National Sisters Communications Service, Records, 1973-1985 (C3883)

7.8 linear feet, 7 audio cassettes

INTRODUCTION

Records of a national resource office for religious communicators founded in 1975 and based in Los Angeles. The records consist of administrative correspondence, minutes of board meetings, reports, financial records, pamphlets, photographs, audio cassettes, and miscellaneous material of the service and its successor organization, the Center for Communications Ministry.

DONOR INFORMATION

The Records of the National Sisters Communications Service were donated to the University of Missouri by the executive director of the organization, Sister Elizabeth Thoman, CHM, on 21 October 1991 (Accession No. 5043), for inclusion in the National Women and Media Collection.

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

In 1974 the New Orleans Sisters Council sought funding from Lilly Endowment, Inc., to develop an educational campaign to teach the general public about recent changes in the lifestyles of women religious, or nuns, in the Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans. When Lilly suggested that a grant might be available for such a project on a national level, representatives of several sisters' organizations such as the National Assembly of Women Religious, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), the National Sisters Vocation Conference (NSVC), and the National Sister Formation Conference (NSFC), as well as the New Orleans Sisters Council, formed a task force to examine the issue. Communications was seen as the key to changing the traditional public image of "nuns" and helping people understand and value the sisters' new roles as competent professionals in a variety of ministries.

The coalition task force created a new organization, the National Sisters Communications Service (NSCS), with Sr. Elizabeth Thoman, CHM, as its executive director. Sr. Elizabeth, founder of the Rainbow Word and Picture Company, a free-lance public relations/advertising agency specializing in communications projects for religious communities, had been working with the New Orleans group. Channeling the money through the established National Sisters Vocation Conference, Lilly Endowment, Inc., funded the fledgling NSCS with start-up/operating funds for 1975-1976. The board of directors of NSCS consisted of representatives of NSVC, NSFC, and LCWR, as well as others in the field of communications. The organization, however, was never an official institution of the Catholic Church.

The original goals of NSCS were manifold and ambitious: to stimulate the use of mass communications by religious communities of women; to train sisters in communications skills; to develop a network of sister-communicators; to provide communications resources, skills and expertise to religious congregations through evaluation and consultation; to develop a national clearinghouse for dispensing information to the media about sisters and religious life; and to provide information to sisters about advocacy positions on social issues involving public media. It was soon realized, however, that, since NSCS was not an official membership organization of individual religious communicators nor an official organization of Catholic sisters, it really could not serve as their official voice. NSCS decided to concentrate on the training, consultation and resource aspects, while enlarging their audience to include men's religious communities and, later, religious communicators of all denominations. To reflect these changes and to broaden its base of funding, the National Sisters Communications Service changed its name in 1981 to the Center for Communications Ministry.

Funding was a constant problem with NSCS/CCM after the initial start-up grant was expended. They needed the active participation, endorsement, and financial backing of religious institutions in order to work, but, as NSCS/CCM was never part of any official religious structure, that backing never came. Although the organization's quarterly publication, Media & Values, and its early training seminars for religious communicators were well received, they and other fee-for-service programs could not sustain the organization. The group did receive a few grants, loans and donations from certain religious communities and individuals, but it was never enough to make up for inflation and the lack of official support from the Catholic hierarchy. In addition, fund raising efforts of the staff took valuable time away from program development. The Center for Communications Ministry ceased to function at the end of 1983.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The records of the National Sisters Communications Service document the creation and relatively short life of a small business that attempted to provide services for people working in communications or public relations for religious communities of both women and men in the Catholic Church from 1975 to 1983. They are not only a unique source of information about training in religious communications, but also reflect the effects of the women's movement of the 1970s on women religious in the Church. The records consist of administrative correspondence, minutes of board meetings, reports, some financial records, pamphlets, photographs, audio cassettes and miscellaneous material of the service and its successor organization, the Center for Communications Ministry. They are arranged in six series:

The Correspondence series, arranged chronologically, comprises administrative correspondence, memos, reports, and announcements generated primarily by the executive director, Sr. Elizabeth Thoman, although incoming correspondence and correspondence from other staff members of NSCS/CCM is also included. In addition to discussions about sisters' roles, communications training and skills, and administrative matters, topics of early correspondence include the New Orleans pilot project, aspirations for NSCS, grant requests, consultation with the production staff of a network television series, women in the priesthood, and various other matters. After 1980 an ever increasing amount of correspondence is devoted to fund raising attempts.

