Photograph collection, 1861-[ca. 1970]

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Photograph collection, 1861-[ca. 1970]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155481845

Photographs, mostly mounted in albums, depict the sisters, their ceremonies and celebrations, and the schools, orphanages, and hospitals run by them. Views include interiors and exteriors of buildings, such as classrooms, laboratories and dormitories, views of the grounds, and individual students, orphans, and patients, ca.1880's-1960's. Institutions shown include St. Vincent's Summer School, East Moriches, Long Island; College of Mount St. Vincent, Bronx, N.Y.; Foundling Hospital, New York City; Academy of Mount St. Vincent, Tuxedo Park, N.Y.; St. Francis Xavier Convent, Nassau, Bahamas; St. Agatha Home; Seton Hospital; and St. Mary's Hospital, Port Jervis, N.Y. Engravings, 1861 and 1881, of McGowan's Pass, the first New York Mother House of the Sisters of Charity, located at 109th St. in Central Park. Photographs of ceremonies and celebrations such as Final Vows ceremony, 1963; Novitiate Habit Day, 1967; Investitute and First Vows, 1960's; the Beatification of Elizabeth Ann Seton, Rome, 1963; Pilgrimage to Rome, 1931; and other events. Some albums contain clippings, invitations, and other memorabilia. A few scrapbooks without photographs are included.

ca. 17 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6875884

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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College of Mount St. Vincent.

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The College of Mount St. Vincent, originally the Academy of Mount St. Vincent, was founded in 1847 and chartered in 1911. It is affiliated with the Sisters of Charity and until recently was a women's college. From the description of History vertical file, [ca. 1884-1984]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155482383 ...

St. Agatha Home.

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St. Mary's Hospital (Port Jervis, N.Y.)

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Seton Hospital.

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St. Francis Xavier Convent (Nassau, Bahamas)

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Academy of Mount St. Vincent (Tuxedo Park, N.Y.)

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New York Foundling Hospital

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Charitable organization founded in New York City in 1869, to provide a Catholic haven for abandoned babies. From the description of Records of the New York Foundling Hospital, 1869-2009. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 664805156 The Early Years The Foundling Asylum of the Sisters of Charity in the City of New York opened at 17 East 12th Street on October 11, 1869, as a Catholic haven for abandoned babies. Sister Mary Irene ...

Seton, Elizabeth Ann, Saint, 1774-1821

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Elizabeth Ann Bayley was born in New York City in 1774. She married William Magee Seton, a New York merchant, in 1794. In 1797, with Isabella Graham and others, she founded a society for the relief of widows, the first charitable organization in New York City. Her husband died in 1803. In 1805 she converted to Catholicism, and in 1808 she began a girls' school in Baltimore, Maryland. In the spring of 1809 she and four others formed a community called Sisters of St. Joseph. That summer they moved...

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...

St. Vincent's Summer School (East Moriches, N.Y.)

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McGowan's Pass (Convent: New York, N.Y.)

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