Sister Zita Herdegen, OSB papers
Collection
Identifier: OSBCHI-D-HERDZITA
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a personal data sheet, community obituaries, and two letters regarding the circumstances surrounding Sister's death.
Dates
- Creation: 1912
Conditions Governing Access
The material in this collection is unrestricted. It is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Zita Herdegen, OSB was born Margaret on October 3rd, 1874 in Ratisbon, Bavaria. She entered the community on August 30th, 1899, making her final profession on September 3rd, 1904.
In May of 1908, Sister was committed to St. Vincent's Institution in St. Louis, Missouri. She died there at the age of 37 on September 9th, 1912, and is buried in St. Louis.
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
- Herdegen, Zita, 1874-1912 (Person)
- Title
- A Guide to Sister Zita Herdegen, OSB papers
- Author
- Clara Finkelstein
- Date
- 2025/10/29
- 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
Contact:
Archives
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
7430 N. Ridge Blvd.
Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203
archives@osbchicago.org
Archives
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
7430 N. Ridge Blvd.
Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203
archives@osbchicago.org