Guide to the Alumnae of the Sacred Heart of San Diego records
Finding aid prepared by Ashley Toutain
University of San Diego, Archives and Special Collections
Copley Library
5998 Alcalá Park
San Diego, CA 92110
Telephone: 619-260-2730
Email: spcoll@sandiego.edu
© 2016
Overview of the Collection
Title:
Alumnae of the Sacred Heart of San Diego records
Date (inclusive): 1912-1999
Collection number: USDSC_2008_002
Creator: Alumnae of the Sacred Heart of San Diego
Extent:
2 boxes (2 linear feet)
Repository:
University of San Diego, Archives and Special Collections
Copley Library
5998 Alcalá Park
San Diego, CA 92110
Abstract:
These records document the actions of the Alumnae of the Sacred Heart of San Diego. Included are conference planning materials,
membership information, event fliers, newsletters, and records documenting the relationship between the Religious of the Sacred
Heart and the University of San Diego. In addition to records specific to the San Diego chapter, are records of the Associated
Alumnae/i of the Sacred Heart, the World Association of the Sacred Heart Alumnae (AMASC), and various regional chapters.
Languages:
English
Historical Note
The Alumnae of the Sacred Heart of San Diego is the San Diego chapter of the Associated Alumnae/i of the Sacred Heart (AASH).
The AASH is an organization comprised of all alumni of schools conducted by the Religious of the Sacred Heart. The AASH aim
is to “foster a spirit of unity and ongoing communication among alumnae/i.” The National chapter of the AASH was organized
in 1930 by Sarah Chambers Polk, and alumna of Maryville College. The inaugural meeting was held in Saint Louis in 1933. As
of 2016, the AASH is comprised of more than 40,000 women and men educated in Sacred Heart Schools. The San Diego chapter began
as a way to connect alumni of the San Diego College for Women. It later expanded to include all alumni of Religious of the
Sacred Heart schools living in San Diego.
The Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) are members of the Society of the Sacred Heart, an international congregation of
Catholic women. Their mission centers on service and education, and thus they support Sacred Heart Schools throughout the
world. The RSCJ first arrived on the west coast with a chapter in San Francisco. Among its prominent members was Mother Rosalie
Clifton Hill, RSCJ who helped found the San Diego College for Women as one of the Sacred Heart schools.
Scope and Content Note
These records document the actions of the Alumnae of the Sacred Heart of San Diego and the Associated Alumnae of the Sacred
Heart. Included are planning materials and announcements for the AASH biennial conference held throughout the United States;
administrative records for the San Diego chapter including constitution and by-law revisions, budget materials, membership
data, and board meeting information; event planning materials; newspaper clippings largely covering events held at the San
Diego College for Women; and newsletter publications related to the AASH. Among these materials are records documenting the
close relationship between the University of San Diego and the Society of the Sacred Heart including the society's advisory
involvement in the 1974 capital campaign for USD and documents about Mother Rosalie Clifton Hill, RSCJ. Also included are
records of various AMASC (World Association of the Sacred Heart Alumnae) International Council Meetings. These meetings were
held around the world including in Costa Rica, Japan and Italy. Records indicate that Sacred Heart Alumnae and University
of San Diego staff members Virginia McMonagle and Sara Finn attended one or more of these meetings.
Arrangement
Access Information
This collection is open for research.
Preferred citation
[Folder Title], Box # Folder #, Alumnae of the Sacred Heart of San Diego records, Copley Library, University of San Diego,
Archives and Special Collections.
Processing Information
Initial processing of this collection was conducted by Tessie Camina in 2008. Additional records (Series VI and one publication)
were found and added to the collection in 2017.
Related Material
Related material can be found at the Society of the Sacred Heart Archives.
Index Terms
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hill, Rosalie Clifton, Mother, 1878-1964
Polk, Sarah Chambers
Curran, Dolores L.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Connolly, Maureen, 1934-1969
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Alumnae of the Sacred Heart of San Diego
Associated Alumnae of the Sacred Heart
Society of the Sacred Heart
University of San Diego
San Diego College for Women
World Sacre Coeur Alumnae Association
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Diego (Calif.)
Littleton (Colo.)
El Cajon (Calif.)
