Index: no strict chronological order. Nearly all the letters are post 1920.
Correspondence: the first twenty-nine pages of letters are from Bishop Cotton (Owensboro, Kentucky, two letters while priests) to Mother bertrand, Mother Ann Sebastian, Sr. Mary Anastasia Coady, Mother Lucille, and Sr. Marietta Murphy. The remainder of letters are to sisters, priests, and a few lay persons. Letters are thank yous, congratulations, letters of sympathy, letters seeking information, friendly letters, etc.
(Letters copied from photocopies of letters in Notre Dame Archives)
Index.
Correspondence: letters deal with spiritual affairs, church affairs, etc.
Index: no strict chronological order. Most of the letters are post 1900 with the majority of them dated in the 1940s.
Correspondence: these letters are mostly to mother superiors and various Sisters of Charity with numerous letters to Mother Ann Sebastian. These letters are from sisters, as well as priests, and bihsops, as well as a vew lay people. Letters are thank yous, requests for prayers, letters about mission life, tributes, etc.
Index: no strict chronological order.
Correspondence: these letters are to sisters and mother superiors, with several pages of letters to Rev. Rosati. There are a very few letters to laymen and women. These letters are from priests, sisters and some lay persons. There are several thank yous, congratulations, friendly letters, etc.
Index: no strict chronological order. Index does not say what the letters are about.
Correspondence: these letters are from Bishops Flaget, Kenrick, Rosati, Chabrat, Brute, and Maurice, as well as priests and Mother Spalding. The letters are to priests, Bishop Flaget, and some lay persons. There are also some xerox copies of letters from Senator Powell to Mother Columba. The letters are about church affairs, spiritual matters, etc. Original letters are sometimes included with the typed copy.
1. Biographical Sketch (7 pp.)
2. Copy of Mother Ann Sebastian's tape recording sent to India for celebration of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, 25th Anniversary of arrival at Mokameh junction.
3. Letters of Mother Ann Sebastian Sullivan [1925-1948].
4. Remarks by Sr. Barbara Thomas, March 16, 1974, on Mother Ann Sebastian.
1. Biographical Sketch (6 pp.)
2. Letters about Mother Bertrand, copy of prayer service and remarks at funeral.
3. Letters of Mother Bertrand to relatives and others [1950-1973].
4. Mother Bertrand's Report from Rome, 1952 (3 pp.)
114 pages, typed. Mostly Board minutes.
142 pages, name index follows. Mostly deeds.
175 pages. Baptisms at Nazareth [December 22, 1835 -February 10, 1936], Pages 1-78. Confirmations at Nazareth [1838-1954]some at St. Gregory's, Pages 79-138. List of Nazareth's Slaves (date of death and children's names included) Pages 159-162. Lay Retreats (women) at Nazareth, 1928- , Pages 163-175. Includes clippings about retreats, letters, list of retreats and retreat masters in 1928, financial reports, 1937-1946.
Malone, Sr. Mary Catherine (later Mother) [1918-1941] letters to various Sisters of Charity and others. 35 letters. Meagher, Mother Rose [1914-1926] letters and biographical information. Helena, Sr. [1874-1894] letters to various Sisters of Charity and others. 20 letters. Mills, Sr. Mary Cleophas (later Mother) [1874-1903] 7 letters. Kerr, Sr. Alphonsa [1878-1903] 2 letters. McMahon, Mother Eutropia [1885-1911] 33 letters, 1 page tribute to her. Spalding, Mother Catherine- copy of instructions concerning manumission of slaves. Gardiner, Mother Frances- information about the family (1 page) Nazareth's, Mothers of- list of terms of office (1 page) Gardiner, Mother Frances [1829-1878] (3 page index, 92 pages of letters)
(Approx. 75 pages)
Members of Board of Trustees [1830-1932] Pages 1-29, mostly minutes.
Information concerning length of service of members and trustees of Nazareth's Literary and Benevolent Institution after 1829, Pages 31-34.
Copy of First Annals, [1812-1824] pages 58-62.
General Officers, length of terms etc., Pages 63-75.
Notes on clergy who presided at elections, [1813-1884] page 57.
(33 pages) Reynolds, Rev. Ignatius A. [1833-1835] Pages 1-7. Haseltine, Rev. Joseph [1835-1862] Pages 8-18. Chambige, Rev. Francis [1862-1875] Pages 19-24. Coghlan, Rev. Michael M. [1875-1877] Pages 25-27. Bouchet, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Michael [1877-1903] Pages 28-33.
