Sister Mathilda Buscher, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection is very limited, containing only a personal data sheet and community obituaries.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1873
Creator
- Buscher, Mathilda, 1854-1873 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Sister's papers are unrestricted and available for review since her death occurred over 50 years ago.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Mathilda Buscher, OSB was born Emilie on May 1st, 1854 in Chicago, Illinois to German and Bavarian parents. She entered the Benedictine Community on August 1st, 1871, making her first vows in 1873. Her postulancy was interrupted by the Chicago fire. She made her eternal profession on her deathbed and died 3 weeks later on December 5, 1873 at the age of 19. She is buried in St. Boniface Cemetery. Her younger sister Elizabeth became Sister Amelia Buscher, OSB, who is also buried next to her sister.
Extent
.1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
- Title
- A Guide to Sister Mathilda Buscher, OSB papers
- Author
- Mickey Smith
- Date
- 2025-03-17
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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