ABC.STL Guide to the St. Leo Shop and St. Leo League Records ABC.STL Ade Bethune Papers Finding aid prepared by Amanda Eggers, MLIS Graduate Assistant Ade Bethune Collection
2004 Randolph Ave. St. Paul, MN, 55105 651-690-6599 bethune@stkate.edu
May 2007 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-04-03T16:09-0500 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Fall 2010 Finding aid revised by Deborah Kloiber St. Leo Shop and St. Leo League Records, Ade Bethune Papers ABC.STL Ade Bethune Collection 22.5 Linear feet (54 boxes) Bulk, 1957-1983 1938-1985 Includes business records, correspondence, publications, writing and art related to Ade Bethune’s religious goods business, the St. Leo Shop, and to the St. Leo League organization. Bethune, Ade, 1914-2002 Processing Information

The collection was processed during fall semester 2006, and the finding aid written by Amanda Eggers, MLIS graduate assistant, in Nov.-Dec. 2006 and May 2007.

 Acquisition

Ade Bethune donated her personal and business papers, sketches, artwork, books, and artifacts to the College of St Catherine (now St. Catherine University) over the period from 1984-2002.

 Preferred Citation

[Series], St. Leo Shop and St. Leo League Records. Ade Bethune Collection, St. Catherine University Library, St. Paul, MN 55105.

 Background

Ade Bethune was born in Brussels, Belgium on January 12, 1914. In 1928 her family immigrated to the United States, settling in New York. It was there that the young Bethune met Dorothy Day in 1934 and became involved with the Catholic Worker movement, a relationship that was to have a profound effect on her development as an artist. She produced a great deal of original art for the Catholic Worker, and many of her designs were reproduced as thank-you cards or Christmas cards for Catholic Worker readers. The demand for these cards led Bethune to set up an independent mail-order business, which led in turn to the formation of the St. Leo Shop as an outlet for distributing her work as well as other high-quality religious artwork and goods.

Bethune was heavily involved in the day to day operation of the shop, even as she simultaneously carried out many other substantial projects and artistic commissions throughout her life. The business was originally located in her house but eventually expanded in the 1950s to include a number of employees and the importation of goods from around the world; in 1964 it moved to its own location across the street from Bethune's home. At its height, the shop sold a wide variety of goods including: cards for religious occasions, icons, calendars, embroidery kits, metalwork, lace and holiday items. It also carried a variety of liturgical publications and became the main North American outlet for Maria Montessori’s books on education. Bethune published a yearly catalog that from 1957 onwards became the St. Leo Bulletin, a publication that included articles by her and other writers on sacred and liturgical arts.

Ade Bethune’s vision of artistic integrity and simplicity was the guiding principle of the St. Leo Shop. More than just a retail enterprise, the shop served as an outlet for her many ideas on Catholicism, iconography, and religious art and design. These ideas found further fruition in the formation of the St. Leo League in 1961. Originally conceived to celebrate the anniversary of the death of St. Leo, the group met once a month to discuss issues in liturgical art and to publish Sacred Signs, a quarterly publication on liturgical arts. The sporadic publication of Sacred Signs ceased in the early 1980s, about the same time that Bethune closed the St. Leo Shop and began to distribute her work through other outlets, including Terra Sancta Guild in Pennsylvania and Blue Cloud Abbey in South Dakota.

Ade Bethune died in Newport, RI, on May 1, 2002.

 Contents

The St. Leo Collection contains information about the St. Leo Shop (SLS) and the St. Leo League (SLL).

The St. Leo Shop Records include business and administrative records, customer and vendor correspondence, catalogs, publicity materials, production materials and copies of the St. Leo Catalog and St. Leo Bulletin, original art, materials on Montessori education and all other publications or items produced for or sold in the St. Leo Shop. Materials span the years between 1938 and 1985, and the bulk of the collection is from 1957- 1983.

The St. Leo League collection includes administrative records and information regarding meetings and memberships, correspondence, information related to the publications Sacred Signs and The Icon, and instructions for funerals. Materials span the years between 1961 and 1982/3.

 Organization

The collection is divided into two parts, St. Leo Shop and St. Leo League. The St. Leo Shop Records are grouped into 5 series, while the St. Leo League materials are in 3 series. Arrangement varies by series.

St. Leo Shop

Series 1: Art Series 2: Writing Series 3: Correspondence Vendors Customers Series 4: Business Accounts Employees Correspondence Series 5: Publications

St. Leo League

Series 6: Operations Series 7: Funerals Series 8: Sacred Signs St. Leo League. St. Leo Shop (Newport, R.I.). Christian art and symbolism Funeral rites and ceremonies Montessori method of education Sacred signs Saint Leo bulletin St. Leo catalog St. Leo Shop 43 boxes Bulk, 1957-1983 1938-1985 Series 1: Art 3 boxes Contents:

This series contains artwork, primarily cards, that were produced by Ade Bethune and sold in the St. Leo Shop. It also includes surrounding documentation regarding the production and sale of cards and other works.

