Guide to the Anne M. Butler Collection on Catholic Sisters in the American West

Creator: Butler, Anne
Title: Anne M. Butler Collection on Catholic Sisters in the American West
Dates: 1860-2014 (Bulk, 2010-2014)
Quantity: 24.0 boxes

Language: English
Repository: Archives and Special Collections, St. Catherine University Library

Preferred Citation: Anne Butler Collection of Catholic Sisters in the American West. St. Catherine University Archives and Special Collections, St. Paul, MN 55105.

Anne M. Butler was editor of the Western Historical Quarterly. She was also a Distinguished Trustee Professor Emerita of Utah State University.

Butler was born in Somerville, Massachusetts on December 4, 1938. As an infant she was placed in the foster care of Delbert and Charlotte Theall for fourteen years. In the 1950s she moved to Baltimore and graduated from Notre Dame of Maryland Preparatory School. She then graduated from Maryland's Towson State University and went on to receive her doctorate in American history from the University of Maryland College Park in 1979.

She taught history at a number of universities including: Gallaudet University for the Deaf in Washington, D.C., University of Maryland, Towson State University, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, and Loyola College of Maryland. Butler moved to Utah in 1989 and was an associate editor at Utah State University. She became the first woman senior editor of the Western Historical Quarterly.

Dr. Butler was known for her scholarship concerning the history of the American West, specifically criminal women, cultural issues, and Roman Catholic nuns. She was the author of various articles and book, including, Daughters of Joy, Sisters of Misery: Prostitutes in the American West, Gendered Justice in the American West: Women Prisoners in Men's Penitnentiaries, and the multi-prize winning Across God's Frontiers: Catholic Sisters in the American West, 1850-1920.

Butler died on November 10, 2014.

This collection contains research, correspondence, publications, lectures, awards, audiovisual materials, and other materials related to the work of Dr. Anne M. Butler.

The bulk of this collection is research notes on monasteries across the United States that pertain to her writings (mostly for her book Across God's Frontiers: Catholic Sisters in the American West, 1850-1920). The collection also includes fifteen dolls dressed in traditional nun habits.

This collection is arranged in 5 series, some with subseries. Folders in each series are predominantly arranged alphabetically.

Series 1: Writing Projects

Series 2: Research Materials

Series 3: Professional Activities

Series 4: Audiovisual

Series 5: Artifacts

Publication Information

Archives and Special Collections
2004 Randolph Ave
St. Paul, MN, 55105
651.690.6553
archives@stkate.edu

Access

The collection is open for use.

Acquisition

Anne Butler donated her collection of personal and business correspondence, manuscripts, papers, photographs, slides, DVDs, dolls, and books to St. Catherine University in 2015.

Processing Information

The collection was processed and the finding aid written by Stephanie Ronning & Joseph Larsen, February 2016 - April 2016.

Series 1: Writing Projects

6.5 boxes

Arrangement note

This series consists of two groups; Across God's Frontiers and Other Projects.

1.1 - Across God's Frontiers

		Box
Bibliographic information, : 1996		1
Drafts, : 2011 : 10 folders		1
Manuscripts, : 2011 : 4 bundles		2, 3, 4, 5
Outline, : 2010		6
Permissions, : 2011-2012 : 2 folders		6
Research Information,: 3 folders		6
Reviews, : 2012-2014		6
UNC Press, : 2012 : 2 folders		6

1.2 - Other Projects

		Box
Catholic Identity Series, : 2000		6
Invisible Flock: Catholocism and the American West		7
Mother Amadeus Dunne, : 2004		7
New York Times Essay, : 2012 : 2 folders		7
Reviews of Other Writers, : 2012-2014		7
Sowing Seeds of Justice: Catholic Nuns Race and Texas, : 1996		7
There Are Exceptions to Every Rule: Adjusting the Boundaries-Catholic Sisters and the American West, : 2005		7
Western History Association Oral History Project, : 2013		7

Series 2: Research Materials

7.25 boxes

Arrangement note

This series consists of six groups; Assorted Material, Pamphlets, Photographs & Photocopies, Printouts, Research Notes, and Assorted Resources.

