Writings by Mother Nepomucene Ludwig, OSB, 1852-1989

This collection consists of 1 hanging file folder with personal and biographical data and 1 box of personal papers arranged into two series, Writings by and Writings about. In Box 1 is an English translation of the statutes for the novitiate that Mother Nepomucene established for the young communities in her charge. These statutues come from her notebook which was at St. Joseph Monastery in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, and now may be in either St. Benedictine Monastery in St. Joseph, Minnesota or in Mount Saint Scholastica Monastery in Atchison, Kansas. There are also 6 English copies of her memoir recounting the beginnings of the Benedictine Sisters in the United States. Writings about include articles from in house publications in Chicago and St. Marys, as well as a 2011 article from the American Benedictine Review by Marianne Burkhardt, OSB of St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island, Illinois.