Catholic Historical Research Center Digital Collections

This digital collection is a continually growing set of digitized documents, graphics, photographs, and ephemera from the Catholic Historical Research Center (CHRC) of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

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Featured Collection

The American Celt

Irish-American newspaper published in Boston, Buffalo, and New York between 1850 and 1855.

Featured Exhibit

Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul

Learn about two major events for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia at the end of the 19th century, the consecration and...

Featured Item

Francis, Brother of the Universe: His Complete Life's Story.

Featured Collection

The American Celt

Featured Exhibit

Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul

Recently Added Items

Catholic colony, Greeley County, Nebraska : the first colony purchased by the Irish Catholic Colonization Association of the United States, Jan. 10, 1880.

Short histories of Dublin parishes, Part 1 : The Sacred Heart, Donnybrook. Star of the Sea, Sandymount. St. Mary’s, Haddington Road. St. Patrick’s, Ringsend.

Short histories of Dublin parishes, Part 2 : The Sacred Heart, Donnybrook. Star of the Sea, Sandymount. St. Mary’s, Haddington Road. St. Patrick’s, Ringsend; 2.