Hillenbrand, Eleanore, 1924-2019
Dates
- Usage: 1943 - 2019
Parallel Names
- Hillenbrand, Rita Celeste, 1924-1943
Biographical Note
Sr. Eleanore Hillenbrand donated her body to the Anatomical Gift Association of Illinois. Her cremains will be buried with other sisters when they are returned.
Occupations
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Benedictine nuns
- Note: Entered Novitiate: 1943-07-11, First Vows: 1944-08-18, Perpetual Vows: 1947-08-18
Places
- Chicago -- Illinois (Place of Birth) -- Date: 1924-01-21
- Chicago -- Illinois (Place of Death) -- Date: 2019-10-29
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Las Animas, Colo., 1937 - 1967
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.
Research trip to Latrobe, St. Marys, Erie, Pittsburgh, Wheeling, 1992-09-29 to 1992-10-12
This sub-series includes the calendar, itinerary, postcards, and notes of an research trip that the archivist, Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB made to Benedictine houses in the Eastern United States. Sister Eleanore Hillenbrand, OSB and Sister Mary Frances Schermerhorn accompanied her. They also visited Sister Karen Bland, OSB who was on the staff of Wheeling Jesuit College in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Rockvale, Colo., 1955 - 1991
This series contains a list of Sisters who taught in Rockvale, Colorado, from the late 1920s until the the middle of the 1940s. Pages copied from "Our Community" appear alongside newsclippings and other texts regarding St. Patrick Church and the town at-large. Also included are photographs from a 1991 archives trip to Colorado and an archives newsletter relaying what happened during the trip and the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's history in the state.
Telluride, Colo., 1968 - 1989
This sub-series contains a list of Sisters who taught in Telluride, Colorado, during several summers between 1931 and 1978. Three news stories about St. Patrick Church appear alongside a postcard, map of the area, and some images taken by Sr. Eleanore Hillenbrand, OSB, during an archives trip she and Sr. Vivian Ivantic, OSB, took to Colorado in 1989.