The Research Committee of the CMSW was created in 1965 and under the direction of Sr. Marie Augusta Neal undertook a "systematic examination of the resources of Sisters in the U.S. for the work of the Church in the post-Conciliar era" (Notes on Plan of Research, August, 1966). Originally planned as a two stage study, the research developed into a many stage, multi-year project.

• CNEA 1-2 Series : Correspondence 1965-1971
  • CNEA 1 Subseries : CMSW Research Committee

    Correspondence to and among the CMSW Research Committee related to the distribution and collection of the 1966 Congregational Survey and 1967 Sisters Survey questionnaires; answers to CMSW Research Committee requests for further information.

  • CNEA 1-2 Subseries : Sr. Marie Augusta Neal - Requests

    Requests to Sr Marie Augusta Neal for papers, public speaking engagements, etc.

  • CNEA 2 Subseries : Negotiations- Sisters Survey Processing

    Correspondence with computer programmers and processing centers related to the processing of data from several stages of the Sisters' Survey.

• CNEA 2 Series : Finances 1966-1967

  Ledgers, invoices, receipts, cancelled checks, grant application materials related to the financing of the CMSW Sisters Surveys.

• CNEA 2-11, 49-51 Series : Congregational Survey ("Part I") 1966

  Congregational Survey, 1966: Known as Part I, this was a survey of major superiors gathering information on the personnel and resources of the congregations.

  • CNEA 2-4 Subseries : Congregation Self-Study Material (some used in development of survey instrument)
    • CNEA 2-3 Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sr Neal consults

      Correspondence, reports, newsletters, publications related to Sr Neal's role as a consultant to the Sisters of Charity, BVM, self-study.

    • CNEA 3-4 Other Orders

      Correspondence, reports, publications related to congregational self-studies collected by Sr Neal either in support of the development of the 1966 Congregational Survey questionnaire, or because they made use of Sister Survey results or Sr Neal's study design.

  • CNEA 4-5 Subseries : Development, processing and analysis of Congregational Survey

    Participant lists, draft questionnaires, codebooks related to the development of the 1966 Congregational Survey questionnaire. RESTRICTED.

  • CNEA 5-11 Subseries : Completed Questionnaires

    Completed questionnaires and supplements to the 1966 Congregational Survey. RESTRICTED.

  • CNEA 49-51 Subseries : Further Analysis of survey data- Printouts

    Computer printouts showing frequencies of responses and crosstabulations of national data, and responses by order or congregation. RESTRICTED.

• CNEA 12-16, 52-91 Series : Sisters' Survey ("Part II") 1967

  Known as Part II, this was an attitude survey of the population of sisters in apostolic orders.

  • CNEA 12-13 Subseries : Development of the instrument

    Notebooks, articles and other supporting material, pretests for each section of the 1967 Sisters Survey questionnaire.

  • CNEA 13-14 Subseries : Processing and dissemination of results

    Participant lists; form letters to Sister Sociologists; requests for processing; computer programs; reports to CMSW, Mothers Superior and the Sacred Congregation for Religious; lists of computer data tapes.

    • CNEA 13 Participant lists
    • CNEA 13-14 Sister Sociologists- Regional Coordinators
    • CNEA 14 Processing for Orders

      RESTRICTED.

    • CNEA 14 National Reports
  • CNEA 14-16 Subseries : Analysis

    Reports, letters explaining scales; computer runs used in development of scales; charts, graphs, computer programs; notebooks related to ongoing research.

    • CNEA 14-15 Scales
    • CNEA 15 Further Analysis - Experimenting, non-experimenting orders

      RESTRICTED.

    • CNEA 16 Graphs 1967-1970

      RESTRICTED.