Battle of Homestead Foundation - Charles McCollester Collection

The letter was written by Monsignor Rice to William Parrish concerning religion and unions in Pittsburgh. The letter is adamantly anti-communist in unions.

The 5 letters are from Monsignor Charles Owen Rice to Charles McCollester sent during McCollester's writing process of the book Fighter with a Heart about Monsignor Rice. The letters touch on research, clarification, and those involved in the book.

The 3 letters all concern the International Philosophical Symposium held at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. Charles McCollester attended this event.

The following proposal is a collection on information regarding the Local 471 Amercian Federation of Musicians to be used to nominate the group for a historical marker. The document covers the historical context of the group.

The document is a draft of historical marker proposal for the Mammoth Mine explosion of 1891. The explosion occured in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania on January 27, 1891. The explosion resulted in the death of 109 miners working for the Frick Coke Company. Of the 109, 79 were buried in a mass grave onsite.

This poster advertises for the march for jobs in Pittsburgh on Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 2pm. The march was to occur before the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh and was a nationwide event. The march was to begin in the Pittsburgh Hill District. The march was sponsored by the United SteelWorkers and Bail Out the People Movement. The poster has a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. marching.

The Photograph is double sided. The front side of the photograph depicts the march on the Pentagon on Oct. 21, 1967 in Washington D.C. The march was a demonstration against the Vietnam War. Pictured are a group of marchers including Edward Keating, Monsignor Rice, Coretta Scott King, Dr. Benjamin Spock, and his wife Jane Spock. Also pictured is a man giving the raised clenched fist symbol that indicates Black power. The back side contains the copyright stamp of United Press International Photo. Below that L-R Keating (Ramparts) COR Mrs. King & Ben Spock is written in green. Below that is a note that reads Washington, D.C. May 17, 1967. Keating of Ramparts. Charles O. Rice. Mrs. Martin Luther King, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Spock. On the side of the photograph in green is written March DC May 17 67. Above that in pen is written Received 6/2/67.

The photograph depicts Monsignor Charles Owen Rice raising the arm of another man while they stand in front of a microphone outdoors during the march on the Pentagon on Oct. 21, 1967 in Washington D.C. The march was a demonstration against the Vietnam War.

The two letters of correspondence both concern Charles McCollester's book Fighter with a Heart. The first letter is to McCollester concerning the design of the book. The second is a memo from McCollester regarding fundraising for the book.

The nomination form for a historical marker honoring the McKees Rocks Mound. The mound is the largest Native American burial mound in Western Pennsylvania. It contains roughly 33 graves and was built by the Adena people between 200 BC and 100 AD. The form overviews the historical context of the mound, the proposed text for the marker, and biographical data.