Alumni Citation of Merit (University of Chicago), 1943 - 1943

This collection covers the life and works of the first president of the College of St. Catherine, Antonia McHugh, CSJ. In particular, it covers extensively her family, education at the University of Chicago, teaching career, and her work at St. Catherine.

Materials relating to her family and personal history include photographs, artifacts, scrapbooks, official documents (such as wills), correspondence with family members, family trees, news articles, and biographical articles and information compiled by third parties. They cover in part her early life and family history. More extensive is the information on her later life, after joining the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, her illness and death, and the honoring of the centennial of her birth.

Materials relating to her education include priamrily her class notebooks and journals, though also included are a few commencement programs. Notes on a variety of subjects, most notably history and teaching, can be found in this collection. Notebooks and subject journals also make up the bulk of her teaching materials. There are also some lesson plans and record books. Only a couple of items are from her teaching at St. Joseph’s Academy, with most of them being from St. Catherine.

Sister Antonia’s work as President of the College is documented in this collection primarily through correspondence with both religious and lay persons, speeches and publications, and documents relating to the honors and awards she received throughout her career. Most notably, included in the collection are transcripts of the radio talks she gave on WCCO and the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice citation.