SBM.06m Boarding School Workroom, St. Benedict's Mission, White Earth, MN

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/eb24d72ac4d72646b5470dca5fef396f

Title

SBM.06m Boarding School Workroom, St. Benedict's Mission, White Earth, MN

Creator

unknown

Date

c. 1895

Description

ST. BENEDICT'S MISSION, WHITE EARTH RESERVATION, MN SAINT BENEDICT'S MONASTERY (CONVENT), ST. JOSEPH, MN Students pose with their handiwork in the work room of the newly-built school at St. Benedict's Mission. Domestic arts were considered important. So before and after school hours, the girls were taught to card wool and spin yarn with which they knitted their own stockings. They were taught plain and fancy sewing and took turns in assisting the sisters in the kitchen, laundry and dairy. Under Sister Philomena Ketten's supervision, the boys worked in the garden and helped on the farm with picking potatoes and raking hay. ________ SBMA McDonald, p. 241

Subject

Education
Reservation

Source

Minnesota Digital Library

Relation

http://cdm15734.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getthumbnail/collection/SBM/id/85

Type

image

References

http://cdm15734.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/SBM/id/85

Date

c. 1895

Source

Minnesota Digital Library

Subject

Education
Reservation

Citation

unknown, “SBM.06m Boarding School Workroom, St. Benedict's Mission, White Earth, MN,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed June 10, 2026, http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/6937.

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