Sister Francesca Garrett, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This series includes general biographical information such as nearest of kin contact information, ministry lists, teaching certifications, photographs of Sister and her artwork, and a personal data sheet. This collection also includes an example of her artwork in a Saint Scholastica brochure, and a couple of photocopied news clippings in which Sister is mentioned or featured.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1960-1991
Creator
- Garrett, Francesca (1927-?) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The material in this collection is unrestricted. It is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Francesca Garrett, OSB was born Evelyn Mary on April 17th, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. She entered the community on Spetember 16th, 1945, making her final vows on August 17th, 1950.
Sister studied at Loyola University, Mt. St. Scholastica in Atchison, Kansas, Notre Dame University, Art Institute Chicago, and DePaul University Chicago. She served as teacher at the Queen of All Saints School, and as an art director and teacher at St. Scholastica High School in Chicago. She also taught grades 3-8 at St. Hilary and St. Joseph in Chicago, and St. Michael in Canon City, Colorado.
Sister left the community on July 18th, 1967.
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.
- Title
- A Guide to Sister Francesca Garrett, 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
7430 N. Ridge Blvd.
Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203
archives@osbchicago.org