WomenALETHEIA READING CIRCLE RECORDS, 1901-1994, 0.7 foot. Records of an organization of Milwaukee Catholic Women, including minutes and yearbooks. ALPHA SIGMA NU AND GAMMA PI EPSILON RECORDS, 1915-present, 19.9 feet. Records of the national Jesuit honor society, founded at Marquette University as Alpha
Sigma Tau in 1915-16, including constitutions and bylaws, correspondence of officers,
membership lists, publications, and records of meetings and conventions. Included are
records of Gamma Pi Epsilon, a national Jesuit honor society for women (also founded at
Marquette), which merged with Alpha Sigma Nu in 1973.
ARCHAMBAULT, SISTER MARIE THERESE, O.S.F., PAPERS, 1937-2008, n.d., 0.4 foot. Papers of a teacher-scholar and a Sister of St. Francis of Penance and
Christian Charity and Hunkpapa Indian from North and South Dakota.
BEST, MARY, PAPERS, 1927-1987, 2.4 feet Papers documenting the professional theatrical career of a Marquette University
graduate, including playbills and programs, press clippings, photographs, and a limited
amount of correspondence.
BIRTHING PROJECT ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION, 1990-present, 1.3 feet. Interviews of women about their birthing experiences, transcribed and archived under assumed names to protect the privacy of the narrators. The interviews were conducted by Dr. Helen Sterk, with the exception of four interviews conducted on Native American reservations and five interviews conducted in China by Dr. Alice Deakins, and three stories which were submitted in written form by the women. The collection included 69 interviews as of July 23, 1997. CONRAD N. HILTON FUND FOR SISTERS RECORDS, 1986-[ongoing], 94.2 feet (65.6 feet unprocessed). Records of a fund established by
the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation in 1986 to support humanitarian
projects directed by Catholic sisters in impoverished and underdeveloped
areas worldwide. Most projects pertain to health care, education, economic
development, and welfare. Several projects have served
indigenous Native Americans in the United States and elsewhere in the
Americas. DAY, DOROTHY-CATHOLIC WORKER COLLECTION, 1933-present, 218.3 feet (48.0 feet unprocessed). Records of a faith-based movement for peace and social justice through nonviolent
direct action, founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in New York City in 1933 and
represented today by more than 150 loosely affiliated "houses of hospitality"
(including several in Australia, Canada, Europe, Mexico, and New
Zealand) in which the poor and homeless are welcomed as guests. The
records document the efforts of Catholic Worker volunteers to "live
out" the Gospel message, interpreted as pacifist, personalist, and
profoundly radical. The collection includes the personal papers of Day,
Maurin, and others involved in the movement; records of the New York
City and other Catholic Worker communities; photographs; audio and
video tapes of interviews, talks, television programs, and peace
demonstrations; and a wide variety of publications.
Facsimiles and research notes pertaining to American Indian and Yupik Eskimo women religious sisters in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries and Italian sisters who worked with Jews in Europe during World War II. The collection is closed and additions are anticipated. FAHY, SR. PETER CLAVER, PAPERS, 1950-2004, 2.6 feet (unprocessed). Papers of a Trinitarian nun (1899-2004) who founded and directed houses of prayer, established hospitality houses for women, and engaged in prison ministry after her retirement from teaching and social service work. She was a close friend of Dorothy Day, and played a major role in her involvement in the Lacouture retreat movement. Included are correspondence, manuscripts, and subject files. INSTITUTE OF WOMEN TODAY RECORDS, 1974-present, 4.3 feet. Records of
a Chicago-based advocacy and service organization for women prisoners and
ex-offenders, including files on workshops and projects and correspondence
with prisoners and prison officials. Interfaith in its programs and support,
the Institute was co-founded and directed for many years by Sister Margaret
Ellen Traxler.
KATERI TEKAKWITHA PROJECT ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION, 1994-1995, 3.4 feet. Records of a Marquette University oral history project focusing on American Indian
prayer and religious devotions relating to
Kateri Tekakwitha, a 17th century Mohawk
convert to Catholicism and a candidate for sainthood. The collection is comprised of
interview recordings and transcripts, photographs, and field notes documenting American
Indians and significant others who have been involved with Catholic Indian missions,
parishes, and schools in Arizona, New Mexico, and South Dakota. The interviews include
personal histories and descriptions of the respondents' religious beliefs and practices
from both the Catholic and their respective tribal traditions.
LERNOUX, PENNY, PAPERS, 1969-1989, 4.0 feet (unprocessed). Papers of an author and journalist who reported on the Catholic Church in Latin America for The Nation, the National Catholic Reporter, and Newsweek, including correspondence concerning her articles, books, and speaking engagements. LINES, EDESSA L. KUNZ, PAPERS, 1905-1952, 1.0 foot. Records of the Wisconsin chapter of the National League for Woman's Service, for which Lines was secretary, and photographs and lantern slides documenting housing conditions for immigrants to Milwaukee in 1906. [Connect to Inventory] MADONNA CENTER (CHICAGO) RECORDS, 1865-1979, 4.6 feet. Correspondence, reports, case files, and related records of a Catholic settlement house
in an Italian neighborhood on the near southwest side of Chicago (1912-1965). Also
included are personal papers of Mary Agnes Amberg, the head resident, and
records of the
Christ Child Society of Chicago (1907-1978), with which Madonna Center was closely
associated.
