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Sister Pauline Dotterweich, OSB papers

 Collection
Identifier: OSBCHI-D-DOTTPAUL

Scope and Contents

Includes short biographies, photocopied vows, newsletters, and articles, research request correspondence, a gift of sheet music from her students at St. Scholastica, a personal information sheet, and photographs.

Dates

  • Creation: 1881-2003

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is unrestricted. Materials are open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Sister Pauline Dotterweich, OSB was born Elisabeth Dotterweich on June 2nd, 1860 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She joined the community on September 20th, 1884, pronouncing the three Benedictine vows in Latin upon her triennial vows in 1885. She gave her perpetual vows in 1888 in St. Gertrude's Convent in Breckenridge, Colorado. Her first assignments were to teach needlework, music, and choir at St. Gertrude's Academy, the Academy of St. Scholastica, Canon City, and St. Mary's School in Aspen. She was later reassigned to the Academy in Canon City where she remained until her death on April 16th, 1945 at 85 years old. Sister Pauline is buried in Lakeside Cemetery south of Canon City.

Extent

.1 Linear Feet (1 hanging file)

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 Pauline Dotterweich, OSB papers
Author
Clara Finkelstein
Date
2025-09-23
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

Contact:
Archives
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Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203