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Sister Mary Jude Ahern, OSB papers

 Collection
Identifier: OSBCHI-D-AHERMARY

Scope and Contents

This collection includes press releases, two jubilee celebration worship aids, obituary notifications, funeral worship aid, funeral homily, and funeral remembrance cards. Other personal data recorded here includes birth and baptismal certificates, next of kin information, teacher certification and education programs attended. There are also materials dating back to her high school years, college diplomas, papers written for college courses. Finally there are various letters and notes from Benedictine Sisters and friends.

Dates

  • Creation: 1921-2000

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Sister's papers are restricted for 50 years after her death. Photographs and widely published materials are unrestricted. Materials in this collection become unrestricted on December 13, 2050.

Biographical / Historical

Sister Mary Jude Ahern, OSB grew up in Salida, Colorado. After graduation she entered the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago in 1923. She served as a teacher in both elementary school and high School in Colorado and Chicago. As a mathematics teacher she had the ability to work with both bright students and those students not gifted in mathematics. She served as the assistant principal for administrative services beginning in 1950 and worked with 7 different principals at St. Scholastica Academy in Chicago.

Extent

.3 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 Mary Jude Ahern, OSB papers
Author
Mickey Smith
Date
2024-10-30
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