title:
Cramer_Mary_Tape_2_1997_a
creator:
Narrator - Sister Mary Cramer
creator:
Interviewer - Joan Stienbrecher
publisher:
Women and Leadership Archives http://www.luc.edu/wla
date:
1997-12
description:
Sister Mary Cramer was born December 18th, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois. Both of Sister Mary's parents moved from South Bend, Indiana. Sister Mary's father was a presbyterian lawyer, her mother was first generation Irish-American, and she had one sister. Sister Mary attended high school at Immaculata High School and was in the first student group to attend Mundelein College. Sister Mary left Mundelein to join the Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, then returned to school at Clark College and earned her BA in History. Sister Mary returned to Mundelein in 1953 as a professor of history and later became the Dean of Students.
description:
Sister Mary Cramer discusses her family during the Great Depression, her experiences at Mundelein College as a student, faculty member, and administrator and other related topics. Sister Mary touches on Mundelein College in the 1960s and 1970s. Sister Mary tells about her involvement in Chicago community organizations, as well as Mundelein College Alumaes community involvement. Sister Mary comments on Mundelein College's affiliation with Loyola University Chicago.
subject:
Mundelein College
subject:
Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
subject:
BVM
subject:
faculty
subject:
higher education
subject:
educational experience
subject:
women's education
subject:
teaching experience
subject:
religious education
subject:
the Great Depression
subject:
social activism
subject:
1960s
subject:
1970s
relation:
Mundelein Oral History Project
coverage:
Coffey Hall, Loyola University Chicago
coverage:
Chicago, Il
language:
English
type:
Audio
description:
mp3
source:
E:\Mundelein_Oral_History_Project\Cramer_Mary_Tape_2_1997
coverage:
Chicago, Il
coverage:
Women and Leadership Archives, Loyola University Chicago
rights:
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rights:
Sister Mary Cramer interviewed by Joan Stiendbrecker, December 1997, Women and Leadership Archives, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Il
description:
WLA1997.17
description:
Kim Connelly Hicksl; 2013-08-09
description:
Funded by the Illinois State Historical Records Advisory Board (ISHRAB) and continued support from the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM)
description:
No transcript available at time of processing.
identifier:
358.mp3