Women and Leadership Archives Loyola University Chicago Suellen Hoy, Ph.D., Papers 1810-2006, n.d. Creator: Hoy, Suellen (1942 - ) Extent: 24 l. ft. Location: Processor: Ashley Eckhardt, April 3, 2008 Administration Information Access Restrictions: Personal correspondence is restricted by Suellen Hoy until 2030. Usage Restrictions: Copyright to the photographs obtained from the Chicago Sun-Times, Archdiocese of Chicago, and Library of Congress is retained by the original owner. For other photographs procured by Dr. Hoy, the copyright is granted to the WLA. Copyright for most of the other materials in this collection resides elsewhere. See the archivist for further information. Preferred Citation: Loyola University Chicago. Women & Leadership Archives. Suellen Hoy, Ph.D., Papers. Box #, Folder #. Provenance: Donated by Suellen Hoy on July 21, 2003 (WLA2003.28), April 27, 2004 (WLA2004.22), May 25, 2005, September 15, 2006 (WLA2006.51), and August 21, 2007 (WLA2007.26). Separations: Approximately 0.5 linear feet of duplicates were removed. A collection of books related to women religious was separated and became part of the WLA monograph collection. See Also: Suellen Hoy Papers, Indiana University Archives Biographical History Suellen Hoy was born in Chicago, Illinois, on August 14, 1942. She earned her B.A. from St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, in 1965. She then attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where she earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in 1971 and 1975 respectively. Dr. Hoy served in a number of capacities within the history profession, beginning her career as a history teacher at Marian Central High School in Woodstock, Illinois, and Highland Senior High School in Highland, Indiana, where she taught until 1968. In 1974, she taught as an assistant professor in the history department at the State University of New York until she was appointed director of the Public Works Historical Society in Chicago in 1975. Through her employment with the Public Works Historical Society, Dr. Hoy published two books with Michael C. Robinson entitled History of Public Works in the United States, 1776-1976, and Public Works History in the United States: A Guide to the Literature. In 1981, Dr. Hoy took a position as deputy director of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she remained until 1987. In 1987, Dr. Hoy earned a position as a visiting associate professor in the history department at the University of Notre Dame. In 1991, her husband Walter Nugent, also a history professor at the University of Notre Dame, served as a guest professor at University College Dublin in Ireland. Dr. Hoy accompanied her husband to Ireland and also served as a visiting professor at University College as she conducted research on Irish women religious. She used this research for the publication of her book From Dublin to New Orleans: The Journey of Nora and Alice, which she wrote with Irish historian Margaret MacCurtain, as well as the articles “The Journey Out: The Recruitment and Emigration of Irish Religious Women to the United States, 1912-1914,” published Hoy, pg. 1 Women and Leadership Archives Loyola University Chicago in the Journal of Women’s History in 1995 and “Walking Nuns: Chicago’s Irish Sisters of Mercy,” published in At the Crossroads: Old St. Patrick’s and the Chicago Irish in 1997. When she returned to the United States in 1992, Dr. Hoy continued to research women religious orders, particularly those who resided in Chicago. Dr. Hoy published several articles on Chicago women religious orders in such publications as the Journal of Women’s History, Journal of Urban History, Journal of Illinois History, Chicago History, and U.S. Catholic Historian. In 2006, she published a collection of these essays as Good Hearts: Catholic Sisters in Chicago’s Past, which earned the Illinois State Historical Society’s Certificate of Excellence in 2007. In addition to her works on Catholic nuns, Dr. Hoy also published a book entitled Chasing Dirt: The American Pursuit of Cleanliness in 1995 and wrote numerous articles on issues such as public health, public works, and the history profession. Dr. Hoy has received numerous grants and fellowships to support her research and has also been recognized by the Conference of the History of Women Religious, earning their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. Dr. Hoy currently teaches at the University of Notre Dame as a guest professor and independent scholar. Scope and Content The Suellen Hoy, Ph.D., Papers consist of research files pertaining to Dr. Hoy’s publications on women religious orders. Most of the materials in this collection are copies of original documents located at other archival repositories and as a result the copyright for the materials resides with the original repository. Generally, the repository has marked the documents obtained from their archives by Dr. Hoy. Dr. Hoy’s research includes files on individual religious orders, Catholic schools and churches in Chicago, charitable organizations, immigration