Sister Martina Bisson, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a personal data sheet, various listings of ministry assigments, archival research correspondence, a death notice from 1989, and one photograph.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1930-2000
Creator
- Bisson, Martina, 1891-unknown (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Sisters papers are restricted for 50 years from the date of death. Photographs, published, and other widely distributed materials are open for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Martina Bisson, OSB was born in 1891 in New Jersey. She entered the Benedictine Sisters in February 1910 and was finally professed in 1914. For approximately 23 years, Sister Martina taught primarily first and second grade students. She taught elementary school at St. Michael's in Delta, Colorado, St. Joseph's in Salida, Colorado, and St. Symphorosa's in Chicago. She was declared a "master teacher" by many because she was able to teach both reading and writing to any student no matter what challenges they possessed. In April, 1934 she requested a dispensation from her vows which was granted in August, 1934.
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 Martina Bisson, OSB papers
- Author
- Mickey Smith
- Date
- 2024-12-16
- 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