Vincentian Studies Institute

Vincentian Library Resources at DePaul University

St. Vincent DePaul

The Vincentian Studies Institute maintains a large Vincentian research library. The collection is located at the John T. Richardson Library of DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois. Researchers are welcome to use this non-circulating collection. Many more rare Vincentian items are also housed in the DePaul University Special Collections area, as well as the De Andreis — Rosati Memorial Archives [the archives of the Midwest Province of the Congregation of the Mission]. Special requests for inter-library loans will be considered. For information about using the collection on site please contact the Special Collections Department at 773-325-7864, Monday-Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. The collection titles can be accessed electronically by conducting a search through the DePaul University Library collections listed on ILLINET Online.

The Vincentiana Collection at DePaul University's Archives/Special Collections Department

Over the last several years the John T. Richardson Library and the University Archives and Special Collections departments have been enriched by the addition of a number of important Vincentian collections:

The Opening Day Collection, representing volumes published before 1818 that were part of the original Vincentian library at St. Mary's of the Barrens, Perryville, Missouri.
The Vincentian Studies Institute Research Library (non-circulating).
The DeAndreis/Rosati Memorial Archives of the Midwest Province of the Congregation of the Mission.
The Vincentiana Collection.
The Vincentian Postcard Collection.
Vincentian rare volumes added to the University's Special Collections.

It is the University's and Vincentian Community's intention that DePaul become a world-class center for Vincentian studies. This goal is supported by the presence at the university of the headquarters of the Vincentian Studies Institute of the United States.

With the advent of web-based auction sites a large amount of previously unobtainable historical/archival materials related to the Vincentian tradition broadly considered have become readily available for purchase. These items include, but are not limited to: postcards, medals, relics, holy cards, maps, brochures, yearbooks, pamphlets, magazines, photographs, statues, commemorative items, paintings, prints, manuscripts and other institutional and personal memorabilia.

The purpose of establishing a Vincentiana area within Archives/Special Collections is to build a wide ranging collection that illustrates popular and day-to-day aspects of Vincentian spirituality, life and mission, and complements the other Vincentian collections from research and curricular perspectives.

Accession of these materials will be performed by the University Archives and Special Collections staff. A description of this collection will be made part of the website for the Archives and Special Collections area.