Archives

The U.S. East-West Province of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur archives are accessible online and at physical locations in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and Belmont, California.

Online Records

• Order’s government records, including chapter papers, team meeting records, constitutions and rules of the Order from current provinces, as well as former Massachusetts, Connecticut and California provinces.
• Records documenting the Reverend Mothers, Provincial Superiors and Leadership Teams, including journals, prints, correspondence, photographs, videos, audiotapes and artifacts.
• Papers for the Education Missions in Massachusetts, Connecticut, California, Oregon and beyond, including journals, annals, school registers, yearbooks, videos, audiotapes and photographs documenting the history and changes in these ministries.
• Records for the Notre Dame du Lac and the Notre Dame Health Care Center in Worcester, Massachusetts.
• Records for Ministries Abroad, including those in Hawaii, Japan, China, Brazil, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya.
• Papers, photographs, artifacts, and audio/video materials, including from individual sisters chronicling their ministries, work and lives, and video and audiotapes documenting SNDdeN events.
• Artifacts collected and used by the Order since its founding in 1804.
• SNDdeN school yearbooks arranged by city or town.

For online records and to inquire about physical records, go to the East-West SNDdeN’s Archives site.

For more information, you can also contact:

Nancy Barthelemy
Provincial Archivist
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
30 Jeffrey’s Neck Rd.
Ipswich, MA 01938
978-380-1521
nancy.barthelemy@sndden.org

Jennifer Bator
Provincial Archivist
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur
1520 Ralston Ave.
Belmont, CA 94002
650-551-6400
jennifer.bator@sndden.org
jbator@ewsndden.org