Unidad documental compuesta 1.70 - Abbot Martin Marty, O.S.B., Ist Abbot of St. Meinrad Abbey; Bishop

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Content for file: Abbot Martin Marty, O.S.B., Ist Abbot of St. Meinrad Abbey; Bishop

Photocopy of book page, "Martin Marty, by Brother Benet Tvedten, OSB" A BENEDICTINE BEGINNING in DAKOTA: THE BLUE CLOUD COMMUNITY'S 25th YEAR (1975)

Typed letter from Sr. Desideria, OSB. Yankton, SD, dated October 23, 1979, to Sr. Carlita Koch, asking for a letter of recommendation to the Election Committee in Fort Pierre for nomination of Bishop Martin Marty as 1980 inductee into the South Dakota and Western Heritage Hall of Fame, and asking for descriptions of any memorials, photos, documents on Bishop Martin Marty contained in Monastery Immaculate Conception files/archives

Copy of publication of South Dakota Cowboy & Western Heritage Hall of Fame, featuring Sister Juliana Caroline Graf, OSB of Sacred Heart Convent, recently inducted in the hall of fame, September 16, 1978

Photocopy of typed letter from Sr. Carlita Koch, dated November 9, 1979, to Election Committee of South Dakota Western Heritage Hall of Fame, in re endorsement of Martin Marty as a 1980 inductee into the South Dakota Western Heritage Hall of Fame

Copy of typed letter from Sr. Carlita Koch, dated November 9, 1979, to Archabbot Timothy Sweeney in re requesting the return of portrait of Abbot Martin Marty loaned to St. Meinrad Archabbey, specifically to Broth Kieran; previous requests for the return of the portrait have been unsuccessful

Copy of typed letter from Sr. Carlita Koch, dated November 10, 1979, to Sr. Desiderata at Yankton, South Dakota in re Sr. Carlita's letter nominating Abbot Martin Marty to the Hall of Fame

Letter on St. Meinrad Archabbey letterhead from Archabbot Timothy Sweeney, dated November 16, 1979, to Sr. Carlita Koch in re response to her request for the return of portrait of Abbot Martin Marty

Copy of letter from Sr. Mary Kenneth Scheessele, dated December 21, 1979, to Fr. Kieran Kieczewski, OSB in re request (demand)
to return the portrait of Abbot Martin Marty

Copy of letter from Sr. Carlita Koch, dated November 26, 1979, to Sr. Desideria of Yankton, SD, in re information about Abbot Martin Marty's role in early history of Ferdinand Benedictine Sisters

Typed letter on St. Meinrad Archabbey letterhead from Archabbot Timothy Sweeney, dated January 8, 1980, to Sr. Carlita Koch in re apologizing for the misplacement of the loaned portrait of Abbot Martin Marty and an offer of restitution

Copy of letter from Sr. Carlita Koch, dated January 11, 1980, to Archabbot Timothy Sweeney, in re thanks for offer to give a copy of Fr. Donald's portrait of Abbot Martin Marty in exchange for lost portrait from Ferdinand Sisters; also an apology for an earlier exchange about this matter

Bookmark from Sacred Heart Convent, Yankton, SD commemorating their centennial in 1980

Handwritten note from Sr Desideria of Yankton, dated Feast of the Three Kings, 1980, to Sr. Carlita in re thanking Sr. Carlita for her letter of recommendation of Abbot Martin Marty to South Dakota Western Heritage Hall of Fame

Handwritten note from Archabbot Timothy Sweeney, dated January 28, 1980, to Sr. Carlita Koch in re new portrait photographs sent to replace missing sketches

Copy of typed letter from Sr. Carlita Koch, dated January 29, 1980, to Archabbot Timothy Sweeney, in re thanks for new portrait of Abbot Martin Marty and appreciation for the quality of the craftsmanship

Photocopy of newspaper article, "Midwestern Clergy join here to note church anniversary" sent to Ferdinand Sisters by a Sr. Emily of Yankton; the newspaper is not identified by probably a Sioux Falls, SD paper; the date is also not identified but would be sometime in 1980, the centennial of Catholic Church in South Dakota

Hand written note from Sr. Desideria, dated Ash Wednesday, 1980, to Sr. Carlita and Sr. Mary Kenneth in re thanks for helping her with effort to get Abbot Martin Marty in SD Western Heritage Hall of Fame - the election committee is beginning to discern their choice for inductee

Documents in cellophane cover: Typed letter from Sr. Mary Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, President of Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, dated December 6, 1979, to Election Committee, SD Western Heritage Hall of Fame, endorsing Abbot Martin Marty as possible inductee; photocopy of a forward to a manuscript on sources of the life of Martin Marty (5 pages); photocopy of handwritten letter on letterhead of Episcopal Residentia, Yankton, Dakota, 1888 signed by Martin Marty, OSB; photocopy of handwritten letter on Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, Washington, DC letterhead, dated Feb. 8th, 1892 signed by Martin Marty, OSB; 4 pages of handwritten letters from Bishop Martin Marty, found in archives of Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Cornwell, PA, apparently written during period from 1889 to 1891

Postcards (2) of Sacred Heart Convent, Sacred Heart Hospital, and Mt Marty Benedictine Center of Learning; and aerial view of Sacred Heart Hospital and Nurses Home, Mount Marty College, and Sacred Heart Convent

Selected Views of THE BISHOP MARTY MEMORIAL CHAPEL Yankton, SD (2 copies), containing 10 black and white photos

Folded flyer announcing special offer for new book: Bishop Martin Marty: "The Black Robe Lean Chief" by Robert F. Karolevitz

Pencil sketch (in protective sleeve) of Bishop Martin Marty

Paperback book. The Marty Story, published and printed by St. Paul's Indian Mission, Marty, SD, July 11, 1954, reprinted April 1957

Photocopy of newspaper article, "Second bishop of diocese moved to Assumption Cemetery in St. Cloud" ST. CLOUD VISITOR, August 26, 2004

Martin Marty, O.S.B. is known best for his missionary work among the Native Americans in the Dakotas. In this file is THE MARTY STORY published by St. Paul's Indian Mission, Marty, South Dakota. This file contains information on Martin Marty, O.S.B., prior, abbot, and bishop. Included are letters of Sister Carlita Koch, prioress in 1979-80, about the nomination of Marty for induction into the South Dakota and Western Heritage Hall of Fame.