Archives Travel Tour of Wheatridge and Breckenridge, Colorado
Scope and Contents
The nine scrapbook albums in this series document the archival research trip of June 12th - July 3rd that Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB made to Colorado, mainly in search of material related to the Summer Schools of Religion that Sisters held in small and larger towns in Colorado. The scrapbooks also hold material related to parishes where the Sisters lived and worked year round.
Types of materials in scrapbooks
From the Series:- guide to the entire series
- sets of photographic prints and descriptive metadata by Sister Eleanore Hillenbrand, OSB
- itinerary of the trip
- photocopies of maps with highlighted routes and towns
- issues of Archives Newsletter dedicated to that leg of the trip
- postcards of flora and fauna
- postcards of scenic views and significant buildings including churches
- historic photographs acquired on the trip
- historic photographs taken from elsewhere in the archives, i.e. 1961 Centennial exhibit or dismantled albums
- photocopies of newsclippings
- pages or entire publications devoted to local history
- travel notes
- the occasional piece of material culture that fits in a plastic sleeve
- parish bulletins
Dates
- Creation: circa 1890-1991
Creator
- From the Series: Ivantic, Vivian, 1913-2023 (Person)
- From the Series: Hillenbrand, Eleanore, 1924-2019 (Person)
- From the Series: Hegarty, Jeanne, 1926-2009 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This series is unrestricted. The materials are open to researchers.
Biographical / Historical
The Sisters began their research trip at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, where they went to locate the grave of Sister Bernadette Brandt, OSB (1870-1894). Throughout the album, they spell the name of the town Wheatridge. Also included in this album, is their visit to Breckenridge, the site of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago first missions in Colorado, initiated in 1886. The Sisters initially went to Breckenridge, Colorado to staff St. Joseph Hospital; at the same time, they established St. Gertrude Academy for girls.
Extent
60 Sheets
Language of Materials
From the Record Group: English
Other Finding Aids
For photographs taken on this trip, numbering on the back pertains to the SET #s established by Sister Eleanore Hillenbrand, OSB in her indices to prints, negatives, and albums. These indices often contain captions for the images.
Photographs with a numbered label or a number written in ink on the front pertain to the 1961 centennial exhibit created by Sister Ignatia O'Connor, OSB. The catalog of that exhibit oftne provides a caption for the image.
Additional photographs were donated by Sisters who had visited Breckenridge at other times or had participated in the 1981 centennial of St. Mary's Parish. They may have metadata written on the back.
Materials Specific Details
This album contains two pieces of material culture: a commemmorative medal from the 1981 centennial celebration of Saint Mary's Parish in Breckenridge and a cloth case, inscribed Benedictine Sisters Breckenridge Colorado, presumably from the time they lived there 1886-1890.
Publications Included
Century of Faith: Blue River Mission and St. Mary's Church, Breckenridge, Colorado (1981)
Subject
- St. Mary Church (Breckenridge, Colo.) (Organization)
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