Sister Mary Robert O'Dea

Photograph

Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word Archives (San Antonio, Texas)

Name/Title

Sister Mary Robert O'Dea

Entry/Object ID

2023.2.1

Description

Sor Mary Robert O'Dea

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Painted

Collection

Personnel Membership-Sisters

Made/Created

Artist

Ernst Wilhelm Raba

Date made

1939

Time Period

20th Century

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

Bottom right of portrait

Transcription

E. Raba 39

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

22 in

Width

18 in

Depth

1 in

Research Notes

Research Type

Curator

Notes

This painted photograph was made by Ernst W. Raba, (1874 – 1951) a well known photographer of San Antonio, Texas at the turn of the 20th century. Sister Mary Robert O'Dea, CCVI (1872-1939) was one of the first graduates of the Santa Rosa Infirmary Training School for Nurses, served as the school's first superintendent of nurses, and became the chief administrator of Santa Rosa Hospital in 1919. She was also was a long time advocate for the establishment of the Santa Rosa Children's Hospital, which was finally built in 1959. She died the year this portrait was made.

Research Type

Curator

Notes

Esta fotografía pintada fue realizada por Ernst W. Raba, (1874 - 1951) un fotógrafo bien conocido de San Antonio, Texas a principios del siglo XX. Sor Mary Robert O'Dea, CCVI fue una de las primeras graduadas de la Escuela de Formación de Enfermeras de la Enfermería de Santa Rosa. Sirvió como la primera superintendente de enfermeras de la escuela, y se convirtió en la administradora principal del Hospital Santa Rosa en 1919. Además abogó durante mucho tiempo por la fundación del Hospital Infantil de Santa Rosa, que por fin se construyó en 1959. Falleció el año en que se realizó este retrato.