The decisive entry of the United States of America into the calamitous First World War on April 6, 1917 joining Britain and France against Imperial Germany was a momentous event in the history of the American Catholic Church. Making up about seventeen percent of the American population, Catholic support of the war effort was a Read More
Posts with the tag: Edward L. Killion
The Archivist’s Nook: Catholic University Declares War
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook University Archives | Tags: Bishop Thomas J. Shahan, Edward L. Killion, Fr, Fr. John Burke, Francis Duffy, Maloney Hall, Msgr. Peter Guilday, National Catholic War Council, President Woodrow Wilson, Student Army Training Corps (SATC), USCCB, World War I, WWI | Comment
The Archivist’s Nook: Birds of a Feather – THE CARDINAL’s Early Years
The Cardinal, the aptly named annual yearbook of The Catholic University of America (CUA), recently celebrated its centenary of publication. Volumes are available online as a digital collection of the American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives, which also preserves print copies. As we approach another centenary, American entrance into the First World War, Read More
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook University Archives | Tags: Class of 1916, Edward L. Killion, The Cardinal, The Catholic University of America, World War I, Yearbook | Comment