Letter to Archbishop Prendergast, from People of Palmerton Parish, petition to the Archbishop to allow them to build a Slovak Church, the Bishop Refused – and yet they went ahead and built the church.
Letter to Bishop Joseph McCord of Philadelphia, from “The Committee” (Palmerton), parishioners of Palmerton apply for charter for erection of a Slovak Roman Catholic Church brought on because Reverend Emry Kucharic‟s successor has driven people away…
Questions concerning the state of the Diocesan Church in Philadelphia; St. Joseph’s church in Tamaqua; Holy Family Church in Shenandoah; Spiritual and Temporal matters
Photograph of body of Archbishop Patrick John Ryan being put into the funerary carriage in front of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul at his funeral on February 16, 1911. Title devised by cataloger.
Photograph of body of Archbishop Patrick John Ryan being carried down the steps of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul at his funeral on February 16, 1911. Title devised by cataloger. Photographer unknown.
Photograph of body of Archbishop Patrick John Ryan being carried down the steps of the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul at his funeral on February 16, 1911. Title devised by cataloger. Photographer unknown.
Photographs mounted on a large black board depicting the ceremonies for the laying of the cornerstone of St. Patrick's Church, Philadelphia, Pa., October 2, 1910. Title taken from verso. Photographer's stamp appears on verso.
Letter to Basil Duke from Bishop Wood, during Duke's imprisonment in a Union POW camp. Letter references a coat and book on Catholic missions given to Duke by Wood.
Letter to Edward Brady, Sr., from Archbishop Wood, reply to Mr. Brady’s letter of November 18, about his son’s conversion from Protestantism to Catholicism assuring him his son is not obligated to believe his father is doomed to perdition.
Letter to Bishop Wood, from P. Joseph Wissel, C.SS.R., St. Theresa, a letter of introduction for Elizabeth Dickey, whose husband cannot be found. She is pregnant by another man.
Correspondence between Cardinal Dougherty and Father Paul James Francis Wattson. Discusses the sisters of St. Simon's House collecting alms in Philadelphia.
Letter to Wood, from Martin P. Walsh, there is mentioned the following: the first masses celebrated at Lost Creek; the number of people attending the Masses; the number of confessions heard (in Gaelic and in English); and the first steps toward the…
To Archbishop Wood, from D. Wagoner, Port Carbon, debt of $1,600.00 owed to Wagoner by the Church in Port Carbon (St. Stephen) – request that Archbishop Wood pay it.