2.1 - Assorted Material

		Box
Archive Information		7
The Bridge by Charlotte Atkins, : 2008		7
Calendars, : 1984-2005		7
Correspondence, : 1987-2011		7
Guide to Catholic Indian Mission and School Records in Midwest Repositories, : 1984		7
Journal of the American Catholic Historical Society, : 2013		7
Katherine Drexel Information, : 1988-2000		8
Mother Seton's Sisters of Charity, : 1984		8
Western History Association Oral History Project Interview, : 2013		8

2.2 - Pamphlets

		Box
1964-2010 2 folders		8

2.3 - Photographs and Photocopies

		Box
1912-2010 3 folders		8, 9

2.4 - Printouts

		Box
1998		9

Research Notes

		Box
Adorers of the Blood of Christ, Wichita, Kansas		9
Benedictines, Boerne, Texas		9
Bishop Gilmorer Letters		9
Franciscan Sisters of Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania,: 2 folders		9
Daughters of Charity, VA City, Nevada,: 2 folders		9
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, La Crosse, Wicsonsin,: 2 folders		9, 10
Fransiscans of Mary, St. Louis, MO		10
Intermountain Catholic		10
Iowa State Archives, Des Moines, Iowa (Prisons)		10
Miles City Letters,: 2 folders		10
Notre Dame, Sound Bend, Indiana, : 1995 : 2 folders		10
Oregon Chronicles,: 2 folders		10
S.B.S. Drexel,: 2 folders		11
School Sisters of Notre Dame, Milwaukee, Wisconsin		11
School Sisters of St. Francis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,: 2 folders		11
Seattle, Portland, Edmonds, San Francisco,: 2 folders		11
Servants of Mary, Ohama, Nebraska,: 2 folders		11
Sinsinawa Dominicans, Sinsinawa, Wisconsin,: 2 folders		11
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrement, Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania		12
Sisters of Charity of BVM, Dubuque, Iowa		12
Sisters of Charity of Divine Providence, Seattle, Washington		12
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, Kansas,: 2 folders		12
Sisters of the Good Shepard, St. Paul, Minnesota,: 2 folders		12
Sisters of the Holy Cross, South Bend, Indiana		12
Sisters of the Holy Spirit, San Antonio, Texas		12
Sisters of Mary of the Presentation		12
Sisters of Mary of the Presentation, Valley City, North Dakota		12
Sisters of Mercy, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,: 2 folders		12
Sisters of Mercy, Famington, Michigan,		13
Sisters of Mercy, St. Louis, Missouri		12
Sisters of the Presentation, Fargo, North Dakota		12
Sisters of St. Francis, Rochester, Minnesota,: 2 folders		12
Sisters of St. Joseph Carondolet, Arizona,		13
Sisters of St. Joseph Carondolet, St. Louis, Missouri		13
Sisters of St. Joseph Carondolet, St. Paul, Minnesota,: 2 folders		13
Southern Messenger		13
S.S.N.D., St. Louis, Missouri		13
St. Labre's Original Letters,: 2 folders		13
St. Paul's Mission, Montana		13
St. Peter's Mission Letters		13
Ursulines of Toledo, Ohio,: 2 folders		13
Ursulines, Paola, Kansas,: 2 folders		13
Various Government Reports		14
Writings of Suellen Hoy, : 1995-2002		14
Miscellaneous,: 2 folders		14

2.6 - Resources, Assorted

		Box
1998-2003 2 folders		14

Series 3: Professional Activities

0.75 box

Arrangement note

This series consists of two groups; Lectures and Awards.

3.1 - Lectures

		Box
Placing Nuns Inside the Women's West		14
How Wide is the Field of Labor: Catholic Sisters, Work, and the Journey to the American West		14
Conference on the History of Women Religious, : 2012-2013		14
By Carriage or Canoe: Western Travel and Pioneer Nuns, : 2003		14

3.2 - Awards

		Box
Armitage-Jameson Book Prize, : 2013		14
Distinguished Book Award, : 2013		14

Series 4: Audiovisual

5 boxes

Arrangement note

This series consists of four groups based on format; DVDs, Microfilm, Slides, and Photographs.

4.1 - DVDs

		Box
Follow the Star: School Sisters of Notre Dame, : 2009		15
Sturdy Roots, : 2005		15
Sturdy Roots II, : 2008		15

4.2 - Microfilm

		Box
Assorted, : 1860-1880		16
Assorted, : 1977-1978 : 27 rolls		16, 17

4.3 - Slides

		Box
2 boxes		18, 19

4.4 - Photographs

		Box
3 boxes		20, 21, 22

Series 5: Artifacts

		Box
2 boxes

5.1 - Dolls

		Box
2 boxes		23, 24