Reference code: GB-0033-CSU-D8
Title: Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus Archive
Dates of creation: 1852-2013
Extent: 29 boxes
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Language: English and German
The Congregation of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus was founded primarily with the aim of caring for and educating poor children, tracing its origins back to the founding of a Poor School by Clare Fey, Leocadia Startz, Wilhelmina Istas and
Aloysia Vossen in Aachen in 1837. On 2nd February 1844 these young women became the first members of a new religious congregation, the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus. Permission to use this name was granted by the State in 1852. The new
Congregation spread throughout Germany but at the time of the Kulturkampf the Sisters were forced to give up nearly all these houses and their work with children in Germany. The Congregation then spread to other countries including Austria,
Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands and England. The first English foundation took place in 1876 when a group of Sisters moved to Southam, Warwickshire in response to an appeal for a religious community to care for orphaned and abandoned children.
In addition to the work with children, an embroidery workshop was started and this became well known for the quality of the vestments, the designs of which were furnished by A.W. Pugin among others. In 1908 a second foundation was made in Finchley,
north London, where a school was established. Later other communities were started in Oxford and Grimsby. After the Second World War communities were established in Sheffield, Leeds and Boston Spa and in these the main activities were teaching and
running Children's Homes. There was also a holiday house for the Sisters in Penmaenmawr, North Wales. From the 1970s and 1980s there were communities in Birmingham, Holloway (North London) and St.Albans (Hertfordshire).
The archive of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus includes: provincial records, including minutes of meetings, reports and other papers of the provincial council, letters from the Vatican, circular letters from the Mothers Superior, personnel
records, and wills and legacies; papers relating to the Convent of Our Lady, Southam, including financial papers, building records, papers relating to the chapel and school, registers, and papers relating to the history of the convent; farm records;
papers of St. Michael’s Convent, Finchley, its school; other communities; unpublished and published works; papers relating to the embroidery room; and photographs. Although the archive contains some records of the mother-house in Aachen, the papers
predominantly relate to the administration of the English Province.
Donated by the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus, April and December 2015, Acc Nos 2014/15:70 and 2015/16:71.
Stored at the Convent of Our Lady, Southam
The donor has requested that certain files are closed, with some further restrictions, generally as noted, on records less than 80 years old where the Data Protection Act applies. Review dates have been noted in the catalogue
Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from pg.library@durham.ac.uk and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. The Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright
owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material
The arrangement is, for the most part, hierarchical although some series are chronological.
The collection has been appraised. Information which is duplicated in other records, and clean duplicates, have generally been removed
Further accruals expected
A. Provincial RecordsReference: D8/AD8/A1 1954-1996
Meeting papers of the Provincial Council, including agendas, minutes and protocols:
File 1: 1954 - 1973
File 2: 1974 - 1985
File 3: 1989 - 1996
3 files
D8/A2 1960-1997
Reports from the English Province General Chapter
1 file
D8/A3 21 January 1975-February 1978
Papers of the Provincial Chapter, including correspondence and notes
1 file
D8/A4 16 March 1974-12 October 1988
Minutes of the meetings of the Superiors
1 file
D8/A5 18 April 1888-17 September 1959
Letters from the Vatican to the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus, including the beatification of Mother Clare Fey
1 file
D8/A6 1854-31 October 2000
