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Files containing St. Scholastica Monastery, Fort Smith, Arkansas, Collection
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St. Scholastica Monastery was founded in 1879 and became independent in 1887. Meinrada Lex, O.S.B., of Ferdinand was the founding prioress.
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See "Finding Aids." HORIZONS is the title of St. Scholastica's news periodical.
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FINDING AID 357
Sisters of St. Benedict, St. Scholastica Monastery, Fort Smith, Arkansas
Section 5/ Shelf 28/ Box 89File No. Contents
1 Centennial 1878 -1978, St. Scholastica Convent, Fort Smith, Arkansas (B1)
2 Correspondences, St. Scholastica Monastery, Fort Smith, Arkansas (B3)
3 Daughterhouse of Monastery Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, Indiana; Founding Members (B1)
4 Fitz-Gerald, Edward, Bishop of Little Rock, Letter (original) to Mother Agatha Werb, Re: "A House for Novices" (B2)
5 HISTORY OF THE SISTERS OF ST. BENEDICT OF ARKANSAS, Souvenir Booklet, Golden Jubilee of Mother Perpetua
Gerard, O.S.B. (B1)
6 Kalt, Father Ildephonse, O.S.B., THE BENEDICTINE CONVENT, ST. SCHOLASTICA, ARKANSAS, NORTH AMERICA,
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF JUBILEE (B1)
7 Kalt, Father Ildephonse, O.S.B., THE GERMAN CATHOLIC PARISH, ST. SCHOLASTICA, SHOAL CREEK,
ARKANSAS, (English and German) (B2)
8 Lex, Mother Meinrada, O.S.B., Correspondences, St. Scholastica Convent, Shoal Creek, Arkansas (B1)
9 New Subiaco Abbey, Subiaco, Arkansas, Papers Relating to St. Scholastica Convent, Fort Smith, Arkansas (B2)
10 Newspaper Clippings, Sisters of St. Benedict, St. Scholastica Monastery, Fort Smith, Arkansas (B1)
11 Photographs, St. Scholastica Monastery, Fort Smith, Arkansas (B1)
12 Sharum, Sister Louise, O.S.B., WRITE THE VISION DOWN, 1879 - 1979 (B1)
13 Travelog, 1895, Mother Meinrada Lex, O.S.B., Sister Aloysia Mueller, O.S.B., St. Scholastica Convent, Shoal, Creek, Arkansas (B1)
14 HORIZONS (Newsletter) Sisters of St. Benedict, St. Scholastica Monastery, Fort Smith, Arkansas (B3)
15 Sesquicentennial Celebration 1879-2004 (Brief History) St. Scholastica Monastery, Fort Smith, Arkansas (B1)
16 Promotional Materials, Sisters of St. Benedict, St. Scholastica Monastery, Fort Smith, Arkansas (B3)
17 THE HISTORY OF FORT SMITH 1817 through 2003, J. Fred Patton, Autographed (B2)
18 UNTIL THE MORNING STAR RISES, A HISTORY OF ST. SCHOLASTICA MONASTERY, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 1979-2004
Louise Sharum, O.S.B. (B1)
MEMORABILIAMiniature First Monastery, Shoals Creek, Arkansas (Souvenir Given to Ferdinand Benedictines October 2004) (B4)
Fort Smith, Arkansas, Sourvenir 2004 (Gift to Sister Kathryn Huber, O.S.B.) (B4)