Sister Bertha Faller, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
Includes a personal data sheet, obituaries, photocopied vows, select community and research correspondence about Sister, prayer cards, biographical notes, notes handwritten by Sister Bertha, and photographs of both Sister and her embroidery and textile work. Also includes a small piece of embroidery in the shape of a crown, likely made by Sister.
Dates
- Creation: 1888-1999
Creator
- Faller, Bertha, 1863-1958 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is unrestricted and is open to research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Bertha Faller, OSB was born Elisabeth Faller on August 22nd, 1863 in Evansville, Indiana. She joined the community on October 15th, 1885, making her perpetual profession in 1891. Sister was a choir Sister who served as a teacher of art embroidery at the two Chicago academies: SS Benedict, Saint Scholastica on Orleans Street, and Saint Scholastica on Ridge Boulevard. Four large embroidered banners that she made, along with a processional conopy, are displayed on the walls of the Heritage Room. In addition to teaching and embroidery, she also served as portress for a number of years. Sister died on July 30th, 1958 at the age of 95, and is buried in Saint Boniface Cemetery.
Extent
.1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Latin
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 Bertha Faller, 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