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Kunesh, Rosalia, 1882-1959

 Person

Dates

  • Usage: 1900 - 1959

Parallel Names

  • Kunesh, Rosalie, 1882-1900

Biographical Note

Sr. Rosalia Kunesh's place of birth is listed as "Hora, Bohemia." This could refer to several locations in former Bohemian territories, including Andělská Hora, Horaždovice, and Zelená Hora, but most likely refers to Bad Muskau in modern Germany, as it is the only location with evidence people call it Hora, and Hora alone

Occupations

  • Benedictine nuns -- Date: 1900 - 1959
    • Note: Entered Novitiate: 1900-07-24, First Vows: 1901-02-26, Perpetual Vows: 1904-02-27

Places

Metadata Rights Declarations

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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Chandler, Colo., 1991

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1991

Coal Creek, Colo., 1933 - 1955

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

This sub-series is comprised of a couple papers listing the Sisters who ran summer schools of religion in Coal Creek, Colorado, along with the years they worked. The 28 students who attended the 1933 vacation school taught by Sr. Leona Schmitt, OSB, appear in two photographs. Also included is "The Gleanor," an article from an unnamed publication on the coal mines surrounding Cañon City, Colorado, which includes a description of Coal Creek prior to a 1907 fire that wrecked the town.

Dates: 1933 - 1955

Portland, Colo., 1991-1994

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB compiled the list of Sisters who taught vacation schools and weekend religious education at Christ the King Church in Portland, Colorado, from 1930 to 1945. At the time, Christ the King Church was a mission of St. Benedict Church in Florence, Colorado. Also included are two photographs from the 1991 archives trip to Colorado.

Dates: 1991-1994

Rockvale, Colo., 1955 - 1991

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-2, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1955 - 1991

Weldona, Colo.

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-2, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents

This sub-series is entirely comprised of a short list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in Weldona, Colorado, from the mid- to late-1930s.

Dates: 1929-2007

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Coal Creek -- Colorado 2
Canon City -- Colorado 1
Chandler -- Colorado 1
Portland -- Colorado 1
Rockvale -- Colorado 1