Heritage Room Tour at Mount St. Mary College

Heritage Room Mural 2, 1853-1869

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Listen to audio clip from:

Newburgh Heritage Room - Our Story: In Celebration of 125 Years, December 14, 1869 - December 14, 1994 (audio recording)
The Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary, Newburgh, New York, 1994.  Narrated by Sr. Beth McCormick.

Costume replica, 1853

1853

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Doll wearing a replica of the German peasant dress worn by the Sisters upon their arrival in the United States.  The four intrepid travelers were Sister Augustine Neuhierl, Sister Josepha Witzlhofer, lay sister Francesca Retter and lay sister Jacobina Riederer.

(Displayed on the floor in the center of the Heritage Room.)