Archives of the Society of the Divine Word, Chicago Province

Archives of the Chicago Province Society of the Divine Word, Chicago Province, also called the Robert M. Myers Archives and Resource Center (RMARC), holds the records of the current and past provinces of the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean, the papers of deceased and former Divine Word Missionaries, and the records of former and current SVD educational institutions, parishes, and missions throughout North America.

Established in its current location in 1989, RMARC’s first director became its eventual namesake: Rev. Robert M. Myers, SVD. In 2002, RMARC was legally authorized to collect, preserve, and make available its collections under the Code of Canon Law, cc. 486-491.

Archival collections are supplemented and complemented by a large collection of scholarly and popular monographs, periodicals, and other publications pertaining to the Divine Word Missionaries, the Catholic Church, missiology, and other pertinent subjects.