A previous blog post recounted CatholicU’s Gilded Age and Progressive Era Labor Collections, part of Special Collections that includes materials from the New Deal and Postwar Era. These include the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), 1935-1955; three high ranking CIO officials, Phillip Murray, John Brophy, and Harry C. Read; and Joseph Daniel Keenan of the Read More
Posts with the tag: Msgr. George Higgins
The Archivist’s Nook: Digital Dreams – New Deal and Postwar Era Labor Collections
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: American Federation of Labor, Blogs, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Harry Cyril Read, John Brophy, Joseph D. Keenan, Msgr. Francis Haas, Msgr. George Higgins, Msgr. John A. Ryan, National Catholic Welfare Council (NCWC), Philip Murray, University Archives | Comment
The Archivist’s Nook: What the Heck is a Labor Priest?
Yes, a “labor priest” is a thing. His origins can be found in the intersection of the rise of the modern working class in the nineteenth century and the issuance of the encyclical Rerum Novarum in 1891. The labor priest usually materialized from a working class community, often with immigrant roots, and often possessed an Read More
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Catholic History, labor priests, Msgr. Francis Haas, Msgr. George Higgins, Msgr. John Ryan, Rerum Novarum, University Archives | Comment