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
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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: On Presidents and Parades – Inaugurations in the Archives
Every four years, on an often cold and wet wintry day, thousands gather on the National Mall and along Constitution Avenue to witness the peaceful transfer of power, as one President steps down and another takes the oath of office. Being located in Washington, DC, the CUA Archives has naturally accumulated images and documents related Read More
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Benedication, Fr. Coughlin, Franklin Roosevelt, inauguration, Msgr. John A. Ryan, Presidential Inaugurations, Richard Nixon, Terence V. Powderly, University Archives, Washington D.C., William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson | 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