Manuscript Collections
The Manuscript Collections are being entered into the Mary Kintz Bevevino Library’s online catalog. To view the records click on Webcat, and search by Record Group number, collection name or keyword.
Record Group 1 through 40 – Sisters of Mercy and the founding of Misericordia University.
Record Group 50 through 63– Misericordia University Board of Trustees and Presidential Search.
Record Group 101 through 195– College President, Chaplains, Associations, Theatre, College Service Awards, Awards and Grants, Reports and Studies, People associated with Misericordia University, and Accreditation.
Record Group 200 through 290– Academic Dean, Co-op with King’s College, Foreign Study Programs, Societies, R.O.T.C., Dean’s List, Scholarships, Faculty, Budget, Faculty Meetings, College Catalog, Commencement, Academic Advising, Dean’s Forum, Academic Calendar, Core Curriculum, Enrollment Study, Women’s Programs, Mary Kintz Bevevino Library, Sister Mary Carmel McGarigle Archives, and Faculty Senate.
Record Group 301 through 451 – Departments, Student Teaching, Secondary Education, Graduate Programs, Honors Program, Registrar, Treasurer, Auditor’s Report, Inventory, Human Resources, Administrative Staff, and Blue Prints.
Record Group 501 through 650 – Student Services, Campus Ministry, Dean of Students, Freshman Orientation, Student Activities, Health Services, Leadership Development, Student Handbook, School Calendar, Student Lists, Director of Residence, Admissions, Scholarships, Financial Aid, Counseling, Student Activities, Athletics, Anderson Sports Center, Physical Education, and Sports.
Record Group 701 through 990 – Development, Misericordia University’s Golden Jubilee (1974), Institutional Advancement, Grants Coordinator, College Celebrations, Art Gallery, Public Relations, Cultural Events, Theatre on the Green, Alumni, College Publications, Yearbooks, Student Newspapers, College Communications, Thesis, Video History, Slides, Photographs, Scrapbooks, Memorabilia, Association of Mercy Colleges, Miscellaneous, and Local Community.
Record Group 1 through 40 – Sisters of Mercy and the founding of Misericordia University. The Manuscript Collections are being entered into the Mary Kintz Bevevino Library’s online catalog. To view the records click on Webcat, and search by Record Group number, collection name or keyword.
| Record Group | Collection Name |
| 1.1 | Ceremonial Symbols |
| 2 | Incorporation of the Society of the Sisters of Mercy of Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| 2.1 | By-Laws of the Society of the Sisters of Mercy of Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| 2.2 | Property Deed for the Original Land |
| 3 | Articles of Incorporation for Misericordia University Charter |
| 3.1 | Corporation of Misericordia University |
| 4 | History of Misericordia University |
| 4.1 | Administration |
| 4.2 | Alma Mater |
| 4.4 | Description of the Original Building |
| 4.5 | Cornerstone of Administration Building |
| 4.6 | Inventory of Equipment and Furnishings 1954 |
| 4.7 | Contracts for Early Buildings |
| 4.8 | Daniel O’Connell/ Cathedral Bond and Mortgage Company |
| 4.9 | Unusual Correspondence |
| 5 | First Board of Trustees |
| 6 | Misericordia University Dedication |
| 7 | Initial Accreditations |
| 8 | Scranton Diocese Observance |
| 9 | Mother Catherine McAuley |
| 9.4 | Community Chronicle |
| 10 | 100th Anniversary of the Sisters of Mercy in the Scranton Diocese and Material from the College Chapel |
| 11 | Province of Scranton/ List of Provincial Councils “Slate of Appointments” First Sister Faculty/ Minutes of the Board of Directors of the Society of Mercy of Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| 11.1 | Financial Reports |
| 11.2 | Auditors Report/ Society of the Sisters of Mercy of Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| 11.3 | Cash Books |
| 11.4 | Permission to Borrow Money |
| 12 | Land for Provincial Buildings |
| 14 | Knights of Columbus Loan |
| 14.1 | Mortgages other than Knights of Columbus |
| 16 | Long Term Relationship Committee |
| 16.1 | Bricker Report |
| 17 | Loan Negotiations |
| 17.1 | Tax Exemptions Status |
| 18 | Bequests |
| 19 | Howard O. Warden/Ecumenical Enterprise |
| 20 | Deeds |
| 40 | Life and Mission Statement |
Record Group 50 through 63 – Misericordia University Board of Trustees and Presidential Search. To view the records click on Webcat, and search by Record Group number, collection name or keyword.
