Box OSBCHI-C-100-1

This sub-series begins with a document listing the Sisters who taught summer schools of religion in Lamar, Colorado, from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s. A copy of a page from a section of "Our Community" on 1937 vacation schools, including the one in Lamar. Three small photographs of pupils, Sisters, and prists taken in 1936 and 1937 are also included, along with a map highlighting the town on a map of the region.

This sub-series is relatively thick when compared to how little is known about the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's time in Louisville, Colorado. A paper lists four Sisters who taught two vacation schools, but the years of each are unknown. Also included is a multi-page document about Catholicism in the region, which mentions Louisville, and the catalog for a set of negatives shot during a 1989 archives trip to Colorado.

This sub-series contains a single piece of paper listing two summer schools of religion taught in Manzanola, Colorado, and Progresso, Colorado. The first took place in 1938 with 203 pupils, although it is unknown which Sister or Sisters were stationed there at the time. The other was run by Sr. Mary Cornella, OSB, and Sr. Anne Spehar, OSB, at some point in the 1940s.

This sub-series is comprised of a document listing Sr. Mercedes Moore, OSB, as the only teacher at a vacation school in Meeker, Colorado, which took place sometime between 1937 and 1941, and a map highlighting the town's location on a map.

This sub-series is comprised of several maps highlighting the location of Montrose, Colorado, along with a pamphlet from St. Mary Church's 75th anniversary celebration and a 1968 Dateline Colorado story about vacation schools in the state.

The only paper in this sub-series lists the Sisters who taught in Oak Creek, Colorado, along with the summers they were stationed there throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. Some background on what brought the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago to the town, along with some anecdotes from the community's time there are also included.

This sub-series contains a list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in Olathe, Colorado, and an image of a Sister standing alongside eight pupils. The back of the print lists the year as 1944, although there is no evidence the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago were present in the town until two decades later. There is a good chance this photograph was taken later than listed or was captured in a separate town.

There is relatively little material relating to the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's time in Ordway, Colorado, compared to the nearly two decades the community taught vacation schools in the town. All that's contained in this sub-series is a list of the Sisters who ran Ordway's summer schools of religion and a map highlighting the town on a map.

This series contains four Archives Newsletters published in 2007 explaining the history of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's vacation schools in Illinois, Arizona, and Colorado. Each town is listed, along with its parish, and which Sisters worked where when. A seperate document lists about how many pupils attended each summer school. Also included are some maps highlighting where Sisters worked in the region.

This thin sub-series contains an archive note describing which Sisters taught vacation schools in Alta Vista, Colorado, from 1940 to an unknown point in the 1950s. A passage from "Our Community" is included as a supplement beneath the section for 1942. It explains where Sr. Walburg Mater, OSB, and Sr. Gabrielle Pierik, OSB, taught in the town.