Motherhouse Program Files 1884-1962.

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Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses. Motherhouse Program Files 1884-1962.

Motherhouse Program Files 1884-1962.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57312500

This series comprises program files for the Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses (MJDH/PMD). They are from 1884-1962, but it is unclear which individuals retained or generated these records. Record types include printed liturgical service programs, circular letters, bulletins, pamphlets, leaflets, statistical reports, financial reports, news clippings, printed invitations, meeting minutes, souvenir booklets, financial reports, plays and skits, and correspondence. Subject matter includes seasonal church services, Drexel Day activities, Founder's Day activities, revisions to deaconess garb, Jahrefest, or annual fest programs, topical studies conducted by the MJDH/PMD, and spiritual retreats. Topics addressed in the studies include life at the motherhouse, how diaconal groups elect leadership positions, the functional organization of the motherhouse, deaconess garb, seminars for consecrated deaconesses, and devotional life. Annual audit financial reports for MJDH/PMD from 1933-1962 are included in this series, but reports are not available for 1934-1935, 1937-1938, 1940-1942, 1944, 1947-1948, 1950, and 1953. Most of the records are printed or typewritten material. There are handwritten minutes from meetings of the MJDH/PMD congregation's Women's Missionary Society. Minutes for the congregation's WMS are available from its first meeting in 1913 to its last meeting in 1954. Also found in this series is a parish register from 1888-1945 for the congregation of the MJDH/PMD. Records are arranged alphabetically.

2 boxes (.6 cubic ft.)

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