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Nuns on Campus

Date: 1975
Description: Two nuns walking past a graffitied wall on the University of Wisconsin campus.
Postcard

Chapel of Perpetual Adoration

Date: 1982
Description: Interior view from the rear of the Chapel of Perpetual Adoration, part of the Visitation Convent. Four people are sitting or kneeling.
Book or Pamphlet

Sister Adele Brise

Date: 1860
Description: Portrait of Sister Adele Brise in her habit.
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...
Book or Pamphlet

Holy Family Hospital, Ward

Date: 1901
Description: View of the men's first floor ward. Two bearded men are sitting on rocking chairs, dressed in street clothes and holding canes. A man is lying in a bed on...
Photograph

St. Mary's Ringling Hospital

Date: 11 1922
Description: Hand-tinted exterior view of the covered entryway to St. Mary's Ringling Hospital. A sign hanging on the building reads: "Do Not Park Here", and an America...
Photograph

Austrian Red Cross

Date: 
Description: Austrian Red Cross sisters speaking with Austrian and German soldiers.
Photograph

Austrian Red Cross

Date: 
Description: Austrian Red Cross sisters speaking with Austrian and German soldiers.
Photograph

Belgian Nuns Return to Antwerp

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

Belgian Nuns Returning Home from Holland

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian nuns returning home from camps in the Netherlands. They are welcomed by their families and friends.
Photograph

Belgian Nuns Fleeing to Holland

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian nuns fleeing to Holland.
Photograph

Work Day

Date: 05 18 1989
Description: Two boys are sitting and standing next to a four-wheel utility vehicle that is hauling a cart of hay. They are facing a woman standing on the right who is ...
Photograph

Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Meeting

Date: 09 1955
Description: Attending a convocation session of the Wisconsin Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine at St. Raphael Cathedral is Sister Mary Adelborg of th...
Photograph

Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Meeting

Date: 09 1955
Description: Attending a convocation session of the Wisconsin Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine at St. Raphael Cathedral is Sister Mary Alice of the S...
Photograph

Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Meeting

Date: 09 1955
Description: Attending a convocation session of the Wisconsin Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine at St. Raphael Cathedral is Sister Mary Clare, Order o...
Photograph

We Saw You . . . as Catholic Schools Opened

Date: 09 1955
Description: Sister M. Aquin leading her sixth-grade class to their classroom after attending the school opening day Mass at the new Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Ch...
Photograph

Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Meeting

Date: 09 11 1955
Description: Attending a convocation session of the Wisconsin Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine at St. Raphael Cathedral is Sister Mary Ardina, Sister...
Photograph

Dedication of Sisters of St. Benedict Mother-House

Date: 1955
Description: Two sisters of St. Benedict before the dedication of the new mother-house. They are standing on the terrace of the convent located on County Highway M near...
Photograph

Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Meeting

Date: 09 1955
Description: Attending a convocation session of the Wisconsin Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine at St. Raphael Cathedral is Sister Mary Dionetta of Re...
Photograph

Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Meeting

Date: 09 1955
Description: Attending a convocation session of the Wisconsin Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine at St. Raphael Cathedral is Sister Mary Justa of the S...

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