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'See Him Through!' War Council poster, 1918
Poster recruiting volunteers to help the National Catholic War Council's war effort, in cooperation with the Knights of Columbus and the United War Work Campaign.
Picking slate in Scranton, PA, n.d.
Boys in Scranton, Pennsylvania pick slate from coal. Industrial change transformed the nature of work in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and young children often labored in the new industries instead of attending school or…
The Attitude of the Roman Catholic Church Towards Radical Social Reform
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In this article, Ryan explains that the Catholic Church's approach to social reform is a conservative rather than a radical one.
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This item is part of the background material for the 1919 Bishops' Program of Social Reconstruction section.
The Irish World newspaper, 1896
John Ryan's family subscribed to the The Irish World, a newspaper about Ireland for those living outside that country. Ryan writes that The Irish World "was widely read and began coming into our house when I was eleven years of age, about a year…
Ignatius Donnelly (1831-1901)
Ignatius Donnelly was born in Philadelphia in 1831, the son of Irish Catholic immigrants. After attending a prestigious public high school, he decided to enter the legal profession and was admitted to the bar in 1852. He established a legal practice…
McMahon Hall, 1904
McMahon was dedicated in 1895 as CUA's Hall of Philosophy. This photograph is a view of the building from Gibbons Hall in 1904. This item is part of the background material for the 1919 Bishops' Program of Social Reconstruction section.