Ursuline Convent, Charlestown, Massachusetts Collection

The Ursuline Convent, Charlestown, Massachusetts Collection is a collection of papers documenting the history of the Québécois Ursuline nuns in the Boston area and the burning of the Ursuline convent on Mount Benedict during riots in 1834. [cite paper
author = Arthur T Connelly
title = An inventory of the Ursuline Convent, Charlestown, MA Papers at The American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives
version =
publisher = The American Catholic History and Research Center and University Archives
date = 2007-09-22
url = http://libraries.cua.edu/achrcua/ursuline.html
format = HTML
accessdate = 2007-08-28]

The collection spans the period 1833 - 1903 and includes correspondence and contemporary newspaper clippings about the burning of the convent and it's attached boarding school, as well as an eyewitness account, a photograph of an engraving of the convent in 1832, and a sketch showing the ruins after the fire. The collection also provides an illustration of resentment towards, and prejudice against, Catholics in 1800s New England. [cite web
title = The Burning of the Charlestown Convent
publisher = Somerville Public Library
date = 2007-05-27
url = http://www.somervillepubliclibrary.org/localhistory/convent.html
format = HTML
accessdate = 2007-08-28 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.aladin.wrlc.org/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?c=ursuline&a=d&cl=CL1 The Ursuline Convent Collection]
* [http://libraries.cua.edu/achrcua/ursuline.html Inventory of the Collection] with high-resolution scans and some background information