Louis L. McAllister Photographs

Louis L. McAllister photographed people and places near Burlington, Vermont for 60 years. He was born in Columbus, Nebraska on October 16, 1876, the son of Julius S. McAllister (born 1841 in Lincoln, VT) and Rosette Gould (born in Vermont in 1851). Julius McAllister worked as a photographer and dentist in Washington D.C., Bristol, Vermont and Columbus, Nebraska. Around 1895, Julius, his third wife Amy, and their children left Nebraska for the Union Soldiers’ Colony in Fitzgerald, Georgia. By 1900, Julius and Amy were divorced, and Amy and her stepson Louis were working as photographers in Thomasville, Georgia. In 1907 Louis McAllister married Cora Shepard (born about 1872 in Vermont) in Holland, Michigan. By 1910, they were living in Queen City Park in South Burlington, Vermont, where Louis established a photography studio. The McAllisters moved to Burlington, and by 1919 they lived at 47 N. Winooski Avenue. They continued to occupy a summer cottage at Queen City Park, and were active in the Queen City Park Association, which held spiritualist camp meetings annually. McAllister conducted his photography business from home until his death in 1963. McAllister’s “trademark” was his panorama camera which made him familiar to all sorts of groups ranging from graduating classes to state police to summer camp groups. In addition he did print 8 x 10 photos, many of which document building construction and Burlington Street Department projects, as well as group and individual portraits. The L.L. McAllister Collection includes portraits, construction projects, buildings, businesses and events in the Burlington area covering the period ca. 1920-1960. The collection also includes photos of street, bridge, airport and sewer construction and repair, as well as group portraits of clubs, schools, etc. Revised April, 2010

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116 Burlington (Vt.). 70 Portrait photography. 57 Mount St. Mary's Academy (Burlington, Vermont). 30 Trinity College (Burlington, Vt.). 27 Camp Marycrest (Vt.). 27 Grand Isle (Vt.). 24 Women. 21 Priests. 17 Girls. 14 College teachers. 12 College graduates. 12 College students. 12 High school students. 10 Classrooms. 10 Interior architecture. 10 Nurses. 8 Buildings. 8 Cathedral High School (Burlington, Vt.). 8 Chapels. 8 Men. 8 Students. 7 High school buildings. 7 School children. 7 Young women. 6 Camps. 6 Children. 6 Church buildings. 6 Fanny Allen Hospital. 6 Gardens. 5 Colchester (Vt.). 5 High school students -- Dramatic production. 5 St. Joseph School (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Choruses. 4 DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Family. 4 Statues. 4 University of Vermont. 4 Worship programs. 3 Actors. 3 Buses. 3 Camping. 3 Cathedral Grammar School (Burlington, Vt.). 3 Champlain, Lake. 3 Choirs (Music). 3 Costume. 3 House furnishings. 3 Middle school students. 3 Offices. 2 Boats and boating. 2 Canoes and canoeing. 2 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Burlington, Vt.). 2 First communion. 2 High school teachers. 2 Hospitals. 2 Saint John Vianney Parish (South Burlington, Vt.). 2 South Burlington (Vt.). 1 Architectural photography. 1 Basketball. 1 Cake. 1 Christ the King School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Employees. 1 Gymnasiums. 1 High school athletes. 1 Musicians. 1 Parades. 1 Piano. 1 Rice Memorial High School (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery.

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Miniature of Mt. St. Mary's Convent
Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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    • Date Created: 1955
    • Description: Sister of Mercy and student during a piano lesson. Dated 1955.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Mt. St. Mary's Convent
    Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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      • Date Created: undated
      • Description: Sisters of Mercy, seated in two rows on school stage, with Fr. Raymond A. Adams, principal of Cathedral High School. This photo dates probably from the mid- to late 1950s. Fr. Adams was there either because he was their principal (i.e. the sisters were teachers) or because he served as chaplain at Mount St. Mary's.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Trinity College - Graduation
      Trinity College - Graduation
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        • Date Created: 1944
        • Description: Nursing class of '44 in a group photo with two Sisters of Mercy, taken in front of the Administration Building, later renamed Mann Hall. NOTE: This photo appears in the BFP, June 7,1944, p.3. "Degoesbriand Hospital graduates 23 nurses." All graduates are identified. The sisters are: Sr. Carroll and Sr. Collins of the Bp. DeGoes. hospital admin. staff.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Trinity College - Graduation
        Trinity College - Graduation
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          • Date Created: 1957
          • Description: 1957 Trinity College graduates, three Sisters of Mercy, who also may be faculty members, and another faculty member assembled perhaps in the Administration Building (Mann Hall). Photo #6.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Mt. St. Mary's Convent
          Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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            • Date Created: 1955
            • Description: Sister of Mercy kneeling before a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. To her right is a somewhat 2-dimensional likeness of a devout person praying the rosary and holding a candle. Dated 1955.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Mt. St. Mary's Convent
            Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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              • Date Created: 1957
              • Description: Seven women, very likely at the beginning or perhaps the end of their novitiate with the Sisters of Mercy. Each holds a white candle and wears the white veil of a novice. The novitiate is a period of preparation and discernment, at least a year long, prior to making a temporary profession, the first of a series of vows to a religious community. Dated 1957.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Mt. St. Mary's Convent
              Mt. St. Mary's Convent
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                • Date Created: 1960
                • Description: Six Sisters of Mercy gathered before a shrine dedicated to Mary, Queen of the Assumption. These women may still be in the novitiate, or celebrating the end of it. Location is unknown but presumably on the grounds of Mount St. Mary's. Photo #26. Dated 1960.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Trinity College - Faculty
                Trinity College - Faculty
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                  • Description: Faculty member of Trinity College and presumably a Sister of Mercy.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Fanny Allen Hospital: School of Nurses Training - Graduation
                  Fanny Allen Hospital: School of Nurses Training - Graduation
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                    • Date Created: 1944
                    • Description: This photo appears in the Burlington Free Press of June 7, 1944 (one day after D-Day). In the front row (l.-r.) are: Marjorie Malbourne, Gertrude Valyou, Sr. Bisson (Superintendent of Nurses, Fanny Allen Hospital), Lorraine Barber, Lorraine Dion. Back row (l.-r.): Barbara McNeil, Bernadette Daly, Doritt Rylant, Alfreda Moreau, Ruby Story, Kathleen McNally, and Margaret Rice. Photo #2?
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Trinity College - Nurses
                    Trinity College - Nurses
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                      • Description: Graduating class of Nursing students with a nun 2nd row center in front of the Bishop De Goesbriand Hospital, near Trinity College.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs