Guide to the Sister Rosemary Lynch Photograph Collection
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Guide to the Sister Rosemary Lynch Photograph Collection This finding aid was created by Jimmy Chang. This copy was published on February 11, 2020. Persistent URL for this finding aid: http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1k372 © 2020 The Regents of the University of Nevada. All rights reserved. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Box 457010 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-7010 [email protected] Guide to the Sister Rosemary Lynch Photograph Collection Table of Contents Summary Information ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Biographical Note ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Scope and Contents Note ................................................................................................................................ 4 Arrangement .................................................................................................................................................... 4 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................. 5 Related Materials ............................................................................................................................................. 5 Names and Subjects ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Collection Inventory ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Anti-Nevada Test Site activism .................................................................................................................... 6 International world peace and anti-nuclear testing activism ...................................................................... 22 - Page 2 - Guide to the Sister Rosemary Lynch Photograph Collection Summary Information Repository: University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Creator: Lynch, Rosemary, Sister, 1917-2011 Title: Sister Rosemary Lynch Photograph Collection ID: PH-00176 Date [inclusive]: approximately 1980 to 2002 Physical Description: 0.14 Cubic Feet (2 folders) Physical Description: 1.23 Linear Feet Physical Description: 550 Digital Files (0.130 GB) JPG Language of the English Material: Abstract: The Sister Rosemary Lynch Photograph Collection contains color photographs featuring or pertaining to Sister Rosemary Lynch participating in nuclear weapons protests at the Nevada Test Site and in international locations (approximately 1980-2002). Preferred Citation Sister Rosemary Lynch Photograph Collection, approximately 1980-2002. PH-00176. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. ^ Return to Table of Contents Biographical Note Sister Rosemary Lynch was a Catholic nun, teacher, and social activist who advocated for world peace, disarmament, and an end to the testing and use of nuclear weapons. Born March 18, 1917 in Phoenix, Arizona, Sister Rosemary Lynch attended St. Mary's parish schools as a child. She later became a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity community in 1932, and took her vows as a Franciscan Sister in 1934. After working as a Catholic school teacher in Los Angeles, California and principal in Montana for a combined twenty-six years, she was elected to the administration of the Franciscan Sisters, spending fifteen years in Rome, Italy as a representative for her congregation. While there, she was active during the Second Vatican Council and met many communities impacted by war and poverty internationally, including congregations in Indonesia, Mexico, and throughout Africa. - Page 3- Guide to the Sister Rosemary Lynch Photograph Collection In 1977, she returned to the United States and joined the Franciscan Center in Las Vegas, Nevada with her friend, Sister Klaryta Antoszewska. She took part in many events promoting peace and justice and co- founded the Pace e Bene (Italian for "peace and good") Nonviolence Service. Sister Rosemary Lynch also co-founded the Lenten Desert Experience, later known as the Nevada Desert Experience (NDE), to protest nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site. The first Lenten Desert Experience protest was held to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the previous Nevada Test Site protest in 1957, as well as a remembrance of the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. Sister Rosemary Lynch remained an active protester until her death on January 9, 2011. Sources: Valley, Jackie. "Sister Rosemary Lynch, 93, founder of group against violence, dies after car hits her." Las Vegas Sun. January 11, 2011. Accessed November 14, 2019. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2011/jan/11/ sister-rosemary-lynch-93-founder-group-against-vio/ "Sister Rosemary Lynch OSF." Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2011. Accessed November 14, 2019. https:// obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=rosemary-lynch&pid=147815188 Ryan, Zoe. "Sr. Rosemary Lynch, teacher of nonviolence, dies." National Catholic Reporter. January 14, 2011. Accessed November 14, 2019. https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/sr-rosemary-lynch- teachernonviolence-dies "History." Nevada Desert Experience. 2011. Accessed November 14, 2019. http:// nevadadesertexperience.org/history/history.htm ^ Return to Table of Contents Scope and Contents Note The Sister Rosemary Lynch Photograph Collection contains color digital images and photographic prints featuring or pertaining to Sister Rosemary Lynch participating in nuclear weapons protests at the Nevada Test Site (approximately 1980-2002). Also included are her international travels to peace activist events and conferences. International locations include Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, England, Denmark, and Jerusalem. In these photographs, she is pictured with friends, associates of her Pace e Bane organization, other activists, and religious leaders and members partaking in protests and meetings advocating world peace, disarmament, and an end to the testing and use of nuclear weapons. ^ Return to Table of Contents Arrangement These materials are organized into two series: - Page 4- Guide to the Sister Rosemary Lynch Photograph Collection Series I. Anti-Nevada Test Site activism, approximately 1980-2002; Series II. International anti-nuclear testing and world peace activism, approximately 1980-2000. ^ Return to Table of Contents Administrative Information Access Note Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish. Acquisition Note Materials were donated periodically to University Libraries Special Collections and Archives; accession number 2001-67. Processing Note Materials were inventoried UNLV Special Collections staff in 2012. In 2019, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Jimmy Chang wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace. ^ Return to Table of Contents Related Materials Related Collections The following resources may provide additional information related to the materials in this collection: Nevada Desert Experience Records, 1951-2009. MS-00524. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. Sister Klaryta Antoszewska Photograph Collection, 1977-1991. PH-00352. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. The Wolf of Pace e Bene Newsletters, 1991-2004. MS-00562. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. - Page 5- Guide to the Sister Rosemary Lynch Photograph Collection ^ Return to Table of Contents Names and Subjects • Nuclear weapons -- Testing • Peace movements -- Nevada • Nevada Test Site (Nev.) • Political activists • Photographs • Nevada Desert Experience (Organization) Collection Inventory Anti-Nevada Test Site activism, approximately 1980 to 2002 Physical Description: 549 Digital Files (0.13 GB) JPG Scope and Contents Note: The photographs of anti-Nevada Test Site activism series contains photographs featuring or pertaining to Sister Rosemary Lynch participating in Nevada anti-nuclear testing protests (approximately 1980 to 2002). Locations include the road along U.S. Route 95 toward the Nevada Test Site, the Lenten Desert Experience at the Nevada Test Site, and in front of the Las Vegas Federal Building in Las Vegas, Nevada. Arrangement: Materials remain in original order. Processing Note: Karla Irwin processed the digital files in 2019. Title/Description Containers A meeting of Nevada Test Site protesters eating at a table: digital photograph, digital approximately 1980 to 2000 (0176_0001) file 00 A meeting of Nevada Test Site protesters with two unidentified people: digital digital photograph, approximately 1980 to 2000 (0176_0002) file 00 A meeting of Nevada Test Site protesters with two unidentified people: digital digital photograph, approximately 1980 to 2000 (0176_0003) file 00 A meeting of Nevada Test Site protesters with an