Writing the History of a Religious Teaching Institute: Guidelines for Research, Sources and Methods (19th and 20th Centuries)

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by Paul Wynants

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Subjects:

  • Some Basic Principles
  • Historiographical Perception and Research Themes
  • Hagiography
  • The Sociology of Religion and “Socio-history”
  • Sociography of a Religious Community
  • Active Members of the Community
  • The Members’ Places of Origin
  • The Surrounding Milieu
  • Structure and Organization of the Community
  • Attitudes and Outlook of the Religious
  • Evolution of the Group
  • Transformations of the Social Context
  • Changes at the Heart of Communities of Active Life
  • Community Life
  • Community Life
  • Physical and Emotional Standards
  • The History of Daily Life
  • Other Aspects to Explore
  • Context of the Foundation
  • The Foundation
  • The Preliminary Negotiations
  • The Opening of the Institution
  • The Personnel Assigned to the Work
  • The Staff
  • The Teachers’ Profile
  • Academic Norms
  • Career Educational Investment
  • Relations with the Teaching World
  • The Students
  • The Student Body and Its Characteristics
  • Conditions for Admission
  • The Different Categories of Students
  • The Social Relations of the Youths
  • The Program
  • The Educational Plan
  • Organization of the Program
  • Educational Content
  • Educational Theory
  • Results
  • Spiritual Animation
  • Infrastructure and Finances
  • Status of the Institution
  • The Buildings and Property
  • The Equipment
  • Operations
  • The Institution’s Benefactors
  • The Running of the Institution
  • Daily Life
  • The Framework of Life
  • The Rules of Life
  • Organization of the School Year
  • Organization of the Week
  • The Conditions of Student Life
  • The Climate, the Atmosphere of the Institution
  • Relations with the Outside World
  • The school’s image (in relation to educational, civil and religious authorities, influential people, parents of the students, the press, etc.)
  • Relations of the Institution
  • Statistical Data
  • Publications of the Institutions
  • Other Services Rendered to the Local or Parish Community
  • The Closing of the Institution
  • The Sources
  • Congregational Archives
  • Content of Correspondence Addressed by Some Sisters to Their Motherhouse
  • The Community’s Internal Affairs
  • Dealings with Outsiders
  • Local News
  • Requests
  • Content of Correspondence Addressed by Third Parties to One Motherhouse
  • Items Sent by the Parochial Clergy
  • Items Communicated by the Chancery
  • Items Sent by the Town
  • Items Communicated by Benefactors
  • Letters from Educational Authorities
  • Items Corning from Local People
  • Chancery Archives
  • Parish Archives
  • Archives of the Civil Authorities
  • Some Other Sources