fr. middleton wrote many essays on local catholic history and the order of saint augustine, including his "historical sketch of the augustinian monastery, college, and mission of st. thomas of villanova, delaware county, pa: during the first half century of their existence, 1842-1892", which was published on the college’s fiftieth anniversary in 1893. other documents by father middleton are viewable in villanova university’s digital library, including an article in the catholica collection on keating rawson, entitled “an old-time catholic pioneer of lansingburgh, n.y." correspondence with maria daly shea, who contributed many historical records to the american catholic historical society of philadelphia, is viewable in the library’s lloyd collection.