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Helen Hayes at Edgewood College

Date: 02 24 1942
Description: Helen Hayes and Sister Marie Aileen Klein, Dean of the College, with a group of Edgewood College students.
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Helen Hayes and Sister Marie Aileen at Edgewood College

Date: 02 24 1942
Description: Actress Helen Hayes and Sister Marie Aileen Klein, Dean of Edgewood College, in the Pine Room.
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Scene from "The Cradle Song"

Date: 01 11 1929
Description: Actresses in nuns' habit costumes from the University of Wisconsin theatre production "The Cradle Song" gather around one nun holding an infant.
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Scene from "The Cradle Song"

Date: 01 12 1929
Description: Scene from the University of Wisconsin theatre production "The Cradle Song."
Postcard

Six Bollenbeck Sisters

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Description: Studio portrait of the Bollenbeck sisters, three of whom were nuns, in front of a painted backdrop. First row from left to right: Mary Haack, Sister Claudi...
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Children Posing with Nun

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Description: Studio portrait of three children with flower bouquets in front of a painted backdrop. One boy is seated and two girls are standing. All of the children ar...
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Portrait of a Nun

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Description: A nun folds her hands at her waist and stands for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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A Nun Playing a Lute-Like Instrument

Date: 1898
Description: A nun stands near a piano and plays a lute-like instrument in a house on West Washington Avenue.
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Nuns and a Motorcycle

Date: 03 01 1968
Description: Teachers from St. Rose Catholic School, 514 N. 31st St., Sister Mathia (left) and Sister Geran, visited a show of the artworks of the 1930's in the mezzani...
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Teatro Campesino Acto

Date: 1967
Description: Teatro Campesino acto or skit dramatizing the experiences of Hispanic workers in America. Four actors stand together in costume with signs around their nec...
Postcard

Young Men and Women Posing with Nun

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of a nun, one young man and five young women in front of a painted backdrop. The children are all ho...
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Portrait of a Nun

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of a nun standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is resting one hand on a small pedestal table. She is wearing a ...
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Portrait of Three Girls and a Nun

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a nun seated in a chair and three girls posed behind her. The nun is wearing a habit, wimple ...
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Portrait of a Nun

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a nun, Josefine Zander. She is wearing a habit and veil with a crucifix around her neck. Her ...
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Spanish Classes at Edgewood Campus School

Date: 05 10 1961
Description: Third grade students at the Edgewood Campus School study Spanish for 20 minutes four days a week. Their teacher is Sister M. Catherine, O.P. Sister Catheri...
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New Bells for Holy Name Seminary

Date: 10 07 1964
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison Catholic Diocese consecrates four new bells before they are raised in position at the new Holy Name Seminary buil...
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St. Mary's Hospital Auxiliary Tea

Date: 11 13 1958
Description: Sister Mary Susanne, director of the School of Nursing at St. Mary's Hospital, chatting with Anne Hibbard, left, and Lenora Buenzli at the annual tea of th...
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Story Time

Date: 1976
Description: A group of children is seated on the floor and in chairs, listening to a teacher reading during story time. One boy is lying on the floor. A nun is standin...

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