Circular letters from the Mothers Superior to the religious community, mostly on spiritual matters, as well as the deaths of various sisters
2 files
D8/A7 1962-1995
Language: English and German
Annual personnel returns for the Province including individual personnel files
1 file
D8/A8 1929-2002
Appointments and permissions for various offices in the General Council
1 file
D8/A9 1951-1989
Dispensations, leaves of absence and exclaustrations
1 file
D8/A10/1-6 1894-2004
Papers on deceased Sisters:
8 files & 1 volume
D8/A10/1/1-3 1892 - 1999
Legacy papers:
3 files
D8/A10/1/1 1892 - 1995
Papers relating to the administration of various legacies bequeathed to the Sisters
1 file
D8/A10/1/2 1901 - 1999
Papers relating to the administration of the Margaret Keenan Charity
1 file
D8/A10/1/3 1982 - 1987
Papers relating to the administration of the legacy bequeathed by Karolina Kitson
1 file
D8/A10/2 [20th century]
Death certificates
1 file
D8/A10/3 [20th century]
Wills
1 file
D8/A10/4 [1990] - 2004
Obituary notices
1 file
D8/A10/5 [2000]
Cemetery plans, for Southam, Sheffield and Blankenberg
1 file
D8/A10/6 [2000]
“Book of Remembrance for our deceased Sisters”
1 file
D8/A11 [20th century]
Register of dowries donated by Sisters on entering the Order
1 volume
D8/A12 April 1993 - February 2001
Papers relating to the Friends of the congregation of the Poor Child Sisters
1 file
B. Convent of Our Lady, SouthamReference: D8/BD8/B1/1-4 1873-1963
Financial papers including:
3 files & 9 volumes
D8/B1/1 6 July 1873-1984
Financial papers, mostly correspondence with the Inland Revenue on tax-related matters
2 files
D8/B1/2 2 December 1893-8 May 1933
Papers concerning arrangements for a loan, as well as a financial dispute with Smiths Ltd over the payment of work carried out
1 file
D8/B1/3 1948, 1957 - 1963, 1973 - 1984
Statements of accounts
1 file
D8/B1/4 1972-1987
Account books:
Volume 1: Sister Loreta's cash book, 1972-1981
Volume 2: Sister Fey's cash book, 1972 - 1981
Volume 3: Bank payment book, 1972 - 1982
Volume 4: Bank payment book, 1982 - 1987
Volume 5: Cash book, 1972 - 1981
Volume 6: Cash book, 1981 - 1985
6 volumes
D8/B1/5 1974 - 1983
Wage books:
Volume 1: January 1974 - April 1976
Volume 2: April 1976 - August 1979
Volume 3: August 1979 - July 1984
3 volumes
D8/B2 1875-[1990]
Papers relating to the convent building, including the installation of electricity, and correspondence with, and invoices from, various companies for general repairs, as well as building insurance polices
2 files
D8/B3/1-7 [late 19th century] - 1963
Plans of the convent and school
7 plans
D8/B3/1 [late 19th century]
Sketch of the proposed school at St. Mary's Priory, Princethorpe
1 plan
Size: 34.5 x 51 cm
D8/B3/2 [early 20th century]
“Proposed extensions to Southam Convent for the Reverend Mother Superior”
Architects: Sandy and Norris, Stafford
scale: Scale: 16 feet to 1 inch
1 plan
Size: 50 x 58 cm
D8/B3/3a-b November 1930
Sketches of the foundation stone for the convent garden
scale: Scale: full size
1 sketch and 1 blueprint
Size: 76 x 50 cm
D8/B3/4 [?1950]
Ordinance Survey map showing work to be carried out on a section of the convent garden
Chartered Surveyors: Locke & England, Leamington Spa
scale: Scale: 1:2500
1 plan
Size: 35 x 40 cm
D8/B3/5 [?1950]
Pencil sketch of the convent house and garden
scale: Scale: 25 [?inches] to 1 mile
1 sketch
Size: 28 x 38 cm
D8/B3/6 1 April 1959
“Convent of Our Lady and St Wulstan - Southam”
Architects: Sandy and Norris, Stafford
scale: Scale: 1 inch = 1 foot
1 plan
Size: 45 x 66 cm
D8/B3/7 October 1963
“Survey of Our Lady's Convent Southam”
Architects: Press & Wright, Rugby
scale: Scale: 16 inches to 1 foot
1 plan
Size: 98 x 75 cm
D8/B4 25 June 1947-December 1967
Quarterly reports of Our Lady’s Covent, Southam, including information on the health of the sisters, changes of personnel, the embroidery room, community work, the school and finances
1 file
D8/B5 29 April 1852-24 April 1963
Language: German and English
Papers and correspondence of the Mothers Superior, including:
File 1: Mother Clare Fey, 29 April 1852 - 16 April 1881
File 2: Mother Marie Clemens, 28 July 1881 - 19 January 1911
File 3: Mother Ethelreda (Elizabeth Duffy), 22 June 1921 - 14 May 1935
File 4: Mother Heriburga, 16 July 1935 - 24 April 1963
4 files
D8/B6 1872-1961
