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Date(s)
- 1855-2010 (Creation)
Extent
54.7 cu.ft. (63 boxes)
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Scope and content
This minimally processed collection is the archive of the Society of St. Margaret. The historical records of the Society are strongest in representing activities in several areas: the mother house in Boston, its governance and daily work routines, the work of St. Monica’s Home (including annual reports and other records), the Haiti mission in post-WWII years, the Duxbury convent and summer camp, and several of the houses and missions in other cities. There are also correspondence and diaries of individual sisters as well as a large photographic collection reaching back to St. Margaret’s Infirmary and the Children’s Hospital, both in Boston, and including many photos of the sisters both in portraiture and activities. The arrangement represents basic groups of records, but the collection has not yet been arranged into fonds and series.
Arrangement
Governance and Administrative Files, 1855-2005
Diaries, 1873-2009
Publications, 1925-2010
Photographs and Albums, 1890-2010
Conditions of access and use elements
Access conditions
Access to Episcopal Church records is governed by the Archives Public Access Policy. Research requests must be submitted in writing.
Technical access
Rights and permissions
The Archives is able to respond to limited requests for reproductions subject to copyright restrictions, internal policy, and the condition of the source documents.
Languages of the material
English
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- Abstract: The Society of St. Margaret was founded in England by the Rev. John Henry Neale in 1856. In 1873, the Society expanded to Boston, Massachusetts, with the establishment of St. Margaret’s House for Sisters ministering to the sick at Boston Children’s Hospital, a ministry that lasted until 1917. In addition to nursing, the Society founded ministries in children’s education and the support of elderly people both in the United States, Canada, and Haiti. Today, the Society continues its work in Boston, New York at Trinity Wall Street, and Port-au-Prince.