Sister Lucy Driesch, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes obituaries, news clippings, prayer cards, jubilee materials, ministry lists, a personal data sheet, academic transcripts, and photographs.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1925-1968
Creator
- Draper, Gabriella, 1881-1917 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Material is unrestricted, collection is open to research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Lucy Driesch, OSB was born Gertrude Driesch on June 26th, 1893 in Cologne, Germany. She immigrated to the United States as a child, and joined the community at the age of 18 on July 24th, 1911. She made her perpetual profession on July 11th, 1916.
Sister Lucy served may years teaching in the community's schools, beginning at SS Benedict and Scholastica Academy, before serving at every school in the Chicago Archdiocese except Saint Symphorosa. In Colorado, she taught at Saint Leander in Pueblo, Saint Scholastica Academy in Canon City, and at summer religious education schools around the state. In addition to teaching, Sister Lucy also often served as local superior and principal. She was also a part of the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) from 1926-1934 and from 1943-1950.
Sister died at the age of 75 on August 2nd, 1968 and is buried in the All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, Illinois.
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 Lucy Driesch, 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
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
7430 N. Ridge Blvd.
Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203
archives@osbchicago.org