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Only In Print: University Starts Building Archive to Highlight Black Catholic History

A photo of students in a Washington D.C. school promoting their projects at a science fair in the early 1900s is part of an archive the university is planning to digitize and make available to the public. (Photo: courtesy of Special Collections, Catholic University of America)

PROSPECT HEIGHTS —The Catholic University of America (CUA), located in Washington D.C., is currently cataloging thou- sands of items in multiple collections, planning to digitize and post them online for all the world to see.

The goal is to eventually make the archives available via a link on the university’s website…


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