Archives Display: St. Kate's First 10 Presidents

As St. Kate's prepares for a new president we  look back on past ones.  Becky Roloff will be our eleventh president, so who were the women who came before her?  This display commemorates the first ten presidents of St. Catherine University, with artifacts connected to them drawn from the University Archives.  From Mother Antonia McHugh, famed for being our first college president, to Sister Andrea, who is just leaving us now, each president is represented.

One thing that is made clear through these artifacts is the constant communication between past and present presidents.  The Phi Beta Kappa pin of President Antonine O'Brien is accompanied by a note from President Alberta Huber, explaining that it was a loan Sister Antonine did not want returned.  Also on display is friendly correspondence from Sister Mary Edward Healy (president 1961-1964) to Sister Mary William Brady (president 1955-1961) concerning trips to Ireland and Rome.

Also evident is the recognition of St. Kate's presidents.  Class pins, honors pins, and a rosary gifted by Pope John XXIII sit beside documents celebrating presidents.  Not only was May 1st, 1979 declared Sister Alberta Huber day by the mayor of St. Paul in honor of President Huber's dedication to education, but President Anita Pampusch was invited to the White House by then First Lady Hillary Clinton in recognition of women in higher education.  Inside the envelope, beside the invitation, is a request from the Social Secretary of the White House asking President Pampusch to respond at her earliest convenience, "giving date of birth and social security number."  An invitation photo ID were needed to enter the visitor's entrance of the White House.  It is lucky we do not need such rigorous documentation to make appointments with the president of St. Kate's!

From Mother Antonia's passport photo and monogrammed silverware to a paperweight donated by Sister Andrea, this collection of artifacts and documents gives just a hint at the presidents of St. Catherine University.  To learn more, stop by the display itself, or, even better, come and visit us!

For more information on the history of St. Catherine University, visit the Archives and Special Collections online or in person in Room 062 in the lower level of the Library; open Monday-Friday from 9:30-4:30.

Archives Spotlight: Children's Book Week

This is Children's Book Week, a time to celebrate books and get kids interested in lifelong reading. And of course, you don't have to be young to enjoy reading children's books!  Take a break from end-of-the-semester stress and browse the Libraries' collection of juvenile literature.

If you would like to explore children's literature further, especially storytelling and folklore, you may be interested in the Ruth Sawyer Collection.  The collection is found in the Archives and Special Collections and is in two parts.

• Old and new books providing a history of children's literature, including first editions of Ruth Sawyer's books, Caldecott and Newbery award-winning books, and other books of historical value
• Ruth Sawyer's papers, which contain typescripts of many of her stories, her letters, recordings of her telling favorite stories, and awards she received.

If you would like to see either the books in the collection or the Ruth Sawyer Papers, visit the Archives and Special Collections. Please make an appointment first by contacting archives@stkate.edu or 651-690-6553. We are on the lower level of the St. Paul library and open Mondays through Fridays from 9:30-4:30.

National Library Week - Archives and Special Collections

We've posted before about some of the interesting and fun things in the Archives and Special Collections (see "Found in the Archives" and "New in the Archives").  But for National Library Week we're sharing examples of how our collections have helped people with their research.

• TRW student have used scrapbooks and oral history transcripts as the basis for their "interview" papers.
• Honors students have researched changes to the Dew Drop pond, Japanese-American students at St. Kate's during World War II, and the history of space use on campus for their senior projects.
• Graduate social work students have studied Ade Bethune's connection to the Catholic Worker movement (including her correspondence with Dorothy Day) and the activities of the Catholic Interracial Council of the Twin Cities.

But you don't need a class assignment to come to the Archives!  There are plenty of other uses like these.

• Clubs have explored the history of food service on campus, or how events, such as the Dew Drop Bop and Feast of St. Catherine, were celebrated in the past.
• Speech students selected photos from the Archives for their renovated lounge.
• Wheel journalists have researched stories about St. Kate's history.

If you're interested in visiting the Archives and Special Collections, for whatever reason, let us know.  Contact us at archives@stkate.edu or just drop by.  We're in the lower level of the St. Paul campus library; hours are Mondays through Fridays, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm.

