I am not pleading for co-education or the admission of “flappers” into the University, but I am pleading for the cause of the women who mean more for the Church in America in one sense, than all its Hierarchy and all its Priests. – Archbishop Michael Curley to Peter Guilday, October 10, 1924 Among the Read More
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The Archivist’s Nook: A Flapper, a Nurse, and a Nun Apply to Catholic University…
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: American Catholic Women, Anthropology, Catholic Sisters College, National Catholic School of Social Service, National Council of Catholic Women, Sister Marie Inez Hilger, The Catholic University of America, Trinity College, University Archives, Women's History | Comment
The Archivist’s Nook: National Treasure – Catholic University Students Explore Campus History
There are many ways to connect the present with the past. One of the easiest is through physical objects, such as, say, informing students on the history of the physical space of their university campus. The Archives worked with Campus Ministry this past November on an event which had students playing trivia, doing a campus Read More
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The Archivist’s Nook: The Brutal Archives
The following post was authored by Graduate Library Professional Juan-Pablo Gonzalez. The construction of a Brutalist building at The Catholic University of America marked a departure from the existing architectural style previously seen at CUA and it was a departure from original conceptions of the growth of the university taking shape in a form that Read More
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The Archivist’s Nook: Monsignor John O’Grady and the Making of Modern Catholic Charity
For all of his gregariousness, Monsignor John O’Grady is one of the lesser-known leaders in twentieth century American Catholic history. And yet, he is one of the founders and organizers of what is today known as Catholic Charities, USA, one of the largest charitable organizations in America, and of CARITAS, which carries the mission to Read More
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The Archivist’s Nook: Catholic Textbooks Beyond the Classroom
This week’s post is guest-authored by Austin Arminio, a graduate student in the field of Library and Information Science. For the past three months, I worked on a project to digitize publications of the Commission on American Citizenship of The Catholic University of America. During the 1938 Golden Jubilee of The Catholic University of America Read More
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The Archivist’s Nook: Birds of a Feather – THE CARDINAL’s Early Years
The Cardinal, the aptly named annual yearbook of The Catholic University of America (CUA), recently celebrated its centenary of publication. Volumes are available online as a digital collection of the American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives, which also preserves print copies. As we approach another centenary, American entrance into the First World War, Read More
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The Archivist’s Nook: The Significance of Eddie Patterson’s Friends
Nineteen-thirty-eight was not an auspicious year as far as the stability of Europe went. Adolph Hitler’s invasion into non-German territories proceeded at an alarming rate. Benito Mussolini had been running Fascist Italy as a police state for over a decade. The Vatican held uneasy diplomatic relations with both powers. Further east, Josef Stalin presided over Read More
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