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Gannon, Mary Joan, 1923-2020

 Person

Dates

  • Usage: 1968 - 2020
  • Usage: 1923 - 1941

Parallel Names

  • Gannon, Denise, 1941-1968

Occupations

  • Benedictine nuns
    • Note: Entered Novitiate: 1941-07-11, First Vows: 1942-08-16, Perpetual Vows: 1945-08-16

Places

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Las Animas, Colo., 1937 - 1967

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains a long list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in Las Animas, Colorado, for over 30 years. Several documents relate to St. Mary Church, including a postcard of the exterior, a print of the interior, a pamphlet about the history of the parish, and a news article from the Southern Colorado Register that mentions the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago. A postcard from Leadville, Colorado, is also included, but the reason is unclear.

Dates: 1937 - 1967

Minturn, Colo., 1952 - 2007

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 45
Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains many photos and several news clippings relating to vacation schools the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago taught in Minturn, Colorado, from the late 1930s to late 1970s. Most material was produced during the 1950s.

Dates: 1952 - 2007

Red Cliff, Colo., 1956 - 1989

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-2, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

This series is mostly comprised of photographs of Red Cliff, Colorado, and the vacation schools Sisters taught there. Also included are some images from a 1989 archives trip to Colorado and a list of Sisters who worked in the town from 1952 to 1977.

Dates: 1956 - 1989

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Las Animas -- Colorado 1
Minturn -- Colorado 1
Red Cliff -- Colorado 1