Archives Display: Ade Bethune

Have you ever seen or heard of the works of Ade Bethune?  In honor of Pope Francis declaring 2016 a Holy Year of Mercy the archives are displaying a variety of artwork by Ade Bethune depicting the Seven Corporal Works of Mercy and Spiritual Works of Mercy.  Ade Bethune was a world-renowned liturgical artist and social activist. Ms. Bethune was especially talented at drawing Biblical scenes and saints.  Her drawings normally would tend to be ordinary people doing chores and performing acts of mercy.  Later on in her life Ade Bethune was asked to do pieces for churches such as creating crucifixes, statues, stained glass and designing churches.

The Seven Corporal Works of Mercy are:

1.       To feed the hungry

2.       Give drink to the thirsty

3.       Shelter the homeless

4.       Visit the sick

5.       Visit the prisoners

6.       Bury the dead

7.       Give alms to the poor
 




The display includes both cards and drawings depicting the Seven Corporal Works of Mercy and two drawings of Spiritual Works of Mercy.  There are also cards of St. Peter Claver, St. Margaret and St. Vincent de Paul.  Ade Bethune was responsible for creating all of the blocks that were used to create these images and carved some from wood, while others were made of metals such as zinc and copper.

Ms. Bethune also did many works with churches and stained glass windows.  The works currently on display are a hand drawing of St. Theresa and a depiction of the completed window.  The display also features her sketches for the Precious Blood Monastery in Brooklyn, New York which was done in the late 1930's.

For more information on the history of St. Catherine University, visit the Archives and Special Collections online or in person in Room 62 in the lower level of the Library; open Monday-Friday from 9:30-4:30

New in the Archives: Cold War Sanitation Kit

Katies are always prepared for what ever strikes next and the Cold War was no exception.The St. Kate's campus was a fallout shelter for students and the surrounding neighborhoods. Look around campus and you'll see the weathered metal signs on Whitby, the Visual Arts Building and most other buildings. In the spirit of Katie preparedness, the reading room of the Archives and Special Collections features some items from the fallout shelters in a new display including a new addition to our collection: a sanitation kit!

The fallout shelters had to be prepared for an nuclear attack at any moment, and supplies were provided by the Civil Defense Department and included food, water, medicine, and sanitation kits.

The Archives and Special Collections recently acquired an original sanitation kit, left over from the fallout shelters on campus. The kit includes everything necessary to create a functioning bathroom for 50 people. The barrel itself is the body of the toilet and would have a plastic liner installed before use, a toilet seat would be added as the final touch. The kit comes with rolls of toilet paper but recommends that the toilet paper is used sparingly and divided among the group.

When the barrel is full there are brief instructions for disposal. The kit would just stay in the shelter until the all clear is given and people can move out of the fallout shelter and back into their homes. One can suppose that living in a fallout shelter you would have bigger problems and concerns than a cardboard toilet.

The display includes maps showing the fallout shelter in the Whitby basement and a map of St. Paul with all fallout shelters marked. There is also a letter to Mother Antoine informing her that St. Kate's will become a casualty and mass care center in the event of a nuclear attack. The display includes a small card with instructions in the event of a nuclear attack, what you should do depending on where you are, and if the attack came with warning or not. The card stresses to stay put until the all clear.

For more information on the history of St. Catherine University, visit the Archives and Special Collections online or in person in Room 62 in the lower level of the Library; open Monday-Friday from 9:30-4:30

New in the Archives: The Catholic Interracial Council of the Twin Cities

Did you know that College of St. Catherine alumni were instrumental in establishing interracial justice in the Twin Cities during the 1950s and 1960s?

The Archives and Special Collections recently acquired organizational records of the Catholic Interracial Council of the Twin Cities (CICTC). The CICTC was started in the spring of 1958 by several young people in the local community. Troubled by segregation and the struggles of minority groups in the United States, the group based its mission on “striving to apply Catholic principles on racial matters and racial problems faced by the local communities".

The collection was donated by Patricia Parlin Caponi, a 1952 graduate of the College of St. Catherine. She was a founding member of the organization, serving as Secretary from 1958-1959. A 1959 member list shows the organization had over 100 members, including photographer Gordon Parks and a large constituency of nuns, priests, and other clergy. 

Notable CICTC events included speakers on race relations, a yearly Human Rights Workshop, and community outreach. In fact, the first CICTC Human Rights Workshop was held on our campus with free attendance for students. You can read the full article in the October 14, 1959 issue of The Wheel.

