Sister Martha Dusek, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
Includes only a personal data sheet, obituaries, and photocopies of her photograph.
Dates
- Creation: 1922
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is unrestricted and open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Martha Dusek, OSB was born Anna Dusek on December 18th, 1867 in Bohemia. She joined the community along with her
natural sister Marie (Sister Winifred) on December 7th, 1888. She made her first vows on December 31st, 1890, and her final profession on January 1st, 1894.
Sister Martha is one of ten Sisters who cared for the kitchen and laundry at Saint Bede Monastery and College in Peru, Illinois. She also served as housekeeper and cook for the Saint John Nepomucene Convent in Chicago. Sister Martha died on December 22nd, 1922 at the age of 55, and is buried in Calvary Cemetery. Her natural sister died the folowing year.
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.
Subject
- Dusek, Martha, 1867-1922 (Person)
Occupation
- Title
- A Guide to Sister Martha Dusek, OSB papers
- Author
- Clara Finkelstein
- Date
- 2025-09-24
- 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