BIBLIOGRAPHY
COLLECTIONS
Bechtle, Regina, SC, and Judith Metz, SC, eds. Elizabeth Bayley Seton: Collected Writings, Vols. I, II, IIIa, IIIb. Hyde Park, New York: New City Press, 2000, 2002, 2006.
BOOKS
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_____. The Soul of Elizabeth Seton: A Spiritual Portrait. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1990.
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Marie Celeste, SC. Elizabeth Ann Seton—A Self-Portrait. A Study of Her Spirituality in Her Own Words. Libertyville, IL: Franciscan Marytown Press, 1986.
_____. The Intimate Friendships of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2000.
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_____. The Sisters of Charity of New York. New York: Fordham University Press, 1960.
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_____. Life of Mrs. Eliza A. Seton, Foundress and First Superior of the Sisters of Charity in the United States of America. Baltimore, 1853.
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MEMOIRS AND JOURNALS
Asbury, Francis. Journal of Rev. Francis Asbury, 1787–1800. Wesley Chapel Museum, John Street Methodist Church, New York.
Bethune, Joanna. The Unpublished Letters and Correspondence of Mrs. Isabella Graham, Selected and Arranged by her Daughter, Mrs. Bethune. New York, 1838.
Breck, Samuel. Recollections. New York Historical Society, 1877.
McCormick, Mary. New Beginnings. Vision, Sisters of Charity of New York, Winter 2006–2007.
Seton, Robert. Memoir and Journals. Archives, St. Joseph’s Provincial House, Emmitsburg, MD.
Washington, George. Diaries.
White, Rose. Mother Rose’s Journal. CW II, Hyde Park, NY: New City Press, 2002.
ARTICLES
From Vincentian Heritage 14, no. 2 (1993)
Bechtle, Regina, SC and Fay Trombley, SCIC. “Toward Eternity: Elizabeth’s Experience of Suffering and Hope.”
Donovan, Mary A., SC. “The Woman Elizabeth Ann Seton: 1804–1812.”
Flanagan, Kathleen, SC. “Some Aspects of Elizabeth Seton’s Spiritual/Theological World.”
Foley, Gertrude, SC. “Elizabeth Seton: A Spirituality for Mission.”
Harvey, Anne, SC. “Embracing Eternity in the Present: Elizabeth’s Incarnational Spirituality.”
Kelly, Ellin M. “Elizabeth Seton: Key Relationships in Her Life, 1774–1809.”
Kelly, Margaret J., DC. “Her Doing Heart: Key Relationships in Elizabeth Seton’s Life, 1809–1821.”
Metz, Judith, SC. “Elizabeth Seton: Her World and Her Church.”
Thei, Marilyn, SC. “The Woman Elizabeth Bayley Seton: 1793–1803.”
From Vincentian Heritage 21 no. 2 (2000)
Bechtle, Regina, SC. “‘In the Face of Adversity’: The Response of the Vincentian and Charity Families to 9/11.”
Clifford, Margaret Marie, DC. “Psalm 9/11.”
Flannelly, Jean, SC. “Elizabeth Ann Seton: Model of Contemplative Presence for the 21st Century.”
Foley, Gertrude, SC. “Saint Louise de Marillac: Woman of Substance, Woman of God.”
Humphreys, Deborah L., SC. “be consoled.”
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Bechtle, Regina, SC. “The Impact of Women Religious on the Church of New York.” Review for Religious 68, no. 3 (2009).
Giallanza, Joel, CSC. “Be Saints: Pathway to a Holy Life.” Review for Religious 70, no. 4 (2011).
Heaton, Claude. “Yellow Fever in New York City.” Bull Medical Library Association, 1946.
Hughes, Kathleen, RSCJ. “The Apostolic Visitation: An Invitation to Intercultural Dialogue.” Review for Religious 69, no. 1 (2010).
Jacobson, Arthur C. The Medical Times, 1923.
Klugewicz, Steve. “John Carroll and the Creation of the Catholic Church in America.” The Imaginative Conservative, July 5, 2011.
Ladenheim, Jules C. “The Doctors’ Mob of 1788.” Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Science 5 (Winter 1950).
Metz, Judith, SC. “Elizabeth Seton’s Spirituality of the Cross.” Review for Religious 69, no. 3 (2010).
Sherk, Henry H. New Jersey Medicine, July–August 2002.
Seigworth, Gilbert R. “Bloodletting Over the Centuries.” New York State Journal of Medicine, December 1980.
MANUSCRIPTS, ESSAYS, NEWSPAPERS
Evans, Jill. Olympe de Gouges. Personal reflection biography, 2007.
Helman, James. History of Emmitsburg, Maryland. Emmitsburg Historical Society, 1906.
Hughes, Ruth. “The Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk.” http://www.english.upenn.edu/~traister/hughes.html.
Kerber, Linda. Women and Higher Education in American History: Essays from the Mount Holyoke Sesquicentennial Symposia. Edited by John Mack Faragher and Florence Howe. Norton, 1988.
McNeil, Betty Ann, DC, ed. Charity Afire: Civil War Trilogy. Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, 2011.
Merchant’s House Museum archives, New York.
Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York, 1784–1831.
Minutes of the Sisters of Charity Council. Emmitsburg, MD.
New York Daily Advertiser, April 15, 1788.
New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury, June 13, 1774.
New York Historical Society. Slavery, “The New York Amsterdam News,” exhibit, 2005–06.
New-York Journal and Patriotic Register, April 15, 1788.
New York Packet, April 18, 1788.
Parmet, Herbert S. Commemorating the Bicentennial of the Founding of the Bank of New York, 1784–1984. History Associates, 1984.
Rochester, Thomas F. Medical Men and Medical Matters of 1776: Anniversary Address Before the Medical Society of the State of New York. Albany, 1876.
Scharf, J. Thomas. Collection, 1730s–1892. Maryland Historical Society.
DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS
Flanagan, Kathleen. “The Influence of John Henry Hobart on the Life of Elizabeth Seton.” Union Theological Seminary, 1978.
Metz, Judith. “Elizabeth Bayley Seton of New York: A Woman’s Life in the Early Republic.” The Union Institute, 2000.
Misner, Barbara. “Highly Respectable and Accomplished Ladies: Catholic Women Religious in America, 1790–1850.” The Catholic University of America, 1988.
AUDIO
Thompson, Margaret Susan. History of Women Religious in the United States: “Discovering Foremothers;” “From Enclosure to Apostolate;” “New World Initiatives;” “From New Orleans to Maryland;” “Patterns of Founding;” “Early Struggles and Sacrifices;” “Living the Life of a Pioneer American Nun;” “New Country, New Conditions, New Ministries;” “Ethnicity and Assimilation;” “Charism and Personality; Relations—and Tensions—with the Clergy, Parts I and II;” “Success and Standardization;” “Sisters on the Brink of Vatican II;” “Vatican II and Its Aftermath;” “Quantity or Quality?;” “Reaction and Response: Adjusting to New Circumstances.” Now You Know Media, 2009. Compact disc.