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brick
Brick fragment found by Sr. Mary Swain, SL, while she was cleaning under the pack porch of the Loretto Motherhouse Novitiate/Academy building. An attached label made of masking tape reads "Brick from Loretto Aug. 1973 / Calvary, KY. From 1st…
medal - commemorative
Centenary Jubilee medal for the Sisters of Loretto. Front side: portrait of Fr. Charles Nerinckx and image of log cabin, with words "Father Nerinckx Founder / Little Loretto 1812." Back side: images of Suffering Jesus and Sorrowful Mother on either…
painting - watercolor
Watercolor and gouache painting on paper of white and pink roses with green leaves and other yellow flowers. The flowers and leaves sit in a bowl or vase on a gray marble slab. Written in ink in lower right corner: "Painted by C. Magee -- Loretto…
newspaper
Front page of "The Record," newspaper of the Diocese of Louisville, KY, from June 26, 1919. One of the notices is "Death of the Oldest Catholic Alumna in the United States, Mrs. Honor Frances Brown-Wise," at age 104. She was a student at Bethlehem…
desk
Four-person wood desk, cherry and other woods, with four turned legs and four hinged lids storage compartments; indention for pens or pencils runs across top. Exterior refinished with a glossy surface coating. Originally from Loretto Academy, Nerinx,…
Stations of the Cross
One Station of the Cross, square wood cross with metal number "XI"; metal hanger on back. #11 of the set at the chapel for the Loretto High School convent, 4432 W. Broadway, Louisville, KY. The Stations were made by the father of one of the high…
locket
Gold graduation locket from Loretto High School, Louisville, KY, seal in center, book-like shape on delicate 18” gold chain, given by Loretta Belke. One photograph inside. She graduated in 1940 and is the sister of Sr. Martha Belke (Joel), SL.
diploma
Diploma of Barbara Anne Clark from Bethlehem Academy (St. John, KY), dated May 24, 1951.
stone
Pair of gray stones, imprinted with design of Marian cross in a star or sunburst. Possibly used as altar stones.
According to Sr. Eleanor Craig, SL, these were likely taken from a Loretto school or convent chapel when it was closed. She…
According to Sr. Eleanor Craig, SL, these were likely taken from a Loretto school or convent chapel when it was closed. She…
Print of a watercolor painting of the Bethlehem Academy building, St. John's, KY, labeled with years "1818-1981." Signed in lower right corner by artist Roy Minagawa. Framed and given by Barbara Clark Pawley (Elizabethtown, KY) to Sr. Robert Leona…