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Mayfield ruins 05
Photo of Great Hall windows just before restoration (Mayfield).
1864

Mayfield ruins 06
Photo of workers "excavating rubbish and fallen masonry from the Memorial Hall (Mayfield). (Helen Forshaw, SHCJ, '08)
1864

Mayfield ruins 07
Photo of workers tackling the rubbish, weeds, etc. in the rear half of the hall (Memorial). (Helen Forshaw, SHCJ, '08)
1864

Mayfield Village
Sketch (?) of Mayfield Village in the 19th century

Miss Stone
Photo of Miss Stone (original owner of "Stone House," neighboring property purchased by convent/school at Mayfield) at age 90.

Raffle Ticket
Original raffle ticket to raise money for restoration of Mayfield
1865

Sanctuary at Mayfield
Photo of sanctuary at Mayfield as it was in Cornelia's time

St. Dunstan's Church 02
Print of St. Dunstan's "Palace." (Mayfield)
1778

St. Dunstan's Church 03
Print of St. Dunstan's "Palace." (Mayfield)
1778

St. Dunstan's Church 04

Description of St. Dunstan's Palace, a.k.a. Mayfield Palace


St. Dunstan's Church 05
Print of St. Dunstan's Palace, Mayfield, Sussex.
1778

Stone House 01
Photo of gate to "Stone House." House, currently convent space, being restored in background. (Mayfield)
2011

Stone House 02
Photo of gardens and "Stone House." (Mayfield)
2011

"The Scotia" - Details

Details regarding "The Scotia" paddle steamer which brought the first SHCJ's to America in 1862.


Towanda, Pennsylvania 02
417 State Street, Towanda, PA, 1862-1864. Painting of first sisters arriving in US at Towanda, PA; done for golden jubilee at Sharon; not historically accurate as all six sisters did not arrive at once.
1912

Towanda, Pennsylvania 03
418 State Street, Towanda, PA, 1862-1864. Sketch of house.

Towanda, Pennsylvania 04
419 State Street, Towanda, PA, 1862-1864.Photo of Towanda house.
1878

Towanda, Pennsylvania 05
420 State Street, Towanda, PA, 1862-1864.Photo of Towanda house.
1879

Towanda, Pennsylvania 06
421 State Street, Towanda, PA, 1862-1864. Original chapel door and window from house at Towanda. Door details - "The door of the first chapel in which Archbishop Wood said the first mass on the Feast of Saint Michael, Sept. 29, 1862. Marion McKay, a postulant, was clothed as Sr. Mary Cornelia at this time. This first chapel was on the second floor in the SE corner of the building. The door opened from the passageway into the chapel and was located to the right at the top of the stairs." Window details - "On the second floor, further to the right of the chapel, was a small room with one window, at the SW corner of the house. This room was shared by MM Xavier Noble and Sr. Lucy Ignatia Newsham. This is the upper section of that one window. The glass is probably original to the building, and shows characteristic waviness of early windows."

Towanda, Pennsylvania 07
422 State Street, Towanda, PA, 1862-1864. Photo of the town of Towanda, between Pine and Ridge, looking north.
1862

Towanda, Pennsylvania 08
423 State Street, Towanda, PA, 1862-1864. Photo of the town of Towanda.
1862

Towanda, Pennsylvania 09
424 State Street, Towanda, PA, 1862-1864. Photo of the town of Towanda.
1862

Towanda, Pennsylvania 10
425 State Street, Towanda, PA, 1862-1864. Photo of the house at Towanda; originally given to SHCJ by Duchess of Leeds.
c. 1862

Towanda, Pennsylvania 11
426 State Street, Towanda, PA, 1862-1864. Photo of the house at Towanda; originally given to SHCJ by Duchess of Leeds.
c. 1863

Towanda, Pennsylvania 12
427 State Street, Towanda, PA, 1862-1864. Photo of the house at Towanda.
2003

Towanda, Pennsylvania 13
428 State Street, Towanda, PA, 1862-1864. Photo of the house at Towanda.
2003

Towanda, Pennsylvania 14

429 State Street, Towanda, PA, 1862-1864. Copies of letters from sisters asking to be sent to America (Towanda).

1862

Towanda, Pennsylvania 15
430 State Street, Towanda, PA, 1862-1864. Sketch of the proposed convent and school.
August/September 1862

Towanda, Pennsylvania 16
431 State Street, Towanda, PA, 1862-1864. Sketch of the proposed community room/chapel.
1862

Towanda, Pennsylvania 17
432 State Street, Towanda, PA, 1862-1864. Sketch of the proposed grounds.
1862


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