Series I:
Associated Alumnae of the Sacred Heart,
1933-1999
Scope and Content Note
Records in this series document the Associated Alumnae of the Sacred Heart (AASH). The bulk of these materials are related
to the biennial conference. Conference materials largely include invitations, announcements, agendas, conference programs,
membership lists, and newsletters, though this breadth of information is not included in each conference folder. Each conference
was held in a different city throughout the United States, with the conference held in San Diego in 1981. Among these conference
materials is an address given at the first AASH meeting held in Saint Louis in May 1933.
This series also includes information about local and regional chapters throughout the United States, as well as two publications
from the World Alumnae Association of the Sacred Heart. Local chapter information includes newsletters, membership lists,
invitations, and a summary of activities conducted throughout the year. Some budgetary data and correspondence is also included.
Arrangement
Records in this series are arranged in alphabetical order.
Box/Folder: 1 / 1
AASH - Academy of The Sacred Heart, Alumnae Directory,
1969
Box/Folder: 1 / 2
AASH - Arizona Alumnae of The Sacred Heart Scholarship,
1989
Box/Folder: 1 / 3
AASH - Arizona Chapter - Correspondence,
1972
Box/Folder: 1 / 4
AASH - Authors' Corner,
1991
Box/Folder: 1 / 5
AASH - Board - Presidents,
1935-1981
Box/Folder: 1 / 6
AASH - Campbell's Label Drive,
1991
Box/Folder: 1 / 7
AASH - Chapter Members,
[undated]
Box/Folder: 1 / 8
AASH - Chapter Questionnaire,
1970 June
Box/Folder: 1 / 9
AASH - Conference - SDCW [San Diego College for Women],
1961
Box/Folder: 1 / 10
AASH - Conference - Washington, D.C,
1963
Box/Folder: 1 / 11
AASH - Conference - Chicago, Il,
1965 May-October
Scope and Content Note
[Documentation of interim activities.]
Box/Folder: 1 / 12
AASH - Conference - New Orleans,
1969
Scope and Content Note
[Text of the Keynote address by Louise Desaulniers.]
Box/Folder: 1 / 13
AASH - Conference - Detroit,
1971
Box/Folder: 1 / 14
AASH - Conference - Boston,
1975
Box/Folder: 1 / 15
AASH - Conference - St. Louis,
1979
Box/Folder: 1 / 16
AASH - Conference Meeting, Agenda,
1980
Box/Folder: 1 / 17-18
AASH - Conference - San Diego,
1981
Box/Folder: 1 / 19
AASH - Conference - Boston,
1983
Box/Folder: 1 / 20
AASH - Conference - Seattle,
1985
Box/Folder: 1 / 22
AASH - Conference - Nebraska,
1991
Box/Folder: 1 / 23
AASH - Conference - New York,
1991
Box/Folder: 1 / 24
AASH - Conference, Biennial - Arizona,
1993
Box/Folder: 1 / 25
AASH - Conference - Regional,
1981
Box/Folder: 1 / 26
AASH - Conference - Regional, Western - Registration List - Arizona,
1986
Box/Folder: 1 / 27
AASH - Conference - Regional, Western - Colorado,
1988
Box/Folder: 1 / 28
AASH - Conference - Regional, Western - San Francisco,
1992
Box/Folder: 1 / 29
AASH - Conference - Meeting,
1979
Box/Folder: 1 / 30
AASH - Constitution,
1983
Box/Folder: 1 / 31
AASH - Correspondence,
1969-1981
Box/Folder: 1 / 33
AASH - Family Tree,
[1979]
Box/Folder: 1 / 34
AASH - Federation,
May 1933
Scope and Content Note
[Address given at the first Associated Alumnae of the Sacred Heart meeting.]