 Arrangement:

These folders are ordered alphabetically.

 Card designs 1 Contains:

Memorial, death, anniversary, Easter, Christmas

 Cards -- Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation 1 Cards -- Baptism 1 Scope and Contents note

Includes background material

 Cards -- Christmas 1 3 folders Cards -- Easter 1 Cards -- Mass Intention 2 Cards -- Ordination and invitations 2 2 folders Cards -- Weddings 2 Cards -- Miscellaneous 2 Cards 2 Scope and Contents note

Original sketches

 Cards -- Saints 2 Cotton, Barton 2 Scope and Contents note

Examples of cards by Bethune and information about pricing

 Invitations -- Remembrance cards, etc. 3 2 folders Scope and Contents note

Examples, background, pricing

 Marriage invitations, etc. 3 Scope and Contents note

Examples, background information

 McCall's transfer patterns 3 Ordination 3 Scope and Contents note

Background information, pricing

 Series 2: Writing 1 1/2 boxes Contents:

This series consists of items that were written or compiled by Ade Bethune for sale in the St. Leo Shop. In addition to pamphlets and booklets, it also contains patterns and instructions for items that customers could make themselves—such as banners illustrating religious themes or stories, crib sets, or Advent items.

 Arrangement:

These folders are ordered alphabetically.

 Advent calendar -- Jesus is Coming booklet 4 1983 Advent calendar 4 Contains:

Sketches

 Advent wheel calendar 4 1962-1964 Advent wreath 4 Scope and Contents note

Instructions

 Alphabets for banner patterns 4 Banner patterns -- Assorted 4 Banner patterns -- Set 4 2 folders Baptismal robe 4 Scope and Contents note

Instructions

 Crib set patterns 4 Crib sets 4 Embroidery kits 4 Scope and Contents note

Instructions

 Lectionary cover 4 1979 Scope and Contents note

Instructions

 Patterns and calendar, misc. 4 Plaques -- List 4 Plaques -- text 4 Sick room pamphlets 4 St. Nicholas 4 St. Nicholas celebration kit 4 St. Nicholas puppet kit 4 Related Materials:

An additional large envelope containing puppet kit materials and information is available.

 Teaching the Child to Write 4 Scope and Contents note

Pamphlet by Ade Bethune

 "Sacred Images: Their Meanings and Traditions: A Short Course by Ade Bethune" 5 3 folders 1978 Series 3: Correspondence 20 1/2 boxes Organization:

The correspondence in this series is divided into 2 groups.

3.1 -- Vendors 3.2 -- Customers 3.1 -- Vendors 15 1/2 boxes Contents:

This subseries contains correspondence with vendors and others providing items for sale in the St. Leo Shop, as well as vendor catalogs, material samples, and invoices for items purchased by the shop. Especially of note are correspondence regarding various Madonna statues (2 boxes) and related to Bethune's interest in, and importation of, books written by Maria Montessori and other materials related to the Montessori Method (3 boxes).

 Arrangement:

These folders are ordered alphabetically, by correspondent or subject, as labeled by Bethune.

 Abbey Press 5 2 folders Scope and Contents note

Vendor of cards, plaques, and other religious goods

 Alba House 5 Scope and Contents note

Bookseller

 American Bible Society 5 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of bibles and other religious books

 Appleton Brothers 5 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of embroidery yarn and wool

 Attwater, Donald 6 6 folders Scope and Contents note

Copies of Attwater's book, A List of Books in English about the Eastern Churches, and related materials, including: background information, manuscripts, correspondence, and book reviews

 Alva Museum Replicas 6 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of sculptures replicating museum items

 Ave Maria Press 7 Bendix 7 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of cookie molds

 Berliner and McGinnis 7 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of Advent wreaths, cards, plaques, etc

 Blanchard, Polly. Women's Education and Industrial Union. Re: Icons 7 Blessing 7 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of "springerle forms St. Nicholas"

 Boston Book & Art Shop 7 Bruce Publishing Company 7 Brassware 7 Scope and Contents note

Various vendors

 Bronzework 7 Scope and Contents note

Various vendors

 Buerger, Fritz 7 Scope and Contents note

Vendor/importer of wood engravings

 Buzton and Bercker 7 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of icons, statues, candles, crucifixes, etc.

 Candleholders and Pewter 8 3 folders Scope and Contents note

Various vendors

 Carbonel -- Santons 8 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of small religious statues of people and buildings

 Carter Rice 8 Scope and Contents note

Paper company

 Catalogs 9 Scope and Contents note

Miscellaneous religious card catalogs

 Catholic Truth Society 9 Celo Press 9 Chathaparampil 9 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of ivory carvings

 Chevetogne Bronzes -- Greenbrier 9 China Handicraft Company, Ltd. 9 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of religious paintings on silk

 Chinese pictures 9 Scope and Contents note

Correspondence regarding paintings

 Christmas card requests 9 Scope and Contents note

Miscellaneous regarding printing of Christmas cards

 Christmas in Newport 9 Scope and Contents note

Brief correspondence regarding participation in Christmas Fair

 Cinquantenaire 9 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of religious statues

 Cioni 9 2 folders Scope and Contents note

Vendor of religious statues; includes shipments and bills

 Cookie molds 9 Scope and Contents note

Miscellaneous correspondence

 Conception Abbey 9 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of religious cards, stationary, metalwork, etc.