| Record Group | Collection Name |
| 50 | Members of the Board of Trustees |
| 51 | Minutes of the Administrative Board of Misericordia University |
| 51.1 | Misericordia University Advisory Board |
| 51.2 | First President’s Council |
| 51.2.1 | Material Related to the President’s Council |
| 52 | Minutes of Board of Trustees |
| 52.1 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.2 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.3 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.4 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.5 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.6 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.7 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.8 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.9 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.10 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.11 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.12 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.13 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.14 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.15 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.16 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.17 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.18 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.19 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.20 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.21 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.22 | President’s Report/ Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.23 | President’s Report/ Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.24 | President’s Report/ Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.25 | President’s Report/ Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.26 | President’s Report/ Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.27 | President’s Report/ Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.28 | President’s Report/ Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.29 | President’s Report/ Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 52.30 | President’s Report/ Minutes of the Board of Trustees |
| 53 | Trustees Handbook |
| 53.1 | Membership of the Board of Trustees |
| 53.3 | Board of Trustees/ Teacher of the Year Award |
| 53.3.1 | Board of Trustees Student Award |
| 54 | Committee to Evaluate the President |
| 63 | Presidential Search |
Record Group 101 through 195 – College President, Chaplains, Associations, Theatre, College Service Awards, Awards and Grants, Reports and Studies, People associated with Misericordia University, and Accreditation. To view the records click on Webcat, and search by Record Group number, collection name or keyword.
| Record Group | Collection Name |
| 101.1 | Sister Mary Celestine McHale |
| 101.2 | Sister Miriam Teresa O’Donnell |
| 101.3 | Sister Mary Florita Maloney |
| 101.5 | Sister Ann Miriam Gallagher |
| 101.6 | Rev. William B. Hill, SJ |
| 101.7 | Dr. Joseph R. Fink |
| 101.7.1 | Correspondence with Legislators |
| 101.7.2 | Management Team |
| 101.7.3 | Correspondence |
| 101.7.4 | President’s Report to the Alumni |
| 101.7.5 | Dr. Joseph R. Fink- Evaluation |
| 101.7.6 | Program Termination 1983 |
| 101.7.7 | Institutional Long Range Plan/ Plan for the 90’s |
| 101.7.8 | Addresses of Dr. Joseph R. Fink |
| 101.7.9 | Fund Raising |
| 101.7.10 | Farewell for Dr. Joseph R. Fink |
| 101.8 | Dr. Bruce Wilson- Acting President |
| 101.9 | Dr. Pasquale Di Pasquale |
| 101.10 | Dr. Carol Smith Jobe-President |
| 101.11 | Dr. Albert Bernt Anderson-President |
| 101.12 | Dr. Michael A. MacDowell-President |
| 102 | Flow Charts |
| 103 | Misericordia University Chaplains |
| 120.1 | McAuley Guild, Fathers’ Club, Parents’ Association |
| 122 | President’s Associates 1975-1978/ Trustees Associates Honor Roll 1985 |
| 123 | Theater III |
| 130 | All College Senate |
| 131 | College Service Awards |
| 132 | Commission on Higher Education |
| 134 | American Association of University Women |
| 135 | American Council on Education |
| 136 | Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities |
| 136.1 | Pennsylvania Association of Colleges for Teacher Education |
| 137 | Council for Advancement of Small Colleges |
| 137.1 | Teachers College-Columbia University Study |
| 140 | Grants/Awards |
| 140.1 | National Merit Scholarship Corporation 1957 |
| 140.2 | National Science Foundation 1958-1979 |
| 140.3 | Ford Foundation 1970-1973 |
| 140.4 | National Catholic Welfare Conference 1958-1963 |
| 140.5 | Lane Bryant Award 1959-1963 |
| 140.6 | National Endowment for the Humanities 1977-1979 |
| 140.7 | Management Implementation Associates 1977 |
| 140.8 | Andrew J. Sordoni Foundation 1962-1970 |
| 140.9 | Housing and Urban Development |
| 150 | Study for Growth |
| 150.1 | Brick Report |
| 150.1.1 | Community Counseling Services |
| 150.2 | Space Study |
| 150.3 | Hegis Report |
| 150.4 | Feasibility Study & Fund Raising Report |
| 155 | Ingersoll Task Force |
| 160 | People Associated with Misericordia University |
| 160.1 | Congressman Daniel J. Flood |
| 160.2 | Harold Rosenn, Esq. |
| 160.3 | Mary Koons |
| 160.4 | Alberta A. Ostrander |
| 160.5 | Dr. Robert S. Anderson |
| 160.6 | Monsignor Andrew J. McGowan |
| 160.7 | Richard Thornburgh |
| 160.8 | Hilda Staub Garey |
| 160.9 | Archbishop Martin J. O’Connor |
| 160.10 | Paul R. Mehm |
| 160.11 | Jay J. Dugan |
| 160.12 | Steven Levine |
| 160.13 | Ambassador John Joseph Hearne |
| 160.14 | Mary Kintz Bevevino |
| 170 | NEPIC |
| 171 | Regional Planning Council for Higher Education |
| 171.1 | Regional Development Conference |
| 171.2 | Commonwealth Relations Committee |
| 171.3 | Cooperative Lecture Series |
| 181 | Middle States |
| 182 | Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction/ Pennsylvania Association of Teacher Education |
| 190 | Assistant to the President/ Assistant to Vice President |
| 195 | Former Administrators |
290Record Group 200 through 290 – Academic Dean, Co-op with King’s College, Foreign Study Programs, Societies, R.O.T.C., Dean’s List, Scholarships, Faculty, Budget, Faculty Meetings, College Catalog, Commencement, Academic Advising, Dean’s Forum, Academic Calendar, Core Curriculum, Enrollment Study, Women’s Programs, Mary Kintz Bevevino Library, Sister Mary Carmel McGarigle Archives, and Faculty Senate. To view the records click on Webcat, and search by Record Group number, collection name or keyword.
