Irma Corcoran, BVM, papers, 1876-2000.

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Irma Corcoran, BVM, papers, 1876-2000.

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The Irma Corcoran, B.V.M., Ph. D., Papers span the years 1876 to 2000, but are predominantly from 1926 to 2000 and consist of calendars and diaries, dissertation materials, correspondence, research on Thomas Holme, poems, photographs, and manuscripts.

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Loyola University of Chicago. Women and Leadership Archives.

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Holme, Thomas, -1695

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Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Dubuque, Iowa)

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Mundelein College

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Women's Catholic College established by the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virigin Mary (BVMs) in 1930; merged with Loyola University Chicago in 1991; the final Mundelein graduation took place in 1993. Mundelein was the first self-contained skyscraper college for women in the world and the last four-year women's college in Illinois at the time of its affiliation with Loyola. The official groundbreaking for the school occured on November 1, 1929, just days after the stock market crashed. The b...

Corcoran, Irma.

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Born November 10, 1905, Anamosa, Iowa; died February 23, 2000, Dubuque, Iowa. Distinguished author, professor, and member of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Wilma Abigail Corcoran, born on November 10, 1905, was the eldest of two daughters of Augustine D. Corcoran, a noted archaeologist, and his wife, Anna Conmey Corcoran, of Anamosa, Iowa. After graduating from Anamosa High School in 1923, Wilma attended Clarke College, formerly Mount St. Joseph College, in Dubuque, Iowa, gra...