompson P[hoto Co.], Poughkee[psie, NY], #32[-]."

Group photograph of the students of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook, Pa. Inscribed in bottom right corner of photograph: "Klein & Goodman, 114 S. 11th St. Phila., PA".

Title devised by cataloger. Inscribed in bottom left corner of photograph: "Thompson Photo Co. Poughkeepsie N.Y. No. 2201."