Archives Collections

Fanny Allen Hospital Archives
Saint Michael's College Archives
Society of Saint Edmund Archives

Saint Michael's College Archives
The Saint Michael's College Archives make up the bulk of the material in the department, the designated repository of official college records.  The Archives was established in 1972 and includes official records, faculty papers, student records, College publications, video and audio recordings, microfilm, and photographs relating to the history of the College.  Unless otherwise noted, material in the collection is available to the public. 

• Board of Trustees

• Buildings and Grounds

• Committees

• Faculty Assembly

• Phi Beta Kappa

• President's Office

Society of Saint Edmund Archives
The Society of Saint Edmund Archives (SSEA) are located in the Saint Michael's College Archives Department.  The Collection includes materials from the Society's Generalate and Apostolates, both current and former.  Most collections are available to the public, although certain collections are restricted.  Please contact the Archivist, Elizabeth Scott at 802.654.2540 for more information. 

The Society of Saint Edmund (SSE) is a clerical religious congregation of pontifical rite headquartered at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont.  The Society was founded in Pontigny France in 1843, and over the years has had active missions in France, England, Canada, Venezuela and in many sites across the U.S.  Current sites include Saint Michael's College in Colchester, VT, Enders Island in Mystic, CT and Selma, AL.  A brief history of the Society is available at the Society's website, www.sse.org. 

SSEA Finding Aids

• Committees
• Directors
• General Chapter
• General Council
• Historical Collection (Most records dating from before 1930, when the General Administration of the Society moved to the United States of America.)
  • Historical Manuscript Collection, pre-1843    1333-1839
  • Cornat diaries
  • Chateau-Gontier, Mayenne, France, 1893-1902
  • Forsythe, Montana, 1914-1925
  • Hitchin, England,  1902-1926
  • Keelers Bay, South Hero, Vermont, 1892-1894
  • Laval, Mayenne, France (Immaculate Conception), 1879-1902
  • Mont St. Michel, Manche, France , 1867-1903
  • Pontigny, France 1843-1930
  • Porrentruy, Bernese Jura/Ajoie, Switzerland, 1902-1917
  • Sens, Yonne, France, 1857-1925
  • Winooski Park, Vermont (Saint Michael's College), 1903-1930
• Local Administration
  • Caracas
  • Cardinal Mindszenty High School
  • Houses of Formation
  • Mystic, CT
  • France, 1930-
  • Quebec
  • Saint Michael's College
  • Selma, AL
  • Vermont
  • Whitton, England
• Seminary Guild
• Personal files
• Society of Saint Edmund, Inc.
• Superior General
• Treasurer General

Fanny Allen Hospital Archives
The FAH fonds consists of the records of the Fanny Allen Hospital, including records of the Administrator/Chief Hospitaller, the Superior and the Bursar; the Bishop DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital; three Schools of Nursing: the FAH School of Nursing, the BDGH School of Nursing, and the Jeanne Mance School of Nursing; the Alumnae Association of FAH School of Nursing; the FAH Auxiliaries and the FAH Associates.

The records of Fanny Allen Hospital were kept in the hospital until 1968, the year a Sister was named to organize the historical archives of the Hospital and the RHSJ community. Sister Marion Chaloux served as archivist until her death in the summer of 2003. Upon the closure of the Fanny Allen Convent in 2005, the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph decided to transfer the Hospital’s records into the custodial care of St. Michael’s College, a longtime collaborator.

For more information on the history and evolution of FAH, refer to Michael J. Healy, “Walking in the Spirit; Fanny Allen Hospital, 1894 to 1994” (1993, FAH, Colchester Vt, 184 p.)  

Note
The records of the local community (administration, chronicles, minutes of meetings, acts, necrologies, correspondence, ledgers, etc.) and the personal records of the Sisters who lived and worked in Vermont were transferred in 2005 to the General Archives of the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph in Montreal.  Official transcripts for School of Nursing students who graduated between 1957-1971 are held at Vermont Technical College (802.728.1302).  Records for students who did not graduate (1951-1971) and for students who graduated between 1950-1957 are available at Fanny Allen Employment Services (802.847.2825 *3).  Records for students graduating or attending prior to 1951 are located at Saint Michael's College Archives (802.654.2540).

  Finding Aids

• Administrator/Chief Hospitaller, the Superior and the Bursar

• Bishop DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital Offices of the Superior

• Schools of Nursing

  • Fanny Allen Hospital School of Nursing subseries (1899-1955)

  • Bishop DeGoesBriand Hospital and Jeanne Mance Schools of Nursing subseries (1927-1969)

  • Alumnae of Fanny Allen School of Nursing subseries (1909-2005)

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Maintained by Elizabeth Scott, last update - Saturday March 24, 2007