“Capone turned to me. His eyes were twinkling but some of their warmth was gone. ‘Is this a newspaper interview?’ he asked….He fell silent for a moment and then grinned broadly. “[Chicago City Sealer] Serritella says you’re one hundred percent and besides I like that Popeye comic in your newspaper. What do you want to Read More
Posts with the tag: Dwight D. Eisenhower
The Archivist’s Nook: Read All About It – From Crime Reporter to Labor Advocate
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Al Capone, American Newspaper Guild, Chicago, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Crime, Cuba, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Florida, Harry Cyril Read, Journalism, Prohibition, Public Safety, United Nations Conference for International Organization, University Archives | Comment
The Archivist’s Nook: More Than You Imagine – The Archives at Catholic University
Though there was a museum at The Catholic University of America (CUA) going back to the university’s founding in the late 19th century, the Archives at CUA originated much later as shortly before World War II Msgr. Francis Haas began collecting the papers of important Catholic labor leaders such as Terence Powderly, head of the Read More
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Bishop Thomas J. Shahan, Cardinal O'Boyle, Catholic History, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ernst Posner, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Henry Browne, John Mitchell, Knights of Labor, Msgr. Francis Haas, Msgr. John A. Ryan, Msgr. John Tracy Ellis, Phillip Murray, T.V. Powderly, U.S. Catholic Historian, United Mine Workers of America, University Archives | Comment