The Board of Directors series, also arranged chronologically, consists of announcements and minutes of board meetings, reports from the executive director to the board, and some correspondence, usually related to meetings. The minutes and reports provide the researcher with discussions and reasoning behind policy decisions. Included are photographs of some board members at meetings.

The Business Records series consists of the articles of incorporation and by-laws of NSCS/CCM; a chronological section comprising materials relating to the original task force, formal grant proposals, and analytical reports on the organization, status, priorities, and ultimate dissolution of the corporation; and a section of financial records consisting of budgets, fund raising efforts, tax records, and miscellaneous receipts. The financial records are rather sketchy and do not provide a detailed accounting of the organization's income and expenses, but the various reports furnish information about the corporation's finances, goals and organization.

The Projects/Programs series is arranged alphabetically by type or name of project and consists of activities in which NSCS was involved, either as organizer/creator or merely as a participant. The New Orleans Sisters Council's innovative public relations program is included in the case studies material along with less effective projects in Albany, Buffalo and Seattle. Several photographs of sisters at work are included. Other programs include seminars held by NSCS to train sisters in communications skills; newsletter kits, including an instructional audio cassette, to help various religious congregations evaluate and improve their own internal publications; the Religious Communicators Exchange, a less-than-successful attempt in 1981 to form a professional association for people working in communications or public relations for religious communities; and NSCS publications, Sistersharing and Communique. Also included in this series are scripts of a network television series, "In the Beginning," for which Liz Thoman and NSCS served as consultants, giving advice about the roles of the leading characters, a priest and a sister. The workshops material contains two audio cassettes by Sister Elizabeth and her staff explaining the uses of communications in religious life. Audio cassettes of three speeches taped at a conference sponsored by NSCS in May 1980, discussing "Liberation Media," the role of religious communications in reporting events of the Third World, are included with the World-Share material. A major weakness of this series is the lack of copies of the Service's long-running, award-winning quarterly opinion journal, Media & Values.

The Religious Congregations series, retained in its original order, is arranged alphabetically by the name of the community of sisters, brothers or priests and is the largest series of this collection. Listing is not necessarily by the official name of the community, but by the commonly known name and geographical location. Words like sisters, society, congregation, etc., are usually not alphabetized and the geographical designation may be by state, city or province, whichever is the most commonly used. Thus, the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement of Graymoor, in New York, is listed under Atonement/Graymoor. Most often, however, there is not such a great discrepancy between the official and common names. The series includes correspondence, newsletters, evaluations, and photographs of approximately 300 religious communities, mostly from the United States but also from Canada and Europe, that had contact with NSCS/CCM. Although they do contain articles relating to various Christian ministries, the newsletters are primarily internal publications devoted to providing information about members of each religious order to all the community.

The Miscellaneous series consists of incomplete appointment calendars for 1975 to 1983; news clippings and class projects of Sr. Elizabeth Thoman not directly related to NSCS; and some pamphlets and publicity material for other religious communications organizations.

FOLDER LIST

Correspondence Series

f. 1-2 1973-1974
f. 3-6 1975
f. 7-9 1976
f. 10-12 1977
f. 13-16 1978
f. 17-21 1979
f. 22 1980 January
f. 23-24 1980 February
f. 25-26 1980 March
f. 27-28 1980 April
f. 29-30 1980 May
f. 31 1980 June
f. 32 1980 July
f. 33 1980 August
f. 34-35 1980 September
f. 36-37 1980 October
f. 38-39 1980 November
f. 40 1980 December
f. 41 1981 January
f. 42-43 1981 February
f. 44 1981 March
f. 45 1981 April
f. 46 1981 May
f. 47-48 1981 June
f. 49 1981 July
f. 50 1981 August
f. 51 1981 September
f. 52 1981 October
f. 53 1981 November
f. 54 1981 December
f. 55 1982 January
f. 56 1982 February
f. 57 1982 March
f. 58 1982 April
f. 59 1982 May
f. 60 1982 June
f. 61 1982 July
f. 62 1982 August
f. 63 1982 September
f. 64 1982 October
f. 65 1982 November
f. 66 1982 December
f. 67 1983 January
f. 68 1983 February
f. 69 1983 March
f. 70 1983 April
f. 71 1983 May
f. 72 1983 June
f. 73-75 1983 July
f. 76 1983 August
f. 77-78 1983 September
f. 79 1983 October
f. 80 1983 November
f. 81 1983 December
f. 82 1984