 Creative Discs 9 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of crosses and doves

 Daughters of St. Paul 9 Scope and Contents note

Book vendor

 Designs for Christian Living 10 1950-1953 Biographical/Historical note

This religious supply store in Kansas City sold Ade Bethune's cards and other items during the time that the St. Leo Shop was defunct.

 Contains:

Correspondence

 Doubleday Books 10 Dover Books 10 2 folders Dragatsi 10 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of candlesticks and other religious metalwork

 Dubrow & Hearne 10 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of sewing needles

 D.M.C. 10 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of needlework accessories

 Ettal -- Cards 10 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of religious cards that are reproductions of paintings

 Ettal -- Christmas cards 11 1964 Exportadores de Michoacan 11 1982-1983 Scope and Contents note

Importer of Mexican nativity sets

 Faber & Faber publishers 11 1963-1979 Figueras 11 1961-1963 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of lace mantillas; contains lace samples

 Fordham, book vendor 11 1973-1974 Fortress Press 11 1981-1984 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of books, vestments, otherreligious items

 Freight 11 1963-1977 Scope and Contents note

Miscellaneous shipping information

 French religious imports 11 1965-1980 Futrell -- the Normalized Child 11 1972-1983 Scope and Contents note

Correspondence with Aquinas School regarding montessori book

 Glass, various vendors 11 1968-1969 Gerry Designs, Inc. 11 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of baby carriers

 Goten 11 3 folders 1960-1975 Scope and Contents note

Correspndence with Japanese weavers' guild; samples

 Grailville 12 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of cards, statues, wall hangings, etc.

 Hamilton Adams imports 12 1966-1980 Helbriegel, Rev. Monsgr. Martin: Pio Decimo Press 12 2 folders 1978 Scope and Contents note

Correspondence regarding reprinting book by Bethune

 Helicon Press 12 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of religious books and art

 Herder Book Center 12 2 folders Scope and Contents note

Vendor of foreign language bibles and missals

 Historic Museum Reproductions 12 Scope and Contents note

Signs about historic reproductions for Newport

 Holy Cards 12 Scope and Contents note

Various vendors and samples

 Icons, etc. 12 2 folders Scope and Contents note

Byzantine and Russian; various vendors

 India -- catalogs, etc. 12 1967 Scope and Contents note

Various brassware vendors

 Iqbal & Co., India 12 1967 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of brassware

 Istituto Fotocromo Italiano 12 Scope and Contents note

Catalog of photographs

 Japan Publications Trading Co. 13 1969-1973 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of books, origami sets, etc.

 Kalakshetra Theosophical Press Account. 13 2 folders 1962-1963 Kentrikon 13 1960 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of wedding and baptismal gifts, etc.

 Koeneman, Renard 13 1960 Scope and Contents note

Wedding rings

 Kunst-Adelt 13 1958 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of Christmas cards

 Lanoo 13 1961 Lauri Entriprises -- Puzzles 13 2 folders 1974-1984 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of rubber puzzles

 Laxa family 13 1988 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of St. Nicholas cookie molds

 Linen samples 13 1956-1972 Scope and Contents note

Various vendors

 Little Art Shop -- medals 13 1960 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of medals, candles, cards, etc.

 Liturgical Press 13 1953-1957 Scope and Contents note

Christmas card designs

 Liturgy workshop 13 June 25-28, 1973 Scope and Contents note

Correspondence; list of items sold at workshop

 Madonna Garden Statues 14 1960-1961 Scope and Contents note

Correspondence

 Madonna Fans 14 Madonnas -- miscellaneous correspondence 14 2 folders 1956-1964 Madonna statues -- ivory Madonnas 14 Madonna statues -- Our Lady of Groeninghe 14 Madonna statues -- Our Lady of Hal (?) 14 Madonna statues -- Our Lady of Monserrat 14 Madonna statues -- Our Lady of Paris 14 Madonna statues -- St. Fiacre 14 Madonna statues -- Sedes Sapientiae of Louvain 14 Madonna statues -- White Virgin of Toledo 14 Madonna statues -- Triptichs 14 Madonna statues -- Miscellaneous 14 1958-1970 Madonna -- Our Lady of Africa 14 1961 Madonna -- Our Lady of Czestochowa 14 1982 Madonna -- Our Lady of Perpetual Help 14 Madonna -- tags for St. Leo Shop 14 Mantillas -- general 15 2 folders Scope and Contents note

Various vendors

 McBratney 15 2 folders Scope and Contents note

Correspondence; samples of linen

 Medals 15 2 folders Scope and Contents note

Various vendors

 Miscellaneous correspondence and catalogs 15 2 folders Montessori -- American Montessori Society 16 1960-1964 Montessori -- American Montessori Society 16 1970-1971 Montessori apparatus 16 1961-1967 Scope and Contents note

Toys, learning tools, etc.

