Month: September 2020

All primary sources are published with the permission of the St. Monica Archives (SMA).

For convenience, to shorten the headings of these primary sources, “Ss. Peter and Paul” is abbreviated as SPP.

SPP Note of Mary Anna Steger [best guess]’s Gift to the Church, Aug. 29, 1902

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SPP Church Contracts (1913)

Editor’s Note: This document is extremely fragile.

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SPP “Financial Statement January 1st, 1920”

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SPP Financial Statement for the Year 1940 (Feb. 1, 1941)

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SPP WWII Victory Bazaar Poster

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SPP Announcement of Fr. Robert J. Fox as Treasurer (July 12, 1950)

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SPP Financial Statement, January 1, 1956 – December 31, 1956

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SPP “Contributions of the Dollar Club Members for the Month of July 1963”

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SPP “Financial Statement 6 Mos. Ending December 31, 1983”

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SPP Brother Bob Di Manno, SS.CC., Pastoral Letter (April 1986)

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SPP Repair and Adaptation Campaign Brochure (Circa 1994)

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SPP Partners in Faith Flier (2003–04)

SPP-Partners-in-Faith-Flier-2003–04

All primary sources are published with the permission of the St. Monica Archives (SMA).

For convenience, to shorten the headings of these primary sources, “Ss. Peter and Paul” is abbreviated as SPP.

SPP Maple Street Land Redemption Forms (1888)

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Newspaper Clipping about West Avenue Site: “Where New Ss. Peter and Paul’s Church Will Be Built” (No Date, 1900s)

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Newspaper Clipping about West Avenue Site: “Where New Ss. Peter and Paul’s Church Will Be Built” (No Date, 1900s), with Editorial Notes by John Curran

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SPP West Avenue Church Interior Photograph (Circa 1911)

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SPP West Avenue Church Exterior Front Photograph (Circa 1911)

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SPP Archway Photograph (Circa 1911), possibly by Albert R. Stone

Editor’s Note: This photograph bears some resemblance to Albert R. Stone’s photograph “Entry colonnade for new Saint Peter and Paul’s Church,” which appeared in the Nov. 24, 1912, Rochester Herald. Stone’s photograph, however, is taken from a slightly different angle than this one. See the catalogue entry and photo scan in the Monroe County Library System for more information.

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SPP West Avenue Church Exterior Rear Photograph (Circa 1911)

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SPP West Avenue Church and Convent Rear Photograph (Circa 1911)

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Frank DiNolfo, “The Erection of the New Edifice of S.S. Peter and Paul Parish” (1946), SPP Copy

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Photocopied Excerpts from the SPP 1958 Industrial Appraisal (Industrial Appraisal Company, Pittsburgh, PA, Mar. 21, 1958)

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SPP–Landmark Society of Western New York Correspondence (1971)

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SPP Instrument Location Survey Map (Dec. 17, 1976)

SPP-Instrument-Location-Survey-Map-12-17-1976

Documents Pertaining to the Sale of the SPP Convent (1986–94)

SPP-Sale-of-Convent-1986–94

Documents Pertaining to the Conversion of SPP School into Housing (1989–90)

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SPP Church Renovation Team Report (Apr. 21, 1992)

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Letter from Rev. Kermit Krueger to SPP’s Fr. David Reid, SS.CC., Regarding Church Renovation (Feb. 17, 1994)

SPP-Church-Renovation-Correspondence-2-17-1994

Correspondence Regarding SPP’s City Quadrant Location Quadrant (February 2000)

SPP-Which-Quadrant-for-the-Church-February-2000

SPP Ice Storm Photographs (Apr. 2003)

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Flyer for SPP Church Restoration Talk by Henry Swiatek (May 14, 2005)

SPP-Church-Restoration-Talk-Flier-5-14-2005

Landmark Society of Western New York, Announcement of Stewardship Award for SPP (Sept. 6, 2006)

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All primary sources are published with the permission of the St. Monica Archives (SMA).

For convenience, to shorten the headings of these primary sources, “Ss. Peter and Paul” is abbreviated as SPP.

SPP Photocopies of Newspaper Cutouts from 1852-53

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SPP Newspaper Cutouts Covering the Events of 1855

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“The Fire Yesterday,” No Periodical Name (Rochester, N.Y.), circa Dec. 8, 1867, SPP Photocopy Annotated by John E. Curran

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“Awful Calamity,” Rochester Daily Democrat, Thursday, Jan. 7, 1869, SPP Photocopy

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“Our Churches. Rochester Has Now Seventeen in All.” Catholic Newspaper Article (periodical name not included), Fall 1898, SPP Photocopy

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“The School House Disaster—Funeral of Six of the Victims–Condition of the Wounded–Coroner’s Investigation,” Rochester Union-Advertiser, Jan. 8, 1869, SPP Photocopy

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SPP Golden Jubilee Newspaper Cutouts (1893), Annotated by John E. Curran

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“Old Bell That Will Be Hung in New Church of SS. Peter and Paul Once Sounded Fire Alarms,” Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, Jun. 7, 1912, page 17, SPP Photocopy

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SPP Newspaper Cutouts from June and July 1912

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“Three Sons Will Offer Up Mass On Parents’ Golden Anniversary,” Rochester Times-Union, Monday, Sept. 15., 1919, SPP Copy

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All primary sources are published with the permission of the St. Monica Archives (SMA).

For convenience, to shorten the headings of these primary sources, “Ss. Peter and Paul” is abbreviated as SPP.

Newspaper Clippings and Transcripts Regarding the 1869 SPP School Collapse

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Fr. Richard McNally, SS.CC., “Ss. Peter and Paul’s? I thought they closed it” (East Coast Newsletter, Mar. 1984), SPP Copy

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