  

Along with local events, the group partnered with the Friendship House in Chicago, Illinois. The Friendship House had created a Home Visit Program in which Caucasian participants would visit Black homes, encouraging positive dialogue and understanding between the races.

Thanks to the efforts of Patricia Parlin Caponi, her sister, Nancy Parlin, and other alumnae, the Catholic Interracial Council of the Twin Cities was able to make a positive impact during the turbulent times of the late 1950s – mid-1960s. One more reason to be proud to be a Katie!

Archives Display: Victorian Valentines

Valentine's Day is drawing near--have you gotten your valentine a card yet? If not, maybe you can draw some inspiration from these gems from the Victorian period! The Victorian Valentine Collection was donated to the St. Catherine University Archives and Special Collections by Helen Schoenheider in 1988. Schoenheider attended St. Kate's from 1924 to 1925. These early cards of love date all the way back to 1840! The collection has over 100 valentines dating all the way back to 1840! Some are even just for friends.

The collection contains the work of numerous artists such as Louis Prang (1824-1909), who was a German immigrant that settled in Boston in 1850. He was known as the "father of the American Christmas card" after he introduced Christmas cards to the American market in 1875.

Other notable artists and companies within the collection include Raphael Tuck & Co., McLaughton, Esther Howland, and George C. Whitney Manufacturing Company. Pictured below is a German mechanical card. They were called mechanical because of the unique way they popped out to the viewer. This particular card was made somewhere between 1890 and 1910, when they were extremely popular.





To see more Victorian valentines, visit the February display in the St. Kate's library, which can be found just behind and to the left of the circulation desk.

For more information on the history of St. Catherine University, visit the Archives and Special Collections online or in person in Room 062 in the lower level of the Library; open Monday-Friday from 9:30-4:30

Found in the Archives: Chemistry Classroom Photograph

February 7th is National Periodic Table Day, an unofficial holiday celebrating the publication of the first table of the elements on February 7, 1863.

The Archives and Special Collections has this picture of Whitby Hall room 121, which was used as a chemistry classroom.

The photograph, taken around 1918, shows a poster of the periodic table hanging on the wall to the left. The poster is enlarged below.

The text underneath the poster's title indicates the table is "according to Mendeleev . . . revised and corrected to 1910 by Dr F W Clarke."  The periodical table St. Kate's students learned in the early 19th century, with its 70 elements arranged into 8 groups and 12 series, is much simpler than the 118-element table chemistry students use today.

UPDATED Archives: Student Assistant Job Openings

Are you a St. Kate's student looking for a unique and rewarding part-time on-campus job opportunity? Do you want to learn about St. Kate's history and get paid for it? Work with us as a student assistant in the Archives and Special Collections!

There are 2 open positions, one for a first year or sophomore undergraduate student and one for a graduate student in the MLIS program.

Job duties include staffing the service desk and providing assistance to users of the collections, organizing and/or digitizing records of University offices and manuscript collections, and creating displays using materials from our Archives.

If you are interested in history, religion/theology, and archives or libraries, this is the perfect job for you! Login to KatieCareer and learn more.

Review of applications for the undergraduate position will begin February 15th and the deadline to apply is Sunday, February 21st.

Review for the graduate position will begin February 22 and the deadline to apply is Sunday, February 28th.

Archives Display: Santons

A few figures in our santon display

In the spirit of Christmas, the reading room display in the Archives and Special Collections features an arrangement of santons. Santons, or little saints, are small clay figures created in the Provence region of southeastern France. They depict the nativity scene as well as people traditionally associated with village life in the Provence region. Santons are made of hand-painted fired clay, though more rarely they may be clay figures dressed in cloth, and once were made of wax and wood.

French artist Jean-Louis Lagnel, who had made figures for church nativity scenes, made the first santons. This was during the French Revolution, when anti-religious sentiment made large nativity scenes in churches forbidden, making smaller household ones desirable.  Some people even set their santons among flowers or moss to create a more realistic setting. Many families may move the figures daily, for instance increasing the distance the wise men traveled or placing Jesus in the crib only on Christmas.

