Interview with Sister Electa Sullivan, C.S.J., February 17, 1983, Tape 1, Side 1
Identifier
pitt:20230202-ssjb-0043-t1s1
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Title
Interview with Sister Electa Sullivan, C.S.J., February 17, 1983
Subject
St. Joseph Preparatory School (Baden, Pa.), Mt. Gallitzin Academy, Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, Sullivan, Electa, Catholics, Nuns--Religious life, Teaching, Farm life, Family life
Description
[t1s1]Sister Electa Sullivan talks about birth in DuBois in 1916. She talks about her family: mother a nurse at DuBois Hospital in 1910; Tom Mix; father work in flourmill before marriage; father sheep farmer; Mattier Farm and Homestead Farm near New Bethlehem; mother purchase of house in Kittanning so children could attend St. Mary School; music; return to farm on weekends. She talks about farm; church; mining town; her mother as country “doctor.” She talks about her parents’ heritage. She speaks of her mother: 1909 nursing degree from Mercy Hospital; work in cigar factory on Pittsburgh’s North Side; nurse at St. Paul’s Orphanage; attending St. Philomena. She speaks about becoming a Sister of St. Joseph; her siblings. [t1s2]Sister Electa Sullivan talks about attending St. Joseph Preparatory School; early teaching assignments. She speaks about being in charge of Mount Gallitzin Academy in the 1950s. She compares class sizes and courses in different schools. She talks about her years at Our Lady of Holy Rosary in Perrine, Florida, 1965-1977. She reflects on changes in schools; Religious life; congregational life. She talks about prior procedures for Superior General elections.
Contributor
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden (depositor), Sullivan, Electa (interviewee), Witt, Sally (interviewer)
Date
1983-02-17
Type
oral histories (literary genre)
Format
cassette tape, 48 minutes
Identifier
pitt:20230202-ssjb-0043
Language
eng
Relation
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden Oral History Collection
Coverage
Perrine (Fl.)
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