<I>Holy Bible: New Catholic Edition</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1952
name: label: Written by
content: Cardinal Francis Spellman, American, 1889 - 1967
label: Published by
content: Catholic Book Publishing Corporation, American, founded 1911
label: Printed by
content: Matthew F. Sheehan Company, American, founded 1907
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: John Kenneth Reardon, American, 1921 - 1963
label: Subject of
content: Marie Larsen Reardon, American, born 1924
label: Subject of
content: Michael Dennis Reardon, American, born 1951
label: Subject of
content: Maureen Reardon, American, born 1953
label: Subject of
content: Brian Michael Reardon, American, born 1972
label: Subject of
content: Sean Michael Reardon, American, founded 1982
label: Subject of
content: Pope Pius XII, Italian, 1876 - 1958
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A hardback copy of the New Catholic Edition of the Holy Bible published by the Catholic Book Publishing Company. The black, leatherbound, hardback book has a sewn binding with red page edges. The bible has an embossed cross at the center of the front cover. The cross is embellished with embossed circular patterned bands and rays. At the top is the embossed title, [HOLY BIBLE][underlined]. The book’s spine has five raised, horizontal bands running across it. Between the first and second band is the title, [THE / HOLY / BIBLE] printed in gold leaf text. Between the third and fourth bands is gold leaf text that reads [New Catholic / Edition]. The back cover is plain. The pastedown and free endpapers are adorned with a repeating pattern of square crosses, flowers, and leaves printed in black. At the center of the front pastedown is a white rectangular box with a prayer [Before Reading the Holy Scriptures] printed inside. Printed at the center of the first endpaper is white circle with a Chi-Rho symbol bookended by an alpha and omega symbol on either side. The first page is a beige page titled [Presented / TO] with four lines of handwritten black text written on the fillable lines below that reads [Ken and Marie Reardon / for Bible Discussions/ in our home & friends / homes – Castine, Me 1952]. Opposite the title page is an illustration of Jesus Christ wearing a thorn crown. The copyright page features a four paragraph explanation of the translations by Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York. The interior pages are primarily white with black text. The bible is divided into the Old Testament and the New Testament. In between are beige pages with blue and maroon text, illustrated frames, and fillable lines. One page titled [Family Record] has four lines of handwritten black ink text with blue and black ink notes beside them that read [Father – John Kenneth Reardon / Mother – Marie Theresa (Larsen) / Son – Michael Dennis 10-13-51 / Daughter – Maureen 3-17-53]. The next page titled [Births] has ten lines of black and blue handwritten text that reads [Michael Dennis – Oct. 13, 1951 / Maureen Mar. 17, 1953 / John Kenneth – Dec 16, 1921 / Marie Theresa – Dec 6, 1924 / Brian Michael Reardon / 08/02/72 / Portsmouth, NH / Sean Michael Reardon / 04-08-82 / New Orleans, La.]. The next page titled [Marriages], has two line of blue handwritten text that read [Maureen Reardon / Michael Reardon]. The last beige page is titled [Deaths] and has two lines of blue handwritten text that read [John Kenneth Reardon / June 19, 1963]. The Old Testament is 1086 pages and the New Testament is 383 plus 8 pages of color unnumbered maps and illustrations of biblical locations.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Catholicism
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
label: Topic
content: Worship services
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.52.29
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) with leaf (metal) and leather on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 3/16 × 5 7/8 × 1 15/16 in. (20.8 × 15 × 5 cm)