Box/Folder: 1 / 35
AASH - "Foreshadowing and Beginnings",
1994
Box/Folder: 1 / 36
AASH - Getty, Jacqueline Manewal,
1979
Box/Folder: 1 / 37
AASH - Los Angeles Chapter,
1972-1973
Box/Folder: 1 / 38
AASH - Los Angeles and Orange Counties - Officers,
1969-1970
Box/Folder: 1 / 39
AASH - Meeting - Executive Committee,
1968
Box/Folder: 1 / 40
AASH - Meeting, Provincial - San Diego,
1971
Box/Folder: 1 / 41
AASH - Meeting, Provincial - Santa Barbara,
1978
Box/Folder: 1 / 42
AASH - Meeting, Regional - San Francisco,
1978
Box/Folder: 1 / 43
AASH - Meeting - Western Province - Arizona,
1976
Box/Folder: 1 / 44
AASH - Members - List,
1980
Box/Folder: 1 / 45
AASH - Newsletter - Correspondence,
1979
Box/Folder: 1 / 46
AASH - Orange County - Invitations,
1984-1986
Box/Folder: 1 / 47
AASH - Presidents and/or Vicars/Provincials,
1933-1981
Box/Folder: 1 / 48
AASH - Report - Treasurer's,
1981-1991
Box/Folder: 1 / 49
AASH - Representatives - Western Region,
[1985]
Box/Folder: 1 / 50
AASH - Reunion National De Antiguas Alumnae,
1993
Box/Folder: 1 / 52
AASH - Society of the Sacred Heart - National Archives - Correspondences,
1992
Box/Folder: 1 / 53
AASH - Supply Order,
[undated]
Box/Folder: 1 / 54
AASH - Transcripts of San Diego Conference,
[undated]
Box/Folder: 1 / 55
AASH - Various Chapters,
1962-1999
Scope and Content Note
[Includes publications and newsletters from the World Association of Alumnae of the Sacred Heart and from various chapters
including Clifton, Maryville, Manhattanville, Oakwood, San Francisco, and St. Joseph.]
Box/Folder: 1 / 56
AASH Western Region - Members List,
circa 1990
Series II:
Administrative Records,
1912-1995
Scope and Content Note
This series comprises the administrative records of the San Diego chapter of the Alumnae of the Sacred Heart. Among these
records are budget materials, various editions of the Constitution and By-Laws, events held by the chapter, membership lists,
and correspondence. Also included are materials documenting the relationship between the San Diego chapter and the San Diego
College for Women and University of San Diego. These include the meeting materials of the Advisory Committee, organized to
assist the University of San Diego in its Capital Campaign. Also included are materials about Mother Rosalie Clifton Hill,
RSCJ, who was integral to the founding of the San Diego College for Women and its support from the Society of the Sacred Heart.
Arrangement
Records in this series are arranged in alphabetical order.
Box/Folder: 1 / 57
Activities Report,
1984-1985
Box/Folder: 1 / 58
Activities Report,
1979 September 17-21
Box/Folder: 1 / 59
Advisory Committee - Meeting,
1979
Scope and Content Note
[Includes meeting materials from the Advisory Committee that was organized to support the University of San Diego in its Capital
Campaign.]
Box/Folder: 1 / 60
Alumni Mass,
1980-1986,
1992-1993
Box/Folder: 1 / 61
Annual Giving Program,
1973-1974
Box/Folder: 1 / 62
Annual Spring Meetings/Dinner,
1979-1986
Box/Folder: 1 / 63
Ballot - Forms,
[undated]
Box/Folder: 1 / 64
Board - Meetings - Agenda,
1979-1984
Box/Folder: 1 / 65
Board - Meetings - Minutes,
1978-1984
Box/Folder: 1 / 66
Board - Meetings - Minutes,
1986-1993
Box/Folder: 1 / 67
Board - Meetings - Agenda,
1990-1993
Box/Folder: 1 / 68
Board - Officers and Directors,
1954-1955,
1959-1960,
1974-1975
Box/Folder: 1 / 69
Board - Officers and Directors,
1986-1987
Box/Folder: 1 / 70
Board - Presidents,
1969-1981
Box/Folder: 1 / 72
Budget, Receipts, etc.,
1978-1980
Box/Folder: 1 / 75
