Box OSBCHI-D-SCHWARNO-1

The papers of Sister Arnoldine Schwarz, OSB consist of personal data, academic records, personal correspondence, needlework samples and patterns. There are samplers of a type of lacemaking called tatting and of Swedish embroidery on cotton huck towels.

This is a small collection of correspondence of Sister Arnoldine Schwarz, OSB. It begins with a note inscribed on a thin sheet of copper which Father Augustine Schwarz sent her from San Xavier del Bac mission in Tucson, Arizona and ends with several letters that Sister's family wrote to prioress Sister Ann Sharp, OSB after Sister Arnoldine's funeral in 1982.

This series contains a leatherwork book cover, several books of huck towel patterns by Mildred V. Krieg, and a pattern book for Bargello needlework by Ann Meyer.

Tatting is a technique for making lace that is sturdy for everyday use. This series contains eight cards of tatting samples by Sister Arnoldine Schwarz, OSB and an instruction book that she complied from other sources.