St. Louis catholic archives collective (scac)

Catholic women religious have shaped the contours of St. Louis’ cultural, economic, and political landscapes from the city’s origins in the mid-eighteenth century to today. Their archives are rich repositories of documents, visual resources, and artifacts that demonstrate the centrality of women religious to the histories of migration, colonialism, mission, Indigeneity, enslavement, education, segregation and desegregation, healthcare, and social reform. 

SCAC is an initiative partnering the Center for Research on Global Catholicism at SLU with archivists at multiple independent local Catholic archives to increase the visibility and accessibility of their collections. This public-facing project aims to strengthen our community of students, teachers, researchers, and archivists by providing the resources, networks, and opportunities they need to collaborate across the United State and around the world in advancing scholarship on global Catholicism.