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In 1968, the Young Lords Organization (YLO) was founded in Lincoln Park. To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Young Lords’ transition from a street gang and social club into an organization with the purpose of “uniting people in the community for the improvement of the neighborhood,” DePaul Special Collections
Dinet, Jacques and Antoine Girard. L’idée d’une belle mort ou d’une mort chrétienne : dans le récit de la fin heureuse de Louis XIII. surnommé le juste, roy de France et de Navarre, tiré de quelques mémoires du feu P. Jacques Dinet, son confesseur, de la compagnie de Jésus et dédié
Marchetty, François and Sébastien Huré. Le Vie de Messire Iean Baptiste Gault: Evesque de Marseille. Paris: Chez Sebastien Huré, 1650. Call number: SpC. 282.092 G271Ym1650 Vincent de Paul believed that one of the most important challenges facing the reform of the French Church was the appointment of worthy bishops. After
The Vincentian Studies Institute has announced the open-access publication of an updated, English-language translation of Louise de Marillac: Come Winds or High Waters by Élisabeth Charpy, D.C. Originally published in France as Contre Vents et Marées: Louise de Marillac in 1988, this new edition has been re-designed for presentation as
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the tumultuous summer of 1968, Special Collections and Archives acquired two underground newspapers published in Chicago. Our student assistant, Graeme Evenson (a junior history major), became so absorbed during a project involving the newspapers that we invited him to write the following piece. The editors
School Library Journal has included the DePaul University Library in its discussion of Chicago Collections and engagement by member libraries, museums, and archives, with K-12 students and teachers in Chicago. In addition to working with Chicago Collections colleagues on programs designed to promote student use of primary source materials for
This month marks the 52nd year since Chicago’s Division Street riots of 1966. In conjunction with this anniversary, DePaul Special Collections and Archives is proud to announce a soon-to-be-available collection related to the June 12-14 events and the West Town community of that time. The Janet Nolan Ethnographic Research on
Comic book readers have long been aware of a shared universe, where characters from different titles interact with each other and storylines mingle (think of the Avengers or the Justice League). The universe of Christian comics is probably less familiar to most readers, though College of Communication’s Blair Davis aims
Letter to Monsieur le Bailly de Valancey, in Paris, July, 1650. Call Number: SpCR. 282.44 F815L1650 Blessed Marie de l’Incarnation (Barbe Acarie) (1566-1618) was one of the key figures of the famous l’age d’or (age of gold) which provided the basis for the successful reform of the French Catholic church
In honor of National Poetry Month Patricia Chavez and Nora Gabor will take you on a tour of our collections through poetry. You can find poetry in all corners of Special Collections and Archives, both in the expected literature sections and in more surprising places. In our stacks you can