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Condolence letter from Francis A. Drexel to Mary Bernadette Cassidy, December 12, 1881.
Employer Francis A. Drexel wrote this condolence letter to his daughter's long-time tutor, Mary Bernadette Cassidy, upon the death of Cassidy's mother.
Carbon copy of a letter from James MacAlister to Katharine Drexel, circa 1899-1900.
This letter from James MacAlister, the first president of the Drexel Institute of Arts, Science, and Industry, to Katharine Drexel, circa 1899-1900, asking for Mother Katharine to send funds to cover Nash’s tuition and expenses. The letter preserved…
“Rules Governing Catholic Pupils at the U.S. Indian Industrial School Carlisle, PA,” 1907.
A four-page pamphlet printed double-sided on a single sheet of paper and folded in half. The document was created by H. G. Ganss, Rector of St. Patrick‘s Church and School Chaplain to Catholic students at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in…
Typed copy of a letter from Captain John L. Bullis to Daniel M. Browning, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. May 29, 1895.
In this letter, Bullis voices support for Katharine Drexel's request for a government contract with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and funding for St. Catherine's Indian School. Bullis wrote the letter in his capacity as an “Indian agent” to the…
Typed copy of a letter from Father Thomas Burke, Order of Saint Benedict, to Katharine Drexel. June 15, 1890.
In the letter, Father Burke outlined the challenges the Benedictine priests had experienced in trying to maintain the first school built by Katharine, St. Catherine’s Indian Industrial School in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This includes difficulties in…
Photograph of Thompson's Ranch on the road to Red Lake, Minnesota, 1888.
The photograph shows a log cabin with ten people arranged in front of it. From left to right, the people are identified as Bishop Martin Marty (seated), Katharine Drexel, Bishop O'Connor (seated), Louise Bouvier Drexel Morrell, Elizabeth Langstroth…