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Centennial Celebration for Madeline Island Mission

Date: 1935
Description: Father Gumbly and Sisters, with three Native Americans in ceremonial dress, standing outdoors in front of altar.
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Catholic School Group

Date: 06 20 1957
Description: Elevated group portrait of Catholic School children, St. Mary of the Nativity, with priest Father Finnegan, and four nuns, posing outdoors.
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...
Book or Pamphlet

Sick Ward at Charity Hospital

Date: 1854
Description: An illustration of a nun/nurse carrying a pitcher in the sick ward of Charity Hospital. Patients lay in rows of beds along the walls.
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St. James School First Day

Date: 09 03 1952
Description: A group of students are shown 'trudging' up the steps at St. James school as Sister Mary Ferdinella, principal, welcomes her flock from atop the steps.
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Blood Drive at St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 12 18 1953
Description: Four St. Mary's hospital nuns participate in the hospital staff blood drive. Red Cross nurse Barbara Zimmerman takes the blood pressure of Sister Mary Virg...
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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...
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Nun with Suitcase

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Description: A nun stands on the sidewalk with a suitcase near a woman standing on the steps to a porch. The nun is wearing the traditional habit and headpiece and the ...
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Pre-March Rally at Waushara County Courthouse

Date: 1966
Description: A crowd of migrant workers, children and nuns attending at pre-march rally listening to Jesus Salas, union leader, speak in front of the Waushara County Co...
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St. Mary's Hospital Neuropsychiatric Treatment Center Dedication

Date: 03 21 1957
Description: Dr. Edward Bruckner, pathologist, Sister Mary Seraphia, S.S.M., administrator of the hospital, and Eleanor DeMeuse, supervisor nurse, conferring in the gla...
Photograph

Hospital Communications Workshop

Date: 01 15 1959
Description: The workshop, which consisted of all phases of communication between people, met once a week at the hospital and was directed by the University of Wisconsi...
Photograph

Hospital Communications Workshop

Date: 01 15 1959
Description: The workshop, which consisted of all phases of communication between people, met once a week at the hospital and was directed by the University of Wisconsi...
Photograph

We Saw You . . . Guests of Bishop O'Connor

Date: 07 12 1959
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor hosts more than a thousand guests & members of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and their families at a chicken ba...
Photograph

Nurse's Scholarship

Date: 09 30 1960
Description: Phyllis Harrington (right) of Arena, a second-year student nurse at St. Mary's, was awarded the Iowa county 40 and 8 chapter nursing scholarship. The prese...
Photograph

Students and Teachers Pose at Catholic School

Date: 1926
Description: Large group of students and teachers posed on a slope in front of St. Francis Xavier Catholic School for a group portrait. Many of the children and adults ...
Poster

War Rages in France

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of refugees moving along a ruined street; one woman is wearing a nun's habit. Text reads: "They cannot fight & raise food at th...
Photograph

Austrian Red Cross

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Description: Austrian Red Cross sisters speaking with Austrian and German soldiers.
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Belgian Nuns Return to Antwerp

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian nuns heading back to Antwerp from refugee camps in the Netherlands.
Photograph

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...
Postcard

Returning from Work

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "'Returning from Work.' St. John's Institute for Deaf Mutes. St. Francis, Wis." A group of six women holding implements and a nun are ...

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