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Sister Eugene Frank, OSB papers

 Collection
Identifier: OSBCHI-D-FRANEUGE

Scope and Contents

This collection includes a personal data sheet, three brief photocopied biographies/obituaries, and a handwritten note, undated.

Dates

  • Creation: c. 1936-1937

Conditions Governing Access

The material in this collection is unrestricted. It is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Sister Eugene Frank, OSB, the younger blood sister of Sister Agatha Frank, was born the Magdalena in Allegheny, Pennsylvania on April 11th, 1860. She joined the community in 1889, making her final profession on January 1st, 1894.

Sister taught at St. Joseph School in Chicago, and spent some time in Canon City, Colorado. However, or most of her life she served in internal ministries, including being charged with the Altar Bread Department for several years.

She died on December 29th, 1936, of a stroke and is buried in Chicago at the St. Boniface Cemetery.

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 Eugene Frank, OSB papers
Author
Clara Finkelstein
Date
2025-10-07
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

Contact:
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Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203