The School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) North American Archives staff was awarded with the 2022 Governor’s Award for Archival Achievement from the Wisconsin Historical Society during an award presentation on October 4.
Read about the award at wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS16797.
The SSND North American Archives is the repository of historical documents for the congregation in North America. Located at Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the archives include more than 2,000 linear feet of records that date back to the establishment of the School Sisters of Notre Dame in North America.
The collection includes records from eight former province archives (Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Baltimore, Maryland; St. Louis, Missouri; Mankato, Minnesota; Canada; Wilton, Connecticut; Chicago, Illinois; and Dallas, Texas) and records documenting the congregation in North America as a whole. The collection also contains records of SSND life and ministry in Japan, Guam, England and Puerto Rico, as well as in mission extensions in Africa and Latin America, all of which have connections with the North American provinces.
Learn more about the SSND North American Archives at https://ssnd.org/archives/.
- Sister Mary Ann Kuttner, who was instrumental in the group that created the NAA, Michele Levandoski, Director of NAA, and Abbie Norderhaug, State Archivist and Interim Head of Acquisitions for the Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections.
- Sister Mary Ann Kuttner, Michele Levandoski and Abbie Norderhaug unwrap the award plaque.
- Abbie Norderhaug and Michele Levandoski with Sister Debra Sciano, Provincial Leader of the School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Pacific Province, and Dr. Isabelle Cherney, president of Mount Mary University.
- Sister Mary Ann Kuttner and Sister Vicki Chambers speak with Dr. Isabelle Cherney while Tim Cary, processing archivist at NAA, and Anne Carey, co-director of associates, look on.