Correspondence between the Mothers Superior and the Birmingham hierarchy, mostly ecclesiastical appointments, visitations and other administrative matters, but also including two letters, dated 24 June and 8 October 1915, on the difficulties in
exempting the German sisters from internment during the First World War
File 1: Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, 53 letters, 17 November 1872 - 29 December 1888
File 2: Bishop/Archbishop Edward Isley, 35 letters, 17 January 1889 - 6 November 1918
File 3: Archbishop John McIntyre, 5 letters, 10 August 1921 - 2 May 1926
File 4: Archbishop Thomas Williams, 26 letters, 8 June 1929 - 27 June 1941
File 5: Rt Rev Mgr Lawrence Emery (Vicar-General) and Mgr J. V. Healey, 3 letters, 8 February 1944 - March 1961
5 files
D8/B7 26 December 1887 - 23 February 1888
Letters from Father Jacob Fey to the White family
Father Fey was the cousin of Mother Clare Fey and priest at Southam 1881-1882/3
1 file
D8/B8 20th century
Register of Sisters, including roll number, secular name, religious name, division, date of birth, place of birth, date of entrance, date of arrival, date of first and final profession, names of parents, and date of death
1 volume
D8/B9 27 January 1897-December 1983
Diary of events at Southam, including reports of meetings, election of members, descriptions of retreats, and social events:
Volume 1: 27 January 1897 - 6 July 1959
Volume 2: 14 September 1975 - 22 January 1979
Volume 3: January 1979 - December 1983
3 volumes
D8/B10 24 November 1902-6 February 1964
Papers relating to the management of the school, including financial papers and correspondence with the trustees and general maintenance of the building
1 file
D8/B11 1875-1973; 2006
Papers relating to the convent chapel of Our Lady and St Wulstan, mostly correspondence relating to its building, permissions from the bishop, and general maintenance work, as well as papers on the chapel’s golden jubilee in September 2006
2 files
D8/B12 1944-1997
Papers relating to special events organised by the convent, including centenary celebrations and flower festivals
1 file
D8/B13 1961-2004
Convent visitors’ book
1 volume
D8/B14 1843 - [late 20th century]
Miscellaneous papers relating to the history of the convent, including transcripts of letters, articles and photographs, as well as a file of memorable events
3 files
D8/B15 1807 - 1938
Certificates authenticating relics in the convent
Includes a manuscript catalogue
2 files
D8/B16 1876 - 1891
Transcripts and photocopies of papers relating to the orphanage attached to the Convent of Our Lady, including correspondence between Mary Caroline Edgar and Father Grosvenor, as well as annual reports
1 file
C. Farm RecordsReference: D8/CD8/C1 1946/47-1959/60
Registers of Milk Records
14 volumes
D8/C2 1949 - 1965
Papers relating to the farm, including milk record sheets and correspondence
1 file
D8/C3 [1950 x 1959]
Farm record books, including accounts, lists of animals, inseminations, removals, and vaccinations
3 volumes
D8/C4 1953-1963
Butter-fat test record sheets
1 file
D8/C5 [1950 x 1959]
Digitised copies of three photographs of Sister Anolda
3 BW prints
D. St Michael’s Convent and School, FinchleyReference: D8/D(a) St Michael's ConventReference: D8/D1D8/D1/1 27 December 1907-1962
Papers relating to financial matters, mostly invoices, accounts, deeds and correspondence:
File 1: 27 December 1907 - 1910
File 2: 10 January 1911 - 8 November 1913
File 3: 6 January 1914 - 19 December 1915
File 4: 15 February 1916 - 18 December 1922
File 5: 23 February 1923 - December 1929
File 6: 5 February 1930 - 29 May 1962
6 files
D8/D1/2 [early 20th century]
Plans of St Michael’s Convent
4 plans
D8/D1/3 28 July 1966-October 2004
Papers relating to the purchase and sale of property at Finchley, as well as a file of papers on a planning application to build flats near Nether Street
2 files
D8/D1/4 July 1947-January 1969
Quarterly reports on St Michael’s Convent
1 file
D8/D1/5 19 January 1961 - 29 September 1975
1 file
D8/D1/6 1916-3 August 1993
Papers relating to a lawsuit with Edward Webb over a disputed payment for work carried out on the Finchley Property, including correspondence with solicitors and legal documents
1 file
D8/D1/7 1908-1964
Language: English and German
House Chronicles for St Michael’s Convent. These volumes detail important events in the life of the convent. Volumes 2 & 3 were probably the original volumes subsequently written up for Volume 1.
