St. Dominic House-Priory / Parish, 1939-1979
Scope and Contents
This collection covers 66 subgroups, each representing a location served by friars within the Province. Each house or priory is listed under their location, while areas that they worked with through missions or stations are also listed but connected to their house of residence.
“Houses” are arranged alphabetically by the city in which they are located, each city constituting a distinct Subgroup. Within a Subgroup each foundation constitutes a distinct Series. Each Series is designated by letters in alphabetical order as needed.
Houses that do not have a Series associated with them either do not have any records associated with them or were fillial houses of other foundations. Historical information for each house is provided by Provincial Catalogus or internal historical writings.
The collection covers xx boxes.
Dates
- Existence: 1939-1979
Biographical / Historical
Formed in 1911 due to an increase in population in the Lakewood neighborhood. The first buildings were destroyed in a storm in 1915 with the current church and school being constructed in 1922. Initially assigned to the Province of the Holy Rosary (Spain) before being transferred to the Eastern Province in 1938, then the Central in 1939, and then finally to the Southern Province in 1979.
Extent
From the Collection: 109 Linear Feet (106 document Boxes, three flat storage boxes, two ledgers, and an oversized binder. )
Language of Materials
From the Sub-Group: English
Subject
- St. Dominic House / Priory (New Orleans, LA) (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of the Province of St. Albert the Great, U.S.A. Repository
1910 S. Ashland Ave
Chicago Illinois 60608 United States
3122430011
archivist@opcentral.org