Sister Judith Elms, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a personal data sheet, a photograph, and an obituary. Also included in an edition of the publication Benedictines from Winter 1999, which includes an article by Sister Judith entitled, "The Prioress/Monastic Relationship: An Alternative Vision." There is limited information in the archives about Sister Judith and the paths she travelled.
Dates
- Creation: 1999-2015
Creator
- Elms, Judith, 1931-2015 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The material in this collection is unrestricted, and is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Judith Elms, OSB was born Carolyn Marie in Little Rock, Arkansas. She entered the Benedictine Community at Saint Scholastica Monastery in Ft. Smith, Arkansas around 1949. Sister Judith served as an educator and in leadership in her community. She formed part of an offshoot group known by various names that lived in Oklahoma, Colorado, and Louisiana. They eventually became part of Benedictine Sisters of Chicago while remaining in Louisiana. Sister Judith died on September 28th, 2015, and is buried at Saint Joseph Abbey in Saint Benedict, Louisiana.
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 Judith Elms, OSB papers
- Author
- Virginia Jung; Clara Finkelstein
- Date
- 2025-09-08
- 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