MOUNT SAINT MARY'S ARCHIVES AND
DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Record Group List
This record group contains the records and papers of presidents, founders, and officers of the University. The Archives holds the records and/or papers of the following:
Edward P. Allen
Simon Brute
William Byrne
John J. Dillon
John DuBois
Michael D. Egan
William J. Hill
George R. Houston
Francis B. Jamison
Robert Kline
John H. McCaffrey
John McCloskey
John F. McGerry
Hugh J. Phillips
John B. Purcell
John A. Watterson
Robert J. Wickenheiser
Records in this group include materials generated by or referring to past and current members of the faculty. This record group contains Faculty minutes, lists, handbooks, syllabi and class notes, and collections relating to the following faculty:
James T. Delaney
Germain Grisez
Robert Keefer
John L. Morrison
Stanley Rother
Joseph Thorning
James Veale
Records in this group contain information relating to all alumni of the University or collections of their papers. Records date from 1808 and consist of bound volumes of student records, an extensive card catalog indexed through 1985, chapter minutes, reunion records, and alphabetical files of living and deceased alumni. This record group includes the following:
Alumni Files (deceased)
Record Group 4. Administration
This record group consists of records transferred from University administrative offices. Record titles include the following:
Accounting and Finance
Advancement
Alumni Relations
Archives
Development
Human Resources
Information Technology
Library
Public Relations
Registrar
Record Group 5. Faculty Departments
This record group contains materials generated by University departments and include syllabi, reports, events, programs, and administrative records documenting the educational life of the University. The Archives holds records from the following departments and programs:
Business and Economics
Communications and Rhetoric
Continuing Education
Education
English
Foreign Languages
Government and International Studies
History
Math and Computer Science
MBA
MED
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Theology
Visual and Performing Arts
Records in this group span the social and extra-curricular life of the University. Records relate to U.S. presidents, slavery, societies, awards, University histories, and special events such as commencements, lectures, seminars, and convocations, and include wills, awards, catalogs, yearbooks, and student lists. Record titles include:
U.S. Presidents
Slavery at the Mount
Awards
Student Life
Commencements
Wills
This record group contains records generated by or relating to the Seminary and includes sermons, theses, and student government and administrative records.
This record group contains materials relating to clergy who had a significant relationship with the University. Record titles include:
Papal records
Records in this group relate to or were generated by the administration of the Grotto.
Records in this group document the history of athletics at the Mount and include records generated by the Department, clippings, programs, and scorebooks. Record titles include:
This record group contains records relating to women who were not alumnae but who are associated with the University. These records include:
Elizabeth Seton
Women Religious
Record Group 12. Local Records
This record group is divided into two subgroups: Emmitsburg Town records and genealogical records. Records include deeds, minutes, photocopied parish records for St. Josephs, and index cards to the parish records of the Church on the Hill. Record titles include:
Constance Wrench Papers on Violence and Extremism
Emmitsburg Town Records
Genealogical Family Records
Parish Records
Record Group 13. Personal Papers
This record group contains personal papers donated by persons who were not directly associated with the University, but who had a significant relationship with either. This group includes
Pangborn Papers
This record group consists of manuscripts donated to the Mt. St. Mary's manuscript collection. They are arranged in chronological order.
This record group contains artwork of all formats, including oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints, and sculpture. Records documenting the acquisition, preservation, conservation, location, background, significance, value, and history of the Mount's art collection can be found in Record Group 4, Archives.
This record contains records documenting the acquisition, preservation, conservation, location, background, significance, value, and history of the Mount's collection of artifacts, which are arranged into
Relics
Rosaries
Ecclesiastical
Stamp collection
Coin collection
Memorabilia
Textiles
Medals, Trophies, and Awards
Furniture
Metals and Glass
Archeological
Records in this group are organized by format and include:
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Audiocassetts
Videotapes
Film
Slides
Postcards
Record Group 18. Oral Histories
This record group consists of oral history tapes and any transcriptions.
This record group contains rare books, bibles, and catechisms, which have been cataloged.
This records group consists of materials published by or about the University, its alumni or faculty, or persons or institutions with a significant relationship with the Mount. Record titles include:
Newsletters
Faculty Publications
Literary Works
Achilles Bow
Source
Pipeline
Vineyard
Annual Reports
Records in this group relate to the V-5 and V-12 Navy programs located at Mount Saint Mary's during World War II, and include as well materials arising from alumni participation in American wars and other military events and institutions. Record titles include:
Civil War
World War I
World War II
Navy V-5 and V-12 Programs