Board of Directors Series

f. 83-84 1975-1976
f. 85 1977
f. 86 1978
f. 87-88 1979
f. 89-92 1980
f. 93-95 1981
f. 96-97 1982
f. 98-105 1983
f. 106 1985
f. 107 Photographs

Business Records Series

f. 108-110 Articles of incorporation
f. 111-113 By-laws
f. 114 Task force, 1974
f. 115-117 Proposal outlines, 1974-1975
f. 118 Lilly proposal, 1975
f. 119 Corporate analysis, 1977
f. 120 Organizational status, 1980
f. 121 Corporate priorities/reorganization, 1982
f. 122 Staff deployment, 1983
f. 123-126 Dissolution of CCM
f. 127-131 Tax exempt status
f. 132-135 Budgets
f. 136-140 Grants and fund raising
f. 141-148 IRS records
f. 148a Miscellaneous receipts

Projects/Programs Series

f. 149-165 Case studies, New Orleans
f. 166-168 Case studies, Albany
f. 169 Case studies, Buffalo
f. 170 Case studies, Seattle
f. 171-173 Christian Women in Media Conference, 1981
f. 174 Evaluation service
f. 175-190 "In the Beginning" television series scripts
f. 191 Job directory--careers in religious communications
f. 192-196 Media-ography--bibliography of communications resources
f. 197-203 Newsletter Self-Help Improvement Kit (includes instructional audio cassette (a.c. 1), "Voices of Experience")
f. 204 Program planning, 1983
f. 205 "Promising Ways to Proclaim: Telecommunications and the Church"
f. 206-213 Publicity
f. 214-215 "Reach Out and Touch"--guide to teleconferencing for religious groups
f. 216-224 Religious Communicators Exchange
f. 225-235 RCE newsletter, Communique: reprints of articles on communications
f. 236-238 Seminars, 1976
f. 239-241 Seminars, 1977
f. 242-244 Seminars, 1978
f. 245-247 Seminars, 1979
f. 248-250 Seminars, 1980
f. 251-254 Seminars, 1982
f. 255 Seminars, n.d.
f. 256 Seminars, participant rosters
f. 257-259 Sistersharing, 1976-1978
f. 260 Workshops (includes audio cassette (a.c. 2): "Communications techniques in the Vocations Office," and (a.c. 3): "An Approach to Communications in Religious Life")
f. 261 World-Share (includes audio cassettes (a.c. 4-6): "Liberating the Media," speeches made at Liberation Media conference, May 1980

