American student newspapers began appearing on Ivy League campuses such as Harvard, Princeton, and Yale in the 1870s. It took a while longer for their Catholic colleagues to follow suit, with the founding of the Tribune at Marquette University in 1916, The Hoya at Georgetown University in 1920, and The Tower at The Catholic University Read More
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The Archivist’s Nook: The Tower Reports, You Decide
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: April Fool's Day, campus history, Catholic University, Charles Curran, college football, college newspapers, Digital collections, Fred Maroon, Jon Voight, Papal visits, Pope Francis, The Catholic University of America, The Towel, The Tower, university archives, William Leroy Shepherd | Comment
The Archivist’s Nook: A Brief Meditation on Presidents, Popes, and Power on the Eve of Pope Francis’ Visit
Believe it or not, U.S. Presidents once upon a time came to Catholic University for the most mundane of events. When the cornerstone for Caldwell (then Divinity) Hall was laid in 1888, President Grover Cleveland was there. When the University formally opened a year later, President Benjamin Harrison showed up for the festivities, despite the Read More
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: 2015 Papal Visit, Al Smith, American Catholic, anti-Catholicism, Barack Obama, Benjamin Harrison, Caldwell Hall, Calvin Coolidge, George Bush, Pope Benedict, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, Roosevelt, Thomas Nast, University Archives, William McKinley | Comment