Volume 1: September 1908 - 23 July 1958 (1908 - 1926 in summary only)
Volume 2: 1908 - 9 April 1932 (up to 1926 in German)
Volume 3: 23 July 1943 - 5 July 1953
Volume 4: January 1960 - 24 December 1961
Volume 5: January 1962 - 27 August 1964
5 volumes
D8/D1/8 1914-1974
Visitors Book
1 volume
D8/D1/9 2003
St Alban’s parish, North Finchley,
“Our history over one hundred years, 1903 to 2003”
1 item
(b) St Michael's Convent Grammar SchoolReference: D8/D2
The school was founded as St. Michael's Convent in 1908 by the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus and is now under their trusteeship. Under the Education Act 1944, in 1958 St. Michael's became a voluntary aided grammar school to complement the
all-boys Finchley Catholic Grammar School (now Finchley Catholic High School). When the Barnet LEA abolished the tripartite system, St. Michael's retained its grammar school status.
D8/D2/1/1-6 3 April 1937 - 23 September 1993
Papers relating to the building and fabric:
2 boxes
D8/D2/1/1 3 April 1937 - 23 September 1992
Papers, mostly correspondence reports and plans, relating to increasing the form entry size of the school:
File 1 (3 April 1937 -29 July 1958): Proposals to establish a 2 Form Entry Voluntary Aided Grammar school
File 2 (1980 - 3 October 1985): Proposals to establish a 3 Form Entry school
File 3 (1982 - 23 September 1992): Proposals to establish a 4 Form Entry school
3 files
D8/D2/1/2/1-14 [?1950] - 27 October 1993
Miscellaneous architectural plans of the school:
15 plans
D8/D2/1/2/1 [?1950]
Plan of the school site
Gerald Eve & Co., Chartered Surveyors, 18 Savile Row, London, W1X 2BP
"Reproduced from the Ordinance Survey map with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Crown Copyright Reserved.
Scale: 1:500
1 plan
Size: 74 x 45 cm
D8/D2/1/2/2-3 12 June 1956
Elevations and sections of the proposed new school
Architects: David Stokes F.R.I.B.A. and Partners, 5 Cochrane Street, London, NW8
Scale: 1/8 to 1
2 plans
Size: 94 x 71 cm
D8/D2/1/2/4-10 1976
Plan of the proposed 4 form entry school building, including ground floor, first floor, second floor and third floor (work not carried out)
Architects: David Stokes & Anthony Cooper, 5 Cochrane Street, London, NW8 7PA
Plans TLD0/0, TLD0/1, TLD0/2, TLD0/3, TLD0/4, TLD0/5 and TLD0/6
Scale: 1:100
7 plans
Size: Up to 101.5 x 76 cm
D8/D2/1/2/11-13 April 1989 - 27 October 1993
Plans (including inspection report) for proposed housing at the rear of the school
Scale: 1:100
2 plans & 1 report
Size: 120 x 84.5 cm
D8/D2/1/2/12-14 14 September 1992
Plans for proposed alterations to the school, including first floor, second floor, third floor and fourth floor
Architect: Mary Hackett, B. Arch R.I.B.A.