Religious Congregations Series

f. 262 Adorers of the Blood of Christ--Illinois
f. 263 Adorers of the Blood of Christ--Kansas
f. 264 Society of African Missionaries--Tenafly, New Jersey
f. 265 Alexian Brothers--Chicago, Illinois
f. 266 Sisters of the Assumption--Massachusetts
f. 267 Little Sisters of the Assumption--New York
f. 268 Religious of the Assumption--Pennsylvania
f. 269 Atonement Friars of Graymoor--Garrison, New York
f. 270 Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement of Graymoor--Garrison, New York
f. 271 Augustinian Recollects--New Jersey
f. 272 Benedictine Sisters (Sisters of St. Benedict)--Arkansas
f. 273 Benedictine Sisters--Atchison, Kansas
f. 274 Benedictine Sisters--Baltimore, Maryland
f. 275 Benedictine Sisters--Beech Grove, Indiana
f. 276 Benedictine Sisters--Boerne, Texas
f. 277 Benedictine Sisters--Chicago, Illinois
f. 278 Benedictine Sisters--Conception, Missouri
f. 279 Benedictine Sisters--Covington, Kentucky
f. 280 Benedictine Sisters--Covington, Louisiana
f. 281 Benedictine Sisters--Crookston, Minnesota
f. 282 Benedictine Sisters--Erie, Pennsylvania
f. 283 Benedictine Sisters--Ferdinand, Indiana
f. 284 Benedictine Sisters--Lisle, Illinois
f. 285-290 Benedictine Sisters--Madison, Wisconsin
f. 291 Benedictine Sisters--Manitoba, Canada
f. 292 Benedictine Sisters, Mother of God Priory--Watertown, South Dakota
f. 293 Benedictine Sisters--Mt. Angel, Oregon
f. 294 Benedictine Sisters--Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
f. 295 Benedictine Sisters--Ridgely, Maryland
f. 296 Benedictine Sisters--Virginia
f. 297-298 Benedictine Sisters--Yankton, South Dakota
f. 299 Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration--St. Louis, Missouri
f. 300 Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament--Bensalem, Pennsylvania
f. 301-302 Sisters of Bon Secours--Marriottsville, Maryland
f. 303 Brigidine Sisters--San Antonio, Texas
f. 304 Capuchin Franciscans--Detroit, Michigan
f. 305-306 Sisters of Charity--Cincinnati, Ohio
f. 307 Sisters of Charity of Halifax--Nova Scotia, Canada
f. 308 Sisters of Charity of Halifax--New York Province
f. 309 Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception--New Brunswick, Canada
f. 310 Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth--Kansas
f. 311-313 Sisters of Charity of Nazareth--Louisville, Kentucky
f. 314-316 Sisters of Charity of New York--Bronx
f. 317 Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine--Richfield, Ohio
f. 318 Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth--Convent Station, New Jersey
f. 319 Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill--Greensburg, Pennsylvania
f. 320-323 Sisters of Charity, BVM--Dubuque, Iowa
f. 324 Christian Brothers--Napa, CA/ Pennsylvania
f. 325 Christian Brothers--St. Louis, Missouri
f. 326 Brothers of the Christian Schools--Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
f. 327 Claretians, Western Province--Los Angeles, California
f. 328 Comboni Missionaries--Cincinnati, Ohio
f. 329 Sisters of the Company of Mary--Tustin, California
f. 330 Sisters of the Cross and Passion--Wakefield, Rhode Island
f. 331 Daughters of Charity--Evansville, Indiana
f. 332 Daughters of Charity, Province of the West--California
f. 333 Daughters of the Heart of Mary--Ossining, New York
f. 334 Daughters of Wisdom--Islip, New York
f. 335 Sisters of Divine Compassion--White Plains, New York
f. 336-338 Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky--Melbourne
f. 339 Sisters of Divine Providence--Normandy, Missouri
f. 340 Sisters of Divine Providence--San Antonio, Texas
f. 341-342 Sisters of the Divine Savior (Salvatorians)--Milwaukee, Wisconsin
f. 343-346 Society of the Divine Word--Illinois (Techny)
f. 347 Society of the Divine Word--Rome, Italy
f. 348 Dominican Sisters--Adrian, Michigan
f. 349 Dominican Sisters--Akron, Ohio
f. 350 Dominican Sisters--Amityville, New York
f. 351 Dominican Sisters--Blauvelt, New York
f. 352 Dominican Sisters--Caldwell, New Jersey
f. 353 Dominican Sisters of the Presentation--Dighton, Massachusetts
f. 354-355 Dominican Sisters--Edmons, Washington
f. 356 Dominican Sisters--Grand Rapids, Michigan
f. 357-358 Dominican Sisters--Great Bend, Kansas
f. 359 Dominican Sisters--Houston, Texas
f. 360 Dominican Sisters--Kenosha, Wisconsin
f. 361 Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary--Louisiana
f. 362 Dominican Sisters--New Orleans, Louisiana
f. 363 Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena--Massachusetts
f. 364-365 Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine de Ricci--Media, Pennsylvania
f. 366 Dominican Sisters--Newburgh, New York
f. 367 Dominican Fathers--Oakland, California
f. 368 Dominican Sisters--Racine, Wisconsin
f. 369 Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs--Columbus, Ohio
f. 370 Dominican Sisters--San Rafael, California
f. 371 Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor--Ossining, New York
f. 372-374 Dominican Sisters--Sinsinawa, Wisconsin
f. 375-377 Dominican Sisters--Sparkill, New York
f. 378 Dominican Sisters--Springfield, Illinois
f. 379 Dominican Sisters--Tacoma, Washington
f. 380 Dominican Sisters of Washington--Spokane
f. 381 Eucharistic Missionaries of St. Dominic--New Orleans, Louisiana
f. 382 Emmaus Community of Christian Hope--Orange, New Jersey
f. 383 Franciscan Sisters--Allegany, New York
f. 384 Franciscan Friars, Assumption Province--Wayne, Indiana/ Capuchin Franciscans, Province of St. Conrad--Kansas City, Missouri
