Typed copy of a letter from Father Thomas Burke, Order of Saint Benedict, to Katharine Drexel. June 15, 1890.
Title
Typed copy of a letter from Father Thomas Burke, Order of Saint Benedict, to Katharine Drexel. June 15, 1890.
Creator
Burke, Thomas, Father
Date
1890-06-15
Description
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 fulfilling governmental requirements to train students as farmers near the school.
Format
Letter
Source
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament Papers
Publisher
Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Identifier
H40 B2, SCIS-2, folder 1
Rights
Public domain, digitized by the Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Shared courtesy of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. Please contact the Catholic Historical Research Center for image use and reproduction.
Subject
St. Catherine's Indian School
Drexel, Katharine Mary, Saint, 1858-1955
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
Type
Still image
Original Format
Letter
Collection
Citation
Burke, Thomas, Father, “Typed copy of a letter from Father Thomas Burke, Order of Saint Benedict, to Katharine Drexel. June 15, 1890.,” Drexel Exhibits, accessed May 4, 2024, https://drexelexhibits.omeka.net/items/show/446.