{"id":819,"date":"2011-06-10T00:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T04:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.archives.nd.edu\/about\/news\/?p=819"},"modified":"2011-06-10T00:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T04:45:00","slug":"june-brides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/june-brides\/","title":{"rendered":"June Brides"},"content":{"rendered":" <\/a>
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In the collections of the University of Notre Dame Archives, references to weddings are scattered throughout.\u00a0 While these items don’t always have a personal connection with us today, they often provide an interesting insight into society, customs, and traditions.<\/p>\n

\"\"A wedding party, c1860s-1870s<\/em><\/p>\n

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Some items are historically significant:<\/p>\n

\"\"Newspaper illustration of the wedding of Minnie Sherman (daughter of General William Tecumseh Sherman) and Lieutenant Thomas Fitch, October 1, 1874, at St. Aloysius’ Church in Washington, D.C. (sketched by Harry Ogden).\u00a0 Among the numerous dignitaries in attendance were President and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant; Rev. Edward Sorin, CSC, founder and president of the University of Notre Dame; and Mother Angela Gillespie, CSC, director of St. Mary’s Academy (now College), cousin of Ellen Ewing Sherman (wife of William Tecumseh Sherman), and namesake of Angela Boulevard in South Bend<\/em><\/p>\n

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Others show pass\u00e9 customs:<\/p>\n

\"\"Pages 42-43 from “My Wedding Day” booklet by Louis LaRovoire Morrow, Bishop of Krishnagar, 1949.\u00a0 These pages outline the vows of the ceremony and the blessing of the rings in English and Latin<\/em><\/p>\n


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\"\"Pages from “Check List for Your Wedding” booklet by Msgr. James A. Magner, 1959.\u00a0 These pages outline what the bride, groom, parents, and attendants should wear to the ceremony.\u00a0 Gloves and hats are no longer required for Catholic weddings.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Some give insight to other cultures:<\/p>\n

\"\"A country wedding in Jamaica, c1890s<\/em><\/p>\n


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While others demonstrate the fashions of the times:<\/p>\n

\"\"Portrait of a bride, c1890s
\n(photo by McDonald Studios, South Bend)<\/em><\/p>\n


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\"\"A wedding party leaving the Basilica of the Sacred Heart while being pelted with rice, c1930s<\/em><\/p>\n


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\"\"A bride with her father outside of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, c1960
\n(photo by Walt Daly)<\/em><\/p>\n


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\"\"A wedding party, guests, and photographer at the Grotto, c1970s<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sources:<\/em>
\nGSBA 2\/05<\/a>
\nGSHR 11\/05<\/a>
\nPGEN 95\/3718<\/a>
\nPGEN 95\/3753<\/a>
\nGBMH 5\/24<\/a>
\nGAZA<\/a>
\nGBBY 45F\/6385<\/a>
\nGNDS 26\/13<\/a>
\nGPUB 38\/02<\/a><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <\/a>

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In the collections of the University of Notre Dame Archives, references to weddings are scattered throughout.\u00a0 While these items don’t always have a personal connection with us today, they often provide an interesting insight into society, customs, and traditions. A wedding party, c1860s-1870s   Some items are historically significant: Newspaper illustration of the wedding of … Continue reading “June Brides”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"author":4370,"featured_media":920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous-history","tag-events"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 21:51:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4370"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}