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Sister Mary Alma McNicholas - interview transcript, 1989 March 9

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 17

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Patricia Murphy, SSND led an oral history project in 1989 to interview faculty, staff, alumni, and others connected with the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. She conducted the interviews and edited transcripts created by Frances Nilsson. This project was intended to inform the writing of a history of the college. This series includes all known versions of the interviews, including print transcripts, analog recordings, and digital recordings.

Dates

  • Creation: 1989 March 9

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is located at the Loyola Notre Dame Library. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information.

Access is restricted to education records of living students or former students, as defined by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, unless the student or former student grants access in writing. If it is not possible to verify date of death, the student will be assumed to be deceased 80 years after date of graduation, or date of last attendance.

In some cases, oral histories may be restricted by the interviewee, or the lack of a consent form makes the interviewee's wishes unclear. In these cases public access to the interview is restricted.

Biographical / Historical

Sister Mary Alma McNicholas, SSND received a full-time appointment to the Biology Department of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland in 1937. From 1938 until 1976 she chaired the department. At the time of this interview, she was completing her fifty-second year as full-time Professor of Biological Sciences and was preparing to retire from the Biology Department to bcome an assistant to the President.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.9 Cubic Feet (Five letter-size document boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Notre Dame of Maryland University Archives Repository

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