Posts with the tag: Gibbons Hall

The Archivist’s Nook: The Mysterious Case of the Utopian Ghost Car

Question of the week – where’s the Ghost Car? As you ought to know. a mysterious foreign ghost limousine haunted the campus for a few days early this week, and then, just as mysteriously, slipped away to Valhalla. – Tower, October 30, 1953 Once upon a time, the Catholic University of America campus was haunted Read More

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The Archivist’s Nook: Silent Sentinel of Catholic University

James, Cardinal Gibbons was a key figure in American Catholic history as a major leader and spokesman of the Church during a tumultuous time of industrial growth, contentious immigration, and structural change in American society. He was also a founder and first Chancellor of The Catholic University of America (CUA), where his presence on campus Read More

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