(approx. 72 pp., index precedes)
Includes list of branch houses opened and closed, 1812-1977; election of treasurers; cemetery statistics; election of procuratrix; list of SCN schools of nursing- when opened and closed; terms of office of 15 superior generals of Nazareth; election of mother's assistants; notes on clergyment who took part in SCN election, 1813-1834; members of the General Council and Treasurer General after 7/11/1911; list of persons who served as Secretary General after 1911; list of Golden Jubilarian in the SCN Community- Elizabeth Suttle; statistics, 1812-1968; membership statistics submitted to 1972- general chapter; envelope containing old information concerning branch houses; data concerning work in vacation schools.
(Index Precedes)
Includes list of sisters missioned at Our Lady of Nazareth Home- Little Rock, AR; sketches, etc. of Bethlehem Academy (Holly Springs, Miss.); sketch of St. Genevieve School, Dayton, TN- 1891-1895; list of administrators, superiors and sisters missioned at Our Lady of Nazareth Academy- Vincennes, 1824-1838; sketch of St. Mary Academy-Nashville, TN and an account of the establishment there of a separate community of sisters; account of the yellow fever scourge in Yazoo City in 1878 in which 3 sisters died.
Sketches of eleven sisters.
Sketches of SCN's, Vol. I (with index) 103 pages of sketches of approximately 30 sisters.
Sketches of SCN's, Vol. II (with index) 74 pages of sketches of approximately 44 sisters.
(202 pages)
42 pages in book
Includes, for example, list of sisters who served as nurses in war, records from Archives during this period, reminiscences of Civil War Days at Nazareth Academy and more.
(67 pages)
Journal of Bishop Spalding, April 5, 1860- March 27, 1864. 47 pages plus index.
Bishop Spalding's Memory Book from September 20, 1848 to October, 1849 (pages 48-57)
Notebook (LIBER ORDINATIONUM) entries from September 21, 1811 -September 24, 1853, but several periods omitted (pages 58-67)
Sketch of the history of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth by Sister Marietta. 24 pages.
Nazareth in 1883 by Sister Mary de Lourdes Mackin (7 pages)Life of Rt. Rev. Bishop Lavialle, D.D. presented to the Bishops' Memorial Hall by Rt. Rev. Abbot Benedict of Trappist Monastery (65 pages)
Account of the founding and closing of Mt. Olivet Girls'Primary School in connection with Gethsemani (continues the above) pp. 65-70.
(Introduction and index precedes)
Bishop David's report in summary of the establishment of the Sisters of Charity in Kentucky (5 pp.)
35 letters
(72 pages)
Letters of Bishop David, Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, and letters of Spalding, Bouchet, et al. indexed; Acts of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda Fide- 1826, 1827, 1833, 1834, 1848, Volumes 940, 970, translated; Acts of the Particular Congregation of March 4, 1808, translated; Fr. Badin's letter to the Cardinal Prefect of Propaganda June 7, 1805, Nazareth Annals, 1924-1930.
Index: abbreviated index. LETTERS ON THIS INDEX ARE NOT IN LETTER BOOK OR ON THE REEL.
Index: abbreviated index.
Correspondence: there appear to be only a few letters to Rosati in this group. Other letters are to Fr. Haseltine, Bishop Brute, and there is a copy of a report in French to the Propaganda Fide that is signed by Bishops Flaget and David.
Index: abbreviated index. Letters not on consecutive pages.
Correspondence: besides the letters from David to Brute [1811-1815], there are also letters to Archbishop Carroll, Archbishop Marchal, Archbishop Whitfield, Martin John Spalding, Elizabeth Seton, and one letter from Archbishop Carroll to David.
Index.
Correspondence: this series contains only David-Rosati correspondence.
Index: abbreviated index.
Correspondence: there are eleven letters in this group that are predominantly letters to Brute. There are also letters to an unknown addressee, Mr. Clausel, Henry Clay, and Brute's mother.
From originals in St. Louis Archdiocesan Archives, translated from French and Latin at Nazareth) pp. 142-173.
Index.
Correspondence: besides letters and legal papers, this group also includes the Memoir of Bishop Flaget to the Propaganda Fide in Rome for the period 1810-1836 (11 pages). NOTE: In the above groups of correspondence, the indices for all the groups are together and appear first on the reel. The letters follow.
NO index.
Correspondence: these letters follow immediately after Flaget's Memoir to the Propaganda in Rome. Letters are to Fr. Haseltine at Nazareth with one letter to Fr. Brute.
Index.