Ceremonial Des Religious Du Sacre - Coeur De Jesus,
[undated]
Box/Folder: 1 / 76
Ceremoniale De Suscoptione Habitus De Primis Votis De Professione,
[undated]
Box/Folder: 1 / 77
Class Reunions,
1981-1985
Box/Folder: 1 / 78
Concert - Senior Recital - Sr. Florence Tumukunde,
1993
Box/Folder: 1 / 79
Constitution and By Laws,
1965-1979
Box/Folder: 1 / 80
Contributions To USD,
1979-1980
Box/Folder: 1 / 81
Convent of The Sacred Heart - El Cajon - Event - Sacred Heart Round-Up,
1979
Box/Folder: 1 / 82
Convent of The Sacred Heart - El Cajon - Event - 25 1/2 Year Reunion,
1990
Box/Folder: 1 / 83
Convent of The Sacred Heart - El Cajon - Event - Summer Conje,
1992
Box/Folder: 1 / 84
Convent of The Sacred Heart - El Cajon - Event - Reunion - Class of 1963,
1993
Box/Folder: 1 / 85
Correspondences - Memo,
1973,
1978-1991
Box/Folder: 1 / 86
Diocesan Teachers Institute - Program,
1954
Box/Folder: 1 / 88
Emergency Education Loan Fund,
1973,
1979
Box/Folder: 1 / 89
Farewell Mass - Mother Rossi,
[undated]
Box/Folder: 1 / 90
Finance - Reports,
1977-1986
Box/Folder: 1 / 92
History - Notes,
[May 1972]
Box/Folder: 1 / 93
Initial Sisters' Senate Planning,
[undated]
Scope and Content Note
[Includes photograph of woman. Dolores L. Curran, Littleton, Colorado is stamped on the back of the photograph.]
Box/Folder: 1 / 95
Invitation - Brook Hollow Golf Club,
1984
Box/Folder: 1 / 96
Invoice and Funds - Memoranda,
1982-1985
Box/Folder: 1 / 97
Invoice, Cash Receipt,
1987-1993
Box/Folder: 1 / 98
Lists - Children of Sacred Heart Alumnae At USD,
1984-1986
Box/Folder: 1 / 100
Meetings - Advisory Committee,
1980
Box/Folder: 1 / 101-102
Mother Rosalie Hill,
[1912-1964]
Scope and Content Note
[Includes photographs of Mother Rosalie Hill and Vice President Richard Nixon when Nixon visited San Diego in 1959. Includes
a 1963 photograph of Hill's great-great-grand nieces and nephews. Also includes the
Georgetown Journal
of May 1912, the
Dominicana
of 1916, a notice of Hill's passing, and funeral materials.]
Box/Folder: 1 / 103
Mother Hill Award,
1991-1992
Box/Folder: 1 / 104
Nominations and Elections,
[undated]
Box/Folder: 1 / 105
Parents' Fund - Flyer,
[undated]
Box/Folder: 1 / 106
Private Scholarship Funds - Procedures For Processing,
1979
Box/Folder: 1 / 107
RSCJ - Celebration of Thanksgiving and RSCJ's 25 Year On Campus,
1974
Box/Folder: 1 / 108
RSCJ - Correspondence,
1968-1972
Box/Folder: 1 / 109
RSCJ - Correspondence - Merger,
1972
Scope and Content Note
[Includes discussions regarding the merger between the San Diego College for Women and the College for Men.]
Box/Folder: 2 / 1
RSCJ - Merger Studies, Concerns, Recommendations,
1968-1970
Scope and Content Note
[Includes discussions regarding the proposed merger between the San Diego College for Women and the College for Men.]
Box/Folder: 2 / 2
RSCJ - Permission Request For Merger,
1972
Scope and Content Note
[Includes discussions regarding the proposed merger between the San Diego College for Women and the College for Men.]
Box/Folder: 2 / 3
RSCJ - Provincial Council - Meeting,
1970
Box/Folder: 2 / 4
RSCJ - Rev. Mother Frances Danz - Memorial Mass,
1994
Box/Folder: 2 / 5
RSCJ - St. Philippine Duchesne and Mother Rosalie Hill,
1988
Box/Folder: 2 / 6
RSCJ - Sr. Agnes Murphy,
1995
Box/Folder: 2 / 7
Religious of The Sacred Heart - Rev. Mother Hughes, 1871-1942; Mother Hardey, Etc.,
1963,
1970,
[undated]
Scope and Content Note
[Includes publications about Mother Hughes and Mother Hardey as well as constitutions, by-laws and notes.]
