Box OSBCHI-C-100-1

This sub-series is comprised of a single slip of paper listing 1938 as the only year the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago taught a vacation school in Fowler, Colorado. It is unknown which Sister or Sisters were stationed in the town.

This sub-series lists Sr. Pancratia Yede, OSB, as the only Sister to teach a vacation school in Gilman, Colorado, although what year she was stationed there is unknown. Two images of the town are also included: the first is a squarte-format color print taken in 1982, and the second is a black-and-white image that appears older.

This sub-series lists several missions of St. Stephen Church in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Sr. Mary Cornella, OSB, taught a vacation school in the town one summer, but the year is unknown. Also inclued is a portrait of a dozen pupils standing outside the parish alongside the priest.

This sub-series contains a list of Sisters who ran vacation schools in Gunnison, Colorado, for over 20 years. Also inlcuded is a picture of one group of pupils, although the year is unknown, and a map highlighting the town's location.

This sub-series contains a list of Sisters who taught in Holly, Colorado, during three summers in the 1930s. Several missions of St. Frances of Rome Church are also listed.

This sub-series contains very little information about the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's time in Koen, Colorado. A vacation school was taught during the summer of 1936, but which Sister or Sisters were stationed there is unknown.

This sub-series contains a slip of paper listing several Sisters who taught vacation schools in Lafayette, Colorado, during the 1940s and 1950s. Also included are a couple photographs from that period and a couple more from a 1989 archives trip to Colorado.

This sub-series contains a list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in La Junta, Colorado, from the 1930s to the 1940s. It is unclear what years some Sisters were in the town, so there may have been schools into the 1950s. An image of Sr. Anita Sheid, OSB, standing outside with a priest and several pupils appears alongside postcards of a scout troop nicknamed the "Koshare Indian Dancers," and a short book detailing the history of the Church in La Junta from 1885 to 1986.

This sub-series contains a long list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in Las Animas, Colorado, for over 30 years. Several documents relate to St. Mary Church, including a postcard of the exterior, a print of the interior, a pamphlet about the history of the parish, and a news article from the Southern Colorado Register that mentions the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago. A postcard from Leadville, Colorado, is also included, but the reason is unclear.

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.