1893 World's Fair and the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago Connection
The Benedictine Sisters of Chicago Community Archivist, Sister Virginia Jung, OSB, hosted the Chicago Open Archives event: Columbia Welcomes the World: Benedictine Sisters and Students at the World’s Fair on Sunday, October 7, 2018, in the St. Scholastica Monastery community room. In conjunction with the Illinois Bicentennial, Chicago Area Archivists decided that the 2018 Chicago Open Archives events would aim to highlight items and collections that celebrate Illinois with th