Scale: 1:400
3 plans
Size: 59.5 x 43 cm
D8/D2/1/3 14 February 1968 - 7 February 1978
Finance applications, with associated correspondence, to the Ministry of Education/Department of Education and Science concerning proposed building work to be carried out:
File 1: 14 February 1968 - 29 October 1971
File 2: 14 January 1972 - 7 February 1978
2 files
D8/D2/1/4 1969 - 6 March 1990
Papers relating to general repairs and maintenance of the school, mostly correspondence with quotations from various companies:
File 1: 1969 - 12 December 1978
File 2: 6 January 1979 - 6 March 1990
2 files
D8/D2/1/5 19 June 1978 - 7 March 1980
Papers relating to the treatment of asbestos in the school
1 file
D8/D2/1/6 1992 - 23 September 1993
Papers, including reports, correspondence, and contracts, relating to the repair of the teaching block roof
1 file
D8/D2/1/7 [1990 x 1999]
Prints of photographs taken at various stages of constructing the new sports hall
1 file
D8/D2/2/1-8 1927 - 2009
Papers relating to the Governors of the school:
2 boxes
D8/D2/2/1 1927 - 9 February 1965
Papers relating to the Board of Education including inspection reports, correspondence and educational returns
1 file
D8/D2/2/2 1929 - July 1972
Papers relating to the general administration of the Governing Body
1 file
D8/D2/2/3 10 July 1952 - 28 November 1961
Archdiocese of Westminster school inspection reports
1 file
D8/D2/2/4 1958 - 2009
School publications and letters to parents
1 file
D8/D2/2/5 23 March 1959 - 1 February 1974
Board of Governors' meetings minute book
1 volume
D8/D2/2/6 1972/73 - 1980/81
Reports on the school year (produced by the school)
1 file
D8/D2/2/7 7 December 1979 - 13 March 1981
Papers relating to events commemorating the end of the Sisters' trusteeship and the resignation of Sister Mary Paul as headmistress
1 file
D8/D2/2/8 23 February 1989 - 10 March 1994
Papers relating to the school's status as a Local Authority maintained school and its relationship with the London Borough of Barnet:
File 1: 23 February 1989 - 13 September 1991
File 2: 6 February 1992 - 10 March 1994
2 files
D8/D2/3/1-10 1959 - [?1970]
Log books:
10 notebooks
D8/D2/3/1-2 1959 - 1987
School log book of special events
(1) 27 May 1959 - 13 June 1963
(2) 13 December 1969 - 24 July 1987
2 notebooks
D8/D2/3/3 15 July 1959 - 5 October 1992
Accident record book
1 notebook
D8/D2/3/4 1962/63
Domestic science record book (lesson plans)
1 notebook
D8/D2/3/5-8 September 1972 - 20 July 1983
Biology Department Order Book:
(1) September 1972 - February 1977
(2) March 1977 - April 1978
(3) March 1978 - March 1979
(4) 26 March 1979 - 20 July 1983
4 notebooks
D8/D2/3/9-10 [?1970]
Physiology of the vocal organs - questions and answers compiled by Sister Philomena PCJ
2 notebooks
D8/D2/4 10 December 1935 - 1993
Papers concerning staff employed at the school, including lists of teaching staff members, salaries, appointments and references
1 file
D8/D2/5/1- 1926 -
Papers relating to pupils and their activities at the school
1 box
D8/D2/5/1 1926 - 1943
Papers relating to applications for transfers to and from other schools
1 file
D8/D2/5/2-4 20 September 1932 - 30 April 1963
School admission registers:
Volume 1: 20 September 1932 - 12 July 1950
Volume 2: 1 September 1950 - 23 April 1958
Volume 3: 16 September 1958 - 30 April 1963
3 volumes
D8/D2/5/5 1956, 1968 - 1986
Printed prize distribution lists
1 file
D8/D2/5/6 30 September 1958 - March 1997
Playbills and programmes for school productions
1 file
D8/D2/5/7 1990 - 1995
Papers concerning individual pupils, mostly form and subject reports
1 file
D8/D2/6 1959 - 1992
School magazines, including
The Challenge, Reflections, Gynarchy, Son of Gynarchy, Ranting Amazons, and
Seize the day
14 items
D8/D2/7 2008
Papers relating to the centenary, including the centenary mass and 2009 calendar
1 file & 1 item
D8/D2/9 1933 - January 2012
Newspaper cuttings, including school league tables
2 files
D8/D2/10/1-106 1937 - [?2000]
Photographs:
27 BW & 79 colour prints, 37 negatives
D8/D2/10/1-6 [?1950]
Commercial postcards of St Michael's Convent Grammar School
6 BW prints
D8/D2/10/1 [?1950]
“Hall showing chapel annex”
1 BW print
D8/D2/10/2 [?1950]
“Housecraft rooms”
1 BW print
D8/D2/10/3 [?1950]
“Housecraft room”
1 BW print
D8/D2/10/4 [?1950]
“The altar and crucifix”
1 BW print
D8/D2/10/5 [?1950]
“Main teaching block”
1 BW print
D8/D2/10/6 [?1950]
“Madonna and child by Siegfried Charoux, R.A.”