 Montessori -- Association Montessori Internationale 16 "Montessori as Religious Teacher" 16 Scope and Contents note

Copy of article written by Bethune for Sacred Signs.

 Montessori -- Bentley, Robert 16 Scope and Contents note

Copies of article

 Montessori booklist 16 Montessori bulletins 16 1970-1980 Montessori correspondence course 16 Scope and Contents note

Training materials

 Montessori correspondence 17 Scope and Contents note

General correspondence, pamphlets, etc.

 Montessori -- Dijkstra, R. 17 1994 Scope and Contents note

Inquiry regarding Montessori books

 Montessori exhibits 17 1980-1982 Montessori -- Fides Publishers 17 1967 Scope and Contents note

Vendor for Montessori publications

 Montessori -- Fleege, V.: Midwest Montessori 17 1975-1980 Scope and Contents note

Vendor for Montessori materials

 Montessori -- Gitter, Mrs. R. 17 1965-1966 Scope and Contents note

Author of Montessori books

 Montessori literature 17 Montessori materials 17 1970 Scope and Contents note

Toys, learning tools, price lists

 Montessori miscellaneous 17 1962-1966 Scope and Contents note

General correspondence, pamphlets, etc.; also laminated copies of (non-Montessori) cards by Bethune

 Montessori Books: Bob Rambusch 17 1974 Montessori Books 17 1984 Montessori -- Mother Isabel 18 1966-1972 Scope and Contents note

Correspondence and original drawings of babies in pencil, ink and paint (not by Bethune?)

 Montessori -- Nienhuis, Montessori shipments 18 2 folders 1972, 1984 Scope and Contents note

Book vendor

 Montessori publications 18 Montessori -- Russo, John 18 1985-1986 Scope and Contents note

Inquiry regarding Montessori books

 Montessori -- Standing, E.M. 18 1963-1964 Scope and Contents note

Correspondence regarding translation of Montessori article; photograph of children

 Montessori training courses 18 c. 1972 Moore, Francis 18 1959-1962 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of pens and pencils

 Motoi, Oi 18 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of books, cards, art

 Newspapers -- Our Lady of America 18 Scope and Contents note

Copies of Providence, RI newspaper regarding icon

 Nieto 18 1960-1970 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of mantillas

 Nobel 19 2 folders 1954-1961 Scope and Contents note

Religious goods store in Louvain

 Northease Liturgical Day of Prayer 19 1973-1975 Scope and Contents note

Correspondence regarding selling work from shop

 Nouvelles Images 19 1962 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of religious images

 Nova 19 1965 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of small household appliances

 Old Mexico Shop 19 1964-1965 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of candlesticks

 Payton, Bernard (Our Lady of World Peace) 19 1974 Scope and Contents note

Correspondence regarding statue

 Pax Press 19 2 folders 1954-1955 Scope and Contents note

Publisher of prayer cards; includes booklets with Bethune's cards and explanatory note by Bethune, dated 1984

 "Pending Their Move" 19 Scope and Contents note

Miscellaneous correspondence

 Price & Price 19 1962 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of perforating machines; examples

 Publishers 19 1977 Scope and Contents note

Various vendors

 Puzzles and puppets 19 Scope and Contents note

Photographs of examples

 Reed & Barton 19 1989 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of objects in silver

 Riffeser 19 2 folders 1960-1965 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of religious statues and sculptures

 Roldan 19 1961-1963 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of candlesticks and other metal items

 St. Leo Shop 19 1984 Scope and Contents note

Miscellaneous inventory lists, Terra Sancta catalog

 Saint Leo Shop 19 1964-1972 Scope and Contents note

Miscellaneous correspondence, some Montessori

 Saint Leo Shop, League 19 1949-1964 Scope and Contents note

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1949 account record book, 1953 map calendar, etc.

 Saint Leo Shop, miscellansous 20 1960 Scope and Contents note

Itinerary, handwritten list of publications and prices, booklet: Congress on Evolving Worship

 Saint Leo Shop, receipts 20 2 folders 1976-1981 Sacred Design 20 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of cards and prints

 Santons 20 2 folders 1972-1973, 1984 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of small religious statues of people and buildings

 Spain 20 1961 Scope and Contents note

Various vendors; map of Barcelona

 Stratman, Barbara 20 1983 Scope and Contents note

Silk screenings

 Verlag Ars Sacra (Josef Muller) 20 1978-1983 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of Advent calendars

 Vives, R. 20 1957-1968 Scope and Contents note

Vendor of mantillas

 Vladimir icon 20 1961 Scope and Contents note

Information, publications

 Will & Baumer -- Also Lux 20 1959 Scope and Contents note

Vendors of candles and candlesticks

 Woodcarving (Munchener-Kunstler) 20 1966 Scope and Contents note

Various vendors

 Woodcarving (Bendix-Riffeser) 20 1957-1962 Scope and Contents note

Various catalogs of woodcarving

 Worship 20 Scope and Contents note

Correspondence with Worship magazine

 3.2 -- Customers 5 boxes Contents:

The first 2 boxes in this subseries contain correspondence with customers and potential customers of the St. Leo Shop. The remaining 3 boxes consist of requests for samples and orders from the years 1935-1949.

