Archives News
Welcome, Amy!
Meet Amy Sherwood, the new Viatorian Community Archivist. She just joined the staff at the Province Center in Arlington Heights this week. She has an extensive background in archives, archaeology and digital preservation. She will take the position of Joan...
Homecoming and Football, 1938
The Viatorian Community Archives just received a donation of two St. Viator College souvenir booklets dated 1938. The gift comes from Mary Newlin, whose father, Adrian Lessard, attended St. Viator College in Bourbonnais and was on the football team. The Homecoming...
Chaplain at Two Illinois State Hospitals
Fr. Terence Rice, CSV, was a chaplain at Kankakee State Hospital in Kankakee, IL from 1927 – 1951. Also, from 1932 - 1938, he was a chaplain at Manteno State Hospital in Manteno, IL.
Hospital Chaplain
Rev. Moses J. Marsile, CSV, was a chaplain at Oak Park Hospital in Oak Park, IL from 1919 – 1930.
Illinois Archives Month 2019
October 2019 is Archives Month in Illinois and the focus is on health and wellness. Through the years a number of Viatorians were hospital chaplains who ministered to the sick and dying. Check back later this month to see who they are!
U.S. Provincials – From the founding in 1882 to today
Summer 2018 – Archives Meetings
Archon Day - June 29, 2018 Held at Denison University in Granville, OH, the Archon Users Collaborative met to discuss the future of using Archon, an open-source archival content management system developed at the University of IL. The Viatorian Community Archives has...
New book delves into the Viatorians and Dowling College
The Viatorian Community Archives recently received a copy of Steven M. Avella's new book The Church in Southwest Iowa: A History of the Diocese of Des Moines from the Most Reverend Richard E. Pates, Bishop of Des Moines. Author Fr. Steven Avella is a professor of...
Glass plate negatives reveal the past around the turn of the 20th century
The following images were scanned from glass plate negatives that were found in Burke Administration Building on the campus of Olivet University in Bourbonnais, the former St. Viator College. They were passed on to the Viatorian Community Archives earlier this year....
The Epiphany
We are now in the season of the Epiphany. The card that was donated was blown up to poster size and is now on display in the Province Center, as it shows the Wise Men following the star to Bethlehem. It won't be up for long as a new digital display will be installed...