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College of Sister Formation Records, 1957-1969
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Seattle University. College of Sister Formation
- Title
- College of Sister Formation Records
- Dates
- 1957-1969 (inclusive)19571969
1957-1967 (bulk)19571967 - Quantity
- 2 linear feet, (2 boxes)
- Collection Number
- RG023 (collection)
- Summary
- The records of the College of Sister Formation document a baccalaureate degree program (1957-1967) offered at Seattle University to four Catholic religious orders of women.
- Repository
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Seattle University, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Special Collections
Special Collections
Lemieux Library & McGoldrick Learning Commons
Seattle University
901 12th Avenue
Seattle, WA
98122-1090
Telephone: 2062966209
Fax: 2062966224
speccoll@seattleu.edu - Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for preparing the finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
From 1957 through 1967 Seattle University offered academic preparation to four religious orders of women in Washington and British Columbia: the Sisters of Providence (FCSP), the Sisters of St. Joseph of Newark (CSJ ), and the Dominican Sisters (OP) of Edmonds and Tacoma. The Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Religious at the Vatican termed Seattle University's contribution to the Sister Formation movement in the United States "a notable pioneer effort." Women were taught by faculty on the Seattle University campus in planned sequences of philosophy, theology, and psychology with an area major in the social sciences to prepare them to meet the needs of the modern apostolate. In 1961, a new self-contained campus was built on a 243 acre tract near Pine Lake in Issaquah, WA and became known as Providence Heights College.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Seattle University offered baccalaureate degrees to four religious orders of women in Washington and British Columbia: the Sisters of Providence (FCSP), the Sisters of St. Joseph of Newark (CSJ ), and the Dominican Sisters (OP) of Edmonds and Tacoma. This collection contains correspondence, documents relating to faculty contracts, compensation and tenure, curriculum reports, accreditation and self evaluation reports, minutes, and miscellaneous issues of the Sister Formation Bulletin.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
College of Sister Formation Records, Special Collections, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Seattle University.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Nuns--British Columbia.
- Nuns--Education--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Nuns--Washington (State)--Seattle
Corporate Names
- Congregation of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Tacoma, Wash.)
- Seattle University. College of Sister Formation
- Sisters of Charity of Providence
- Sisters of Providence (Seattle, Wash.)
- Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace (Newark, N.J.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Accreditation
- Bulletins
- Correspondence
- Minutes
- Reports
Other Creators
Mary Linden Sepulveda
2011
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