f. 385 Franciscan Sisters--Chicago, Illinois
f. 386 Franciscan Sisters--Clinton, Iowa
f. 387 Franciscan Sisters--Dubuque, Iowa
f. 388 Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph--Hamburg, New York
f. 389 Franciscan Sisters--Independence, Missouri
f. 390 Franciscan Sisters--Joliet, Illinois
f. 391 Franciscan Sisters--Little Falls, Minnesota
f. 392 Franciscan Sisters--Manitowac, Wisconsin
f. 393 Franciscan Sisters--Milwaukee, Wisconsin
f. 394 Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception--Newton, Massachusetts
f. 395 Franciscan Missionaries of Mary--New York, New York
f. 396-399 Franciscan Friars--New York, New York
f. 400-401 Franciscan Sisters--Oldenburg, Indiana (a.c. 7 in f. 400)
f. 402 Franciscan Sisters--Peekskill, New York
f. 403 Franciscan Sisters--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
f. 404 Franciscan Sisters--Portland, Oregon
f. 405 Franciscan Sisters--Redwood City, California
f. 406 Franciscan Sisters--Rochester, Minnesota
f. 407 Franciscan Sisters--St. Paul, Minnesota
f. 408 Franciscan Sisters--Sylvania, Ohio
f. 409 Franciscan Sisters--Syracuse, New York
f. 410 Franciscan Sisters--Tiffin, Ohio
f. 411 Franciscan Sisters--Toledo, Ohio
f. 412 Franciscan Sisters--Wheaton, Illinois
f. 413 Franciscan Sisters--Williamsville, New York
f. 414 Holyland Franciscans--Washington, D.C./ Hospital Sisters of St. Francis--Springfield, Illinois
f. 415 Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration--LaCrosse, Wisconsin
f. 416 Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration--Woodruff, Wisconsin
f. 417-420 Franciscan Sisters of the Poor--Brooklyn, New York
f. 421 Sisters of Good Shepherd--New York Province
f. 422 Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart--Mt. Ranier, Maryland/ Yardley, New York
f. 423-424 Society of the Holy Child of Jesus--Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
f. 425 Holy Cross Sisters--Merrill, Wisconsin
f. 426-427 Holy Cross Sisters--Notre Dame, Indiana
f. 428 Holy Cross Brothers--Notre Dame, Indiana
f. 429 Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth--Des Plains, Illinois
f. 430 Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth--Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
f. 431 Sisters of the Holy Family Mission--San Jose, California
f. 432 Holy Ghost Fathers--Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania/ Holy Ghost Sisters, Western Province--Texas
f. 433 Sisters of the Holy Names--Los Gatos, California
f. 434 Sisters of the Holy Names--Oregon (Marylhurst)
f. 435-436 Sisters of the Holy Redeemer--Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania
f. 437 Holy Rosary Sisters--Villanova, Pennsylvania
f. 438 Holy Union Sisters--Fall River, Massachusetts
f. 439 Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God--Los Angeles, California
f. 440-446 Sisters of the Humility of Mary--Ottumwa, Iowa
f. 447 Sisters of the Humility of Mary--Villa Maria, Pennsylvania
f. 448 Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary--Maine
f. 449 Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary--Michigan
f. 450 Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word--Houston, Texas
f. 451-452 Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament (Incarnate Word Generalate)--San Antonio, Texas
f. 453 Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament--Corpus Christi/ Houston
f. 454 Congregation of the Infant Jesus--Brooklyn, New York
f. 455 Society of Jesus (Jesuits), National office--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
f. 456 Society of Jesus--California/ Michigan/ Rhode Island/ Wisconsin
f. 457 Sisters of the Living Word--Chicago, Illinois
f. 458 Sisters of Loretto--Denver, Colorado
f. 459 Congregation of Marian Fathers--Stockbridge, Massachusetts
f. 460 Marianists (Society of Mary)--Baltimore Province/ California/ Dayton, Ohio
f. 461-462 Marianists--St. Louis Province
f. 463 Marianites of Holy Cross--New Jersey/ New Orleans, Louisiana
f. 464 Marist Brothers, Esopus Province--Bayonne, New Jersey/ Poughkeepsie, New York
f. 465 Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers--Maryknoll, New York
f. 466-468 Maryknoll Sisters--Maryknoll, New York
f. 469 Medical Mission Sisters--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
f. 470 Medical Missionaries of Mary--New York, New York
f. 471-472 Sisters of Mercy, National office--Bethesda, Maryland
f. 473 Sisters of Mercy--Albany, New York
f. 474 Sisters of Mercy--Baltimore Province
f. 475 Sisters of Mercy--Brooklyn, New York
f. 476 Sisters of Mercy--Cedar Rapids, Iowa
f. 477-478 Sisters of Mercy--Chicago, Illinois
f. 479 Sisters of Mercy--Cincinnati, Ohio
f. 480 Sisters of Mercy of Connecticut--West Hartford
f. 481 Sisters of Mercy--Dallas, Pennsylvania
f. 482 Sisters of Mercy--Detroit, Michigan
f. 483 Sisters of Mercy--Merion, Pennsylvania/ New Hampshire
f. 484 Sisters of Mercy--New Jersey/ Omaha, Nebraska
f. 485 Sisters of Mercy--Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
f. 486 Sisters of Mercy--Providence, Rhode Island/ Rochester, New York/ St. Louis/ Windham, Minnesota
f. 487 Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart--Baltimore, Maryland/ Boston, Massachusetts
f. 488 Society of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)--Washington, D.C.
f. 489 Missionary Servants of the Blessed Trinity--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
