Sister Philip Herder, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs, a personal data sheet, 3 news and article photocopies providing basic biographical information, and a Christmas card and letter she sent to the community in December of 1995.
Dates
- Creation: 1932-1995
Creator
- Herder, Philip, 1915-unknown (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 Philip Herder, OSB was born Leona (Lennie) on August 19th, 1915 in Pueblo, Colorado. A talented organist, she was considered a musical prodigy, accompanying choirs from the time she was in grade school.
Sister attended St. Scholastica Academy in Canon City before entering the community on September 7th, 1932. She then graduated from St. Scholastica High School Chicago in 1933.
Sister left the community in June of 1934.
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.
- Title
- A Guide to Sister Philip Herder, 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
Archives
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
7430 N. Ridge Blvd.
Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203
archives@osbchicago.org