Sister Adelsinde Brummer, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a personal data sheet, obituaries, prayer cards, newspaper death notice, a detailed history of her life, and two photographs.
Dates
- Creation: 1889-1943
Creator
- Brummer, Adelsinde, 1872-1943 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Sister's papers are unrestricted and available for review since her death was over 50 years ago.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Adelsinde Brummer, OSB (Marie Brummer) was born in Bavaria in 1872. She entered the Benedictine community in November 1889. She made Triennial vows in February 1892, Perpetual vows in 1896. She celebrated her silver jubilee in 1921 and her golden jubilee in 1942. Sister Adelsinde's Benedictine life was spend in assisting with many household chores. Her assignments included missions in Iowa, Maryland, Pueblo, Canon City, and Chicago. She was well known for kindness to hungry strangers. She died on April 16, 1943 at the age of 70. She is buried in Calvary Cemetery.
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 Adelsinde Brummer, OSB papers
- Author
- Mickey Smith
- Date
- 2025-03-10
- 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