Ursuline Convent, Charlestown, Massachusetts Collection
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The Ursuline Convent, Charlestown, Massachusetts Collection is a collection of papers documenting the history of the Québécois Ursuline nuns in the Boston area and the burning of the Ursuline convent on Mount Benedict during riots in 1834.[1]
The collection spans the period 1833 - 1903 and includes correspondence and contemporary newspaper clippings about the burning of the convent and it's attached boarding school, as well as an eyewitness account, a photograph of an engraving of the convent in 1832, and a sketch showing the ruins after the fire. The collection also provides an illustration of resentment towards, and prejudice against, Catholics in 1800s New England.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Arthur T Connelly (2007-09-22). "An inventory of the Ursuline Convent, Charlestown, MA Papers at The American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives" (HTML). . The American Catholic History and Research Center and University Archives Retrieved on 2007-08-28.
- ^ The Burning of the Charlestown Convent (HTML). Somerville Public Library (2007-05-27). Retrieved on 2007-08-28.
[edit] External links
- The Ursuline Convent Collection
- Inventory of the Collection with high-resolution scans and some background information
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