Abstract The Dominican Nun Congregation Records document Dominican contemplative women's monasteries associated with the Province of St. Albert the Great and Dominican monasteries elsewhere in the United States, as well as proposed foundations involving Dominican nuns. The records span 1871–2019 and include materials relating to the administration, religious life, membership, publications, and activities of individual monasteries and their members. The collection includes correspondence, histories,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Dominican Nun Congregation Records consist of approximately 4 linear feet (10 archival boxes) of records documenting Dominican contemplative women's monasteries associated with the Province of St. Albert the Great and Dominican monasteries elsewhere in the United States. The materials date from 1871 to 2019. The collection documents the development of monasteries, relationships between monasteries and the Province, the religious and institutional life of the communities, individual...