Series X. Sisters of Charity and Archdiocese of New York, 1900-2006
Scope and Content
Nuns of the Sisters of Charity founded, administered, and worked at the Foundling and the St. Agatha Home, in the Archdiocese of New York. The series consists of four folders of materials on the Sisters of Charity and its founder St. Elizabeth Seton, and one bronze medal of Elizabeth Seton. The folders are followed by five folders of materials on five of the archbishops who have led the Archdiocese of New York, arranged chronologically.
Materials include, but are not limited to, pamphlets, memos, correspondence, photographic prints and clippings, and periodicals. Periodicals are housed in a separate oversized (OS) box, noted in the container list.
Two volumes on the Sisters of Charity may be found in Series XVII, Published Books. A volume by Frances Cardinal Spellman may also be found in Series XVII. Additional correspondence and photographic prints of the Archbishops of New York may be found throughout other series in the collection.