Subseries: Sister Mary Aquinas research material

Biographical material, 1959, undated

Taped autobiographical reminiscences
Scope and Content Note: Autobiographical reminiscences of Aquinas, from childhood to circa 1960. Growing up, education, teaching, service in convents, travel across United States.

Track 1, 1914-1935; Track 2, , 1930-1942

Track 3, 1894-1910; Track 4, , 1870s, 1910-1915

Track 5, 1941-1944; Track 6, , 1930s-1950s

Track 7, 1944-1946

Transcripts of autobiographical reminiscences

Studio One: “The Pilot”/CBS-TV, 1956
Note

Includes commercial for Westinghouse washing machines and preview of “Meet the Landlady's Daughter.”

This film is also listed in the “Studio One” Films finding aid on this website.

Physical Description: 16mm, b&w, 60 minutes 
Scope and Content Note: A romanticized version of the life of Sister Mary Aquinas, O.S.F., “The Flying Nun,” which traces her career, 1930-1956. The film concentrates on her efforts to “serve the need of the times” and to “keep one step ahead” of the inquiring minds of her students. This leads her to study aeronautics and get a pilot's license before World War II. She helps to establish over 500 aviation clubs in the U.S. and trains adults for government service for the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) during the war. Sister Aquinas appears in person at the end of the film and makes a plea for additional funds for better training of science education teachers.

General correspondence, 1941-1969

Textbooks

1953-1955

1955-1966

Clippings, 1943-1968