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Benedictine nuns

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 585 Collections and/or Records:

Sister Josephine Godec, OSB papers

 Collection
Identifier: OSBCHI-D-GODEJOSE
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 1 hanging file. It includes prayer cards, funeral materials, a photocopied news article related to her death, community obituaries, a personal data sheet, a DePaul university transcript, a letter sent by her, a photograph, and photocopied documents that inform on her ministry.

Dates: c. 1915-1984

Sister Joyce Gleeson, OSB papers

 Collection
Identifier: OSBCHI-D-GLEEJOYC
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a hanging file of biographical information and a box of personal papers. Biograhical information includes funeral and jubilee materials, photographs, a personal data sheet, ministry lists, diplomas and certificates, a photocopy of her Irish passport, and nearest of kin lists.

Personal papers include correspondence, a sampling of artworks, writings, and transcripts.

Dates: c. 1948-2009

Sister Judith Doerann, OSB papers

 Collection
Identifier: OSBCHI-D-DOERJUDI
Scope and Contents

Includes teaching contracts, transcripts, a personal data sheet, photographs, and selected articles and bulletins.

Dates: 1938-1971

Sister Justina Kandel, OSB papers

 Collection
Identifier: OSBCHI-D-KANDJUST
Scope and Contents

This collection contains limited biographical information. It includes a personal data sheet, remembrances of Sister from the Nauvoo community (where Sister was likely transferred after leaving Chicago), and a photocopied Latin vow sheet- partially illegible.

Dates: circa 1888-1986

Sister Kathleen Geroski, OSB papers

 Collection
Identifier: OSBCHI-D-GEROKATH
Scope and Contents

This collection includes biograhical information such as a personal data sheet, photographs, and jubilee and funerary materials. It also includes limited personal papers, such as correspondence, teaching contracts, and an early to mid-twentieth century Catholic publication entitled "Lourdes," presumably an artefact from the 14 years she volunteered there.

Dates: c. 1920-2009

Sister Leocadia Gnidica, OSB papers

 Collection
Identifier: OSBCHI-D-GNIDLEOC
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a hanging file of biographical information and personal papers. It includes degrees and certificates, a personal data sheet, ministry lists, nearest of kin, photographs, funeral and jubilee materials, a transcript, and a teaching contract. Also included is a folder of family materials, which contain news clippings, prayer cards and a booklet entitled "To Create a Castle." Sister's nephew, Jim Bishop, built a medieval castle in Colorado called Bishop's Castle....
Dates: c. 1910-2002

Sister Luanne Fox, OSB papers

 Collection
Identifier: OSBCHI-D-FOXLUAN
Scope and Contents

This collection includes biographical information such as a personal data sheet, ministry lists, and nearest of kin. It also includes a selection of photographs, photocopied news articles (one dated sixteen years after she left the community), a prayer card from her father's funeral, transcripts, and a single letter written in Italian.

Dates: 1961-1985

Sister Lucy Driesch, OSB papers

 Collection
Identifier: OSBCHI-D-DRIELUCY
Scope and Contents

Includes brief biographies, prayer cards, a list of teaching appointments, photocopied news articles regarding jubilee celebrations, a personal data sheet, and photographs.

Dates: 1933-1968

Sister Margaret Mary Gaughan, OSB papers

 Collection
Identifier: OSBCHI-D-GAUGMARG
Scope and Contents This collection consists of biographical information and limited papers. It includes photographs, a personal data sheet, and ministry lists. It also includes community and newspaper obituaries, photocopied news articles, news articles, transcripts, a photocopied commencement ceremony brochure from Saint Scholastica Academy (1911), and notes written by and about her and her work. One highlight is a small note of thanks from the Carmelite sisters at St. Therese Martin's convent, whom she sent...
Dates: 1911-1985

Sister Marguerite Halverson, OSB papers

 Collection
Identifier: OSBCHI-D-HALVMARG
Scope and Contents

This collection includes photographs of her children, a letter, and a personal data sheet.

Dates: 1975-1993