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Nuns standing behind a banner in the chapel at Sacred Heart Villa (now Villa Academy), Seattle, Washington, May 23, 1974
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| Title | Nuns standing behind a banner in the chapel at Sacred Heart Villa (now Villa Academy), Seattle, Washington, May 23, 1974 |
| Photographer | Wallen, Don
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| Date | 1974 |
| Historical Background | Villa Academy traces its roots to 1903, when the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart founded their first orphanage and school in Seattle on Beacon Hill. In 1914, Mother Cabrini moved her mission to the Laurelhurst campus they occupy today. The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart continued to run both an orphanage and school on the property until 1950. In 1951, the Missionary Sisters closed the orphanage and concentrated their energies on the elementary school known as Sacred Heart Villa, which they continued to run themselves until the mid-1970s. In 1977, with Archdiocesan approval, the governance of the school was turned over to an independent, lay Board of Trustees. Sacred Heart Villa became Villa Academy and the city's only Catholic independent preschool through eighth-grade school.
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| Notes | Wallen 660a |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Nuns--Washington (State)--Seattle
Villa Academy (Seattle, Wash.)
Chapels--Washington (State)--Seattle
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Modern Photographers Collection
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| Order Number | MPH1468 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info
Please cite the Order Number when ordering. |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Don Wallen Collection |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin; b&w |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2010 |
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