Monasticism and religious life for women

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Elinor Tong Dehey; Accounts of their origin, works, and most important institutions

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Correspondence and documentation of Study of Religious Congregation by the Archdiocese of Chicago, with profile of SSC community (1984); Distribution of Women Religious by Dioceses of the United States (1978)

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Documentation of Religious Supporting Religious in Lithuania activities, including: meeting minutes and list of religious congregations of women in Lithuania (1993)

Scope and Contents Documentation for "Formation Training Project for Lithuanian Women Religious" from May 1995; Correspondence regarding RSRL activities/meetings; Materials of the Lithuanian Conference of Major Superiors (1996-98), Lithuanian Women's Religious Leadership Conference, and courses for women religious of Lithuania; "Inculturation: Formulating a Model for Cross-Cultural Ministry in Central and Eastern Europe" (Lucianne Siers, Office to Aid the Catholic Church in Central and Eastern Europe, 1995),...

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Correspondence between Sister M Joanella and Sisters of other Congregation during her time as General Superior, regarding: long range planning, retirement concerns, Mother Maria's Beatification, Constitution, study of aging and retirement of women religious, Sr. Joanella's visit to Switzerland, donations, Sisters in Santiago Chile, Argentina missions, publication of Mother Maria's manuscripts, elections, mid-year Sisters workshop

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Slides, index and script from the National Catholic Vocation Council, photos of Women Religious in various apostolates

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Thomas P. McCarthy, CSV; Manual briefly describing the history, mode of life, nature of work, and general qualifications of every order and congregation in the United States