Art class outdoors at Marymount College

Art class outdoors at Marymount College: In 1923, the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary first established an all-girls school in Los Angeles. Marymount School moved to a new campus on Sunset Boulevard in Westwood and opened a two-year junior college in 1933. In 1948 the school became Marymount College of Los Angeles and …

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San Francisco College for Women (Lone Mountain): Library

San Francisco College for Women (Lone Mountain): Library: This postcard shows the interior of the College’s library. Reverend Mother Rosalie Hill agreed to make building the library a priority at the request of Monsignor Joseph M. Gleason. He required the library building as a condition in donating his valuable rare book collection to the College.  …

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Saint Katharine Drexel (1858-1955)

Saint Katharine Drexel (1858-1955)Saint Katharine Drexel (1858-1955) of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People (S.B.S.) with Charlie Mitchell (Navajo) and Franciscans while visiting St. Isabel’s Mission, Navajo Nation, Lukachukai, Arizona.