Sisters of Charity collection, [ca. 1846-1980].

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Sisters of Charity collection, [ca. 1846-1980].

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Miscellaneous correspondence, clippings, photographs, programs, and printed material referring to the history, traditions, celebrations, and work of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of New York. These include Formation, Promises/Vows, Renewal of Commitments, Golden Jubilee celebrations, Centenary celebration of 1909, and work in education. Also, various papers of individual sisters, including diaries, 1898-1921, correspondence, and writings. Of note are four cubic feet of necrology files, ca. 1890-1980, alphabetical by name, containing biographical essays, life and career chronologies, obituaries, letters of condolence, portrait photographs, and some personal papers, including family correspondence, writings, and citizenship certification. Sisters prominently represented include M. Constantia Hull, Mary Regina Lynch, Mary Irene Fitzgibbon, Maria Dodge (including some correspondence between other members of the Dodge family), Marie Albert Dwyer, Teresa Vincent McCrystal (one of the founders of the New York Foundling Hospital), Teresa Alacoque Nagle (born Nellie Nagle), Ann Cecilia Nealis, and M. Beatrice Spaulding.

ca. 15 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6875877

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Hull, M. Constantia.

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Nagle, Teresa Alacoque.

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Spaulding, M. Beatrice.

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Nealis, Ann Cecilia.

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Catholic Church

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During much of Doctor JoseĢ Gaspar de Francia's dictatorship (1814-1840), Paraguay was without a bishop and the church was harrassed. From the description of Libro de providencias, ordenes, y autos : por Dn. Juan Antonio Riveras, cura rector de la parrequial de la Villeta : manuscript, 1804-1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612746619 An antiphonary is a book containing sacred vocal music, both the antiphons of the breviary, and the musical notes. An antiphon it...

Dodge family.

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Sisters of Charity (New York, N.Y.)

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The Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul were established in 1846 in McGowan's Pass at 109th St., New York City. When their land was appropriated for Central Park, they moved to Font Hill, now in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Mother House was named Mount Saint Vincent. From the description of Mother Generals/Presidents collection, 1810-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155481792 Collecting area: Materials relating to the Sisters of Charity and its ministrie...

Dodge, Maria.

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McCrystal, Teresa Vincent.

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Fitzgibbon, Mary Irene.

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Lynch, Mary Regina.

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Affiliated Alumni of the Sisters of Charity.

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Dwyer, Marie Albert.

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