Sister Camilla Hanley, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a personal data sheet, community obituaries/biographies, a research note on her life, and a letter regarding archival research into Sister's burial.
Dates
- Creation: 1892-1989
Conditions Governing Access
The material in this collection is unrestricted. It is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Camilla Hanley, OSB was born Margaret on July 9th, 1872 in Caseyville, Illinois. She entered the community on September 7th, 1891, making her first profession on May 11th, 1892. She died less than 2 weeks later, on May 24th, 1892 in Canon City, Colorado, likely of tuberculosis. Sister is buried in an unknown cemetery in Denver, Colorado. Her body was tranposrted to Denver due to the prevalence of anti-Catholic violence in Canon City by the American Protective Association at the time of her passing.
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
- Hanley, Camilla, 1872-1892 (Person)
- Title
- A Guide to Sister Camilla Hanley, OSB papers
- Author
- Clara Finkelstein
- Date
- 2025/10/20
- 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