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Sampler, six sets of the alphabet and one set of numerals, with decorative borders and some motifs in between, signed "Sr. Meinrad, Cedar Grov, July 31, 1886." Worked in green, blue, and red thread.

Sr. M. Meinrad Jacobs, SL (1866-1937), received…

Painting of St. Catherine of Alexandria by Sr. Theresa Owings, SL, Loretto Academy, KY. Sister Teresa Augusta Owings (1861-1899) entered Loretto in 1890. She studied drawing and painting and taught these as well as telegraphy and carving. After her…

Alphabet sampler, multicolored, edged in gold thread, by Stella Blanch McWhorter, St. Catherine School, New Haven, KY, dated June 21, 1884.

Print of a line drawing of Loretto High School (Louisville, KY), commissioned by the Class of 1967 and created by Terence Maley in 1992.

Brown plastic fountain pen, engraved “Sister Mary Assumpta, Loretto Academy, Nerinx, Kentucky." Made by the Diamond Medal Pen Company of Chicago, IL, with a gold hook on top that could be placed on a chain or a ribbon and worn around the neck. …

Daguerreotype portrait of Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget. In photography, an early method of taking pictures on plates of silver or silvered copper was called a daguerreotype. Inscribed inside cover: "This miniature was sent by Mrs. Josephine E.…

Hair made into a bouquet of tiny flowers; framed in oval-shaped wood and glass frame. Written on back: “Hair of Bp Flaget to Loretto 1925"; "From Mrs. Josephine E Maryman, nee Villier." Father Flaget arrived in Baltimore, MD, at the end of March 1792…

Sample pattern card, embroidered alphabet and numbers. It was used at Loretto Academy, KY, in the teaching of embroidery, one of the skills taught at the school. #1344 from C. Frank & Liecke in Berlin, Germany.

Gold and silver medals were awarded at the exhibitions (programs that included musical and literary performances and displays of artwork) which closed the school year in the last part of the 19th and early 20th centuries. These medals are from…

Pillowcase, used by Sr. M. Theodosia Kelly, made of linen woven by our Sisters at Calvary, KY. Sr. Theodosia Kelly, SL (1817-1904), one of four blood sisters to enter Loretto, was one of the founders of Loretto Academy at Florissant, MO, in 1847. In…