Sister Hilda Jahn, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of biographical information. It includes only a personal data sheet, photocopied first and final vow sheets, obituaries, a photograph, and remembrances of Sister Hilda by Sister Geraldine Stock recorded in 1982.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1901-1982
Creator
- Jahn, Hilda, 1883-1910 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is unrestricted. All materials are open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Hilda Jahn, OSB was born Gertrude on August 2nd, 1883 in Sypniewa, Prussia (now Sypniewo, Poland). She entered the community on December 27th, 1900, making her first profession in Latin on August 23rd, 1902. She made her final vows in English in Canon City, Colorado on August 24th, 1905.
Despite profound disabilities, including a potentially "lame" arm, Sister served as a teacher for the upper elementary grades at St. Scholastica Academy in Canon City.
Sister died at the age of 27 in Chicago on December 7th, 1910, and is buried in St. Boniface Cemetery.
Extent
.1 Linear Feet (1 hanging file)
Language of Materials
English
Latin
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 Hilda Jahn, OSB papers
- Author
- Clara Finkelstein
- Date
- 2025-11-10
- 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