Niznick, Albertina, 1889-1976

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This series contains a folder for each town in Colorado where Sisters taught summer schools of religion. Most contain a list of which Sisters taught in a town and when, while some include much more material, such as photographs, news clippings, pamphlets, etc.

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 slim sub-series contains nothing more than a sheet of paper listing Sisters who taught at vacation schools in Delta, Colorado, where the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago were stationed from 1950 until 1974. In addition to summer schools of religion, some Sisters also worked at St. Michael School.

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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.

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This sub-series contains a list of Sisters who taught in Holly, Colorado, during three summers in the 1930s. Several missions of St. Frances of Rome Church are also listed.

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This sub-series contains a list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in La Junta, Colorado, from the 1930s to the 1940s. It is unclear what years some Sisters were in the town, so there may have been schools into the 1950s. An image of Sr. Anita Sheid, OSB, standing outside with a priest and several pupils appears alongside postcards of a scout troop nicknamed the "Koshare Indian Dancers," and a short book detailing the history of the Church in La Junta from 1885 to 1986.

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This sub-series begins with a document listing the Sisters who taught summer schools of religion in Lamar, Colorado, from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s. A copy of a page from a section of "Our Community" on 1937 vacation schools, including the one in Lamar. Three small photographs of pupils, Sisters, and prists taken in 1936 and 1937 are also included, along with a map highlighting the town on a map of the region.

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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.

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This sub-series is mostly comprised of papers listing Sisters who taught vacation schools in Pueblo, Colorado. The only other material included is a 1959 news clipping mentioning Sr. Walburg Matern, OSB.

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This sub-series contains an archives note listing the Sisters who taught vacation schools in Rocky Ford, Colorado, along with a couple news clippings of events relating to the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's presence in the town. Also included is a photograph of several pupils from one summer, although the year is unknown, and it appears they do not comprise the whole class, as there are more children cut off on the right left side of the frame.