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Sister Walburga Bauer, OSB papers

 Collection — Folder: OBSCHI-D-BAUEWALB-0
Identifier: OSBCHI-D-BAUEWALB

Scope and Contents

This collection includes a personal data sheet with minimal information and data. A letter was written by Sister Vivian Ivantic, OSB to the Nauvoo Community to ascertain information on Sister Walburga. Two copies of a vow formula are listed for November 13, 1862. A small sheet of paper provided some general dates, and birth place, and vow completion.

Dates

  • Creation: 1862-1865

Creator

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 Walburga Bauer, OSB papers are unrestricted and available for review.

Biographical / Historical

It seems that (Marie Bauer) Sister Walburga Bauer, OSB was born in Bavaria, Germany in 1840. Sister Walburga came from Erie as a novice. She was professed on November 13, 1862. She left the community in 1865. There is a notation that Sister Walburga as of 1868 left with some other sisters for St. Joseph, Minnesota.

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 Walburga 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

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