Abstract This collection contains 29 volumes covering events and notes from novitiate classes between 1940 and 1968. Each class, running from August to June of the following year, had one novice chronicle their experiences a bound book. Additionally, there are two volumes with entries from 1946 to 1965, covering 1943-1954 and 1953-1965, though these are not extensive for any particular year.During the novitiate's time at St. Peter Martyr Priory in Winona, MN, it was customary to assign a...