Sister Henrietta Dutli, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes brief biographies, photographs, obituaries and news articles pertaining to her death, jubilee materials, prayer cards, a postcard to Sr. Martha, and photocopies of her vows, birth certificate and baptismal record.
Dates
- Creation: 1893-1958
Creator
- Dutli, Henrietta, 1874-1951 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is unrestricted and open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Henrietta Dutli, OSB was born Elizabeth Dutli on October 25th, 1874 in Switzerland. She was one of 19 children. She immigrated to the United States in 1893 and settled in Pueblo, Colorado. She entered the Chicago community on November 19th, 1898, and made perpetual vows on September 3rd, 1903. Sister Henrietta taught at Immaculate Conception School in Kanakakee, Illinois, and at St. George School in Chicago for 19 years. She also worked at the St. Mary School in Pueblo as both directress and superior. In addition to teaching, Sister also served as the procurator at the motherhouse. She died on December 5th, 1951 at the age of 77 following a long illness. She is the first member of the community to be buried in All Saints Cemetery in Desplaines, Illinois.
Extent
.1 Linear Feet (1 hanging file)
Language of Materials
English
Latin
German
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 Henrietta Dutl, 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