Sister Mechtild Baudermann, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a personal data sheet, written vows in German, a ministry listing, a general life overview sheet, a life sketch by Sister Geraldine Stock, OSB, a few obituaries, and four photographs.
Dates
- Creation: 1866-1921
Creator
- Baudermann, Mechtild, 1846-1921 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is unrestricted. All material is available for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Mechtild Baudermann, OSB was born in Klebsau, Baden in 1846. She and her older sister (Sister Gertrude) entered the young Benedictine Community in 1866. She made triennial vows in German in 1868 and final vows in Latin in 1871. She celebrated her silver jubilee in 1876 and golden jubilee in 1918. She died on July 2, 1921 and was buried in Calvary Cemetery near her sister's grave. Sister Mechtild was a teacher and served at a number of schools including St. Mary's in Nauvoo, Fourteen Holy Martyrs in Baltimore, St. John Nepomucene and St. Joseph in Chicago, and St. Boniface in Pueblo, Colorado. During her years in Chicago, she served as a trustee to the Board of Managers, and several times as the novitiate mistress.
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 Mechtild Baudermann, OSB papers
- Author
- Mickey Smith
- Date
- 2024-11-25
- 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
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Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203
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