 Arrangement:

Files in the first 2 boxes are ordered alphabetically; the remaining 3 boxes are chronological.

 Bailey, Daniel 21 1986 Scope and Contents note

Re titles for his bookstore

 Beodts, Jean 21 1952-1963 Scope and Contents note

Re Sedes Sapientiae

 Callahan, Mrs. Bill 21 1985 Scope and Contents note

Saint plaques

 Cantwell, Daniel 21 1938-1939 Scope and Contents note

Re ordering cards

 Clark, Michael 21 1987 Scope and Contents note

Request for catalog of icons

 Custom orders 21 1958-1960 Scope and Contents note

Orders for crucifixes; original pen sketch

 Deegan, Pamela 21 1985 Scope and Contents note

Request for catalog (St. Leo/Terra Sancta)

 Delaney, Rev. Michael, CSC (Holy Cross Fathers) 21 1987 Scope and Contents note

Re ordination cards

 Desroches, Robert P. 21 1986 Scope and Contents note

Writer inspired by St. Leo Shop

 Edmundite Mission House (Strickland) 21 1976 Scope and Contents note

Re order for cards

 Fletcher, Rev. William 21 1975 Scope and Contents note

Misunderstanding re sample merchandise

 Foley, Dan (Wenham Museum) 21 1961-1966 Scope and Contents note

Order for Christmas items; exhibit brochure

 Ford, Karen 21 1983-1984 Scope and Contents note

Re banner patterns

 Foms and form letter 21 1957-1962 Scope and Contents note

Examples, misc. correspondence

 French sisters 21 1952 Scope and Contents note

Nuns who strung rosaries for St. Leo Shop

 Goode, Leonard 21 1940 Scope and Contents note

Order for ordination cards

 Guffey, Rev. Fr. Leo 21 1985 Scope and Contents note

Request for prints

 Guilliams, Shirley 21 1987 Scope and Contents note

Request for tapestry patterns

 Hisson, Mrs. J.B. 21 1963 Scope and Contents note

Re planning of Advent House

 Kalim, Barbara 21 1984 Scope and Contents note

Request for merchandise

 Lazarus, David 21 1984-1985 Scope and Contents note

Re selling pictures

 Le May, Henry 21 1941 Scope and Contents note

Order for cards

 Link, Rev. Fred 21 1985 Scope and Contents note

Praise for Bethune's work and shop

 Liturgical Press (John Dwyer) 21 1975 Scope and Contents note

Re patron saints banners

 Maestrini, Father 21 1953-1954 Scope and Contents note

Order for cards, samples

 Marywood Studios 21 1972 Scope and Contents note

Request for merchandise information

 McHugh, Andrew 21 1942 Scope and Contents note

Re ordination booklets

 McLaughlin & O'Reilly 21 1944-1945 Scope and Contents note

Re sketches for Christmas cards

 McPhillips, Thomas 21 1942 Scope and Contents note

Re Stations of the Cross, St. Paul Seminary

 Miscellaneous correspondence 21 1944-1974 Moore, Cornelius 21 1965-1969 Scope and Contents note

