Photograph of body of Archbishop Patrick John Ryan being carried down the steps of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul at his funeral on February 16, 1911. Title devised by cataloger. Photographer unknown.
Photograph of body of Archbishop Patrick John Ryan being put into the funerary carriage in front of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul at his funeral on February 16, 1911. Title devised by cataloger.
Despite the suppression of religion in the Warsaw Pact countries, Catholicism in Poland not only survived but thrived as many Poles saw their religion as a way to oppose communism.
Conjectural pen and ink sketch of Fr. Joseph Greaton's residence and St. Joseph's Church, Willings Alley, Philadelphia, ca. 1740s. Signed "A. E. Jones" in bottom of item. Title devised by cataloger.
Lithograph portrait of Reverend Francis H. Kessing, a priest in Cincinnati, Ohio. Printed in bottom left corner of lithograph: "Packard & Butler, Lith, Phil."
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…
The Prague Spring, a series of political and economic reforms that attempted to create "communism with a human face." Many feared that like a weed the Soviets would kill off any reforms before they had time to blossom.
Knudsen compares the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) to a robin announcing the thaw of winter. Beginning with negotiations in 1969, SALT resulted in an agreement to limit the number of ballistic missiles held by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
Print of portraits of the first five Archbishops of Baltimore, Maryland: John Carroll, Leonard Neale, Ambrose Marechal, James Whitfield, and Samuel Eccleston. Printed at bottom of item: "Published by John [name missing], Chambersburg, Pa" (could…
Print and communion certificate for the first communion of Sarah Beideman at St. John the Evangelist Church, showing the santuary of the church. Inscribed below the print in black ink: "Sarah Biedeman made her first Communion, in the Church of St.…
Note adhered to verso reads: "In 1895, the old wooden chapel of St. Veronica was dismantled, taken downtown, and used as the first church of St. Monica." Title taken from verso. Photographer unknown.
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.
Print from Harper's Weekly, March 4, 1876. Print shows Lady Liberty pointing at a tree labeled "Truth" that has been cut down and admonishes a group of children representing Irish Catholic voters supporting Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall. Two figures…
Colored print of Rev. Matt Ryan, who was imprisoned for refusal to break seal of the confessional. Issued as a supplement to Weekly Freeman (weekly edition to the Freeman's Journal), April 9, 1887. Printed underneath portrait: "Imprisoned in…
Photograph of the farewell dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, N.Y. for the Most Rev. Ralph Leo Hayes on the occasion of his departure for Rome. Photographer's stamp appears in bottom right corner.
Photograph of faculty of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook, Pa. Cardinal Dougherty is standing on the left. Title devised by cataloger. Photographer unknown.
Color photograph of what appears to be the faculty and trustees of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in front of the main entrance. Title devised by cataloger. Photographer unknown.
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".
Group photograph of the eight members of the Executive Committee: Most Rev. Patrick J. Ryan (Bishop of Philadelphia), Most Rev. William J. Walsh (Archbishop of Dublin), Very Rev. P. J. Glynn, O.S.A. (Prior-Augustinian House of Studies, Rome), Very…
Envelope to Cardinal Dougherty, from Charles H. Krause, Sr. Contacts a booklet, “An Unanswerable Reply to the Roman Catholic Church," which is an anti-Catholic publication against Al Smith, the Pope, and most Catholic practices.