Details

Inclusive Dates

1901 - 1970

Series by mission or type of mission. Correspondence, reports, photographs, brochures, programs, clippings, and other records concerning missions and institutions connected with the Sisters of Charity. Schools affiliated with the Order include St. Barnabas, 1935-1978; Blessed Sacrament, 1957-1978; and Cardinal Spellman, 1959-1970, all in the Bronx. Also, the Catholic Protectory, 1863-1938; Cathedral High School, 1858-1977; Grace Institute, 1901, 1938-1970; St. Joseph's Academy, 1928-1974; and St. Patrick's Asylum, 1834-1839, 1889-1953, all in Manhattan. Collection also includes records of St. Vincent's Hospital and St. Vincent's School of Nursing in New York, with photographs, ca.1900-ca.1970; annual reports, 1864-1907; histories of hospital and school, 1849-1967; brochures; reports and journals, 1851-1967; clippings, 1881-1980; lists of sisters who served at hospital, 1977; material relating to Sisters of Charity mission in the Bahamas, including correspondence and reports on work, 1889-1957; chronicle of events at Harbour Island mission, 1928-1944, 1968-1973; histories of Bahamas mission, 1922-1959; visitor's book, 1922-1971; files with clippings, photographs, programs, and flyers for 75th anniversary of the mission, 1964, and 90th anniversary, 1979; "The Children of Providence" annual, 1894-1921; Bahamas newsletter, 1955-1956; and scrapbook with clippings, photographs, and programs, 1925-1953. Photographs of Sisters, local scenes in the Bahamas, clergy, churches, services, local residents, services, 1925-1978; records of the Academy of Mount St. Vincent in Manhattan, the Bronx, and later at Tuxedo Park, N.Y., including catalogs, 1874-1885, 1947, correspondence, 1907-1912, 1944-1948, 1963-1965, copies and originals of correspondence and legal documents concerning the purchase of land in the Bronx, 1856-1877, alumnae minute book, 1896-1903, notebook with handwritten constitution, list of graduates 1848-1902, and address of Mother General, 1896, reports, 1957-1964, clippings, 1960-1979, and other miscellaneous material. Also includes miscellaneous files concerning St. Vincent's Hospitals in Staten Island, 1938-1979, and Westchester, 1904, 1938, 1959-1979; missions in Guatemala, 1970-1979, Peru, 1974-1978, Appalachia, 1970-1979, and among the Indians in Arizona; Elizabeth Seton College, 1960-1979, and Academy, 1938-1981, in Yonkers; Blessed Elizabeth Seton School, Shiremanstown, Pa., 1964-1969; and Blessed Sacrament Academy, 1927-1937.

Sites of Teaching & Learning

These sites of teaching & learning mention the Sisters of Charity, Ministries Collection, 1834-1981

Location

• New York State Archives
  Albany, NY 12230