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Red and white striped knit fabric apron, three pockets in front, set of ties on each side. Candystriper uniform worn by Joan Mattingly, who volunteered in the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary c. 1975-1980. Red plastic nametag with white text "Joan…

Ceiling pieces from the Motherhouse Guest House, room 4, which fell January 26, 2005. Heavy, with several layers of wall paper on heavy composite of early form of wall board attached to wattle, a fabrication of 1 to 1 ½” wide slats and interwoven…

2003 Tom Wallace Farm Forestry Award, crystal etched in a semi-circular shape, made by J. Charles Crystalworks, awarded to Sisters of Loretto by The Courier Journal along with the Kentucky and Indiana Division of Forestry. Since 1979 through the…

Pewter plate with black insert and silver lettering, Superior Award, 1995, from KAHCF Self-Insured Fund, presented to the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary by Jim Gray, Chairman.

Wood plaque, gold and black metal plate with gold letters, from the Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities Self-Insured Fund (KAHCF-SIF) to the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary, the Superior Award, June 19, 1991, Gary R. Marsh, chairman.

Latch hook banner, yarn on canvas fabric, with desert landscape scene in shades of brown and black of a bird perched on a post with five birds flying in the air. Black fabric border on back; hung on a wood dowel with a wire hanger. Tag sewn to back…

Enamel wash basin, white with blue rim. Mostly illegible letters and words painted in black and orange on side, possibly "[?] Room Only." Used until 1955 by the novices in the Novitiate building (1886) for personal hygiene. 

Doorbell from the Motherhouse c. 1853. The brass bell is 2” x 2” and hangs from a metal strip 4” long. The doorbell was attached to the door or wall by 4” long square nails (two present).

Apostolic blessing from Pope Francis to Sr. Maria Visse, SL, and the Sisters of Loretto in Nerinx, KY, on April 28, 2015. See also 2018.009.016.

Book, “The American Bee Keepers Manual” by T.B. Miner (C.M. Saxon & Company, Agricultural Book Publishers, New York, 1855). Brown embossed cover; title, publisher, and image of bee printed in gold on spine. This book was used by Sr. Sophronia Hagan,…