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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…

Kneeling bench, poplar wood with square pegs, painted brown. Used by Sisters at Calvary, Holy Mary's on Rolling Fork, KY, c. 1818. Presented to the Archives by Mr. and Mrs. William Hamilton of Lebanon, KY, who had it in their home after removing it…

Iron outdoor cross from St. Mary’s on the Rolling Fork, Calvary, KY, 1928 (engraved on back).

Collage of early 19th-century Loretto Academy work. At top is a charcoal sketch of Clement Spalding, drawn by his sister, Caroline Spalding (McAtee) when she was a student at St. Mary’s of the Rolling Fork, Calvary, KY. At the bottom left is a sample…

Embroidered floral wreath on black fabric, intended as a seat or chair cover. Made by Ann (Annie) Mary Hill (1841-1923) in 1852 while she was a student at Calvary, Holy Mary's on the Rolling Fork, KY. The account books for Calvary indicate Ann…