1 BW print
D8/D2/10/7-23 1937 - 2008
Official class photographs
4 BW prints and 2 colour prints are rolled
4 BW/16 colour prints
D8/D2/10/24-28 [1952 x 1955] & [?1990]
Photographs of staff
(1) Staff in the school villas (x4)
(2) Deputy Head and Headmistress (x1)
4 BW/1 colour prints
D8/D2/10/29-42 1976 - 1990
Students working in class
9 BW/4 colour prints
D8/D2/10/43-48 1962 - 1976
Sports, including netball team, fencing and judo
4 BW prints
D8/D2/10/49-90 November 1984
Retirement of Ms F. Murphy
41 colour prints/37 negatives
D8/D2/10/91-95 1988
Grotto in the convent garden
5 colour prints
D8/D2/10/96-105 1992
Photographs of the school teaching block in preparation for proposed alterations
10 colour prints
D8/D2/10/106 [?2000]
Aerial photograph of the school site
1 colour print
D8/D2/11 [?1950] - January 2009
Miscellanea, including certificates, invitations, scrapbook, and a wooden board with the school motto “Quis ut deus”
1 file
E. Other CommunitiesReference: D8/ED8/E1/1-2 29 May 1929-11 October 1939
Chronicles and correspondence relating to the management of St Peter’s Convent, Grimsby
1 file & 1 volume
D8/E2 1947-1984
Papers relating to the Sacred Heart Convent, Sheffield:
6 files & 3 volumes
D8/E2/1 1947-1984
Quarterly accounts
1 file
D8/E2/2 1972 - 1984
Papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the management of the Sacred Heart Children’s Homes
4 files
D8/E2/3/1-3 1944-1972
Papers relating to the management of various properties owned by the Sacred Heart:
3 files
D8/E2/3/1 1976 - 1982
172 Dykeswell Road
1 file
D8/E2/3/2 1984 - 1990
3 Minto Road & 5 Linden Avenue
1 file
D8/E2/3/3 1987 - 2003
42-44 Dykeswell Road
1 file
D8/E2/4 1948-1972
Chronicle of the Sacred Heart Cottage Homes, Sheffield
1 volume
D8/E2/5 August 1944-October 1989
Chronicle of the Sacred Heart Convent, Sheffield
2 volumes
D8/E2/6 1986
Sacred Heart Church 1936-1986: Golden Jubilee
1 volume
D8/E3/1-2 1948-1973
Chronicles and personnel records for Cowell House, Leeds
2 files
D8/E4 1 June 1952-December 1976
Papers, including reports and personnel records, relating to Boston Spa House
1 file
D8/E5 October 1953-20 February 1956
Papers, including reports, personnel records and correspondence, on Horsforth House
1 file
D8/E6 1956-1972
Papers and photographs of Penmaenmawr Holiday House
1 file
D8/E7 12 January 1973-October 1983
Papers, including statistical reports, for the Holloway Convent, London
1 file
D8/E8 1988-1994
Chronicles of the House of Prayer, St Albans
7 volumes
D8/E9 28 August 1996-1 May 2002
Papers relating to the sale of property at Touchwood Hall Close, Solihull
1 file
D8/E10 3 September 2001-1 July 2002
Executors’ papers and photographs relating to the estate of Sr Mary McFadyen, Orkney
1 file
F. PublicationsReference: D8/FUnpublished TextsReference: D8/F1D8/F1/1 1871
“Conferences given by our dear Mother Clare in 1871”
38 p.
