Services

1931

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Services
  • Title
  • Services
  • Creator
  • Cox, James R. (James Renshaw), 1886-1951
  • Date
  • 1931
  • Identifier
  • 695.0102.FC
  • Description
  • A view of Father James R. Cox, a Pittsburgh Catholic priest, political and social activist and “Pastor of the Poor" conducting a worship service at an unidentified location. Born in 1886, the son of a Pittsburgh mill worker, he was instrumental in organizing food-relief programs and was noted for his work helping the homeless and unemployed find shelter during The Great Depression. In the mid 1930's, president Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him to the State Recovery Board of the National Recovery Administration.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Cox, James R. (James Renshaw), 1886-1951
    Priests
    Church services
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.)
  • Source
  • James R. Cox Papers, 1923-1950
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Father Cox Papers
  • Rights Information
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