Memo from Sister Marie Ursule Sanschargrin, 1986

Our set includes tradespeople, fishmongers, scissor-grinders, women spinning flax or wool, and fishermen, among other characters.  This set seems to be a mixture of pieces produced by several artists, with the signatures “Carbonel,” “TS,” and “Wincy[?]” marked on some of the figures. It was donated in 1986 by Sister Marie Ursule Sanschargrin, who taught French at St. Kates from 1926 to 1972, and who brought these santons from France.  Santons continue to be created today, with one website claiming that for between $880 and $1100 you can commission a santon of yourself!

We have over two dozen santons of various sizes in our display. The colors are bright and cheerful and the attention to detail is quite amazing. See for yourself when you visit the display (and us!) in person in Room 62 of the Library, open Monday-Friday from 9:30-4:30 p.m. 

Archives Display: Phi Beta Kappa Anniversary

On December 3 four students were initiated into St. Catherine's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. The nation's oldest and most prestigious academic honors society, Phi Beta Kappa was founded on December 5, 1776 at the College of William and Mary. To celebrate the initiation and the 239th anniversary of PBK, the Archives & Special Collections has put together materials from past Founder's Day events at St. Kate's.

St. Catherine became the first Catholic institution to be granted a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa when its chapter, Gamma of Minnesota, was installed in May of 1938, after 17 years of applying for a charter. The success was largely due to Sister Antonia McHugh's famous determination to get what she wanted for the college. Even afterwards there was some minor protesting about the Catholic affiliation of St. Kate's. 

Charles Buzicky serves 200th birthday cake to Sisters Eucharista
Galvin, Helen Margaret Peck, and Antonine O'Brien

The display features Sister Antonia's PBK pin and the beginning page of her speech The American Woman Scholar, given at St. Kate's first Founder's day in 1938. Other items include Hubert Humphrey's letter of regret at not speaking for Founder's Day due to scheduling conflicts and a picture of the birthday cake for Phi Beta Kappa's bicentennial. 

For more information, visit the Archives online or in person in Room 62 of the Library, open Monday-Friday from 9:30-4:30.

Archives Display: Women in Science

Attention all Science Students, this one is for you!

This month the St. Kate's Archives & Special Collections wanted to highlight women in science-- especially our very own! St. Catherine students have always been dedicated to exploring the natural and physical sciences. In the 1940s, a student club dedicated to the sciences was created and called Mendel Forum. This club was geared towards students majoring in the sciences, but also encouraged these students to be active in learning and engaging with all the sciences offered on campus.

The  display also features the scales, made out of horn, used and gifted by Sister Antonius Kennelly for her work on her Ph.D in Munich, Germany. We like to think Sister Antonius would be very proud of all the women doing amazing work in our science departments today!

The display features a wide variety of Mendel Forum artifacts, but we are missing artifacts and papers from modern science clubs! If you are a participant in any science club, please contact the Archives & Special Collections and learn how you can get your club's story preserved!

For more information, visit the Archives online or in person in Room 62 of the Library, open Monday-Friday from 9:30-4:30.

Found In the Archives: College of St. Thomas Panty Raid Letter

Ahhh...the good old days. Dating back to the late 1940s, a panty raid was a college prank in which large groups of male students attempted to invade the dorms of female students and steal their undergarments as the trophies of a successful raid.

Considered the first post-World War II college craze, the panty raid originated in 1949 at Illinois's Augustana College, eventually sweeping through colleges in the United States. For many college students, this prank was carried out as a humorous protest against dormitory curfews and and restrictions placed on male visitors.

Letter from Sister Marie James, CSC Dean of students, 1973

According to a letter we found in the 1972-1973 College Association Annual Reports, a group of students from the University of St. Thomas (at the time, College of St. Thomas) were successful in their raid, however this victory came with a price.

In the letter, Sister Marie James, CSC Dean of Students, itemizes the expenses incurred during the panty raid. The total cost is $33.00, including 2 emergency exit glasses ($2) and one hour to check out damage ($6). She also reiterates the severity of the prank, reminding the St. Thomas students that "... an entry such as you made the other night adds additional costs which really, in justice, should be born by you boys."

By the mid-1970s, the fad had run its course and we suspect that this was the last time a panty raid was carried out by our neighbors from St. Thomas. Fortunately, the relationship between our schools remains strong, even after a prank like this!

Until 1977, St. Thomas was an all-male campus with St. Kate’s students taking on the role of cheerleaders and homecoming queens. This, combined with the proximity of our campuses, organized social events, and a shared commitment to Catholic education, make the history between our two campuses unique.

