Westcliffe, Colo., 1945 - 1990
Scope and Contents
This sub-series starts with a list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in Westcliffe, Colorado, nearly every year from 1930 to 1965. Several news clippings relating to Our Lady of the Assumption appear next, including a 1945 story from The Southern Colorado Register about the summer school of religion. Some other documents revolve around the parish's establishment and how the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago became involved. Westcliffe is where the community taught its first vacation school in 1930.
Dates
- Creation: 1945 - 1990
Creator
- From the Record Group: Ivantic, Vivian, 1913-2023 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
All materials in this collection is unrestricted.
Extent
From the Record Group: 0.8 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Record Group: English
Subject
- Our Lady of the Assumption (Westcliffe, Colo.) (Organization)
- Vietoris, Germaine, 1885-1967 (Person)
- Hrusovsky, Scholastica, 1898-1992 (Person)
- Hrusovsky, Stephanie, 1891-1976 (Person)
- Witthauer, M. Bertilla, 1882-1974 (Person)
- Gmeiner, Modesta, 1887-1962 (Person)
- Schartung, Mary, 1877-1962 (Person)
- Rohar, Gregory, 1914-2011 (Person)
- Hrusovsky, Anthony, 1895-1981 (Person)
- Cullings, Estelle, 1903-1998 (Person)
- Clifford, Annella, 1907-1998 (Person)
- McCarry, Agatha, 1922-1994 (Person)
- Beck, Celine, 1924-2007 (Person)
- Matern, Walburg, 1903-1990 (Person)
- Hoffman, Elizabeth, 1924-? (Person)
- Lynch, Catherine, 1917-2005 (Person)
- Cornella, Mary, 1910-2010 (Person)
Geographic
Repository Details
Part of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago Archives Repository
Archives
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
7430 N. Ridge Blvd.
Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203
archives@osbchicago.org