Re Christmas cards

 Moreau, D.G. 21 1953 Scope and Contents note

Re pamphlets, personal

 Murray, Mrs. Martin 21 1985 Scope and Contents note

Re medals

 Natalizia, Fr. Louis 21 1981 Scope and Contents note

Re Evangelist banners

 New Ulm, Minnesota 21 1977 Scope and Contents note

Diocese, re Bethune's saints

 Nelson, Gertrud 22 1974 Scope and Contents note

Re sketches, Christmas cards

 O'Neill, Linda 22 1985 Scope and Contents note

Re print of Christ and children

 Paulson, Carl 22 1969-1971 Scope and Contents note

Re medallions; some negatives

 Pontes, Crimelda ("Crimmie") 22 1954-1956 Scope and Contents note

Re plaques and altar cards

 Purcell, Marie 22 1986 Scope and Contents note

Re closing of shop

 Purpus, Mrs. J. 22 1986 Scope and Contents note

Request for merchandise

 Ricci, Mike (St. John's University) 22 1976 Scope and Contents note

Re pewter samples

 Saint Leo Shop -- books 22 1992-1999 Scope and Contents note

Requests for books after shop closed

 Saints 22 1978 Scope and Contents note

Letter re cards

 Schremmer, Harold 22 1959-1963 Scope and Contents note

Re silver candle holders

 Seminarian inquires 22 2 folders 1960-1963 Scope and Contents note

Ordination cards

 Sherman Oaks, CA (Brothers of Holy Cross) 22 1980 Scope and Contents note

Re banner

 Sister Mary James O.P. 22 2 folders 1944-1948 Scope and Contents note

Re cards, calendars, bookplates; includes samples

 Sister Paul Marie 22 1983 Scope and Contents note

Re Westbrook cards

 Stanton, Rev. Edward 22 1961 Scope and Contents note

Re Mother of Vladimir icon

 Marian Library -- Madonna proofs 22 1961 Scope and Contents note

Re cards by Bethune; many samples

 Stokes, John 22 2 folders 1955-1969 Scope and Contents note

Re Seat of Wisdom

 Szal, Rev. George 22 1975 Scope and Contents note

Request for merchandise

 Thompson, Christine 22 1984 Scope and Contents note

Re Bethune's work

 Thorne, Daniel 22 1973 Scope and Contents note

Re repair of object

 Toenjes, B.H. 22 1948 Scope and Contents note

Re painting by Bethune

 Vases 22 1969 Scope and Contents note

Re samples

 Vigneron, Rev Allen 22 1976 Scope and Contents note

Re reproduction of banners

 Watts, Peter 22 Scope and Contents note

Correspondence with English sculptor re his and Bethune's work; pencil sketch of Virgin and Child by Watts

 Samples -- Christmas cards 23 1935 Orders 23 1935 Samples 23 1936 Orders -- Ordination cards 23 1936 Orders -- Miscellaneous 23 1936 Scope and Contents note

Payments, complaints, etc.

 Orders: #1-171 23 1936 Scope and Contents note

Letters from people ordering Christmas cards

 Samples 23 1937 Samples (SX37 -- sent) 23 1937 Orders: #179-231 23 1937 Orders: #239-470 24 1937 Samples (SX38) 24 1938 Scope and Contents note

Chalice, ordination, etc.

 Samples sent free 24 1930-1940 Orders: #1-200 24 2 folders 1949 Orders: #201-726 25 6 folders 1949 Series 4: Business 15 boxes Organization:

The St. Leo Shop business files are divided into three groups.

4.1 -- Accounts 4.2 -- Employees 4.3 -- Correspondence 4.1 -- Accounts 9 1/2 boxes Bulk, 1938-1964 1936-1986 Contents:

This subseries contains records of sales, banking and tax materials, and other records related to the financial operations of the St. Leo Shop.

 Arrangement:

Files are ordered roughly chronologically.

 Accounts 25-30 1938-1943 Orders sent 31 1936-1939 Scope and Contents note

Record of number of cards ordered and payments

 Orders sent 31 1939-1942 Orders sent -- Sample sets 31 1941 Orders sent 31 1943 Cards 31 2 binders 1944-1957 Scope and Contents note

Record of sales, out of print

 Cards 32 1944-1957 Scope and Contents note

Record of sales, out of print

 Cards -- Christmas 32 1944-1959 Scope and Contents note

record of sales

 Cards -- Greeting 32 1947-1964 Scope and Contents note

Record of sales

 Printer orders 32 1955-1959 Account books 33 1955-1957 Cards -- Christmas 33 1956-1964 Cards -- Easter, Mass 33 1956-1963 Books, other supplies 33 1956-1964 Sales tax 34 1960-1965 Tax 34 1960 Daily receipts 34 1962-1983 Midland Bank Limited 34 1962-1983 Societe General 34 1962-1981 Price policies 34 Loans to St. Leo Shop 34 1973-1978 Scope and Contents note

Loans made by Bethune

 Cash slips 34 1977 Accounts, miscelaneous 35 1978-1983 St. Leo Shop -- Misc. invoices and accounts 35 1978-1986 St. Leo account 35 1985 Royalties 35 1986 Printers orders 35 1983-1986 4.2 -- Employees 2 1/2 boxes Bulk, 1957-1985 1953-1985 Contents:

This subseries contains records of St. Leo Shop employees, as well as materials related to the Internal Revenue Service, Social Security, etc.

 Arrangement:

Ordered alphabetically

 Concannon, Catherine 35 1979 Scope and Contents note

Shop employee

 Employees 35 10 folders 1957 Employees 36 16 folders 1970-1985 Employment Security, Dept. of 37 1964-1966 Federal Unemployment tax return 37 1973-1985 Internal Revenue Service 37 1975-1976 O'Laughlin, Gertrude 37 1965 Scope and Contents note

Letter from Bethune to Social Security office

 Social Security, etc. 37 1971-1972 Social Security files 37 1953-1959 4.3 -- Correspondence 3 boxes Bulk, 1956-1977 1944-1988 Contents:

This subseries contains correspondence related to operation of the St. Leo Shop. Some of the topics covered include: publicity and advertising; companies and processes used in the production and/or finishing of items sold; customs information for importing goods; and shipping information.

