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Pamphlet on the persecution in Mexico.

Newspaper article on the lighting of the Cathedral.

Program for the grand oratorio concert celebrating the lighting of the Cathedral.

Ticket for the grand oratorio for the lighting of the Cathedral.

Handbill announcing the lighting ceremony of the Cathedral.

Dies for the Medal of the Cathedral. Steel and kept in a large wood box. One has a reverse picture of the exterior of the Cathedral and the other has a reverse picture of the interior of the cathedral.

Silver medal commemorates the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul. The Front has a depiction of the interior of the Cathedral. It says, " Tu es Petrus Super Hanc Petram Aedificabo Ecclesiam Meam. Vas Electionis Mihi Iste ut Portet Nomen Meum Coram…

Newspaper article from the Catholic Standard and Times on the consecration.

Paper describing the collection for all masses to pay for the consecration.

Ticket for entry to the consecration of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.

indulgence for those attending the consecration of the Cathedral is written by Archbishop Patrick Ryan.

Announcement from Archbiship Ryan for the consecration of the Cathedral on June 29, 1890.

Poster adverting the meeting in Philadelphia on February 24.

Newspaper article describing the crowds gathered for the Mass protesting the Persecution of the Church in Mexico.

Program for the protest against the persecution of the Church in Mexico.

Newspaper article describing the crowds gathered for the Mass protesting the Persecution of the Church in Mexico.

Newspaper article describing the crowds gathered for the Mass protesting the Persecution of the Church in Mexico.

Newspaper article describing the planning process for the meeting in Philadelphia.

Letter by Cardinal Dougherty to all parishioners about the protest meeting scheduled for the 24th of February, 1935.

Newspaper article describing the begging stages of the public protest organized in Philadelphia against the persecution of the Church in Mexico.

Newspaper describing the attempts by the Mexican government to limit the number of priests serving throughout the country.

Large scrapbook containing numerous images of the Virgin Mary. Includes prints, holy cards, images from magazines and other images. Book made by J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Scrapbook is marked as having belonged to Francis X. Reuss.

Large scrapbook containing numerous images of the Virgin Mary. Includes prints, holy cards, images from magazines and other images. Book made by J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Scrapbook is marked as having belonged to Francis X. Reuss.

Large scrapbook containing numerous images of the Virgin Mary. Includes prints, holy cards, images from magazines and other images. Book made by J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Scrapbook is marked as having belonged to Francis X. Reuss.

Large scrapbook containing numerous images of the Virgin Mary. Includes prints, holy cards, images from magazines and other images. Book made by J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Scrapbook is marked as having belonged to Francis X. Reuss.

Large scrapbook containing numerous images of the Virgin Mary. Includes prints, holy cards, images from magazines and other images. Book made by J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Scrapbook is marked as having belonged to Francis X. Reuss.

Large scrapbook containing numerous images of the Virgin Mary. Includes prints, holy cards, images from magazines and other images. Book made by J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Scrapbook is marked as having belonged to Francis X. Reuss.

Large scrapbook containing numerous images of the Virgin Mary. Includes prints, holy cards, images from magazines and other images. Book made by J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Scrapbook is marked as having belonged to Francis X. Reuss.

Large scrapbook containing numerous images of the Virgin Mary. Includes prints, holy cards, images from magazines and other images. Book made by J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Scrapbook is marked as having belonged to Francis X. Reuss.

Large scrapbook containing numerous images of the Virgin Mary. Includes prints, holy cards, images from magazines and other images. Book made by J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Scrapbook is marked as having belonged to Francis X. Reuss.

Large scrapbook containing numerous images of the Virgin Mary. Includes prints, holy cards, images from magazines and other images. Book made by J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Scrapbook is marked as having belonged to Francis X. Reuss.

Large scrapbook containing numerous images of the Virgin Mary. Includes prints, holy cards, images from magazines and other images. Book made by J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Scrapbook is marked as having belonged to Francis X. Reuss.

Photograph album containing photographs of Medical Mission Sisters and their institutions and patients in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the United States. Undated

Photograph album containing photographs of Medical Mission Sisters and their institutions and patients in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the United States. Undated.

Print from Harper's Weekly, Sept. 16, 1876. Two page spread showing children holding the door of the "Public-School System" against a wolf that is trying to squeeze through. The wolf's collar is labeled "Democrats" and the tag is labeled "The Foreign…

Print from Harper's Weekly, July 29, 1871. Two page spread showing various cartoons. The center cartoon depicts the Draft Riots of July 1863. On the right are cartoons titled "July 11" showing New York politicians submissive to Irish Catholics. On…

Print from Harper's Weekly, August 4, 1866. Two page spread showing the exterior of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome.

Print from Harper's Weekly, March 4, 1876. Print shows Lady Liberty pointing at a tree labeled "Truth" that has been cut down and admonishes a group of children representing Irish Catholic voters supporting Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall. Two figures…

Print from Harper's Weekly, January 15, 1876. Print shows the United States as Hamlet standing in front of a public school blocking a member of the Grey Nuns from entering as a teacher. Printed below title: "U.S. (as Hamlet). 'Go they ways to a…

Print from Harper's Weekly, December 19, 1874. Print shows a Catholic priest and another Man (a politician or lawyer) huddled in front of a court bench while holding a paper that reads "Reduce the salaries of the public school teachers." Printed…

Print from Harper's Weekly, November 2, 1872. Incluldes four small cartoons. "Our Foreign Ruler(?). F.K. 'I will do your bidding, as you are unfallible'" shows shows a man kneeling before the Pope. A Catholic priest in the background holds a paper…

Print from Harper's Weekly, October 12, 1872. Print shows Uncle Sam offering to free an American Catholic priest from the control of the Pope. Printed below title: "U.S. 'Allow me to Sever you from your Foreign Mother (Church). You are as able to…

Print from Harper's Weekly, July 13, 1872. Print shows Uncle Sam, holding an axe labeled "Order", attacking a large snake with the head of a caricature of an Irish American, while Lady Liberty shields children.

Print from Harper's Weekly, December 30, 1871. Print shows a Catholic priest (most likely Henry Edward Manning, an English Cardinal) beckoning to an African-American family while hiding shackles labled "Priestly Slavery" behind his back. Printed…

Print from Harper's Weekly, September 30, 1871. Print shows children on a beach being attacked by Catholic Bishops with mitres depicted as crocodile jaws.

Print from Harper's Weekly, July 29, 1871. Print shows Lady Liberty, holding a whip labeled "LAW", choking a stock caricature of an Irish American holding a dagger.

Print from Harper's Weekly, July 15, 1871. Print shows a figure (most likely supposed to depict Ignatius von Dollinger) standing in front of a broadside he has hung over a confessional that contains a statement titled "Papal Infallibity. Church and…

Print from Harper's Weekly, October 1, 1870. Print shows the Pope and other clergy looking at the United States, ostensibly with plans to conquer it.

Broadside for the performance of "Single Life" by the St. Edward's Literary and Dramatic Institute at The People's Theatre, June 16, 1898. Includes cast listing. At bottom of broadside: "The Penn Printing and Publishing Co., successors to Ledger Show…

Broadside with the B. & O. Railroad schedule for special trains from Philadelphia for the funeral ceremonies for General Philip Sheridan in Washington D.C., August 11, 1888. At bottom of broadside: "Guggneheimer, Weil & Co., Printers, Baltimore."