Friends of the Cabildo Oral History Tape Collection
Addition--Brother Walter Davenport, C.S.C.
Brother Walter Davenport (b. December 29, 1928)
Interviewed by Adele Mangipano [Time: 45 minutes]
Tells history of Holy Cross Order in New Orleans:
- 1820
- 1841
- First group came to the U.S. at the request of a priest in Vincennes, Indiana.
- Group moved to Notre Dame University
- 1849
- Five brothers and three sisters to take over an orphanage in New Orleans.
- Holy Cross School is an outgrowth of the orphanage.
- Brother Vincent, Director of orphanage
- Older orphans to learn trades
- One year, fifty orphans died of yellow fever
- 1889
- Name changed from St. Isadore to Holy Cross
- 1912
- Additions to 1895 building; brought in central heat and electricity
- School produced outstanding people
- 1905-1955
- Sisters on staff took on role of domestics
- 1998
- Celebrating 150th anniversary in New Orleans
- Tradition of fathers, grandfathers, and some great-grandfathers of present pupils attending
Holy Cross
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