Busse Library Digital Archive

- mcauley2
- Side view of McAuley Hall, the first campus dormitory.
- In March, 1955, the Sisters of Mercy began work on a new, college dormitory; the cornerstone laying ceremony followed on October 3 of that year. In September 1956, McAuley Hall welcomed college students into its seven-story structure; the first...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- tunnel
- 1956 tunnel excavation at Mount Mercy College.
- Conceived in 1953, the college's system of tunnels met an immediate need to provide heat to Warde Hall (the original building), the convent, and the new dormitory (McAuley Hall), all by means of pipes housed underground, affording connections...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- 40schapel
- Scene in Mount Mercy Junior College Chapel (1940s).
- Each Sunday, Mount Mercy Junior College and Academy students put on white dresses and veils to attend Mass in the campus chapel, located in Warde Hall. The stained glass windows, imported from Munich, Germany, were installed in 1928. The chapel's...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- warder2
- A view of Warde Hall from the campus vantage-point.
- Warde Hall, the original, Mount Mercy building, well known for its architecture and the prominent, illuminated cross, reflects the longtime vision of the Sisters of Mercy -- a belief in faith, in change for the good of all, and a commitment to the...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- 1940lib
- Students at work in the college's library, located in Warde Hall (ca. 1940-1950).
- During the days of the Mount Mercy Academy and Mount Mercy Junior College, the library occupied the west side of the south end of second floor, Warde Hall.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- wardef2
- An aerial view of Warde Hall's main entrance.
- An aerial view of Warde Hall's main entrance.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- basile
- Construction of Basile Hall, devoted to business education.
- In February 2000, the college announced a major gift by Cal Basile, dedicated towards a new business building; an additional $5 million would be necessary to construct and endow maintenance. The college established a goal of funding the effort...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- 24lightner
- A rear view of Warde Hall, the original Mount Mercy building (ca. 1925).
- A rear view of Warde Hall, offering a rare glimpse of advertising for the Lightner Brothers Construction Company, contractors for the building.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- 24wmodt
- A 1924 image of Warde Hall, the original Mount Mercy building.
- A 1924 image of Warde Hall, the original Mount Mercy building, featuring a Model T automobile.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- mcauley
- McAuley Hall, the first college dormitory, ca. 1956.
- McAuley Hall, the first college dormitory, ca. 1956.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- basile1
- Front entrance of Basile Hall.
- Basile Hall, Mount Mercy College's building for business education, opened to faculty and students in the fall of 2003. The ground floor offers laboratory and classroom space for the natural sciences.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- basile2
- Interior view of Basile Hall entrance.
- The atrium of Basile Hall, Mount Mercy College.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- basile3
- Exterior view of Basile Hall.
- Exterior view of Basile Hall, Mount Mercy College, fall 2003.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- roseken
- Mrs. Rose Kennedy visit to Mount Mercy Junior College (1956).
- The Mount Mercy Junior College Women's Club invited Rose Kennedy to attend a party hosted by Mrs. Howard Hall. The tea was held in the new, McAuley cafeteria. Pictured from left to right are Mrs. Howard Hall (Margaret), Msgr. Maurice S. Sheehy,...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- 40sdorm
- 1940 dormitory room in Warde Hall, Mount Mercy Junior College.
- A pair of roommates sharing time in their 1940s room in Warde Hall, Mount Mercy Junior College. The building housed rooms for students, the Sisters of Mercy, a laundry room, bathrooms, classrooms, and offices.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- chapel78
- Warde Hall Chapel, Mount Mercy College (1978).
- The Warde Hall Chapel at Mount Mercy College (1978), following a remodeling due to Vatican II.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- regina2
- Regina Hall, the college's second dormitory.
- By the spring of 1964, there was an immediate need for additional, student housing. A campus master plan was constructed, and following the Sisters of Mercy moving to their new convent in March of that year, crews demolished the Greene Mansion,...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- 92choir
- Mount Mercy College choir (1991-1992).
- The 1991-1992 Mount Mercy College choir is ready to perform in Stello Performance Hall, the original Warde Hall chapel.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- grded
- The Dedication of the Shrine of Our Mother of Sorrows, the Mount Mercy Grotto.
- William H. Lightner, the contractor who built Mount Mercy Academy (Warde Hall), received permission to create an elaborate grotto on the Sisters of Mercy's land. By 1930, the grotto's theme focused on the Virgin Mary under the title, "The Mother...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- donnelly2
- An aerial view of Donnelly Center.
- By 1970, the Sisters of Mercy knew that fifth floor, Warde Hall could no longer provide adequate space for the a new major in nursing. Funds were secured by a federal construction grant, and construction was underway for a nursing education...
- Mount Mercy Photographs