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Best of the Archives

Updated: Jan 27, 2011 9:59am PST

The College on the Hill : Rev. Vincent McQuade, O.S.A. Centennial Exhibition, 2009. Rev. Vincent A. McQuade Centennial Exhibition This exhibit commemorates the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Reverend Vincent A. McQuade, founder and first president of Merrimack College. The exhibit comes nearly forty years after Father McQuade’s death and sixty–two years since he presided over the college’s opening in September, 1947. Drawn from manuscripts, photographs, texts and a rich oral history that document Merrimack’s genesis and growth, the exhibit underscores the profound significance of Father McQuade’s singular and often solitary quest to create, guide and nurture the “the college on the hill”. Donna Maturi, Reference and Instruction Librarian Robert J. O’Brien, ’73, Operations Manager, McQuade Library Kevin Salemme, ’88, Director of Media Instructional Services

The College on the Hill

Rev. Vincent McQuade, O.S.A. Centennial Exhibition, 2009. Rev. Vincent ...

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Fr. Wynn's Scrapbook : Our Heritage, Our Responsibility: Fundraising 1940s Style Father William J. Wynne, O.S.A., college librarian from 1947 until 1958, kept a scrapbook of local newspaper articles that document the intensive efforts to raise funds to expand the college from its modest start with a single classroom building, Guild Hall. Beginning with Archbishop Cushing’s appearance before 1000 volunteer workers at an Interfaith Rally on April 1, 1949, Father McQuade’s radio address later in the month to a giant open-air rally at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence on May 8th that drew over 3000 faithful from 119 local parishes, the college’s first capital campaign was launched. Themes such as “Merrimack College is Our College” “Our Heritage, Our Responsibility” and “Dedicated to Education … Democratic Principles” resonated with the local population. By late summer, the fund-raising goal of one million dollars had been surpassed. Individuals, families, small businesses, industries and benefactors contributed $1,190,000. This total represented 29,000 individual gifts. In today’s dollars, that sum would equal $10,635,450.00.

Fr. Wynn's Scrapbook

Our Heritage, Our Responsibility: Fundraising 1940s Style Father Willi ...

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1959 Merrimackan Yearbook : Selected images from the class of 1959.

1959 Merrimackan Yearbook

Selected images from the class of 1959.

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1960 Merrimackan Yearbook : Selected images from the class of 1960.

1960 Merrimackan Yearbook

Selected images from the class of 1960.

Updated: Apr 30, 2010 11:30am PST

1965 Merrimackan Yearbook : Selected images from the class of 1965.

1965 Merrimackan Yearbook

Selected images from the class of 1965.

Updated: Jul 19, 2010 10:04am PST

1970 Merrimackan Yearbook : Selected images from the class of 1970.

1970 Merrimackan Yearbook

Selected images from the class of 1970.

Updated: Jul 19, 2010 10:08am PST

1975 Merrimackan Yearbook : Selected images from the class of 1975.

1975 Merrimackan Yearbook

Selected images from the class of 1975.

Updated: Jul 19, 2010 11:18am PST

1980 Merrimackan Yearbook : Selected images from the class of 1980.

1980 Merrimackan Yearbook

Selected images from the class of 1980.

Updated: Jul 19, 2010 11:38am PST

1985 Merrimackan Yearbook : Selected images from the class of 1985.

1985 Merrimackan Yearbook

Selected images from the class of 1985.

Updated: Jul 19, 2010 11:41am PST

1990 Merrimackan Yearbook : Selected images from the class of 1990.

1990 Merrimackan Yearbook

Selected images from the class of 1990.

Updated: Jul 19, 2010 11:53am PST

1995 Merrimackan Yearbook : Selected images from the class of 1995.

1995 Merrimackan Yearbook

Selected images from the class of 1995.

Updated: Jul 19, 2010 11:56am PST

2000 Merrimackan Yearbook : Selected images from the class of 2000.

2000 Merrimackan Yearbook

Selected images from the class of 2000.

Updated: Jul 19, 2010 12:01pm PST

2005 Merrimackan Yearbook : Selected images from the class of 2005.

2005 Merrimackan Yearbook

Selected images from the class of 2005.

Updated: Jul 19, 2010 12:11pm PST