GUILD OF CATHOLIC WOMEN (SAINT PAUL, MINN.):

The Guild of Catholic Women was organized by women in St. Luke's Parish, Saint Paul, in December 1906 and was incorporated in 1912. The Guild's objective was to organize city-wide Catholic women for philanthropic and social activities. The Guild opened the Catholic Guild Hall in 1912 as a home for young Catholic working women, that later became a home for the handicapped. The Guild also began the Mexican Mission on St. Paul's West Side in 1930, which was later known as the Mission of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and the Antone Hospital Guild in 1941, which provided financial support for Our Lady of Good Counsel Home, a free hospital for the care of those suffering from cancer.

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Files include minutes, annual reports, financial records, correspondence, photographs, clippings, newsletters and publications, photograph albums, scrapbooks, and other material documenting the activities of the Guild of Catholic Women. Of particular interest is an extensive set of minute books (1909-2007), a set of history files, and a link to a video presentation about the history of the Guild and its work. Guild files also include material relating to a conference on mental illness, and a file of correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the Mission House of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

The collection also includes material relating to the Catholic Guild Hall, much of which focuses on its annual charity ball, as well as some financial information (1960s-1970s) and other papers relating to the Antone Hospital Guild, which was administered by the Guild of Catholic Women for the sole benefit of Our Lady of Good Counsel Home.

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These documents are organized into the following sections:

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Location of Master Files:

Digital master of Historical compilation is maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage server and is managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Guild of Catholic Women Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 13,953; 16,694

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990063910370104294

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History files:

Location

Internet

Historical compilation, circa 2006. 1 video file: MP4 (259,862 KB).

Video presentation about the history and activities of the Guild as told by people involved with it.

Digital version

Location

Box

153.I.2.5B

1

General, 1980s-1990s.

Historical background, 1912-1983.

Includes articles of incorporation and bylaws.

Speech, 1983.

Minnesota Historical Society, 1987.

Donor book, 1990-2003. 1 volume.

List of donors of over $1000.00 per year.

Historian position description, circa 1980s.

Guidelines for appraisal, June 1981.

Historian reports, 1979-1997.

Incomplete.

Historian Margery E. Schneeman files, 1986-1988.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:

Cancer -- Patients -- Hospital care.

Catholic Church -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.

Charities -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.

Women -- Catholic Church -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Societies and clubs.

Women in charitable work -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul.

Organizations:

Catholic Guild Hall (Saint Paul, Minn.)

Our Lady of Good Counsel Home (Saint Paul, Minn.).

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church (Saint Paul, Minn.)

Antone Hospital Guild (Saint Paul, Minn.).

Places:

Saint Paul (Minn.)

Document Types:

Photographs.

Video recordings.

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