Busse Library Digital Archive

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- The exterior of Busse Center, housing the campus library, campus ministries, and the college chapel.
- Originally conceived in the fall of 1988, the goal of a new library anchored the college's "Vision for Tomorrow" capital campaign, an initial, $10 million dollar effort. By June 1990, with the financial goal met, the college accepted a proposal...
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- May Crowning ceremony in the Mount Mercy grotto (1940s).
- A May crowning ceremony celebrated the arrival of spring for the campus. Here, the processional winds its way through the campus grotto, adjacent to the pond (1940s).
- Mount Mercy Photographs
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- Preservation of the grotto, summer 2002.
- During the summer of 2002, preservationists and campus volunteers combined efforts to clean and conserve the remaining portions of Mount Mercy's campus grotto. A reflecting pool was soon added; the site was re-dedicated in May 2003.
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- Dr. Robert Pearce.
- Dr. Robert Peace, selected as Mount Mercy College's second, lay president, served the campus from 2000-2006. Pearce's initiatives included a salary equity plan, increasing student enrollment, and improving college finances. The campus added...
- 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...
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- Dr. Christopher R.L. Blake
- Dr. Christopher Blake joined Mount Mercy College as its eighth president in October 2006. During his tenure, the campus has experienced enrollment growth, established new vision and mission statements, begun four, new graduate programs, and will...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- apts
- 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...
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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...
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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
- 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...
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- treepl
- 1980s tree planting event on the Mount Mercy College campus.
- Faculty, staff, and student volunteers planted hundreds of trees and shrubs on campus diring the 1980s. A day in late May was always designated as planting day.
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- 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...
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- 40mycpool
- May crowning ceremony by the grotto pond (1940s).
- A May crowning ceremony culminated in a campus processional through the grotto. Here, students follow the newly, selected May queen through the grotto, near the pond (1940s).
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- A May crowning ceremony in the grotto, 1950s.
- The annual gala of crowning a May queen took place in the Mount Mercy grotto as part of spring celebrations on campus. Here, a 1950s May crowning ceremony occurs near the pond.
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- Spring pageant at the Mount Mercy grotto (1940s).
- A spring, campus pageant featured a scarf dance at the grotto (1940s).
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- 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
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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...
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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...
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- Andreas House, offering suite-style apartment living for upperclassmen.
- In an effort to present modern, living opportunities for upper division students, Mount Mercy's campus plan called for the creation of apartment complexes, offering suite-style living. Groundbreaking for Andreas House, named in honor for the...
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