This letter is one of many unique items you will find in our Archives! Learn more about the history of St. Catherine University online and in person in Room 62 of the Library, open Monday - Friday from 9:30-4:30.

Archives Display: Student Life

Calling all Katies!

October is American Archives Month, and for this post we're asking your help in adding to the St. Kate's Archives and Special Collections. Do you want future St. Kate’s students to learn about your experience here on campus? YOU are what makes St. Catherine University and we want to include you in its history!

If you are part of a student club or organization, please help us preserve your group’s history by giving us flyers, posters, buttons, banners, meeting minutes, etc. We are also looking for handouts from campus events, workshops, and speeches you have attended, Residence Hall flyers about events within your building, playbills from on-campus concerts, plays, etc. Basically, anything that you think reflects your experience here at St. Kate’s! We know how busy you are--you can bring your collection to us anytime during the school year when it is convenient for you!

To recognize the variety of student life past and present, we are currently displaying photos and memorabilia of student groups and activities throughout the years. The display is located on the main level of the St. Paul Library, in the case in front of the video carrels. For more images of student life, you can also browse through our Digital Collections anytime.

Items on display include:

• Students roasting marshmallows in a fireplace in the common room of Mendel Hall, 1942
• Dolphin Club (Synchronized Swimmers) program, 1960s.
• Residence Life newsletter, titled “On Campus”, 1985.
• Chapstick from Senate with contact information on it, 2014.

If you have any questions about donating your student organization’s records and memorabilia, please let us know! For more information, visit the Archives online or in person in Room 62 of the Library, open Monday-Friday from 9:30-4:30.

Student Assistant Opening in the Archives

Are you a St. Kate's student looking for a unique and rewarding part-time on-campus job opportunity? Do you want to learn about St. Kate's history and get paid for it? Work with us as a student assistant in the Archives and Special Collections!

Job duties include staffing the service desk and providing assistance to users of the collections, processing and/or digitizing records of University offices and manuscript collections, and creating displays using materials from our Archives.

If you are interested in history, religion/theology, and archives or libraries, this is the perfect job for you! Log in to KatieCareer and learn more.

The deadline to apply is Friday, October 23rd.

Found In the Archives: Marie Curie Letter

In honor of the announcement of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich, and Aziz Sancar "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair," the St. Catherine University Archives contains a 1933 letter written by Mme. Marie Curie, inviting Sister Antonius Kennelly to visit her famous laboratory in Paris.

Letter from Marie Curie, April 4, 1933

Here is a translation of the letter:

Sir,
It goes without saying that S. Antonius Kennelly will receive a warm welcome to my laboratory and that she will be able to visit it. However, I am not sure to be in Paris at the particular time when she is supposed to come, and in that event, I will have my daughter Mme. Irene Curie-Joliot welcome her for me.
Best wishes,
M. Curie

In case your brain is overloaded from everything else you're studying this semester, here is a crash course in why this is so exciting! In 1898, Mme. Curie and her husband Pierre discovered radium and were awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics, making Mme. Curie the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.

After her husband's death in 1906, Mme. Curie continued to devote her life's work to the study of radium. In 1911 she received a second Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry, in recognition of her work in radioactivity. In later years, she was assisted by her daughter, Irene Joliot-Curie, in her radioactivity laboratory in Paris. Following in her parents' footsteps, Irene and her husband, Frederic Joliot, won the 1935 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Sister Antonius was assigned the study of chemistry to fill a need for a chemistry assistant at the College of St. Catherine, but she grew to love and excel in the field. She received her BA in chemistry and language from St. Catherine in 1926 and her MA in chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 1929. Encouraged by College of St. Catherine President Sister Antonia McHugh, Sister Antonius earned her Ph.D. from the University of Munich, Germany in 1933. In Germany she studied under Dr. Heinrich Otto Wieland, who won the 1927 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

It was during this time that Sister Antonius requested to visit Mme. Curie's laboratory in Paris. As she recounted in a 1957 speech, this request was granted by the French National Director of Education in 1933. During the visit, Sister Antonius was given a tour of the facility by Irene Joliot-Curie. The visit ended with a meeting of Mme. Curie herself, who Sister Antonius described as a "quiet little lady in black". It goes without saying that this encounter was one of Sister Antonia's prized memories, as she described how her "heart went still at the opportunity to meet this remarkable woman".