Box/Folder: 2 / 8
Report - Nominating Committee,
1965-1969
Box/Folder: 2 / 9
Report - Nominating Committee,
1970
Box/Folder: 2 / 10
SDCW - Special Events,
1978-1980
Box/Folder: 2 / 11
Sacred Heart Hall - Naming,
1987
Series III:
Events,
1954-1994
Scope and Content Note
Materials in this series include fliers and event planning information various San Diego Society of the Sacred Heart events.
Box/Folder: 2 / 14
Event - Day of Memories - Sr. Danz,
1979
Box/Folder: 2 / 15
Event - Feast of St. Madeleine Sophie Barat,
1974 May 25
Box/Folder: 2 / 16
Event - Holiday Boutique,
1980
Box/Folder: 2 / 18
Event - Marian Congress,
1954
Scope and Content Note
[The 1954 Marian Congress held at the San Diego College for Women brought 20,000 people to celebrate the first Marian Year.
The Congress included a week of sermons and lectures. Materials in this folder include invitations, speeches, and newspaper
articles covering the event.]
Box/Folder: 2 / 19
Event - Presentation of Papal Honors,
1971
Box/Folder: 2 / 20
Event - Preview Boutique De Noel,
1971
Box/Folder: 2 / 21
Event - Silver Anniversary Celebration of The Immaculata,
1984
Box/Folder: 2 / 22
Event - Sister Danz Day,
1979
Box/Folder: 2 / 23
Event - Various,
1980-1981
Box/Folder: 2 / 25
Event - Various,
1983,
1994
Box/Folder: 2 / 28
Event - Various,
1986
1992
Box/Folder: 2 / 29
Event - Various,
[undated]
Series IV:
News,
1953-1983
Scope and Content Note
This series largely includes newspaper clippings from
The Evening Tribune,
The San Diego Union,
and
The Southern Cross
documenting events and individuals on the University of San Diego campus. Among these are articles about 1950s tennis
star Maureen Connolly who attended the San Diego College for Women. Also included are a few articles by or about Sacred Heart
alumni.
Box/Folder: 2 / 30
News Clippings,
1953-1959
Box/Folder: 2 / 31
News Clippings,
1963,
1985,
[undated]
Box/Folder: 2 / 32
AASH - News Clippings,
1978,
1980,
1982
Box/Folder: 2 / 33
Virgin Mary - News Clippings,
1954
Series V:
Publications,
1959-1993
Scope and Content Note
Materials include newsletters published by the Associated Alumnae of the Sacred Heart, the World Alumnae Association, and
the Religious of the Sacred Heart. Newsletters include information about local and regional chapters as well as a look at
national events.
Box/Folder: 2 / 36
AASH
Citizens Circular
,
1959-1964
Box/Folder: 2 / 38
AASH Western Region
,
1991-1993
Box/Folder: 2 / 39
AMASC
Bulletin
,
1978 December
Box/Folder: 2 / 40
Academy of the Sacred Heart
The Bridge
,
1961-1964
Box/Folder: 2 / 41
Academy of the Sacred Heart
Network News
,
1986 May
Box/Folder: 2 / 42
RSCJ Newsletter
,
1984 June
Box/Folder: 2 / 43
Miscellaneous,
1962
Scope and Content Note
[Letter regarding attendance at AASH conference as well as an article from the
Reign of the Sacred Heart.
]
Series VI:
World Association of the Sacred Heart Alumnae,
1982-1994
Scope and Content Note
Includes informational brochures and programs for the 1982, 1986, 1990, and 1994 World Association of the Sacred Heart Alumnae
(AMASC - Association Mondiale des Anciennes du Sacre Coeur) International Council Meetings.
Box/Folder: 2 / 44
AMASC International Council Meeting San Francisco,
1982
Box/Folder: 2 / 45
AMASC International Council Meeting San Francisco Binder,
1982
Box/Folder: 2 / 46
AMASC International Council Meeting Tokyo, Japan,
1984-1987
Box/Folder: 2 / 47
AMASC International Council Meeting Tokyo, Japan,
1986
Box/Folder: 2 / 48
AMASC International Council Meeting San Jose, Costa Rica,
1990
Box/Folder: 2 / 49
AMASC International Council Meeting San Jose, Costa Rica,
1990
Box/Folder: 2 / 50-51
AMASC International Council Meeting Genoa, Italy,
1994