History - Primary Sources: Religion

Photographs documenting the building, hall, and alcoves where Catholic educational institutions displayed objects and printed material from 1892-1893 during the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. (Catholic Univ. of America)

Vatican Council I, the 20th of the general Councils, held in St. Peter's Basilica, Dec 8, 1869, through Sept 1, 1870. Primarily European participants, plus about 48 U.S. representatives. (Catholic Univ. of America)

Collection details NCWC's work with veterans of the First and Second World Wars in the U.S. (1927, 1942-46) Largely photographs of social events, religious events, etc. Many images feature African American soldiers and children, as well as interracial groups and events. (Catholic Univ. of America)

Manuscripts, letters, postcards, telegrams, diaries or journals, scrapbooks, printed materials, photographs, hand-drawn maps, and ephemera documenting the history of a non-denominational utopian Christian community founded by a small group of American expatriates in Ottoman Palestine. (Library of Congress)

Documents antebellum and Civil War-era history of American Baptists, both North and South.

(Translated) Documents relations between Jesuits and Native Americans. (Creighton Univ.)

Primary documents and audio related to U.S. Catholic responses to the Nazi regime in 1930s Germany. (Catholic Univ. of America)

Examines American Catholic feelings about the growing gap between the richest and poorest Americans in the early 20th century. (Catholic Univ. of America)

Documents 1920s effort by the KKK to shut down Catholic schools and require public school attendance, approved by Oregon state voters but shot down by the U.S. Supreme Court. (Catholic Univ. of America)

American Catholic voices in the debates about how to cope with the spread of industrialization at the turn of the 20th century. (Catholic Univ. of America)

Documents the relationship between Catholics and the Knights of Labor union. (Catholic Univ. of America)

Considers religious support during Franklin Roosevelt's 1936 presidential race. Features previously unavailable audio and documents related to the presidential campaign of 1936 and the involvement of each priest in that campaign. (Catholic Univ. of America)

Documents disagreements on race among American Catholics in the 1920s and 1930s. (Catholic Univ. of America)

Explores the changing perceptions on immigration in the twentieth century, as well as the Church's involvement in shaping immigration policy. (Catholic Univ. of America)