D8/F1/2 [late 19th century]
“The commentary on the constitutions and statutes of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus”
Includes meditation texts on preliminary leaves
1 volume
D8/F1/3 [early 20th century]
“Conferences of Mother Mary Peters P.C.J.”
Includes an Old Girls' Register on final leaves
1 notebook
D8/F1/4 [1930]
“Ascetic instruction on the constitutions and statutes of the congregation of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus”
71 p.
D8/F1/5 [1980]
Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus,
“Directives from Mother Clare Fey to the superiors of the congregation given at the General Chapter, 1855” and “Reflections on the role and qualities of the local superior-taken from the
writings of Mother Innocentia”
109 p.
D8/F1/6 1950
Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus,
“Anno Sancto 1950. Congregatio Pauperis Infantis Jesu”
67, 101 p.
D8/F1/7 1958
Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus,
“1958: Lourdes year”
27 f.
D8/F1/8-10 [1960]
Mother Olga,
“ Instructions on the Rule” (Chapter I, Articles 1-4; Chapter III, Article 11; and Chapter III, Article 12)
3 volumes
D8/F1/11-13 April-August 1962
“Unitas et Caritas”
Typescript newsletter of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus
3 issues
D8/F1/14 1963
Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus,
“Life and activity of our congregation”
66, [4] p.
D8/F1/15 1965
Joseph Solzbacher,
“The holy friendship between Mother Clare Fey and Father Sartorius: on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Mother Clare's birth April 11th, 1815-1965”
11 p.
D8/F1/16 1966
“The spirit of our congregation: its nature and vitality”, conference paper given by Rev. Mother Clara Chantal of the Poor Child Jesus at the General Chapter, 1966
24 p.
D8/F1/17 [1970]
Typescript notes on spiritual matters
1 notebook
D8/F1/18-19 October 1972-January 1973
“Community”
Newsletter of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus
2 issues
D8/F1/20 [1980]
Kijm, J. M.,
“Life in Christ: reflections on the rule of life of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus”
English translation by Sr. Sharon M[arie] Peters, P.C.J.
64 pp.
D8/F1/21 [1980]
Peters, Sharon Marie,
“Faithful companions in the Lord: brief life-sketches of the co-foundress of the congregation of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus”
145 pp.
D8/F1/22 [1980]
Extract from a thesis by Clara Agneta entitled
“The spirit of the congregation of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus”
p. 1-8
D8/F1/23 [1980]
“The foundress, Clare Fey”
4 p.
D8/F1/24 [1980]
“Selected texts from the writings of Mother Clare Fey”
English translation by Sr. Sharon Marie Peters
36 p.
D8/F1/25 [1980]
“Clare Fey: texts from her conferences, letters and meditations”
55, [4] p.
D8/F1/26 [1980]
Vallender, M. Regina,
“A short life of Mother Theresia, P.C.J. Co-Foundress of the congregation of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus”
Translated by a member of the congregation
157, [5] p.
D8/F1/27 [1980]
Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus,
“General guidelines for the introduction to religious life”
25, [20] p.
D8/F1/28 [1980]
Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus,
“Congregation of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus: historical summary of the congregation”
15, [1] p.
D8/F1/29 [1980]
Statutes of the congregation of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus
100 p.
D8/F1/30 [mid 20th century]
Kempen, Clara Angela,
“Apostolic spirituality”
Translated by Sr. Sharon Marie Peters, P.C.J.
32 p.
D8/F1/31 [1980]
Kempen, Clara Angela,
“Apostolic spirituality” and “Our spirituality”
English translation by Sr. Sharon Marie Peters, P.C.J.
57, 21 p.
D8/F1/32 1988
“Reflections on the liturgical texts of the Advent and Christmas seasons taken from the meditations of Mother Clara Fey of the Poor Child Jesus”
Compiled by Sr. M. Elisabetha Bock, P.C.J. and translated by Sr. Sharon M. Peters, P.C.J.
[66] p.
D8/F1/33 [1990]
Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus,
“Manete in me”
52 p.
D8/F1/34 [1990]
Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus,
“Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus: general statutes” and “Directives for the preparation and execution of Chapters”
17, [2], 15, [2] p.
