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Zember, Mildred, 1925-2015

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1925 - 2015
  • Usage: 1945 - 2015

Parallel Names

  • Zember, Helen Kathleen, 1925-1945

Occupations

  • Benedictine nuns
    • Note: Entered Novitiate: 1945-07-11, First Vows: 1946-08-06, Perpetual Vows: 1949-08-16

Places

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Gunnison, Colo.

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains a list of Sisters who ran vacation schools in Gunnison, Colorado, for over 20 years. Also inlcuded is a picture of one group of pupils, although the year is unknown, and a map highlighting the town's location.

Dates: 1929-2007

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

Oak Creek, Colo.

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 48
Scope and Contents

The only paper in this sub-series lists the Sisters who taught in Oak Creek, Colorado, along with the summers they were stationed there throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. Some background on what brought the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago to the town, along with some anecdotes from the community's time there are also included.

Dates: 1929-2007

Ordway, Colo.

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 50
Scope and Contents

There is relatively little material relating to the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's time in Ordway, Colorado, compared to the nearly two decades the community taught vacation schools in the town. All that's contained in this sub-series is a list of the Sisters who ran Ordway's summer schools of religion and a map highlighting the town on a map.

Dates: 1929-2007

Pitkin, Colo.

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

Beyond a slip of paper listing the Sisters who taught vacation schools in Pitkin, Colorado, this sub-series also contains a photograph of a preist with five pupils from the town. The year this image was captured is unknown.

Dates: 1929-2007

Steamboat Springs, Colo., 1982 - 1986

 Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-2, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

Besides a list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, this sub-series includes a euology to Holy Name Church's Fr. Frank Ciaptacz, who died in 1982, an obituary for one of his predecessors, Fr. Joseph Leberer, who died four years later in 1986, and a couple photos from the area.

Dates: 1982 - 1986

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