Archives
The Peace Lily Window, Stello Memorial Chapel, Warde Hall, Mount Mercy College. Photographed by Linda Scarth.
The college archives are located in Busse Library. The archives contains materials that document the history of Mount Mercy College and are divided into the following collections:
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Documentation: minutes, reports and publications that chronicle the day to day operation of the college including those of academic departments, administrative offices, student organizations and auxillary services.
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Images: photographs, slides, CDs, and composite class pictures dating back to the early days of Mount Mercy Academy, Mount Mercy Junior College, the Mercy School of Nursing, and Mount Mercy College.
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Scrapbooks: newspaper articles about people and events at Mount Mercy College, dating back to the 1950's.
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Media: audio-visual-films, videos, DVDs, and recordings of college events.
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Artifacts: clothing and ephemera that help tell Mount Mercy's story.
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Rare Books: from the Sisters of Mercy collection
The finding aid to the Busse Library Archives is available.
Contact Information
Please feel free to contact us if you have a question or research need concerning Mount Mercy College's history, or if you would like to make a donation to the archives.
You can reach us:
Busse Center Library
ATTN: Kristy Raine, Reference Librarian and Archivist
Mount Mercy College
1330 Elmhurst Drive NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
319-363-8213
319-363-9060 (fax)
kraine@mtmercy.edu
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