Ivantic, Vivian, 1913-2023

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This sub-series is primarily comprised of lists of Sisters who taught vacation schools in Alamosa, Colorado. The Benedictine Sisters of Chicago had a large presence in the town, especially earlier in the 20th century. A pamphlet about the history of the Sacred Heart Church, a copy of some pages from "Our Community," and an Archives Newsletter are also included.

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The bulk of this collection from the Archives department consistes of Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB correspondence and summaries or timelines of community history. There are also Sister Vivian Ivantic OSB notes on the early days of community, catalogs of the collections, seals, and the works of other researchers on the history of the community. The Archives Newslette is the largest series.

Scope and Contents This sub-series contains some information on vaction schools run by the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago in Cedaredge, Colorado, throughout most of the 1950s. Several pictures taken during an archive trip to Colorado by Sr. Vivian Ivantic, OSB, and Sr. Eleanore Hillenbrand, OSB, appear alongside a parish profile of St. Philip Benizi, presumably collected during the same trip, and a news clipping from a September, 1968, article in the Delta County Independent announcing the dedication of the...

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This series details the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's brief presence in Chandler, Colorado. Four Sisters ran a vaction school in the small coal town during the summer of 1940, which served children in Chandler, along with Williamsburg, Colorado, and Coal Creek, Colorado. Also included is an Archives Newsletter written following a 1991 archive trip Sr. Vivian Ivantic, OSB, and Sr. Eleanore Hillenbrand, OSB, took to Colorado.

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This sub-series contains archive notes created by Sr. Vivian Ivantic, OSB, listing when vacation schools were taught and which Sisters taught them for each town with a summer school of religion run by the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago.

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This timeline begins at the 1861 foundation of the community in Chicago, Illinois and runs up to the election of Sister Philomene Linbeck, OSB in 1818. It is heavily annotated with corrections in pencil by Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB.

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All this sub-series contains is a short list of which Sisters led summer schools of religion in Craig, Colorado, along with which years they taught sessions between when they first entered the town in 1937 and when they finally left in 1973. Also included is a map highlighting where Craig is located in Colorado.

Scope and Contents This sub-series contains a sheet of oral history stories from the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's time in Crested Butte, Colorado. Originally St. Patrick Church, Sisters would later run vacation schools out of Queen of All Saints. The latter's architecture was beautiful enough to warrent a story in the Southern Colorado Register, which is also included. A photograph of two Sisters, a priest, and several children are believed to be from Crested Butte's 1937 session. Some undated, square...

Scope and Contents Unlike many of the other towns in this series, the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago never taught summer schools of religion in Cripple Creek, Colorado, but many children who attended vacation schools lived in the town. This sub-series contains several pamphlets on the history of Cripple Creek and other memorabilia from an archive trip Sr. Vivian Ivantic, OSB, and Sr. Eleanore Hillenbrand, OSB, took to Colorado in 1991. Also included is an Archive Newsletter written by Sr. Vivian Ivantic, OSB,...

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This series contains a couple photographs of Sr. Constance Matern, OSB, and Sr. Anthony Hrusovsky, OSB, a priest, and their vacation school group outside St. Mary Church in Eagle, Colorado. Also included are some pictures taken during a 1989 archive trip Sr. Vivian Ivantic, OSB, and Sr. Eleanore Hillenbrand, OSB, took to Colorado. The list of Sisters who taught at the summer schools of religion in Eagle may be incomplete, as the second page of the list is missing.