Content Roundup – First Week – April 2020

Postcard, Field Day (Tug of War) postcard to Mrs. Robert A. McCarthy, 1910
As April starts, we continue to present items digitized earlier this semester. The week we feature more story-paper and newspaper issues including issues of the rare Irish newspaper “The Gaelic American” and more Villanova student life materials including postcards from Villanova’s “Field Day” athletic competitions.
Dime Novel and Popular Literature

The Boys’ world, v. 21, no. 27, July 8, 1922
Boys’ World (1 issue added)
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:618770]

Chicago Ledger, v. XXXVIII, no. 44, Saturday, October 29, 1910
Chicago Ledger (1 issue added)
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:620341]

The New York Ledger, v. XIII, no. 21, August 1, 1857
New York Ledger (3 issues added)
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:617007]
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:617019]
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:611911]

Selection, “Albert and Fido” from [21] p., The Youth’s companion, v. XXXVII, no. 6, Thursday, February 5, 1863
Youth’s Companion (3 issues added)
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:618258]
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:618266]
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:618274]
Joseph McGarrity Collection
Newspapers
The Gaelic American (1919: 8 issues added)
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:590420]
Villanova Digital Collection
Photographs and Illustrations

Postcard, Field Day, 1909 – “440 yds Handicap, Winner Weber, scratch man, The start #7937”
Student Life (9 Field Day postcards added)
[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:620489]
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