With the launch of One Hundred Years of Catholic Schools (1893–1993), I’m pleased to announce the formal completion of a project that I’ve been working on since last spring. The latest addition to the American Catholic History Classroom, One Hundred Years of Catholic Schools (1893–1993) is an online resource that explores the history of American Read More
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The Archivist’s Nook: Announcing a New Online Resource about the History of American Catholic Schools, 1893–1993
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: American Catholic History Classroom, bus transportation, Catholic schools, Catholic Schools Week, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Omeka, online learning, Oregon School Case, parental choice, school choice, University Archives | Comment
The Archivist’s Nook: Anti-Catholic History Resources in Special Collections
Catholic University’s Special Collections Department has a vast quantity of documents which encompass the sentiment of Anti-Catholicism in America that spans from colonial times to the dawn of the twenty-first century. Our rare books collection includes eighteenth century works such as Letter from a Romish Priest in Canada to one who was taken captive in Read More
Posted in: Digital Scholar Bytes The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Al Smith, American Civil War, American Revolution, Blogs, Catholic History, George Washington, Humanities, John F. Kennedy, National Catholic War Council, National Council of Catholic Men, Oregon School Case, Rare Books, The Catholic University of America, University Archives, Ursuline, World War I | Comment
The Archivist’s Nook: From Manila to Madrid – Montavon’s Legal Department Goes Global
In 1901, a young man named William F. Montavon (1874-1959) finished his studies at Catholic University in order to marry his wife, Mary Agnes Burrow. Little did he how the next 50 years would be a whirlwind of international travel, legal advocacy, and global upheaval. To understand the story of Montavon is to understand the Read More
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Cristero War, immigration, National Catholic Welfare Conference, NCWC Legal Department, New Deal, Oregon School Case, Social Security, Spanish Civil War, University Archives, William F. Montavon | Comment
The Archivist’s Nook: The First Catholic Action Hero
June 6, 1875, is the birthday of the widely influential New York City born John Burke, a Catholic University of America (CUA) educated priest (.S.T.B. 1899; S.T.L., 1901) of the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle, a religious community known as the Paulists. Burke saw a convergence of both American and Catholic values that Read More
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Catholic History, Catholic World, Charles Coughlin, Distinguished Service Medal, Fr. John Burke, Franklin D. Roosevelt, National Catholic War Council, National Catholic Welfare Conference, Oregon School Case, Paulists, U.S. War Department, University Archives, World War I | Comment