Published Works
Reference: D8/F2
The printed publications in the Archive can be found on the Durham University Library catalogue
G. Embroidery WorkshopReference: D8/GD8/G1 1905-2013
Miscellanea, including a sketch of a silk glove, note on the Syon Cope by May Morris and enquiries on the collection
1 file
D8/G2 2000-2009
Publications, including magazine articles, catalogues and a thesis relating to the embroidery workshop
2 files
D8/G3/1-5 2004-2005
Papers of the Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
“Skilful Hands and Gladsome Hearts” exhibition, 31 March-17 April 2005:
3 files, 6 volumes & colour prints
D8/G3/1 2004 - 2005
Correspondence
1 file
D8/G3/2 2004 - 2005
Publicity
1 file
D8/G3/3 2004 - 2005
Catalogues and reports
6 volumes
D8/G3/4 2004 - 2005
Comments book
1 file
D8/G3/5 2004 - 2005
Photographs
11 colour prints
D8/G4/1-2 2005
Inventory and photographs relating to the dispersal of the Southam convent embroidery collection
1 inventory & 5 photographs
H. Audio-Visual MaterialReference: D8/HPhotographsReference: D8/H1D8/H1/1-18 1875-2000
Photographs of individuals (identified):
14 BW/4 colour prints
D8/H1/1 1875
Rev William Grosvenor, St Mary’s Priory, Princethorpe
1 BW print
D8/H1/2 [late 19th century]
Pastor Willhelm Sartorius
1 BW print mounted on card
D8/H1/3 [late 19th century]
Charles Shaw, donor of Southam Church
1 BW print
D8/H1/4 [early 20th century]
Andrew Fey
1 BW print
D8/H1/5 [early 20th century]
Mother Teresa
1 BW print
D8/H1/6 [early 20th century]
Bishop John Theodore Laurent
1 BW print
D8/H1/7 [early 20th century]
Sister Fidelis
1 BW print
D8/H1/8 [early 20th century]
Mother Theotina
1 BW print
D8/H1/9-10 [early 20th century]
Sister Mary Campion
2 BW prints
D8/H1/11 1958
H.M. Johnstone
1 BW print
D8/H1/12 1967
Sister Fidelis, Kahlenberg
1 BW print
D8/H1/13 [mid 20th century]
Sister Patricia
1 BW print
D8/H1/14 [1948 x 1960]
Mother Mary Rehen
1 BW print
D8/H1/15 [1970]
Sister M. Bede
1 colour print
D8/H1/16 1983
Sister Fidelis on her Golden Jubilee
1 colour print
D8/H1/17 [1990]
Sister Clare Martina
1 colour print
D8/H1/18 [2000]
Sister M. Wendelin’s grave in Blankenberg, Holland
1 colour print
D8/H1/19-29 [early 20th century]
Individuals, mostly unidentified Sisters
11 BW prints
D8/H1/30-59 [early 20th century]-[2000]
Photographs of groups, including
20 BW/10 colour prints
D8/H1/30-54 [early 20th century]-[2000]
Group photographs, formal and informal of sisters at the Convent of Our Lady, Southam
14 BW/11 colour prints
D8/H1/55-57 [1940 x 1950]
May processions
3 BW prints
D8/H1/58-59 [early 20th century]
Formal group photographs of school children
2 BW prints
D8/H1/60 [early 20th century]
Mother-house of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus, Simpelveld, Holland
1 BW print mounted on card
D8/H1/61-122 1930-2000
Photographs of Our Lady’s Convent, Southam, including the chapel, convent building, grounds, and village of Southam
24 colour/42 BW prints
D8/H1/123-142 1950-2000
Photographs of the communities in Grimsby, North Finchley and Leeds
9 BW/10 colour prints
D8/H1/143-144 1976
Our Lady’s Convent, Southam, centenary celebrations
2 colour scans on paper
D8/H1/145-175 2002
General Chapter
31 colour prints
VideoD8/H2/1 [1990]
Serving the Poor Child (Roermond (Netherlands): Bavo Crombach Productions)
1 VHS video cassette
