Sister Juliana Kunz, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of basic biographical information. It includes a personal data sheet, community obituaries, photographs, annotated prayer cards, a card from Sister's diamond jubilee, and a photocopied compilation of news clippings.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1875-1944
Creator
- Kunz, Juliana, 1857-1944 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is unrestricted. All material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Juliana Kunz, OSB was born Gertrud on October 26th, 1857 in Prussia. She joined the community as a lay sister on April 6th, 1875. Sister made her first vows in German on December 8th, 1876, and her final profession on February 26th, 1880. She was the older natural sister of Sister Hildegarde Kunz.
Sister served the community through many different domestic assignments. She was stationed at the first Colorado mission in Breckinridge, Colorado, as well as in Salida, Delta, and the Saint Scholastica convent in Canon City. There, she was in charge of the laundry for many years. In Illinois, Sister served at the Motherhouse in Chicago, and at the Saint Bede Monastery in Peru.
Sister Juliana died on October 5th, 1944, having served the community for over 68 years. She is buried in Saint Boniface Cemetery in Chicago.
Extent
.1 Linear Feet
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 Juliana Kunz, OSB papers
- Author
- Clara Finkelstein
- Date
- 2025-12-09
- 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