Sister Amelia Buscher, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes biographical information and photographs. There is also limited correspondence, articles about her family, samples of her artwork, and several musical compositions given to her as gifts by Edgar A. Brazelton.
Dates
- Creation: 1888-1950
Creator
- Buscher, Amelia, 1863-1950 (Person)
- Hewetson, George Benson, d. 1939 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
These papers are unrestricted. They are available for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Amelia Buscher, OSB was born in Chicago on September 20, 1863. She entered the Benedictine Community in September, 1888. She professed triennial vows in August, 1890 and professed final vows in August, 1893. She celebrated her silver jubilee in January, 1918, her golden jubilee in August, 1940, and her diamond jubilee in July, 1950. Sister Amelia taught piano and art. She served as the superior in Canon City, Colorado, later at St. Joseph School in Salida, Colorado. She was the novice mistress, was also charged with the aspirants in the early 1920's. Sister Amelia died July 30, 1950 at the age of 86 and is buried in St. Boniface Cemetery, next to her sister, Sister Mathilda Buscher, OSB. Sister Amelia's father was a wood carver with work in Chicago churches.
Extent
.2 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.
Related Materials
Two watercolors representing pastoral scenes of sheep before a sheepfold (13" x 10") and a shepherd leading his sheep to water in a pasture(13.75" x 9.75"). Collection D Oversized Material: box OM.1, folder 7.
Two sketches, pencil on paper, representing a Trojan Text alphabet (8.5" x 12.5") and a wheat and grapes border (12" x 9"). Collection D Oversized Material: box OM.1, folder 8.
Ink on paper sketch, representing a blessing, Our Heavenly Guest by George Benson Hewetson with an apple blossom decoration (11" x 16"). Collection D Oversized Material: box OM.1, folder 9.
Musical compositions:
Four sets of sheet music, gifts to Sister Amelia from the composer, Edgar A. Brazelton.
A Rustic Romance, published 1921, inscribed
The White Poplar, handwritten
The House and the Road, handwritten
The sky, handwritten.
Collection D Oversized Material: box OM.1, folder 9.
Publications:
Archives Newsletter, I 9, 10, 27, 32, 40, 44; II 29: III 16, 33; IV 2, 9, 31, 32, 35; VI 17, 19, 38; VII 17; VIII 2, 51, 81: X 24, 37; XIII 16-23; XIV 2, 22; July-Aug '93: 27; XVI 9, 15, 21, 26, 42, 43, 51, 68, 70, 72; XIX 15; XXI 39, XXIII 6, 8, 9; XXV 32, 36.
- Title
- A Guide to Sister Amelia Buscher, OSB papers
- Author
- Mickey Smith
- Date
- 2025-03-17
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2025-05-14: Sister Virginia Jung, OSB added the Related Materials note.
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