Beverly Boyd research on Philippine Duchesne
Overview
This collection consists of correspondence, letters, photographs, articles, books, and other materials pertaining to Saint Philippine Duchesne, from research conducted by Dr. Beverly Boyd, a former English Department faculty member at the University of Kansas who has written extensively about the saint. The collection includes information relating to Duchesne's life and accomplishments as well as her canonization in 1988. There is also documentation regarding the interest about and insight into her life from a variety of cultures.
Dates
- Creation: 1818 - 2015
Creator
- Boyd, Beverly, 1925-2019 (Compiler, Person)
Language of Materials
Bulk of the collection is in English; there are also materials in French, Italian, Spanish, and Japanese.
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Saint Philippine Duchesne (1769-1852)
Saint Philippine Duchesne was born on August 29, 1769 in Grenoble, France. When she was 19 years old, she joined the convent of the Visitation and was educated by the sisters of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary. However, in 1792 during the early years of the French Revolution, she saw the dispersion of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary and returned home to live with her family.
In 1804 she accepted an offer from Madeleine-Sophie Barat to merge her Visitation community with the newly-founded Society of the Sacred Heart. In 1818, Rose Philippine Duchesne went to America with a few other members of the Society. She arrived in New Orleans and traveled the Louisiana territory, ending in St. Charles, Missouri, near St Louis. Here she created a new house of the Sacred Heart Society in a log cabin, the first house of the Society ever built outside of France.
Saint Philippine Duchesne had a desire to work with Indigenous peoples in the region and in 1841 joined the Jesuits in establishing a school for the Potawatomi tribe in eastern Kansas. In 1842 she became ill and returned to St Charles, where she spent the last ten years of her life.
Rose Philippine Duchesne died on November 18, 1852, in St. Charles, Missouri. She was beatified in 1940 and canonized by Pope John Paul II on July 3, 1988.
Extent
3.75 Linear Feet (5 boxes + 3 oversize boxes, 4 video cassettes, 1 audio cassette)
Physical Location
RH MS 1305
Physical Location
RH MS Q376
Physical Location
RH MS R349, RH MS R522
Physical Location
RH Video 44
Physical Location
RH Cassette Tape 65
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts, Beverly Boyd, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2012, 2014, and 2019; Beverly Boyd estate, 2019.
Separated Materials
Foley, Leonard (ed.) Saint of the Day (St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1990) p.308. Available at Spencer Research Library at RH C11739.
Scott, Helen E. Edna St Vincent Millay, The Rebirth (Bristol Banner Books, 1992) p. 39. Available at Spencer Research Library at RH C11740.
Farmer, David Hugh. Oxford Dictionary of Saints - 3rd ed., (Oxford University Press, 1992) p. 137. Available at Spencer Research Library at RH B2731.
Penner, Mil. Exploring Kansas (Sounds of Kansas, 1996) p. 72. Available at Spencer Research Library at RH D9498.
Processing Information
Material previously located at RH MS Q63 was moved to RH MS Q376 and RH MS 1305. Material previously located at RH MS 517 was moved to RH MS 1305 box 5.
For the posthumously gathered material processed in 2023, Boyd's original folder titles were kept when present. Items of the same subject were sometimes added to these folders. [Brackets] indicate that the title was created by Spencer staff based on their understanding of the material.
Subject
- Title
- Guide to the Saint Philippine Duchesne Collection
- Subtitle
- Beverly Boyd research on Philippine Duchesne
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by imf, 2014. Finding aid encoded by imf, 2014. Finding aid revised by cmp, 2022, 2023; eje, 2023.
- Date
- 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/1331058040
- Preferred citation
-
Beverly Boyd research on Philippene Duchesne, RH MS 1305, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository