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| Publisher and distributor of books and databases detailing the history of the Irish in early San Francisco and their role in the uniquely successful voluntarism practiced in that era. |
As of July 2007, we feature six unique titles about the Irish experience in the San Francisco Bay Area and California These titles may be hard to find in your local bookstores - order your copy today! How to Order
Voluntarism Big Time: An Action Chronology Following the Arrivals in Early San Francisco of a Devout Young Painter and a Devout Young Blacksmith By Thomas J. Wrin, 92 pages, spiral bound. ©2004, Thomas J. Wrin. Exclusively distributed by WRC Historical Indexes. $ 24.95 including shipping. This book is included on our NameFinder CD. The Irish residents of early San Francisco established over 2000 societies to give themselves the strength in numbers to accomplish major objectives for the improvement of their lives. This book documents the roles of James R. Kelly and Michael J. Wrin in organizing many of those societies and causes in early San Francisco from 1855 to the early 1900s. This chronology of their actions is a unique record of the successful voluntarism practiced on the West Coast in that era. The chronology was compiled using The Wrindex database, and is extensively footnoted with source data. How to Order
Irish Californians: Historic, Benevolent, Romantic By Patrick J. Dowling, 550 pages, hardbound. © 1998, Scotwall Associates, Publishers, $ 27.95 including shipping. This book is included on our NameFinder CD. Biographies of 41 Irish Californians, with over 100 illustrations and photographs, featuring life stories of remarkable variety. All document the enormous effect Irish immigrants had on business, government, religion, philanthropy and politics in California. From 1800 to the present day, from San Diego to Siskiyou County, from San Francisco to San Bernardino to Sacramento. Includes the stories of Abigail Meagher Parrott, Thomas Sweeney, Eugene Casserly, Capt. Michael J. Wrin (featured in Voluntarism Big Time) and many more. How to Order.
Catholic San Francisco: Sesquicentennial Essays Jeffrey M. Burns, Editor, Archivist for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. 300 pages, hardbound. © 2005, The Archives of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Seventy-six archival photos. $ 24.95 including shipping. This book is included on our NameFinder CD. A collection of essays by more than 30 authors and noted historians which first appeared in Catholic San Francisco during the Sesquicentennial year of 2003. This history collection comprises 300 pages on Catholic institutions and events, and on the clergymen and other religious who organized and led them. To researchers, it is a natural complement to the Wrindex, which provides 563,000 references to historical information on 2,300 institutions organized mainly by laymen, and on the persons who organized and led them. The subject matter of the two works overlap. How to Order See bottom of this page for more details on the Sesquicentennial essays.
The Irish in the San Francisco Bay Area: Essays on Good Fortune Donald Jordan and Timothy O'Keefe, Editors, 310 pages, hardbound. © 2005, The Executive Council of the Irish Literary and Historical Society. $ 29.95 including shipping. This book is included on our NameFinder CD. A collection of 19 essays by noted historians covering the Irish experience in the San Francisco Bay Area from the 1850s to the year 2000. Subjects include the Irish identity in literature and the popular press, troubled ethnic relations, Irish-American culture and acculturation, education and educators, Silicon Valley and Ireland, and the Irish American identity through personal experience and historical evaluation. How to Order
Encyclopedia of California's Catholic Heritage 1769-1999 By Msgr. Francis J. Weber, Archivist for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. 1128 pages, hardbound. © 2000 Msgr. Francis J. Weber. $ 90.00 including shipping. This book is included on our NameFinder CD. A collection of over 1600 entries under nine major headings, which include California missions, hierarchy, laity, clergymen, friars, religious, ecclesiastical foundations, memoirs and topical subjects. Catholicism in the Golden State was begun, developed and then sustained by immigrants from mostly Catholic countries, especially the Irish, who brought their faith to the Pacific Slope and then passed it on to future generations.
Forgotten Pioneers: Irish Leaders in Early California By Thomas F. Prendergast. 312 pages, paperback. © 2001, University Press of the Pacific. $ 34.50 including shipping. This book is included on our NameFinder CD. This is a comprehensive look at the Irish in Northern California from 1835 to 1900. Filled with anecdotes and insider stories - this book is a unique piece of California history, remembering those early settlers in the wilderness of California, men of Irish birth or ancestry who contributed lavishly toward laying the foundations of a new commonwealth on the Pacific. It is the purpose of this book to reinstate in the rank where they belong, some, at least, of these overlooked men “whose character and achievement entitle them to the highest place in the respect and esteem of the people.” Newspaper Index Databases Available:
The Wrindex (Access ® version) An index of early San Francisco newspapers and other publications compiled by Thomas J. Wrin. The CD is $ 29.95 including shipping. This CD contains an index of both microfilmed newspaper archives and actual copies of other historic publications, utilizing an Access® database. The Wrindex includes 560,000 line items concerning over 2,000 Irish Societies in San Francisco, covering 1849-1927. Each line item gives a participant’s name, a brief listing of their activity which generated a mention in the publication, the Irish Society concerned, and the name and date of the publication where the complete article exists. To use this CD, you must already have Access® software on your computer. But since it runs with Access®, researchers have the freedom to run custom sorts. The variety of orders and selection combinations is virtually limitless. How to Order For detailed information about The Wrindex, please visit www.wrindex.com
The Early San Francisco Newspaper Index The same Wrindex database in a CD format which does not require Access to operate. The CD is $ 29.95 including shipping. The Early San Francisco Newspaper Index is a version of The Wrindex developed to run independently of Access ®, and it can be used on any PC. This allows researchers who do not have Access® to benefit from the vast amount of data in The Wrindex. Very simple to install and operate, it features a single screen for searching and printing. Reports can be printed in any of six pre-set search parameters, all pulling from the same 560,000 line item database as The Wrindex. How to Order
These indexes are invaluable for authors, historical researchers and genealogists. Researching newspaper archives is like looking for a needle in a haystack. But when you use either The Wrindex or the Early San Francisco Newspaper Index, you already know where the “needle” is!
