The Missing Yearbooks

As most of you know as part of our Project 110 we are celebrating our past by digitally archiving photos, documents, and yearbooks.  We still have about 15 more year books to scan and upload to our website.  You can find the already uploaded yearbooks here: Archived Yearbooks.  Be aware that these are fairly large pdf files that could take some time to open, so please be patient.

After going through all or our archives in the school and the parish office we've noticed that we are still missing several copies of yearbooks from the past.  We are still looking for 1949, 1969, 1976, 1997, and 2002.  Of course, some of these will be easier to find than others, but if you have one you could either let us have or borrow to be scanned, please email frlorig@gmail.com.

By the way, check out this fun site called www.yearbookyourself.com.  Here are some photos of Fr. Lorig from 1954, 1968, and 1972.

         

Archived Photos Almost Finished

Almost all of our photos from the archives (1900-1970's) have been scanned and are now being edited and uploaded to Flickr.  We have over 3000 photos to sort through and categorize by decade.  Here's just a taste of what to expect in the near future.

In the beginning…

St. Mary’s is sitting on a gold mine of exciting history.  The school archives go all the way back to 1896 when then Fr. Cassidy pleaded with Mother Leopoldine to establish a Franciscan community here in O’Neill and start our school.  One of the beautiful traditions of these Sisters was to chronicle each school year noting the highlights and struggles.  It’s a gem of a read and fascinating to watch the history unfold to where we are now.

As an ongoing project St. Mary’s will publish the chronicles on our website found at http://www.stmarysoneill.org/academy-chronicles/ and we’ll even throw in a few photos too to set the stage.

Enjoy.  St. Mary’s Chronicles

From the Archives

 

Don't laugh too hard....you're probably related to one of them.

Like this photo?  If you're familiar with Windows 7 or plan on becoming familiar with it in the near future, you may have heard of Windows Theme Packs.  What's cool is that it's not just another desktop image, but you can create a series of images within a theme, add colors and sound, then share them.  I've created a theme from St. Mary's Archives which you can download here and put on your computer.  Enjoy. Download Themepack

Fr. Jeff