Collection: Home Mission Sisters of America Records

Scope and Content

Correspondence, mailings, reports, registers, and by-laws relating to the general history and activities of the Glenmary Sisters and the 1967 development in which many of the members of the order were given dispensation to form a lay organization.

Dates

Creation: 1936-1967.

Creator

Home Mission Sisters of America (Organization)

Language of Materials

English.

Conditions Governing Access

Contractual restrictions may apply.

Background

Religious order of women established in 1941 to serve in rural communities particularly in Appalachia. Popularly called the Glenmary Sisters, they continue to serve in Kentucky, Georgia, and Missouri as the Home Mission Sisters of America, Inc., with headquarters in Owensboro, Kentucky.