f. 490 Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception--Patterson, New Jersey
f. 491 Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart (Cabrini Sisters)--New York, New York
f. 492 Missionhurst Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary--Arlington, Virginia
f. 493 Sisters of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel--Lacomb, Louisiana
f. 494 Congregation of Notre Dame--Ridgefield, Connecticut
f. 495-496 Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur--Boston Province
f. 497 Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur--California
f. 498 Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur--Ipswich, Massachusetts
f. 499 Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur--Montreal
f. 500 Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur--Ohio Province
f. 501 Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur--Rome, Italy/ Thousand Oaks, California
f. 502-505 Oblates of Mary Immaculate--St. Paul, Minnesota
f. 506 Oblate Sisters of Providence--Baltimore, Maryland
f. 507 Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters--Huntington, Indiana
f. 508 Pallotines--New Jersey
f. 509 Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ--Indiana
f. 510-511 Sisters of the Precious Blood--Dayton, Ohio/ St. Louis, Missouri
f. 512 Sisters of the Presentation--Dubuque, Iowa/ Fitchburg, Massachusetts/ San Francisco, California/ South Dakota
f. 513-515 Sisters of Providence--Holyoke, Massachusetts
f. 516 Sisters of Providence--Indiana
f. 517 Sisters of Providence--Seattle, Washington/ Spokane, Washington
f. 518 Redemptorists (Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer)--New Orleans, Louisiana/ San Francisco, California/ Waterford, Wisconsin
f. 519 Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph--Montreal
f. 520 Brothers of the Sacred Heart--Rhode Island
f. 521 Religious of the Sacred Heart--St. Louis, Missouri
f. 522-524 Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary--Los Angeles, California
f. 525 Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary--Liverpool, England/New York
f. 526 Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary--Rome, Italy
f. 527 Sacred Heart Fathers and Brothers (Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary)--California/ Massachusetts/ Wisconsin
f. 528 Sacred Heart Fathers and Brothers--Chicago, Illinois
f. 529 Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary--El Cerrito, California/ Honolulu
f. 530 Salesians of John Bosco--New Rochelle, New York
f. 531-532 Congregation of St. Agnes--Wisconsin
f. 533 Sisters of St. Ann--Boston, Massachusetts
f. 534 Sisters of St. Ann--Montreal, Quebec/ Victoria, British Columbia
f. 535 Institute of the Sisters of St. Dorothy--Taunton, Massachusetts
f. 536-539 Sisters of St. Joseph--Baden, Pennsylvania
f. 540 Sisters of St. Joseph--Boston, Massachusetts
f. 541 Sisters of St. Joseph--Brentwood, New York/ Buffalo, New York
f. 542 Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet--Albany Province
f. 543-544 Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet--Los Angeles, California
f. 545 Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet--St. Louis, Missouri/ St. Paul, Minnesota
f. 546 Sisters of St. Joseph--Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania
f. 547 Sisters of St. Joseph--Cleveland, Ohio
f. 548 Sisters of St. Joseph--Concordia, Kansas/ Erie, Pennsylvania
f. 549 Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille--Metairie, Louisiana
f. 550 Sisters of St. Joseph--Nazareth, Michigan
f. 551 Sisters of St. Joseph--Orange, California
f. 552 Sisters of St. Joseph--Ontario, Canada
f. 553 Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace--Washington, D.C.
f. 554 Sisters of St. Joseph--Rochester, New York/ South Bend, Indiana
f. 555 Sisters of St. Joseph--Springfield, Massachusetts/ Toronto, Ontario/ Wheeling, West Virginia
f. 556 Sisters of St. Martha--Nova Scotia, Canada
f. 557-558 Sisters of St. Mary--Oregon/ St. Louis, Missouri
f. 559 Sisters of St. Mary of Namur--New York
f. 560 School Sisters of Notre Dame--Baltimore, Maryland/ Chicago, Illinois/ Mankato, Minnesota
f. 561 School Sisters of Notre Dame--Mequon, Wisconsin
f. 562 School Sisters of Notre Dame--Rome, Italy/ St. Louis, Missouri/ Texas
f. 563 School Sisters of Notre Dame--Wilton, Connecticut
f. 564-568 School Sisters of St. Francis--Milwaukee, Wisconsin
f. 569 School Sisters of St. Francis--Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
f. 570 School Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis--Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
f. 571 Servants of Mary--Buena Park, California/ Ladysmith, Wisconsin/ Omaha, Nebraska
f. 572-575 Sisters of Social Service--Buffalo, New York
f. 576 Sisters of Social Service--Los Angeles, California
f. 577 Society of Sisters of Charity--Lewiston, Maine
f. 578 Sons of Mary Missionary Society--Framingham, Massachusetts
f. 579 Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother--Milwaukee, Wisconsin
f. 580 Ursulines--St. Louis, Missouri/ Maplemount, Kentucky/ Toledo, Ohio
f. 581 Religious Venerini Sisters--Worcester, Massachusetts
f. 582 Viatorians--Chicago, Illinois
f. 583 Vincentian Fathers and Brothers--Provinces of New England, the East, the South, the Midwest, the West
f. 584 Sisters of the Visitation--Dubuque, Iowa

