A drawing of Villanova University as it would have appeared in 1849. From left to right, the chapel/oratory, Belle-Air Mansion, the College Building, and the old Rudolph barn.
Photograph of sanctuary and altar of Cathedral of Sts. Peter & Paul, Philadelphia, with catafalque (possibly of Archbishop Wood). Photographer's signature appears on verso.
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
From Little Sisters of the Poor, list of persons with their birth date, place of birth, year of immigration and parish of residence that the sisters cared for.
Letter to Wood, from Officers of the Polish National Guard of Warsaw, a letter of support for Father Lenarkiewicz which presents the Polish side of the story.
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…
Letter to Wood, from George Miller, a note of thanks for the Archbishop’s kind reception of the Committee and a promise of a solution to the Lithuanians’ problem, there is also a copy of the letter of Father Koncz, a Lithuanian priest who was asked…
Letter to Wood, from Daniel O’Connor. Father O’Connor’s objection to Father Walsh having established a new parish and collecting money from the people, etc., without his knowledge. There is also a request for the redistribution of families for the…
To Very reverend C.J.H. Carter, Vicar General, from Daniel Gill, Mahanoy City, a request to present a document to Bishop Wood, the document concerns money which was collected for the new church which was taken by McEvoy. A general report was made…
Letter to F. Walsh, from Father H. Lane, (St. Teresa’s). McEvoy Case, Father Lane advised him to drop all lawsuits against his calumniators in Mahanoy City.
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.
Letter to Bishop Wood, from Father Charles A. McFadden. Difficulties McFadden is encountering building a new Church in Mahanoy City, a report of McEvoy and Julia Purcell, who lives in his rectory in Coarteville.
Letter to Bishop Wood, from Father Charles A. McFadden (St. Canicus), the acquisition of property sold by Father McEvoy to a Protestant near church owned-lots.
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 Archbishop Wood, from Richard Kinahan, et al., report to Archbishop Wood, from the investigative committee concerning Father Barry. This item is the testimony of Father Kennedy.
Letter to Archbishop Wood, from Richard Kinahan, et al., report to Archbishop Wood from the investigative committee concerning Father Barry. This item is the testimony of Mary Donohue.