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. 2004 Spring-Summer;67(1):86-106.
doi: 10.17723/aarc.67.1.d558520196w85573.

The use of convent archival records in medical research: the School Sisters of Notre Dame archives and the nun study

Gari-Anne Patzwald, Sister Carol Marie Wildt

The use of convent archival records in medical research: the School Sisters of Notre Dame archives and the nun study

Gari-Anne Patzwald et al. Am Arch. 2004 Spring-Summer.

Abstract

The School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) archives program in a cooperative system for the arrangement and preservation of the records of the SSND provinces in North America, including records of individual sisters. Archival records include autobiographies, school and college transcripts, employment histories, and family socioeconomic data. The Nun Study, a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's disease and aging in 678 SSND sisters, compares data extracted from these records with data on late-life cognitive and physical function and postmortem brain neuropathology to explore early life factor that may affect late-life cognitive function and longevity.

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