 Arrangement:

Ordered alphabetically

 Advertising 38 1956-1975 Amity Publishing House -- Richard Payne 38 1986 Art Screen process 38 1965-1966 Bills, etc. 38 1983-1986 Book lists 38 Boxes (SLS) 38 1959-1985 Brokers 38 1962-1983 Charismatic conference 38 1981 Custom Bond 38 1981 Custom forms -- consumption entries 38 1965-1983 Daughters of St. Paul, Boston 38 1988 Estimates on jobs 38 1960-1977 Financiera y Fiduciaria de Chihuahua 38 1962 Greece 38 Ignatius Press -- Rev. Joseph Fessio, S.J. 38 1986 Jambon, Marianne -- Antos Liturgical Studio 38 1980 Labels -- Penny 38 1956-1964 Leo plaques, advertising 38 1964 Macomber, Frank Gair -- insurance 38 1958 McMenamy, Mignon 38 1961-1974 Miscellaneous SLS 39 1961-1966 Niagara Apress 39 1964 Pijuan 39 3 folders 1957-1979 Scope and Contents note

Accounts and shipment records

 Plastic laminating 39 1958-1965 Post office information 39 1658-1966 Pyraglass -- correspondence 39 1957 Pyrocon 39 Publicity -- Advent Wheel, Immanuel Pattern 40 1983 Publicity -- Jubilee ads 40 1961-1963 Publicity -- SLS 40 1958-1962 Publicity -- SLS Bulletin, news items 40 1971 Publicity -- SLS Calendar 40 1957-1966 Publishers for card designs 40 1986 Railway Express -- International Division 40 1958-1969 Salmon, J. Ltd -- Heraldic postcards 40 1975-1976 Shipments --foreign 40 1957 Shipping and trading, general 40 1962 Spaulding Moss, estimates 40 1948-1969 U.S. Tax and Law 40 1944-1951 Series 5: Publications 3 boxes Contents:

This series consists primarily of copies of the St. Leo Shop catalog and St. Leo Bulletin. It also contains mockups, negatives, and other pre-print materials related to production of the St. Leo Bulletin.

 Arrangement:

Ordered roughly chronologically

 SLS catalog, misc. 41 1956-1958 Catalogs -- card order forms 41 1944-1946 SLS catalog, misc. 41 1946-1952 SLS catalogs -- copies 41 1956-1959 SLS catalog, misc. 41 1958-1962 St. Leo Bulletins #32-82 41 1945-1982 St. Leo Bulletin, set (complete) 42 1959-1982 St. Leo Bulletin, Lent -- 1 42 1959-1962 St. Leo Bulletin, Pentecost -- 2 42 1960-1962 St. Leo Bulletin, Fall -- 3 42 1959-1964 St. Leo Bulletin, Christmas -- 4 42 1960 St. Leo Bulletins, etc. 42 1961-1963 St. Leo Bulletin, misc. Various issues 42 1960-1981 St. Leo Bulletin #35 42 1962 St. Leo Bulletin, dummy 42 1964-1966 St. Leo Bulletin, promotion 42 St. Leo Bulletin articles, permission to use 42 1972-1973 Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Re reproductions 42 1973 St. Leo Bulletin, membership ideas 42 1977 Negatives used in Bulletin 43 Scope and Contents note

Box of negative in envelopes, alphabetize according to subject: Advent Calendar, Advent Wreath, Banners, etc.

 St. Leo League 11 boxes 1961-1983 Series 6: Operations 1 box Contents:

This series contains materials regarding the formation and administration of the St. Leo League, including membership information and records of monthly meetings.

 Arrangement:

Ordered chronologically

 St. Leo League formation 44 1961 St. Leo League records 44 2 folders 1964-1978 Dept. of Commerce 44 1972-1983 SLL, Dunn and Bradstreet 44 1979 St. Leo League records 44 1979-1985 Stubbs, Rev. Charles 44 1984 Walsh, Blanche M. 44 1987 Series 7: Funerals 2 boxes Contents:

This series contains items that were produced or collected by the St. Leo League regarding arrangements for simple funerals and burial.

 Arrangement:

Ordered chronologically

 Coffins 45 1961-1963 Funeral Information 45 1965-1973 Funerals, misc. 45 1965-1970 Directions for My Funeral 45 1966 Funerals, facts about 45 1968-1972 Memorial Society of Massachusetts 46 1968 Burial 46 1972 Butler Bradley Seminars 46 1972 Coffins 46 1972-1982 St. Leo League "Fan Mail" 46 1973 Scope and Contents note

Correspondence regarding "A Manual for Simple Burial"

 Funeral Directions -- letters pertaining to 46 1977-1978 Coffins -- correspondence 46 1984 Coffins -- Ade 46 1996 Funerals, misc. 46 1987-1991 Series 8: Sacred Signs 8 boxes Contents:

This series pertains to the St. Leo League's quarterly publication Sacred Signs. Included are issues of the journal; correspondence with writers; subscription information; materials related to production of the journal, including photographs, camera copy, and correspondence with a large number of museums.

