Oral History: Sr. Mary Agnes Carey
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Title
Oral History: Sr. Mary Agnes Carey
Subject
Sister Mary Agnes Carey
Description
An oral history of Sister Mary Agnes Carey, a Sister of Charity of Seton Hill from 1934 until 1993. The interview was conducted by Sister Mary Noel Kernan on April 23, April 24, and May 5, 1987.
Sister Mary Agnes Carey - religious name of Sister Thomas Aquinas - was born on January 18, 1916 and entered the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill in September of 1934. She received a bachelor's degree in Latin from Seton Hill College in 1940, a master's degree in Spanish from Middlebury College in 1956, and a doctorate from the University of Madrid in 1958. She was part of the first group of Sisters sent to Korea in 1960. Prior to that she taught at SS. Peter & Paul in Arizona and at St. Luke's in Carnegie. She was also part of the Spanish department at Seton Hill College. She was Principal of St. Joseph in Kang Tjin, Korea, from 1960-1971. Sister Mary Agnes died on October 12, 1993.
Creator
Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill
Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill
Publisher
Archives of the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill
Date
1987-04-23
1987-04-24
1987-05-05
Rights
All rights to this recording belong to the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill, Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
All rights belong to the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill, Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
Format
Audio cassette tape
Language
English
Type
Oral history
Identifier
OH-84
Coverage
Gwangju
Kwangju-si (Chŏlla-namdo, Korea)
1916-1987
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
Sr. Mary Noel Kernan
Interviewee
Sr. Mary Agnes Carey
Original Format
Audio cassette tape
Bit Rate/Frequency
96kHz
Collection
Tags
Citation
Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill and Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill, “Oral History: Sr. Mary Agnes Carey,” Collections of the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill Archives, accessed April 26, 2024, https://scsharchives.com/items/show/509.
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