Suellen Hoy, Ph.D., papers, 1810-2006.

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  • Collection ID WLA2003.28
  • Creator Names Hoy, Suellen M.
  • Title Suellen Hoy, Ph.D., papers, 1810-2006.
  • Physical description 24 linear feet.
  • Collection arrangement Series 1: Publications, 1994-2004. Series 2: Irish Immigration, 1810-2003, n.d. Series 3: Schools, 1837-2004, n.d. Series 4: Social Changes, 1892-2006, n.d. Series 5: Women Religious Orders, 1843-2005, n.d. Series 6: Photographs, 1850-2004, n.d. Series 7: Audiovisual Media, 1872-2002, n.d. Series 8: Restricted Material. Divided by subject and arranged alphabetically within series.
  • Biographical or Historical Note Born August 14, 1942, Chicago, Illinois. Historian, professor. Suellen Hoy was born in Chicago, Illinois, on August 14, 1942. She earned her B.A. from St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana, in 1965. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in 1971 and 1975 respectively at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Dr. Hoy began her career as a history teacher at Marian Central High School in Woodstock, Illinois, and Highland Senior High School in Highland, Indiana, where she taught until 1968. In 1974, she taught as an assistant professor in the history department at the State University of New York until she was appointed director of the Public Works Historical Society in Chicago in 1975. In 1981, Dr. Hoy took a position as deputy director of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she remained until 1987. Dr. Hoy became a visiting associate professor in the History Department at the University of Notre Dame where she continued to research and write prolifically about the history of cleanliness, public health, Catholic women religious, and Chicago history.
  • Collection summary The Suellen Hoy, Ph.D., Papers consist of research files pertaining to Dr. Hoy's publications on women religious orders. Most of the materials in this collection are copies of original documents located at other archival repositories and as a result the copyright for the materials resides with the original repository. Generally, the repository has marked the documents obtained from their archives by Dr. Hoy. Dr. Hoy's research includes files on individual religious orders, Catholic schools and churches in Chicago, charitable organizations, immigration of Irish nuns, and social activism. Most of the materials are copies of newspaper articles and records held in other archives, but the collection also includes a selection of photographs, audio tapes, compact discs, slides, and videocassettes.
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  • Finding Aids Note Finding aid available in repository; folder level.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note See Also the Suellen Hoy Papers held at Indiana University Archives.
  • Names
    • Hoy, Suellen M. Archives.
    • Illinois Technical School for Colored Girls.
    • Loretto Academy (Chicago, Ill.)
    • House of the Good Shepherd (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Our Lady of the Angels School (Chicago, Ill.) Fire, 1958.
    • Loyola University of Chicago. Women and Leadership Archives.
  • Subjects
    • Women historians United States.
    • Nuns Illinois Chicago History.
    • Women immigrants Illinois Chicago History.
    • African Americans Civil rights Illinois Chicago 20th century.
  • Geographic coverage Ireland Emigration and immigration 19th century.