WSERG023.xml Guide to the College of Sister Formation Records 1957-1969 College of Sister Formation Records Mary Linden Sepulveda Funding for preparing the finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Special Collections, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Seattle University 2011
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Finding aid encoded by: Jeff Winter 2011 Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS: Describing Archives: A Content Standard Seattle University, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Special Collections
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RG023 Seattle University. College of Sister Formation College of Sister Formation Records 1957-1969 1957-1967 2 linear feet 2 boxes 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. Collection materials are in English

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.

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.

The collection is open for research.

College of Sister Formation Records, Special Collections, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, Seattle University.

 Seattle University. College of Sister Formation Sisters of Providence (Seattle, Wash.) Sisters of Charity of Providence Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace (Newark, N.J.) Congregation of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Tacoma, Wash.) Nuns--Washington (State)--Seattle Nuns--Education--Washington (State)--Seattle Nuns--British Columbia. Colleges and Universities Seattle Correspondence Minutes Reports Accreditation Bulletins Sister Formation Bulletin