MARQUETTE WOMAN'S LEAGUE RECORDS, 1910-1973, 2.4 feet. Records of an organization of Milwaukee Catholic women, including photographs, publications, and scrapbooks. McGARRY, ANNA, PAPERS, 1937-1991, 1.0 foot. Papers of a pioneer in the movement for interracial justice, documenting her service on
the staffs of Philadelphia's Fair Employment Practice's Commission and its successor
agency, the Commission on Human Relations, and her leadership of the Catholic
Interracial
Council of Philadelphia. Included are clippings, correspondence, memoranda, publications,
reports, and tape recordings of talks and an oral history interview.
NATIONAL
BLACK SISTERS' CONFERENCE RECORDS, 1968-present, 4.7 feet. Records of a United States based organization of women religious, founded in 1968. Its purpose has been to provide ongoing communication, focusing on the education and support of African American women religious while confronting racism in society and the Catholic Church. The records include correspondence, minutes, unpublished papers, presentations, conference materials, and other materials documenting the programs and services provided by the National Black Sisters Conference (NBSC). Also included are records from its Development of Educational Services in the Growing Nation (DESIGN) program. NATIONAL COALITION OF AMERICAN NUNS RECORDS, 1969-present, 6.3 feet Records of "a group of sisters united to study and to speak out on issues
related to human rights and social justice," including general
correspondence, subject files, publications, and minutes and memoranda of
meetings.
Records of an organization established in 1939 to "awaken and sustain enthusiasm" in retreats for lay Catholic women, including clippings, correspondence with Bishop John J. Wright (the Episcopal advisor), photographs, and reports. These are the files of Pauline O. Kopmeier of Milwaukee, president from 1953 to 1956 NATIONAL SISTERS VOCATION CONFERENCE RECORDS, 1966-1987, 16.0 feet (10 feet unprocessed). Records of an organization of women religious in the vocation apostolate. It merged in 1988 with the National Conference of Religious Vocation Directors to form the National Religious Vocation Conference. PEÑA CALAC, JULIANA, PAPERS, 1891-1955, 0.2 foot. Records pertaining to the Cupeño Indians of Pala, California, including information on their family life, schooling, and relations with the community and military. Most notable is the correspondence of Juliana Peña Calac and the school work completed by her brother, Nicholas J. Peña, while he was a student at the Sherman Institute, Riverside, California. POWERS, JESSICA, PAPERS, ca. 1920-1989, 4.0 feet. Papers of a poet and Discalced Carmelite nun (Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit, 1905-1988) including correspondence (mostly letters received), handwritten and typescript drafts of poems, scrapbooks of her poetry and other writings, copies of her books, and writings about her. Notable correspondents include August Derleth, Raymond E. F. Larsson, Robert F. Morneau, and Regina Siegfried. HILDEGARDE (LORETTA SELL) PAPERS, 1918-1996, 11.7 feet [5 reels microfilm] (3.5 cubic feet unprocessed).
Correspondence, diaries, photographs, press clippings, programs,
scrapbooks, and ephemera documenting the career of the cabaret and cafe
singer/pianist Hildegarde Loretta Sell (known professionally as "The
Incomparable HILDEGARDE!), a native of Adell, Wisconsin who attended the
Marquette University School of Music in 1924-1925. Most of the documents
are contained an extensive collection of diaries and scrapbooks.
SISTER FORMATION CONFERENCE/RELIGIOUS FORMATION CONFERENCE RECORDS, 1936-present, 40.3 feet. Records of an organization, founded in 1954 as the Sister Formation Conference (the
name changed in 1976 when men formation personnel were added to its membership), which
helped bring about a dramatic change in the status of women religious within the Catholic
Church and within American society as a whole, including general correspondence and
subject files, minutes of meetings
of the national leadership, records of conferences and
workshops, and publications issued by the Conference. Personal papers of Ritamary Bradley
and Annette Walters concerning their involvement in the Sister Formation movement are also
included. The conflict in the early 1960s between the Sister Formation Conference officers
and the leadership of the Conference of Major Superiors of Women over the restructuring of
the SFC to more directly subordinate it to the CMSW is especially well documented in
correspondence, memoranda, and reports. Notable correspondents include Ritamary Bradley,
Michael Novak, Mary Emil
Penet, David Riesman, and Annette Walters.
SISTERS OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT RECORDS, 0.1 foot [2 reels microfilm]. Records of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People. Consult an archivist for further information. SISTERS UNITING RECORDS, 1970-1981, 0.5 foot. Records of "a council of representatives of national organizations of women religious" which sought "to facilitate cooperation and coordination among the organizations," including correspondence, memoranda, press clippings, press releases, and reports. TRAXLER, SR. MARGARET ELLEN, PAPERS, 1916-1918, 1924, 1941-2002, 6.4 feet. Papers of an outspoken advocate for the rights of women in society and
the Catholic church , who was instrumental in founding the
National Coalition of American Nuns and the Institute of Women Today
(directing the latter from 1974 until 2000, after eight years on the staff of
the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice). Traxler also
championed the State of Israel and the cause of Jews seeking to
emigrate from the Soviet Union. Included are correspondence, subject files,
press clippings, and publications. There is extensive correspondence
resulting from her decision to join 23 other nuns (she was a member of the
School Sisters of Notre Dame) in signing an ad in the New York Times
on the diversity of Catholic teaching on abortion. The “Vatican 24” were
threatened with dismissal from their congregations if they did not retract
their support for the statement. Notable correspondents include Ritamary
Bradley, Mary Margaret Johanning, and Jessica Powers.
WOMEN'S ORDINATION CONFERENCE RECORDS, 1974-present, 9.8 feet. Records of a United States based Catholic organization promoting "the ordination of women as priests and
bishops into a renewed priestly ministry in the Roman Catholic Church," including minutes and reports of meetings, newsletters and other publications issued by the Conference, subject and project files, and other records documenting the group's activities. Ask an Archivist about records in this section
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