The collection includes event programs and invitations, financial records, correspondence, a diary and scrapbook, alumnae and student memory books, and newspaper clippings relating to St. Elizabeth Academy in St. Louis, Missouri. Items date from 1892 to 2015. The collection is arranged alphabetically by topic. An untitled and anonymous essay, possibly written by St. Elizabeth Academy archivist Sr. Helen Margaret Schuette, on the early history of the site of St. Elizabeth Academy and the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood explains the relationship between the order and Mgsr. Henry Muehlsiepen (B1/f.8). It also introduces the role played by Elizabeth Schiller, a widow who owned the property and oversaw the building of an orphanage which preceded St. Elizabeth, in the history of the school. Mrs. Schiller was a German immigrant with no family in St. Louis and was determined to leave an orphanage to take of care of German girls. She lived on the campus until her death in 1892 at age 91. Brief histories of the school are also in the student and teachers handbooks (B2/f.6-7). The Principal’s Diary is a ledger used as a hybrid between a diary and a scrapbook. It was created during the tenures of three school principals (known as directresses): Sr. Theophila (1914-1920), Sr. Innocentia (1921-1936), and Sr. Borgia (1937-1945). The volume has been divided into two folders for preservation. Loose items found in the volumes were moved to a separate folder with page number notations so that their original location can be found. The volume’s front cover is retained due to a photograph pasted to it (B1/f.17). The diary begins in 1914 with lists of sisters and students and daily lists of events at the school such as recitals, plays, class parties, lectures by guest speakers, debates, religious celebrations, and convent events. The lists of students show the school’s growth and range of activities and learning opportunities for its students. As the years progress, there are more programs, newspaper clippings, and some correspondence pasted into the volume while the diary entries dwindle to nothing. Entries are chronological with one exception, after a series of blank pages (p.177-293), there are lists of student exam results taken from 1915 to 1918 in the last pages of the volume. An account book records student accounts from approximately 1934, along with various other expenses, such as plays and recitals, from 1965 to 1970. There are also receipts and promissory notes dating from 1892 to 1944. Some receipts relate to services performed by Julius Pitzman for the school grounds. There also receipts from the estate of Elizabeth Schiller. Assorted information on alumnae and sisters include a memory book from 1975 for a reunion for the Class of 1965 (B1/f.3). Information about the sisters includes a copy of a 1905 note from Sister Superior that was placed in a time capsule (German), a funeral program and tribute for Sr. Helen Margarite Schuette, and six facsimile tickets for sisters who came to New York from Germany in 1870 on the S.S. Harmonika (B2/f.3). There are two graduate albums kept by seniors at St. Elizabeth. One volume is entitled, “Alma Mater Days” and was owned by Evelyn Kollas (later Trumpour), Class of 1912. Evelyn included several photographs, some identified, and newspaper clippings in her volume. There are no verses from classmates. The second volume is entitled “Girl Graduate” and belonged to Isabell Padberg, Class of 1925. The book includes party invitations and messages and sketches from fellow students and staff. Loose items from both volumes are in separate folders with page number notations to locate their original location.