Sister Mary Thomas Freeman, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a personal data sheet, an obituary, and a photocopied list of St. Scholastica Glee Club members, including Sister.
Dates
- Creation: 1937-2013
Conditions Governing Access
The material in this collection is unrestricted. It is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Mary Thomas Freeman, OSB was born Mary Ruth Freeman on December 1st, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from St. Scholastica Academy in Chicago in 1938, joining the community on September 11th, 1937. She made her final profession on August 16th, 1942.
Sister Mary Thomas attended DePaul University as well as the Chicago Conservatory of Music, where she earned a certificate in orchestral conduction and voice. She served as a music teacher at St. Scholastica, as well as a fourth grade teacher at Queen of All Saints.
She left the community on January 3rd, 1949. Her married name is Mary Ruth Vandenbroucke. She died on October 9th, 2013, at the age of 93.
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.
Subject
- Vandenbroucke, Mary Ruth, 1919-2013 (Person)
- Title
- A Guide to Sister Mary Thomas Freeman, OSB papers
- Author
- Clara Finkelstein
- Date
- 2025-10-08
- 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
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Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203
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