Mundelein College records, 1833-2008, bulk 1929-1993.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Mundelein College records, 1833-2008, bulk 1929-1993.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/568225118

A centerpiece of the Women and Leadership Archives collections, the records of Mundelein College span from its founding by the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVMs) in 1930 through its affiliation with Loyola University Chicago in 1991. This collection is extensive in size and scope. It includes correspondence, reports, minutes, business records, clippings, publications, event programs, scrapbooks, photographs, audio-visual materials, and memorabilia. The collection also includes records related to the BVMs and Catholic higher education in general. Please note that student records are not part of this collection.

650 linear feet.

Cudahy Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7757234

Cudahy Library

Related Entities

There are 7 Entities related to this resource.

Loyola University of Chicago. Women and Leadership Archives.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65c0tdg (corporateBody)

Coffey, Mary Justicia.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b033kx (person)

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

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dz5g2s (corporateBody)

Mundelein, George William, 1872-1939

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sb4wcm (person)

Gannon, Ann Ida.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61011tp (person)

Farrell, Carolyn.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6032qr5 (person)

Mundelein College

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68q120r (corporateBody)

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...