This is a complimentary card for the 15th annual Commencement Exercises at St. Joseph's Academy, Trinidad, Colorado Thursday, June 26, 1884 Doors open at 7:00 pm, Admission, One Dollar.
This card was found in the collection of items from midwife, Mary Bernarda Scavotto and is one of a number of items (ledgers, photos, postcards and equipment) in the History Colorado Collection.
See also Mss.2520 and Mss. 2595 files for Mary Bernarda Alishio Scavotto.
Mary Bernarda Alishio grew up in Trinidad, Colorado where she met her husband, Joseph Scavotto, who was visiting from St. Louis, Missouri. They went to St. Louis to be married and there Mary attended midwifery school graduating in 1905. The couple returned to Trinidad where they raised their family. Mary practiced midwifery in Trinidad and surrounding mining towns until shortly before her death in 1943. See the attached Andiamo! article for further details on her life.