After she returned from her studies in Europe, Sister Antonius continued her career at the College of St. Catherine, first as faculty in the Chemistry Department and later serving as the third President of the College from 1943-1949.

This letter is one of many unique items you will find in our Archives and an example of the rich history of the community of women who founded our campus and continue to inspire us.  Learn more about the history of St. Catherine University online and in person in Room 62 of the Library, open Monday - Friday from 9:30-4:30.

October is American Archives Month!

Did you know that October is American Archives Month? Visit our archives display in the CDC atrium October 5-16 and discover unique pieces of St. Kate’s 110-year history!  We'll also be tabling October 13th.

Have you ever wondered what a gym uniform looked like in the 1940s? The yoga pants and leggings we wear today would definitely shock our fellow Katies!

Now we can access our student transcripts with the click of a button. Take a look at one student's paper transcript booklet from the early 1900s. Anyone interested in taking a course called Domestic Science?

 

Feeling groovy? Pages of a yearbook from 1973 will show you the differences (and similarities) between us and the women who called St. Kate's home over 40 years ago.

Illustration from La Concha, 1973

From recent history, we have Dew Drop Bop memorabilia and a DVD of Spring 2014 Commencement. Just think, some day your photos and memories may be a part of the St. Catherine University Archives!

Watch Twitter and Facebook for more highlights of St. Kate's history during October. For more information on the history of St. Catherine University, visit the Archives online or in person in Room 62 of the Library, open Monday- Friday from 9:30-4:30.

Index of Prohibited Books

Banned Books Week 2015 is September 27th – October 3rd. In recognition of this week, the St. Catherine University Archives and Special Collections has on display copies of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (Index of Prohibited Books) from our rare book collections.

First published in 1559 by Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis (Vatican Polyglot Press), the Index was created to protect Catholics against Protestant error through maintaining their faith and morals. Eventually, the Index contained roughly 6,000 immoral and heretical works. The 20th and final edition was published in 1948.

Indice General de los Libros Prohibidos, 1844
Spanish version published in Madrid

Excommunication was the penalty for publishing or reading any books on the list. But St. Kate's students or faculty could request permission to study books on the Index in their courses. There are many of these letters in the Archives. The library also had to request permission to have these books, which were kept in a locked case.

Due to the publishing boom of the 1960s, the Index could not be updated as quickly as “questionable” materials were released. The last entry to the Index was added in 1961. In 1966, Pope John Paul VI concurred that the Index Librorum Prohibitorum no longer had the force of ecclesiastical law.

After the Index was abolished, the Church left what Catholics should and should not read up to their individual consciences. However, national conferences of bishops would be able to issue warnings--as distinct from bans--against specific books.

Items on display include:

• Copies of the Index of Prohibited Books from 1844 and 1948
• A 1960 memo from Sister Maris Stella requesting permission for students to read Madame Bovary 
• A 1957 pamphlet on the Index put out by the National Federation for Catholic College Students

The Index is considered one of the world’s rarest books and even many Catholic college libraries didn’t have a copy by 1966. This makes our collection very rare and a reason to stop by the display!

The display will be on view now through October 11th on the main level of the St. Paul Library, in the case in front of the video carrels. Stop by to learn more!

For more information on the history of St. Catherine University, visit the Archives online or in person in Room 62 of the Library, open Monday-Friday from 9:30-4:30.

It's #TBT time

We love posting #TBT pictures because we have so many great historical pictures in our Archives. Our #TBT picture this week? This great snapshot of a St. Kate's championship basketball team from the 1920s.

You can search through our St. Kate's digital collections to find great items, too. On the Archives website, just look at the Online Resources. We have photography collections, St. Kate's historical publications (like old Annual Reports), past papers of the St. Kate's presidents, and so much more.

If you want more help navigating the Archives, just ask - archives@stkate.edu.

Archives Summer Hours

The Archives and Special Collections will be open limited hours during the summer.

June and July
Tuesday and Thursday
10 - 4:30

August
CLOSED

As always, please make an appointment before visiting.  Contact us at 651.690.6553 or archives@stkate.edu.  We are located in CDC 62 in the lower level of the St. Paul Library.

Regular weekday hours will resume beginning Tuesday, September 8th.