Guest blogger Tricia Pyne. Ms. Pyne is director of the Associated Archives at St. Mary’s & University in Baltimore, MD. She earned her doctorate in U.S. history from The Catholic University of America. Dr. Kauffman was on her dissertation committee. Dr. Christopher J. Kauffman, educator, scholar, mentor, husband, father, colleague, and friend passed into the Read More
Posts with the tag: Knights of Columbus
The Archivist’s Nook: Christopher J. Kauffman – American Catholic Historian
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: American Catholicism, Blogs, Catholic, Catholic History, Catholic University of America, history, Humanities, Knights of Columbus, U.S. Catholic Historian, University Archives | Comment
The Archivist’s Nook: Patrick Henry Callahan – Crusading Catholic Businessman
Patrick Henry Callahan was a model businessman, political activist, stubborn Prohibitionist, and tireless Catholic apologist of the Progressive and New Deal era. He hobnobbed with the rich and powerful, including celebrated evangelist Billy Sunday (1862-1935), acerbic journalist H. L. Mencken, and populist orator and progressive politician William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925). Nevertheless, Callahan was also a Read More
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Al Smith, Anti-Catholic, Billy Sunday, Catholic Association for International Peace, Catholic Commission on Industrial Problems, Catholic History, Charles Coughlin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, H.L. Menken, John A. Ryan, Knights of Columbus, Living Wage, National Catholic War Council, National Conference of Christians and Jews, Profit-Sharing Plan, Prohibition, Social Action Department, social justice, University Archives, William Jennings Bryan | Comment
The Archivist’s Nook: A Montana Missionary – His Life and Teeth
Author Katherine Santa Ana served as Graduate Library Pre-Professional (GLP), 2015-2017. Since 1982, the Knights of Columbus Museum of New Haven, Connecticut has told the story of their fraternal organization’s history and Catholic heritage through the display of art and artifacts. From April 9th through September 18th of 2016, visitors can view “Mission of Faith: 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
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Cardinal Gibbons, Catholic History, CUA history, Fort McHenry, Frederick Douglass, Gibbons Hall, Knights of Columbus, Knights of Labor, Theodore Roosevelt, Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, University Archives | Comment