Sister Benigna Graff, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of biographical information such as a community obituaries, photographs, and a personal data sheet.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1903-1993
Conditions Governing Access
The material in this collection is unrestricted. It is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Benigna Graff, OSB was born Maria in Pueblo, Colorado on January 23rd, 1887 to German parents. Maria joined the community at the age of 16 on October 28th, 1903 and made her perpetual vows in Canon City on August 6th, 1908.
Sister developed "galloping consumption," an aggressive form of tuberculosis, and was nursed by her mother at the convent in Canon City. She died on on March 9th, 1910 at the age of 23 and is buried in Canon's Lakeside Cemetery.
Mother Imelda, OSB, who may have trained Sister Benigna in teaching, wrote a 1934 article in "Our Community" about Sister's brother Ludwig Graff, who was paralyzed and in constant pain.
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
- Graff, Benigna, 1887-1910 (Person)
- Title
- A Guide to Sister Benigna Graff, OSB papers
- Author
- Clara Finkelstein
- Date
- 2025-10-15
- 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