Busse Library Digital Archive

- 223mcauley
- Room 223, McAuley dormitory.
- An image of room 223 McAuley in 1957 and its resident. The building served as a the first dormitory at Mount Mercy Junior College.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- Feld4
- Dr. Thomas Feld.
- Dr. Thomas Feld, Mount Mercy College's first, lay president (1977-1999).
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- feld
- Dr. Thomas R. Feld.
- Dr. Thomas R. Feld served Mount Mercy College as its first lay president from 1977-1999, becoming the youngest college president in the United States when installed at age 32. During his tenure, the college developed its adult education program,...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- 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
- mcauley
- McAuley Hall, the first college dormitory, ca. 1956.
- McAuley Hall, the first college dormitory, ca. 1956.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- menreg
- First male students register at Mount Mercy College.
- Mount Mercy College admitted its first male students in August 1970. Twelve men enrolled at the college, making the campus co-educational for the first time.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- maryhen
- 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
- burke
- 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
- holland
- 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
- marron
- 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
- 73nursing
- First Baccalaureate nursing class (1973).
- The first group of Mount Mercy College students to graduate with a Bachelor's degree in nursing poses for a photo at their May 1973 senior banquet.
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- advboard
- First lay, advisory board (1957).
- The first lay advisory board of Mount Mercy College was instituted in 1957. Members consisted of: (first row, left to right): Marion Orr, Sr. Mary Ildephonse Holland, Mrs. Nicholas P. Craemer (board secretary), Frank Martin, and John Locher (board...
- Mount Mercy Photographs
- catalog1929
- This is the first catalog of Mount Mercy Junior College. The College opened in September 1928 "in response to the need for higher education under Catholic auspices." This catalog was published in 1929.
- Mount Mercy Documents
- blessed2
- First Mount Mercy Junior College graduating class (May 1930).
- To honor the first graduates of Mount Mercy Junior College in May 1930, Archbishop Francis J. Beckman poses with the young women under the powerful message "Blessed Art Thou Among Women," featured in a grotto archway. The students (from left to...
- Mount Mercy Photographs