Busse Library Digital Archive

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- Campus apartments complex, 1985-1986.
- An aerial view of the Mount Mercy, campus apartments complex, built to meet the immediate housing needs for male students following the college's change to a co-educational institution. Construction was complete in September 1976, with four...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
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- 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
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- Installation of Sister Mary Agnes Hennessey as Mount Mercy College president, 1961.
- Sister Mary Agnes Hennessey is installed as the third president of Mount Mercy College in 1961. At the podium is Sister Mary Lawrence Hallagan, Major Superior of the Sisters of Mercy.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
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- Sister Mary Ildephonse Holland.
- Sister Mary Ildephonse Holland served twice as president for the institution. Her first term of office (1928-1933) coincided with the launch of Mount Mercy Junior College and its first graduates. Her second term, as the fourth president for the...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
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- Sister Mary Maura Marron.
- Sister Mary Maura Marron served as the third president of Mount Mercy Junior College, with her term of office from 1939-1946. Marron led efforts to establish the Sisters of Mercy's first, formal novitiate and served in numerous nursing...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
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- Sister Mary Agnes Hennessey.
- Sister Mary Agnes Hennessey served Mount Mercy College as president from 1961-1977, the first person solely selected to fill the role. While in office, Hennessey led the campus through monumental change -- the opening of the McAuley library and...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
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- Sister Mary Cornelia Burke.
- Sister Mary Cornelia Burke was elected, by the Sisters of Mercy, as the second president for Mount Mercy Junior College, serving from 1933-1939. She added the position of chaplain to the campus roster, renovated the first floor of Warde Hall to...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
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- Sister Mary Agnes Hennessey.
- Sister Mary Agnes Hennessey, Mount Mercy College President, 1961-1977.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
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- Sister Mary Ildephonse Holland.
- Sister Mary Ildephonse Holland, who served Mount Mercy Junior College as president (1928-1933) and served the college as president from 1946-1961.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
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- Sister Mary Ildephonse Holland.
- Sister Mary Ildephonse Holland, who served Mount Mercy Junior College as president from 1928-1933. She also served as president for the college from 1946-1961, therby having two terms of office.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
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- Sister Mary Maura Marron.
- Sister Mary Maura Marron, Mount Mercy Junior College president (1939-1946).
- Mount Mercy Photographs
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- Sister Mary Ildephonse Holland.
- Sister Mary Ildephonse Holland, Mount Mercy Junior College President (1928-1933), and Mount Mercy College President (1946-1961).
- Mount Mercy Photographs
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- The inauguration of Dr. Thomas Feld as Mount Mercy College president.
- In December 1977, newly-installed president Thomas R. Feld is congratulated by Board of Trustees chairman, Thomas J. Donovan, and Major Superior of the Cedar Rapids Sisters of Mercy, Sister Mary Cephas Wichman.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
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- Commercial program, Mount Mercy Junior College.
- Sister Mary Immaculata Beitenman, business department head, works with students in a 1957 Mount Mercy Junior College classroom, aiding them in their mastery of secretarial skills. Upon completing the two-year program, a student was well-qualified...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
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- John F. Kennedy visits Mount Mercy Junior College campus in 1959.
- Senator John F. Kennedy visited the Mount Mercy Junior College campus in 1959, following a campaign stop in Marion, Iowa. Kennedy spoke from the McAuley veranda to an audience of Sisters, students, and visitors. Following the speech, Sister Mary...
- Mount Mercy Photographs