Sister Nan Gold, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a personal data sheet, a commencement brochure for Loyola University, a photograph, Reception and Profession Worship Aids, and a poem Sister wrote in 1987 entitled, "Stars at Lauds: Kentucky." Limited personal papers include an academic transcript, a professional contract between the Lilac Tree and the Benedictine Sisters, correspondence, and reports regarding Lilac Tree, the center for divorcing women that Sister founded and directed.
Dates
- Creation: 1987-1994
Creator
- Gold, Nan, 1937-? (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Sisters' papers are restricted for 50 years after the Sister's death. Photographs, previously published, and widely distributed materials are unrestricted.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Nan Gold, OSB was born Mary Ann McCollough on April 6th, 1937 in Battle Creek, Michigan. She entered the community on January 9th, 1988 and made her first profession on January 28th, 1990.
Sister graduated from Marygrove College with a Bachelor of Arts degree, received a Master of Arts from the University of Michigan, earned a Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Chicago, and in 1990, graduated from Loyola University with a Master of Pastoral Studies. She served as the Executive Director and founder of The Lilac Tree: Women in Transition, Inc., a center that helps divorcing women adjust to single life.
Sister left the community on January 28th, 1994.
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 Nan Gold, OSB papers
- Author
- Clara Finkelstein
- Date
- 2025-10-14
- 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