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Current Issue: Spring 2013
Past issues:
Winter 2012-2013
News from the Archives
Searching the Archives: Origin of "Aspirations to Divine Providence" Music
Picturing Providence: Archives in the Movies
Fall 2012
History of Providence Archives
Archives Timeline
Picturing Providence: Historical Images of Providence Archives
Summer 2012
Providence Academy Developments
SP Spotlight: Sister Cecilia Mary Kucera
Picturing Providence: Providence Academy Development Plan, 1972
Winter 2011-2012
Wax Workshop
CONTENTdm New Features
Fall 2011
A History of Mission Effectiveness
SP Spotlight: Sister Honora Collins
Archives Month Activities
Spring 2011
Lost-Scanned-Found: Scanning Project
SP Spotlight: Sister Mary Edna Beaudreau
Focusing on the Farm at Mary Immaculate School
Winter 2010-2011
Archivists Without Borders: North American Providence Archivists Meet
SP Spotlight: Sister Vincent Ferrier Proulx
Picturing Providence: Our Lady of Seven Dolors School (Tulalip, Washington)
Summer 2010
New Digital Collections Database
Review: Women and Spirit Exhibit
Did You Know: Sister Profession Numbers
Exhibit Program
St. Lawrence Day
Winter 2010
Sisters of Providence Formation
Spotlight: Sr. Martin Lefrancois
Picturing Providence: A Ceremony of Change
Did You Know: Temporary Vows
New Archives Supervisor, Sr. Judith Desmarais
Volunteer, Sr. Virginia Miller
Fall 2009
The Way it Was in Providence Schools
Spotlight: Sr. Mary Loretta Gately
Picturing Providence: A Lifelong Educator
Providence Schools of Mother Joseph Province
Spring 2009
Providence and its Nursing Legacy
New Staff Member Pam Hedquist
Spotlight: Sr. John Gabriel Ryan
Picturing Providence: The Teacher and the Nurse
The Nurse's Cap and Pin
New Accession: General Hospital, Everett
Winter 2008/2009
New Accession: St. Joseph Medical Center, Burbank
What's New In the Archives?
Reader's Corner - Living the Legacy: A History of Sacred Heart School of Nursing
Picturing Providence: Archives Month Poster
"Change": A Poem by Margarita Acosta, SP
Erratum (Sesquicentennial Timeline)
Summer 2008
From the Archivist: Lights! Camera! Action!
Alaska Connections
Picturing Providence: The Coadjutrix Sisters of Providence
Spring 2008
The Results Are In...(user survey)
What's New in the Archives?
SP Spotlight - Sr. Ethel Richardson
Picturing Providence - Bill Stephens Photographs
Institutional Anniversaries
Winter 2008
From the Archivist: A Balancing Act in the Archives
New Accessions
A New Face in the Archives
Picturing Providence: Just in Time for Football Season
Winter 2007
From the Archivist: A Reflection on Sesquicentennial Research
A Journey Revisited
2007: A Year of Providence Anniversaries
Picturing Providence: PAV & the Columbus Day Storm of '62
Fall 2006
From the Archivist: Collaborate...Naturally!
Q&A: Leslie Hall, Archivist for Holy Angels Province
The Case of the Sirop de Gomme
On the Lookout for Artifacts
Picturing Providence: A Tale of Two Ships
Spring 2006
Exhibits for the Sesquicentennial
Sister Begins SP History Research
Praxedes of Providence: Foundress, Missionary, Leader
Picturing Providence: May the Month for Mary and Mothers
Sesquicentennial Commemorative Timeline
Verbatim: The Spring Winds (a poem by Sr. Margarita Acosta)
Winter 2005
Yakima Valley Ministry in Retrospect
From the Archivist: Team Archives
Christmas Past: Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Wallace, Idaho
Picturing Providence: Bearers of Gifts
2006: A Year of Providence Anniversaries
Summer 2005
A Calendar to Mark the SP's 150th Year
Medford's "New" Window
Anniversary for Local Archivists
Picturing Providence: Serious Work
From the Archivist: City in Peril, Archives at Risk
Spring 2005
Legacy in Stone
A New Space for Artifacts
Reader's Corner
Picturing Providence: From Panels to Pixels
Archivists Take Lead
2005: A Year of Providence Anniversaries
Fall 2004
A Repository for the Future
Four at the Forefront
Christmas in the Northwest--1856 Style
Regal Dessert
Did You Know...Santa Claus was admitted at St. Peter Hospital
Picturing Providence: O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum
Summer 2004
From the Archivist: Your Story is Our History
Did You Know...The Sisters of Providence published in 1869 a highly regarded pharmacopeia
A Feast for the Eye: The New Mural at St. Joseph Residence, Seattle
Picturing Providence: Sowing Seeds of Faith
Spring 2004
Chapel Windows Find New Home Abroad
Did You Know...Sister Foundresses Were Almost Expelled from an Indian School
Page Turners: New Books on Providence History
2004: A Year of Anniversaries
Fall 2003
From the Archivist: Northern Sojourn
"Providence Provides," Debuts
Did You Know...The Academy in Sprague, Washington,
taught an exceptional number of students who became Sisters of Providence
Summer 2003
Photograph Catalog Database Launched
Did You Know...Providence Yakima Medical Center had a record birth of six sets of twins during the first two months of 1935?
Touring History
Spring 2003
Superior General and General Council Pay Visit
Union of Provinces Merges Archival Collections
Volunteer Historian Translates Records of Pioneer Nuns
Repository Renovation Notice
Historical Society Publishes Article on Montana's St. Patrick Hospital
2003: A Year of Providence Anniversaries
Winter 2002
Traditional Habits Sewn
Mother Joseph Year Ends
Did You Know: First group of SPs to arrive
Who's Who in the Archives: J. Norman Dizon, Asst. Archivist
Spring 2002 (no summer and autumn issues)
Report on Centennial Activities
A Patriotic Glimpse...
What's New in the Archives
Centennial Exhibit
Winter 2001 (vol. 9 no. 4)
Mother Joseph Centennial
A Year of Anniversaries
Reflections on Rome
Meeting the "Tommys"
Autumn 2001
Beatification Events
Collections Highlighted
Online Update
Did You Know: Mother Gamelin's Death
Spring 2001
Meet Our Visual Resources Archivist
News about Mother Gamelin and Mother Joseph
Did You Know: Providence Medford's 90th Anniversary
Winter 2001 (vol. 9 no. 1)
News From the Archivist
Providence Anniversaries in 2001
Did You Know: Mother Joseph and the AIA
Books of Interest
Autumn 2000
Mother Joseph in Hall of Fame
Did You Know: "$5 and Prayers"
School Collections Online
Archives Update
Summer 2000
Providence General Medical Center Exhibit Award
Archdiocese of Seattle Sesquicentennial Exhibit
ElderPlace Anniversary
Being Mother Gamelin
Spring 2000
Providence Anniversaries
New System Office Exhibits
Spokane Archives
Running with the Dogs in Nome
Winter 1999
Providence General Historical Exhibit
Sister Rita Bergamini Retires
The Importance of History