 Subscription 47 1962 Museum correspondence 47 1962-1963 Holy Cross issue 47 c. 1961-1963 Sacred Signs misc. 47 1963 Sacred Signs photographs 47 1963 Weier, Sister mary 47 1976 Copies of Sacred Signs 47 1980-1982 Correspondence 47 1981 Biographies 47 1982 Benzinger, Bernard 47 1980-1981 Braziller, George, Inc. 47 1981 Catalogs -- museums 47 Correspondence -- C 47 1980-1982 Clayton, Ewan 47 1980 Confer, Bernard O.P. 47 1980-1981 Correspondence -- D 47 1980-1982 Directory, Standard Periodical 47 1980 Exchange Subscriptions 47 c. 1980-1982 Correspondence -- E 47 1980-1981 Freburger, William / Celebration 47 1981-1982 Correspondence -- F 47 1980-1981 Correspondence -- G 47 1980-1981 Alter, Joe 47 The Greenblade (Sam Mackintosh) 48 January 1980 Correspondence -- H 48 1981 Interconnections 48 Correspondence -- I 48 1980-1982 Correspondence -- J 48 1981-1982 Correspondence -- K 48 1980 Correspondence -- L 48 1980-1981 Mackintosh, Sam -- correspondence 48 1980-1981 Correspondence -- M 48 1981 Marx, Michael O.S.B. (worship) 48 1982 Melone, Mark 48 3 folders Scope and Contents note

Contains: Blessing of an Iconographer; Eucharist, Distribution and Receptions; and on Images

 Modern Liturgy re Sacred Signs and Icon -- Bill Burns 48 1982 Museum correspondence 48 1963; 1980-1982 Museums -- Albany Institute of History and Art 48 1982-1983 Museums -- Art Institute of Chicago 48 1980-1981 Museums -- Bostom Museum of Arts 48 1980-1981 Museums -- British Museum 48 1980-1981 Museums -- Brown University Collection: John Carter Brown Library; John Hay Library (Harris Collection) 48 1982 Museums -- Freer Gallery of Art 48 1981-1982 Museums -- Harvard University (Dumbarton Oaks) 48 1981-1982 Museums -- Metropolitan Museum 48 1980-1981 Museums -- National Gallery of Art 48 1980-1981 Museums -- Office of Public Works -- National park and Monumnet Branch, Dublin, Ireland 48 1981 Museums -- Pierpont Morgan Library 48 1981 Museums -- Rhode Island School of Design 48 1980-1982 Museums -- Walters Art Gallery 48 1980-1982 Museums -- Yale University Museum 48 1964 Correspondence -- N 48 Correspondence -- P 48 1981-1982 Publicity 48 c. 1980 Correspondence -- R 48 1981 Sacred Signs Flyer ("Help") 48 August 23, 1982 Correspondence -- S 48 1981-1982 Simons, Rev. Thomas -- Modern Liturgy 48 1982 Sacred Signs "Fan Mail" 48 1982 Correspondence -- T 48 1980-1982 Correspondence -- Z 48 1982 Initials 49 Titles 49 Sacred Signs -- Articles by Ade Bethune 49 1981-1982 Sacred Signs -- Circulation 49 1980-1982 Sacred Signs -- Editorial 49 1980-1982 Sacred Signs -- Financial assistance 49 1982-1986 Sacred Signs flyer -- original 49 1982 Sacred Signs mailings 49 1980-1982 Sacred Signs (misc.) 49 2 folders 1981-1986 Sacred Signs -- Renewals 49 1981-1982 Sacred Signs -- set 50 2 folders 1961-1982 Sacred Signs 001 - 200 51 2 folders 1981-1982 Sacred Signs 201 - 400 51 2 folders 1981-1982 Sacred Signs 401 - 600 51 52 2 folders 1981-1982 Sacred Signs 601 - ; and accounts 52 2 folders 1981-1982 Sacred Signs -- rough 52 Sacred Signs -- Subscription services 52 1983 Bolton Sullivan Fund 52 1987 Gaylord, Catherine Manley (Foundation) 52 1987 Sacred Signs Membership 53 Scope and Contents note

Box of index cards, each with the name of a Sacred Signs subscriber. Handwritten on box “Sacred Signs” Membership-Subscribers, for Sister Judith.

 Sacred Signs -- Photographs 54 Sacred Signs 4 -- 1: Michaelmas, camera copy 54 1980 Sacred Signs 4 -- 2: Christmas, camera copy 54 2 folders 1980 Sacred Signs 4 -- 3: Lent-Easter, camera copy 54 1981 Sacred Signs 4 -- 4: Pentecost, camera copy 54 1981 Sacred Signs 5 -- 1: Matrimony--Michaelmas, camera copy 54 1981 Sacred Signs 5 -- 2: Christmas, camera copy 54 1981 Sacred Signs 5 -- 3: Lent-Easter, camera copy 54 1982 Sacred Signs 5 -- 4: Pentecost, camera copy 54 1982 The Icon 54 1982