of Irish nuns, and social activism. Most of the materials are copies of newspaper articles and records held in other archives, but the collection also includes a selection of photographs, audio tapes, compact discs, slides, and videocassettes. The materials are divided by subject and arranged alphabetically within series. Series 1: Publications, 1994-2004, Box 1 This series contains Dr. Hoy’s published books and articles, most of which discuss women religious orders in Chicago. Her works also cover topics related to women religious orders in Ireland and their immigration to the United States. Dr. Hoy’s book on cleanliness is also included in this series. Series 2: Irish Immigration, 1810-2003, n.d., Boxes 2-6 This series consists of research files regarding the immigration of Irish nuns to the United States. Materials include diaries, biographical files, newspaper articles, academic articles and theses, and organizational records from the various religious orders researched. Subseries 2A: From Dublin to New Orleans, 1835-1996, n.d., Box 2 This subseries contains research files used to write From Dublin to New Orleans: The Journey of Nora and Alice, a book that chronicles the journey of two Dominican sisters, Nora Prendiville and Alice Nolan, from their home in Ireland to their mission in the United States in 1899. Dr. Hoy based her research for this work on the diaries kept by both Nora and Alice during their journey and the collection includes copies of the diaries and research files regarding geographic locations, transatlantic voyages in the 19th century, and other nuns who immigrated to the United States in the 19th century. Hoy, pg. 2 Women and Leadership Archives Loyola University Chicago Subseries 2B: “The Journey Out,” 1810-2003, n.d., Boxes 2-6 This subseries consists of research files regarding Dr. Hoy’s article “The Journey Out: The Recruitment and Emigration of Irish Religious Women to the United States, 1812-1914” published in the Journal of Women’s History in 1995. Documents include correspondence, newspaper articles, academic articles, and organizational records pertaining to Irish women religious orders, immigration, and missions in the United States in the 19th century. Religious orders particularly represented include the Dominicans, Holy Faith Sisters, Sisters of Charity, Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of St. Joseph, Sisters of the Holy Cross, Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, Sisters of the Presentation, and Ursulines. Series 3: Schools, 1837-2004, n.d., Boxes 6-17 This series contains research files regarding Chicago Catholic schools operated by women religious orders. Dr. Hoy particularly examines how these schools addressed the problems of racial discrimination and poverty within Chicago in the 19th and 20th centuries. Materials include correspondence, newspaper articles, administrative records, biographical records, and academic articles. Subseries 3A: Illinois Technical School for Colored Girls, 1883-2001, n.d., Boxes 6-8 This subseries contains records used to write “Illinois Technical School for Colored Girls: A Catholic Institution on Chicago’s South Side, 1911-1953,” published in the Journal of Illinois History in 2001. The Religious of the Good Shepherd operated the Illinois Technical School for Colored Girls as an institution devoted to the education of orphan and impoverished African American girls. Materials include administrative records from the Illinois Technical School and the Chicago Industrial School, biographical records, newspaper articles, academic articles, and government reports. Subseries 3B: Loretto Academy, 1893-2004, n.d., Boxes 8-12 This subseries consists of research files used to write “No Color Line at Loretto Academy: Catholic Sisters and African Americans on Chicago’s East Side” published in the Journal of Women’s History in 2002. Loretto Academy was operated by the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as the Sisters of Loretto, for the education of African American girls in Chicago. Research on Catholic schools in Chicago and the rest of the United States are included as well as files on racial issues in Chicago and its school system. Materials include administrative records for Loretto Academy and Mercy High School, biographical records, newspaper articles, and academic articles. Subseries 3C: Magdalen Institutions, 1837-2003, n.d., Boxes 12-15 This subseries consists of research files used to write “Caring for Chicago’s Women and Girls: The Sisters of the Good Shepherd, 1859-1911” published in the Journal of Urban History in 1997. The Religious of the Good Shepherd operated the House of the Good Shepherd in Chicago as a preparatory school for orphan girls. Materials include administrative records for the House of the Good Shepherd, biographical records, newspaper articles, academic articles, and U.S. census data. Subseries 3D: Our Lady of the Angels Fire, 1892-2004, n.d., Boxes 16-17 This subseries consists of research files regarding the tragic fire at the Our Lady of the Angels School in 1958.