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Photograph collection

Photographs, mostly mounted in albums, depict the sisters, their ceremonies and celebrations, and the schools, orphanages, and hospitals run by them. Views include interiors and exteriors of buildings, such as classrooms, laboratories and dormitories, views of the grounds, and individual students, orphans, and patients, ca.1880's-1960's. Institutions shown include St. Vincent's Summer School, East Moriches, Long Island; College of Mount St. Vincent, Bronx, N.Y.; Foundling Hospital, New York City; Academy of Mount St. Vincent, Tuxedo Park, N.Y.; St. Francis Xavier Convent, Nassau, Bahamas; St. Agatha Home; Seton Hospital; and St. Mary's Hospital, Port Jervis, N.Y. Engravings, 1861 and 1881, of McGowan's Pass, the first New York Mother House of the Sisters of Charity, located at 109th St. in Central Park. Photographs of ceremonies and celebrations such as Final Vows ceremony, 1963; Novitiate Habit Day, 1967; Investitute and First Vows, 1960's; the Beatification of Elizabeth Ann Seton, Rome, 1963; Pilgrimage to Rome, 1931; and other events. Some albums contain clippings, invitations, and other memorabilia. A few scrapbooks without photographs are included.

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