| Record Group | Collection Name |
| 200 | Academic Deans |
| 200.1 | Mother Mary Catharine McGann |
| 200.6 | Sister Marianna Gildea |
| 200.8 | Dr. Marvin LaHood |
| 200.9 | Dr. Leo Downey |
| 200.9.1 | Resignation of Dr. Leo Downey |
| 200.10 | Sister Carolyn Burgholzer |
| 200.11 | Sister Marie Dolores Moore |
| 200.12 | Dr. James Pallante |
| 200.13 | Sister Mary Glennon |
| 201 | Academic Dean’s Search Committee |
| 203 | Academic Dean’s Report to the President |
| 204 | Joint Ventures |
| 205 | Hahnemann Medical College and Northeastern Area Health Center |
| 206 | Job Corps |
| 207 | Foreign Students |
| 208 | Foreign Study/Travel |
| 209 | CEEB-CLEP |
| 210.1 | Kappa Gamma Pi |
| 210.2 | Delta Epsilon Sigma |
| 210.3 | Sigma Phi Sigma |
| 211 | ROTC |
| 212 | Academic Investiture |
| 213 | Dean’s List |
| 214.1 | Fulbright-Hayes Graduate Award |
| 215 | Faculty |
| 216 | Budget |
| 217 | Faculty Meetings |
| 218 | Faculty Workshops |
| 220 | College Catalog |
| 221 | Transfer Guide |
| 225 | Commencement |
| 228 | Student Success Center |
| 230 | Academic Program Direction |
| 231 | Academic Advising |
| 232 | Second Degree |
| 233 | Developmental Education |
| 234 | Institutional Review Board |
| 235 | Academic Policies Committee |
| 237 | Dean’s Forum |
| 238 | Academic Calendar |
| 238.1 | Opening of School |
| 240 | Curriculum Review Committee |
| 240.1 | Time Out Day |
| 241 | Studies of Enrollment and Attrition |
| 242 | Integrated Freshman Program |
| 243 | Freshman Year Experience |
| 264 | Social Justice Resource Center |
| 264.1 | Cultural Diversity |
| 267 | Canon Law/ Scripture Institute |
| 268 | Reading Conference |
| 269 | Educational Guidance Institute |
| 270 | Extension-Summer School-Continuing Education |
| 271 | Weekend College/ McAuley College 1981 |
| 272 | Women’s Programs |
| 273 | Workshops |
| 275 | Library |
| 276 | Archives |
| 280 | Faculty Senate |
| 280.8 | Faculty Handbook |
| 280.10 | Academic Freedom |
| 290 | Assistant Academic Dean |
Record Group 301 through 451 – Departments, Student Teaching, Secondary Education, Graduate Programs, Honors Program, Registrar, Treasurer, Auditor’s Report, Inventory, Human Resources, Administrative Staff, and Blue Prints. To view the records click on Webcat, and search by Record Group number, collection name or keyword.
| Record Group | Collection Name |
| 301 | Art |
| 302 | Behavioral Science/ Sociology-Social Work-Gerontology |
| 303 | Biology |
| 304 | Business Department |
| 305 | Chemistry Department |
| 306 | Education-Early Childhood |
| 307 | Special Education/A.L.P. |
| 309 | English |
| 310 | Foreign Languages |
| 311 | History/Pre-Law |
| 312 | Home Economics/Nutrition |
| 313 | Mathematics/Computer Science |
| 314 | Medical Technology |
| 316 | Nursing |
| 317 | Occupational Therapy |
| 318 | Philosophy/ Religious Studies |
| 321 | Physical Therapy |
| 323 | Radiologic Technology/ Name Change 1999: Medical Imaging |
| 324 | Theatre |
| 325 | General Studies Degree |
| 326 | Liberal Studies Degree |
| 327 | Student Teaching |
| 340 | Graduate Programs/ Co-operative with University of Scranton/ Nursing |
| 341 | Graduate Programs |
| 341.3-341.6 | Graduate Programs/ Nursing
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