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Oral History: Sister Marie Baptista Vandergrift

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Title

Oral History: Sister Marie Baptista Vandergrift

Subject

Sister Marie Baptista Vandergrift

Description

An oral history of Sister Marie Baptista Vandergrift, a Sister of Charity of Seton Hill from 1917 until 1986. The interview was conducted by Sister Marie Corona Miller on October 1, 1986.

Sister M. Baptista was born on November 26th, 1895 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Daughter of Eugene B. Vandergrift and Catherine Brophy, Mary Olive Vandergrift entered the community on March 24th, 1917 at the age of 21 as Sister Marie Baptista Vandergrift.

Sister Marie Baptista was an elementary school teacher in both the Greensburg and Pittsburgh dioceses. While in Greensburg, she taught at Immaculate Conception School in Irwin. She taught from 1919 to 1972. She also taught at St. John the Evangelist, St. James in Wilkinsburg, and St. Phillip in Crafton.

Sister Marie Baptista Vandergrift took her Final Profession on May 20th, 1949. She passed on October 20th, 1986 at the age of 90.

Creator

Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill

Publisher

Archives of the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill

Date

1986/10/01

Rights

All rights belong to the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill, Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

Format

Audio cassette tape

Type

Oral history

Identifier

OH-12

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Sister Marie Corona Miller

Interviewee

Sister Marie Baptista Vandergrift

Original Format

Audio cassette tape

Duration

31:03
29:14

Bit Rate/Frequency

96kHz

Collection

Oral Histories

Tags

Crafton PA, Immaculate Conception School, Irwin PA, Pittsburgh, St. James School, St. Philip's School, Teacher, Wilkinsburg

Other Media

OH12-1_01_Access.mp3 - audio/mpeg
OH12-1_02_Access.mp3 - audio/mpeg

Citation

Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill, “Oral History: Sister Marie Baptista Vandergrift,” Collections of the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill Archives, accessed March 1, 2021, http://scsharchives.com/items/show/725.

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