Ivantic, Vivian, 1913-2023

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This series contains two sheets of paper pertaining to a vacation school in Elkhead, Colorado. All seven students were siblings who were taught in their family's home by Sisters during the summer of 1942 and 1943.

Scope and Contents This sub-series contains a document listing the Sisters who taught vacation schools in Erie, Colorado, along with which years they were present in the town. Unlike the lists in many other sub-series, this paper is a description of Sisters' living quarters during the summer of 1943 and 1944. Also included is an image of Sr. Vivian Ivantic, OSB; Sr. Jeanne Hegarty, OSB; and Marion Greely, St. Scholastica Church's caretaker, outside the parish during a 1989 archives trip to Colorado. A framed...

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Despite the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's 40-year presence in Florence, Colorado, this sub-series is relatively slim. Beyond a two-page list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in the town, the only other material included are two images of a statue of St. Benedict taken outside St. Benedict Church during a 1991 archive trip to Colorado.

Scope and Contents This sub-series contains condensed histories and timelines of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago. Some were prepared by the archivist, Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB as research aids or at the request of community and school leadership. Others were prepared for Monastic Visitation packages or by the Development Office of the two sponsored high schools. The earliest chronology comes from the end material of the book-length community history, Where There Was Need,...

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There are 5 copies of this history. An note at the end regarding authorship reads: Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB (beginning to 1979) revised and updated by Sister Mary Ann O'Ryan, OSB (1979-1985)

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This history is a continuation of earlier histories of the same name. It was prepared in December 1991 for the Monastic Visitation of 1992. It includes a calendar of events for the celebration of 125 years in Chicago and 100 years in Colorado.

Scope and Contents A handwritten note indicates that much of the information in this history comes from Where There Was Need (1965) by Sister Genevieve Harrison, OSB. It begins with Reverend Louis Fink, OSB asking Abbot Boniface Wimmer, OSB for Benedictine Sisters to staff the parish school at Saint Joseph Parish in Chicago, Illinois. Material added by Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB runs up to June 1878 with the election of Sister Ann Sharp, OSB as prioress and the establishment of...

Scope and Contents Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB assembled this collection of materials related to the John P. Daleiden family due to the importance of their religious goods store in Chicago, Illinois. The store and factory located at 1530 N. Sedgewick Avenue, which had closed in the 1980s, was purchased by Sister Patricia Cowley, OSB in 1995 and converted to a shelter for unhoused women.It includes family trees and correspondence between the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago and Sister Laurentia Daleiden,...

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This sub-series contains a slip of paper listing several Sisters who taught vacation schools in Lafayette, Colorado, during the 1940s and 1950s. Also included are a couple photographs from that period and a couple more from a 1989 archives trip to Colorado.

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This document tells the story of the Sisters who first came to Chicago and of the Catholic clergy who were involved in governance through the term of Mother Antonia Herman, OSB, who was the last appointed prioress. When Mother Antonia left for the Dakotas in 1868, the Sisters were able to hold an election, choosing Mother Theresa Krug, OSB.