Letter from C.S. Lewis to Sister Madeleva
Letter from C.S. Lewis to Sister Madeleva: Letter from C.S. Lewis to Sister Madeleva thanking her for kind words extended to him regarding the health of his wife.
Reverend Francis M. Craft (Mohawk) and the American Sisters
Reverend Francis M. Craft (Mohawk) and the American Sisters: Mother Mary Anthony Cloud Robe (Susie Bordeaux)(Brulé), Sr. Mary Joseph (Josephine Two Bears) (Hunkpapa), Sr. Mary Gregory or Gertrude (Ellen Clark)(Hunkpapa), and Sr. Mary Bridget (Annie Pleets)(Hunkpapa), at U.S. Military Hospital, Havana, Cuba: Rev. Craft and the sisters were inspired by Sacred White Buffalo Woman of …
Sisters at Loyola Summer School
Sisters at Loyola Summer School: Loyola University of Los Angeles.
Sister Mary Amatora, O.S.F.
Sister Mary Amatora, O.S.F.*: Portrait of Sister Mary Amatora, O.S.F, circa 1960. *O.S.F. = Franciscan Sisters
Sr. Lydia Peña, SL
Sr. Lydia Peña, SL*: Lydia M. Peña, S.L., is an educator, art historian, author, community leader and fundraiser. In 1955 she graduated from Loretto Heights College with a B.S. in Dietetics. In addition, she holds a Master’s degree in Education and an M.A. and a PH.D in Art History. Sr. Peña started teaching at St. …
Sister Irene Kutsky
Sister Irene Kutsky, ceramics professor.
Professed sister
Professed sister, Nuns of the Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
Chemistry class
Chemistry class: BVMs (Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary) and student with chemistry set.
Unidentified Sister and boy, St. Paul’s Orphanage
Unidentified Sister and boy, St. Paul’s Orphanage, Crafton, Pennsylvania: Photograph (5 x 7). The Sisters of Mercy operated St. Paul’s Orphanage in Pittsburgh from 1846 until its closing in 1965.
Academy of the Sacred Heart
Academy of the Sacred Heart, San Francisco, California: This postcard depicts the exterior of the Sacred Heart Academy building on Jackson Street in San Francisco. The markings on the postcard indicate rooms that are described in the handwritten message to May (and probably Mrs. Martha Clarke) from Agnes, a member of the convent. As a …
Seton Hall University Israel Study Tour
Seton Hall University Israel Study Tour, #55.
Nurses, Officers & Sisters in Courtyard of Hospital
Nurses, Officers & Sisters in Courtyard of Hospital, Vicenza, Italy: Digitization of glass plate negative.
Sister Marla del Ray, Maryknoll Motherhouse
Sister Marla del Ray, Maryknoll Motherhouse: Sister Marla del Ray in conversation with elderly man and woman.
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Letter from John F. Kennedy to Sister Madeleva
Letter from John F. Kennedy to Sister Madeleva: Letter from U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy to Sister Madeleva apologizing for his cancellation of an April 6, 1960 visit to Saint Mary’s during his run for the Presidency.
Birthday poem from Sister Madeleva to Clare Booth Luce
Birthday poem from Sister Madeleva to Clare Booth Luce, American Ambassador to Italy: Birthday poem sent from Sister Madeleva to Clare Booth Luce, the American Ambassador to Italy.
Sister Mary Madeleva
Sister Mary Madeleva: Black and white portrait photograph of Sister Madeleva taken outside of LeMans Hall on the Saint Mary’s College campus.
Sister Madeleva and actress Helen Hayes
Sister Madeleva and actress Helen Hayes: Black and white photograph of Sister Madeleva and Helen Hayes taken on the Saint Mary’s campus.
Sister Estelle Ghidoni, biology professor
Sister Estelle Ghidoni, biology professor, in lab
Novices (Eskimo) of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Snow at the Mission of the Little Flowe
Novices (Eskimo) of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Snow at the Mission of the Little Flower, Hooper Bay, Alaska: The Society of Our Lady of the Snow was a local community of religious sisters founded by Reverend John P. Fox, S.J., which served the Little Flower Mission, 1932-1945, when it disbanded. Reverend John …
Jack Hokeah (ca. 1900-1960)(Kiowa) and an unidentified friend visiting Sister Mary Olivia Taylor
Jack Hokeah (ca. 1900-1960)(Kiowa) and an unidentified friend visiting Sister Mary Olivia Taylor (Choctaw-Chickasaw) of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis (Loretto, Pennsylvania)(O.S.F.)* at St. Patrick’s School, Anadarko, Oklahoma: Hokeah, an internationally known painter in an artists’ group called the “Kiowa Five”, received his first art instruction from Sister Olivia, who was his grade school …