Miscellaneous Series

f. 585-589 Calendars, 1975-1983
f. 590-594 Elizabeth Thoman
f. 595 Association of Regional Religious Communicators
f. 596 Catholic Telecommunications Network of America
f. 597 Christian Communication Council
f. 598 Institute on Communications in Religion
f. 599-600 Stationery/ Forms
f. 601 Miscellaneous

INDEX TERMS

These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.

  • Advertising--Religious orders
  • Catholic Church--Religious orders
  • Catholic Church--Women's movement
  • Center for Communications Ministry
  • Journalism, Latin America
  • Journalism, Moral & religious aspects
  • Journalism, Religious
  • Kuralt, Charles
  • Latin America--Moral conditions
  • Lilly Endowment, Incorporated
  • Mass media in Religion
  • Mass media--Bibliography
  • Mass media--Moral & religious aspects
  • Mass media--Study & teaching
  • Media & Values
  • National Sisters Communication Service
  • National Women & Media Collection
  • New Orleans Sisters Council
  • North American Consultation on Christian Women in Media
  • Ordination of women
  • Public Relations, Religious orders
  • Religious Communicators Exchange
  • Religious newspapers & periodicals
  • Religious orders for men, Catholic
  • Religious orders for women, Catholic
  • Sisters, Religious
  • Sisters, Religious, Attitudes towards
  • Telecommunications
  • Teleconferencing
  • Television programs, "In the Beginning," 1977-1978
  • Television scripts
  • Thoman, Elizabeth
  • Women--Catholic Church
  • Women--Mass media
  • Women--Religious life
  • Women's movement--Catholic Church