Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1997-11-07 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Slides, color, Ferdinand, 1997; photographs, color, Jasper, 1999
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Date of Birth: 1869 September 1
Place of Birth: Bradford, Indiana
Father: Ems, Frederic, Prussia, Germany
Mother: Siers, Angela, Bavaria, Germany
Baptized: Saint Michael, Bradford, Indiana
Entered from: Saint Michael, Bradford, Indiana
Date of Entrance: 1890 January 8
Date of Reception: 1890 June 24
Temporary Vows: 1892 August 2
Perpetual Vows: 1900 August 7
Silver Jubilee:
Golden Jubilee:
Date of Death: 1954 April 16
Cause of Death:
Buried: Monastery Cemetery, Section D Row 1 Plot 5
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Sister Gregory Ems (1869-1954) was the "monastery's artist" for over 50 years - 1900 - 1954. Other photos in this file are of paintings done by other members of the community: Claudia Backert, Aloysius Gutgsell, Amanda Walbaum, Francesca Brogan, Mary Alice Schnur, Bertilla Burger, Aquina Boerste. File also contains an article from the Saturday Herald, with photo taken by Sr. Sharon Hollander, of Gregory Ems's painting of Madonna and Child. The paintings are in storage or in the monastery.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
In this folder are slides and one photograph of Sister Gregory Em's paintings. The photograph of the floral painting was taken at the home of Dolores Block, a'31 alumna. Dolores is pictured in the other two photographs.