Name/Title
Sacred Heart Academy Reminiscence by Martha Conrad Clarke, c. 1940Entry/Object ID
AM2015.22.46Scope and Content
Sacred Heart Academy Reminiscence by Martha Conrad Clarke, c. 1940. Martha attended Sacred Heart School from age 7, both as a boarder and day student. Martha Conrad (Clarke) was the first person to graduate from Sacred Heart Academy in St. Joseph, MO in 1875. She was one of three graduates that year. She was active with the Convent and the Academy's alumni association all her life.
Handwritten, she describes the Sacred Heart Convent, Academy & Grounds as she remembers them, including drawings of the floor plan from basement to 3rd floor. She recounts classmates including Sylvanie Robidoux, school activities, school procedures, etc. in vivid detail. The school had two dormitory rooms, one for Catholics, one for Protestants.
undated, but Martha died in 1949, this reminiscence is from a while before her death.
Envelope in which letter stored has return address, San Francisco College for Women, Lone Mountain, San Francisco, California where her daughter Genevieve was a religious.
"Account of Martha Conrad Clarke wrote of the old Convent St. Joseph now closed" (although the convent later re-opened).Collection
Conrad-PhilipsLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
ReminiscenceNomenclature Sub-Class
Literary WorksNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Genealogy, Conrad Family, Catholic, Catholic Girl Schools, Sacred Heart AcademyRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Martha Conrad ClarkePerson or Organization
Sylvanie RobiouxPerson or Organization
Mother Keating