Further details on: Catholic San Francisco: Sesquicentennial Essays INSTITUTIONS FEATUREDArchdiocese of San Francisco Catholic Schools Christian Brothers Daughters of Charity Dominican Friars Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose Dominican Sisters of San Rafael Holy Cross Cemetery and predecessors Italian Community Marianists (tradition) Mission Dolores Paulists Presentation Sisters St. Anne’s Home St. Mary’s Cathedral (1st) Dedication St. Mary’s Cathedral (2nd) Fire St. Matthew’s Parish Salesians of Don Bosco San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Dedication Sisters of the Holy Family Sisters of Mercy Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Society of Jesus Sulpicians and St. Patrick’s Seminary
INDIVIDUALS FEATUREDAlemany, Archbishop Joseph SadocHanna, Archbishop Edward J. Levada, Archbishop William J. McEnerney, Garrett W. McGucken, Archbishop Joseph T. Mitty, Archbishop John J. O’Dowd, Archbishop James T. Pacelli, Cardinal Eugenio Phelan, James D. Quinn, Archbishop John R. Riordan, Archbishop Patrick W. Sheen, Monsignor Fulton J. Yorke, Reverend Peter C.
OTHER SUBJECTS FEATUREDArchbishop Riordan’s Stained Glass Legacy Catholic Immigrants Helped Shape Marin County Catholic Church and Labor… Catholic High Schools Catholic Schools Catholics and Civil Rights Catholicism in the San Francisco Bay Area Church-State Conflict and Catholic Schools in California Earthquake and Fire of 1906 Holy Name Parade Immigrant Church, The Pope John Paul II Visit Pope Pius IX 25th Anniversary Procession (1871) Rosary Crusade in Golden Gate Park Second Vatican Council Stained Glass Artistry of Carl Huneke Turn of the Century Lay & Clerical Leadership (1900) Twelve Greatest Moments
CONTRIBUTING AUTHORSAntczak, Sister Mary Catherine, OP, teaches at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy Avella, Father Steven, professor of History, Marquette U., AuthorBlaine, Terry. Menlo Park businessman in stained glass matters Bolts, Brother T. William, S.M. Published local Church historian Buckley, Father C.M., S.J., Formerly professor of History, U.S.F., Publ. Biographer Burns, Jeffrey M. Archivist for Archdiocese of San Francisco. Published Historian Cleary, Brother Guire, SSF. Former Curator of Mission Dolores. Publ. Historian. Dougherty, Sister Patricia, OP, Dominican University Professor of History Fracchia, Charles. President & Founder of San Francisco Historical Society & Museum Gainey, Sister Margaret Ann, DC, Archivist for Daughters of Charity Gribble, Father Richard, CSC, Prof. At Stonehill College, widely-published author. Gumina, Deanna Paoli, Author, The Italians in San Francisco, History of Old St. Mary’s Issel, William. Professor emeritus at San Francisco State Univ., Published Historian Kauffman, Christopher. Prof., Catholic U. of America, Ed. U.S. Catholic Historian. McGlinn, Sister Patricia, SND. Archivist, Professor, Notre Dame University, Belmont McGuckin, John T. Jr., General Council & Exec. V.P. of Union Bank of California Mehegan, Sister Mary Paul, OP. Former Dean of Queen of the Holy Rosary College Miller, Andrea, Director, De La Salle Christian Brothers District of S.F. Archives O’Connor, Sister Michaela, SHF, Historian & Archivist for Sisters of the Holy Family O’Dell, Clay. S.F. Catholic Interracial Council, PhD., University of Virginia Parmisano, Father Fabian Stan, OP, Author of history of Western Dominican Province. Quinn, Bishop Francis, retired Bishop of Sacramento, Author of Behind Closed Doors… Ribotta, Father Michael, SDB, PhD, University of California, Berkeley Sanfilippo, Sister Helena, RSM Former Archivist for Sisters of Mary, PhD Notre Dame Scrivani, Brother Lawrence, SM, Archivist for Diocese of Monterey Seely, Gordon, Retired San Francisco State University professor Starr, Kevin, Former State Librarian, Author California Dream Series Steil, Heather, M.A., Dominican University Still, Sister Stephanie, PBVM, Coordinator, 150th Anniv., Sisters of Presentation in CA Tierney, Gail, PhD, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley Walsh, James P., professor of History at San Jose State Univ., Published Historian Weber, Msgr. Francis J., Dean of Calif. Catholic historians. Countless works published Zappia, Evelyn, Award-winning reporter for Catholic San Francisco
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