Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1 unknown (8 volumes)
- Language:
- French .
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of a set of rules, written in cursive by a single hand for the conduct of a charity hospital, run by a community of nuns. The manuscript includes chapters entitled "De la Prudence, De l'application, De l'amour du Travail, Connoissance des verite Chretiennes and La Patience" among others. Each chapter includes suggestions for implementation and "practique." The final chapter contains "Le Directoire et Regle generalle pour la communeaute des soeurs officieres de l'hopital general maison de Sainte Louis," possibly the Hôpital Saint Louis in Paris, founded by Henry IV in 1607.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Location of this collection:
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Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library12-077 Center for Health Sciences, Box 951798Los Angeles, CA 90095-1798, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-6940