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Sister Mary Benet McKinney Papers

1963-1978.

Origination : McKinney, Mary Benet.
Extent : 7 linear feet.
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives
Address : Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English.

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Sister Mary Benet McKinney Papers (BEN), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Correspondence, clippings, and publications of Sister Mary Benet McKinney, including The New Sister (1969); correspondence, reports, minutes, and clippings from the School Study Commission, 1970-1971; minutes, correspondence, reports, and office files from the Urban Apostolate of the Sisters, 1963-1976; and subject files representing the activities and interests of Sister Mary Benet McKinney, OSB; also related photographs.

Background

Sister Mary Benet McKinney (baptismal name Patricia McKinney) was a Benedictine nun, educator, civil rights activist, founder of the Chicago Urban Apostolate of the Sisters, and chair of the Personnel Task Force of the Archdiocese of Chicago School Study Commission.

Index

McKinney, Mary Benet.
Civil rights.
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Chicago (Ill.). School Study Commission.
Urban Apostolate of the Sisters.
The New Sister.
Letters.
Clippings.
School boards -- United States.

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