St. Leo Shop and St. Leo League records, Ade Bethune papers. 1938-1985, bulk 1957-1983.

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St. Leo Shop and St. Leo League records, Ade Bethune papers. 1938-1985, bulk 1957-1983.

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This part of the St. Catherine University Ade Bethune Collection includes business records, correspondence, publications, writing and art related to Ade Bethune's religious goods business, the St. Leo Shop (SLS), and to the St. Leo League (SLL) organization. The St. Leo Shop records include business and administrative records, customer and vendor correspondence, catalogs, publicity materials, production materials and copies of the St. Leo catalog and St. Leo bulletin, original art, materials on Montessori education and all other publications or items produced for or sold in the St. Leo Shop. Materials span the years 1938-1985, bulk 1957-1985. The St. Leo League collection includes administrative records, information regarding meetings, memberships, correspondence, information related to and issues of the publications Sacred signs and the Icon, and instructions for funerals. Materials span the years 1961-1982/3.

54 boxes (23 linear feet).

St. Catherine University, St. Paul Campus Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8011582

St. Catherine University, St. Paul Campus Library

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St. Catherine University. Libraries, Media Services & Archives.

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Saint Leo Shop

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Saint Leo League

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Bethune, Ade, 1914-2002

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Ade Bethune was born in Brussels, Belgium, Jan. 12, 1914. In 1928 her family immigrated to the United States. Bethune met Dorothy Day in 1934 and became involved with the Catholic Worker movement. She produced a great deal of original art for the Catholic Worker, including designs for thank-you and Christmas cards for Catholic Worker readers. The demand for these led Bethune to set up an independent mail-order business, which led to the formation of the St. Leo Shop as an outlet for distributing...