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Sister Columba Beary, OSB papers

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

Scope and Contents

The collection for Sister Columba Beary, OSB includes a personal data sheet, a next of kin list, educatonal information, ministry lists, a number of obituaries, school teaching schedules, a short commentary by Sister Colette Westrick, OSB. Finally two photographs were included in the collection.

Dates

  • Creation: 1927-1972

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Sister Columba Beary, OSB papers are unrestricted and available for review.

Biographical / Historical

Sister Columba Beary, OSB was born in Ireland in 1905. She and her natural sister (Sister Blanche Beary, OSB) worked as domestics in the United States before they both entered the Benedictine Community in August of 1927. Sister Columba was finally professed in August, 1932. Sister celebrated her silver jubilee in 1954. Sister taught on the elementary school level, usually in the primary grades. She was stationed at several Catholic elementary schools in Chicago and in Colorado, as well as, teaching at vacation schools in the summer. Sister Columba died suddenly of a heart attack in 1972 at the age of 67. She is buried at All Saints Cemetaery near her sister.

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 Columba Beary, OSB papers
Author
Mickey Smith
Date
2024-12-02
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:
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