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Holy Ghost Greek Catholic Church, Cleveland, Ohio

Records (microfilm), 1909-1967.  1 reel.  The collection contains a marriage register.  In Latin and English.  Register available.  Gift of Timothy Smith.

Runtagh, Eugene O. ( -1966)

Papers, 1910-1937.  2 folders.  Runtagh was the pastor of St. Mary's Greek Catholic Church in Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, and St. Michael's Greek Catholic Church in Dunmore, Pennsylvania.  The collection consists of letters concerning church and parish affairs, with a few personal letters.  Also present is a charter of incorporation for St. Mary's Greek Catholic Church. In English, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Slovak, and Latin.  Register available.

Russian Orthodox Catholic Mutual Aid Society

Records (including microfilm), ca. 1910-1982.  7.75 ft. and 5 reels.  The Russian Orthodox Catholic Mutual Aid Society was founded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1895.  It is a national fraternal benefit society.  Many of the organization's record were destroyed in the 1972 Hurricane Agnes floods.  These records represent the national office's surviving historical files.  The records include convention minutes, membership and financial records, printed materials and publications, and certificates.  In Russian, English, and Ruthenian.   Inventory available.  Gift of the organization.

SERIALS

Amnerykanski Russkii Vistnyk

Newspaper, 1894-1904, 1907-1926.  26 reels.  Published weekly in Scranton, Pennsylvania by Soedynie Hr. Kaf. Bratstv.  The offical organ of the Greek Catholic Union of the United States of America.  Issued also in a Slovak edition called Amerikansky Russkyt viestnik.  In Ruthenian.

Svit (Light)

Newspaper, 1909-1986.  24 reels.  Published bimonthly in Old Forge, Pennsylvania by the Russian Orthodox Catholic Mutual Aid Society, beginning in 1897.  In Ruthenian.

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