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Box OSBCHI-C-100-1

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Contains 54 Results:

Craig, Colo.

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

All this sub-series contains is a short list of which Sisters led summer schools of religion in Craig, Colorado, along with which years they taught sessions between when they first entered the town in 1937 and when they finally left in 1973. Also included is a map highlighting where Craig is located in Colorado.

Dates: 1929 - 2007

Crested Butte, Colo., 1937 - 1992

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents This sub-series contains a sheet of oral history stories from the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's time in Crested Butte, Colorado. Originally St. Patrick Church, Sisters would later run vacation schools out of Queen of All Saints. The latter's architecture was beautiful enough to warrent a story in the Southern Colorado Register, which is also included. A photograph of two Sisters, a priest, and several children are believed to be from Crested Butte's 1937 session. Some undated, square...
Dates: 1937 - 1992

Cripple Creek, Colo., 1987 - 1992

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents Unlike many of the other towns in this series, the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago never taught summer schools of religion in Cripple Creek, Colorado, but many children who attended vacation schools lived in the town. This sub-series contains several pamphlets on the history of Cripple Creek and other memorabilia from an archive trip Sr. Vivian Ivantic, OSB, and Sr. Eleanore Hillenbrand, OSB, took to Colorado in 1991. Also included is an Archive Newsletter written by Sr. Vivian Ivantic, OSB,...
Dates: 1987 - 1992

Delta, Colo.

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents

This slim sub-series contains nothing more than a sheet of paper listing Sisters who taught at vacation schools in Delta, Colorado, where the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago were stationed from 1950 until 1974. In addition to summer schools of religion, some Sisters also worked at St. Michael School.

Dates: 1929 - 2007

Dillon, Colo.

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents

Little to nothing is known about the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's vacation school in Dillon, Colorado. There are no records of the community's time there, with its very existence established by word-of-mouth alone.

Dates: 1929 - 2007

Dolores, Colo., 1936 - 1942

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents The Benedictine Sisters of Chicago ran two vacation schools in Dolores, Colorado. The first was taught by Sr. Maurus Becker, OSB, and Sr. Anthony Hrusovsky, OSB, who had to drive 40 miles to the town; the second by Sr. Perpetua Guenther, OSB, but the year of this session is unknown. It may have been in 1936, as one photograph suggests. Two more images are included: one of Sr. Anthony Hrusovsky, OSB, a priest, and their pupils, along with a more recent picture of Our Lady of Victory...
Dates: 1936 - 1942

Durango, Colo.

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents

The only material in this sub-series is a map highlighting the location of Durango, Colorado.

Dates: 1929 - 2007

Elkhead, Colo.

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents

This series contains two sheets of paper pertaining to a vacation school in Elkhead, Colorado. All seven students were siblings who were taught in their family's home by Sisters during the summer of 1942 and 1943.

Dates: 1929 - 2007

Erie, Colo., 1989

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents This sub-series contains a document listing the Sisters who taught vacation schools in Erie, Colorado, along with which years they were present in the town. Unlike the lists in many other sub-series, this paper is a description of Sisters' living quarters during the summer of 1943 and 1944. Also included is an image of Sr. Vivian Ivantic, OSB; Sr. Jeanne Hegarty, OSB; and Marion Greely, St. Scholastica Church's caretaker, outside the parish during a 1989 archives trip to Colorado. A framed...
Dates: 1989

Florence, Colo., 1991

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents

Despite the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's 40-year presence in Florence, Colorado, this sub-series is relatively slim. Beyond a two-page list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in the town, the only other material included are two images of a statue of St. Benedict taken outside St. Benedict Church during a 1991 archive trip to Colorado.

Dates: 1991