Sister Gabriella Draper, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This hanging file includes a brief biography, archives correspondence, a personal data sheet, and photographs of her and possibly her family.
Dates
- Creation: 1905-1989
Creator
- Draper, Gabriella, 1881-1917 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is unrestricted. Materials are open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Gabriella Draper, OSB was born Cora Edith Draper in Colorado Springs on February 18th, 1881. Education was very important to her family, and when she entered the community on December 6th, 1906 she gifted her extensive personal library of literary and historical works to the Cannon City Academy's library. She made her perpetual vows in 1911, and at the Canon City Academy taught Latin, French, German, and English. Sister Gabriella died of tuberculosis on February 3rd, 1917 at the age of 36. She is buried in Lakeside Cemetery in 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 Gabriella Draper, 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
Archives
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Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203
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