Scope and Content

Correspondence, 1959-1974; Owens' writings, including a manuscript of "Maryland Emigration to Kentucky, 1785-1812," 1968; clippings and reviews of Owens' works, 1960s-1970s; research material and printed matter on the origins and history of the Sisters of Loretto; and a tape of an interview of Sister Owens by Roy J. McCarthy on KMOX radio, St. Louis, 1964 concerning her booklet "The St. Louis Hospital, 1828," 1964.

Scope and Content Correspondence and other documents in the archives of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide in Rome; involving the Sisters of Loretto, Father Charles Nerinckx, and Bishops Benedict Joseph Flaget, Martin John Spalding, and Francis Patrick Kenrick; letters and typewritten transcripts of letters written by or to Sisters of Loretto, including letters from bishops Simon Bruté, John Timon, CM, George A. Carrell, and Peter Joseph Lavialle; a dissertation entitled "Bishop Joseph Rosati, CM, and the...