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Women Religious History Sources: A Guide to Repositories in the United States. Ed. by Evangeline Thomas with the assistance of Joyce L. White and Lois Sachtel. New York, Bowker, 1983. xxvii, 329 p. LC 82-22648. ISBN 0-8352-1681-0.

Describes the archives of 569 religious orders of women in the United States, Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox. For each order, there is a brief history, a description of the holdings of their archives and references to a general bibliography of published works. Appendices include a Glossary, Table of U.S. Founding Dates, a Biographical Register of Foundresses and Major Superiors. There is an extensive index.

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