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Box OSBCHI-C-100-1

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Contains 54 Results:

Nucla, Colo.

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 47
Scope and Contents

The only material in this sub-series is a slip of paper listing the Sisters who taught vacation schools in Nucla, Colorado, and the few years they were stationed there.

Dates: 1929-2007

Oak Creek, Colo.

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 48
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1929-2007

Olathe, Colo., 1944

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 49
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1944

Ordway, Colo.

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 50
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1929-2007

Summer Religious Education, 1967 - 2007

 Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1967 - 2007

Alta Vista, Colo.

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1929-2007

Aspen, Colo.

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

The sub-series for Aspen, Colorado, contains a map highlighting the city's location and photographs from the 1989 archives research trip. No information about the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's vacation schools is included.

Dates: 1929-2007

Avondale, Colo., 1945

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains a list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in Avondale, Colorado, in 1942, 1945, and 1946. A picture of the class of 1945 stand outside the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart with the parish's pastor, along with a news story examining the history of the church are also included.

Dates: 1945

Belleplaine, Colo., 1959 - 1990

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

This sub-series is comprised of a list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in Belleplaine, Colorado, along with a news clipping about St. Anne Church, and several photographs of the parish over the years, including one of Sr. Mary Bede Beck, OSB, standing outside the church with her pupils.

Dates: 1959 - 1990

Blende, Colo.

 Sub-Series — Box: OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains an archive note listing Sr. Mary Schartung, OSB, as the only Sister to teach a vacation school in Blende, Colorado. She taught in the town during the summer of 1949 or 1950.

Dates: 1929-2007