Sister Hedwig Bauer, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a personal data sheet, a listing in the archival newsletter index, and two obituaries.
Dates
- Creation: 1878-1883
Creator
- Bauer, Hedwig, 1857-1883 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Sister's papers are restricted for 50 years after creation. Sister's papers are restricted for 50 years after sister's death. Photographs, previously published and widely distributed materials are unrestricted. Sister Hedwig Bauer, OSB papers are unrestricted and available for review.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Hedwig (Marie) Bauer, OSB was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1857. She entered the Benedictine Community at the age of 21 on August, 1878. She was invested in February 1879. She made temporary vows in February, 1880. She died presumably of tuberculosis on April 29, 1883. She died at the age of 25 only 5 years after entering the Benedictine Community. She is buried in St. Boniface Cemetery in Chicago. She served the community in a quiet and prayerful manner.
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 Hedwig Bauer, 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
7430 N. Ridge Blvd.
Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203
archives@osbchicago.org