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Avila Archives Martha Smith, CSJ, PhD Archives & Research Center holds the Avila University Archives, the CSJ Heritage Center Archives, & Women Religious Special Collections.

Tomorrow is day for ! We will be on Twitter sharing a few interesting finds in our research so far for the NetVUE Rei...
10/11/2022

Tomorrow is day for ! We will be on Twitter sharing a few interesting finds in our research so far for the NetVUE Reimagining the Institutional Saga grant. is fascinating!

And of course, we are here to answer any questions you have as well.

The Archives seeks PHOTOGRAPHS of your time at Avila! Photos are a powerful way to record our shared history. We accept ...
10/06/2022

The Archives seeks PHOTOGRAPHS of your time at Avila! Photos are a powerful way to record our shared history. We accept images in any format & can also digitize and return items if you prefer to keep your originals. More info here: https://www.avila.edu/avila-archives/donations/

The Avila Archives & CSJ Heritage Center are seeking items to tell our shared story. All month we’ll be highlighting mat...
10/06/2022

The Avila Archives & CSJ Heritage Center are seeking items to tell our shared story. All month we’ll be highlighting materials YOU may have that we’d love to preserve or add to our digital collections.

STAY TUNED!

In March, we remember the civil rights marches in Selma, Alabama in 1965.The story of the involvement of Catholic Sister...
03/25/2022

In March, we remember the civil rights marches in Selma, Alabama in 1965.

The story of the involvement of Catholic Sisters in the Selma marches is told in the documentary film "Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change." This film, and its related materials, are held in Avila's Women Religious Special Collections.

You can view the film on our website:
https://www.avila.edu/avila-archives/sisters-of-selma/

Catholic Sisters’ stories of living & practicing their faith in former Eastern bloc countries – including Ukraine - are ...
03/04/2022

Catholic Sisters’ stories of living & practicing their faith in former Eastern bloc countries – including Ukraine - are the subject of our archival collection of research & video materials from the documentary film “Interrupted Lives: Catholic Sisters under European Communism.”

Learn more about the collection: http://au-archives.avila.edu:8081/repositories/2/resources/27

Today is . A/V Materials are some of our most fragile resources! If you have older audio or video items you want to sav...
10/27/2021

Today is . A/V Materials are some of our most fragile resources! If you have older audio or video items you want to save, don't delay! Get it reformatted ASAP before it is lost forever!

The Performing Arts Theatre and Nurse Education Center was the 7th building constructed on Avila's current campus, with ...
10/26/2021

The Performing Arts Theatre and Nurse Education Center was the 7th building constructed on Avila's current campus, with its groundbreaking held 1/17/1973. Goppert is also the most recent building to be renovated, with a Grand Opening celebration 9/9/2021.

Blasco Hall, which houses Avila’s administrative offices, was constructed in 1965. Later renovations created the Jeanne ...
10/05/2021

Blasco Hall, which houses Avila’s administrative offices, was constructed in 1965. Later renovations created the Jeanne Hamilton Olofson Plaza with fountains and a bricked walkway bearing the names of Sisters who served at Avila.

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