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University Archives Loyola University and Marymount College Affiliation and Merger Records
UA.001.004  
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  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Arrangement
  • Scope and Contents

  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: William H. Hannon Library, Archives & Special Collections, University Archives
    Title: Loyola University and Marymount College Affiliation and Merger Records
    Identifier/Call Number: UA.001.004
    Physical Description: 2.502 Linear Feet 6 document boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1965-1973
    Abstract: This collection documents the activities and individuals involved with the affiliation and eventual merger of Marymount College and Loyola University.

    Conditions Governing Use

    Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner. Loyola Marymount University does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by the original author or artists or his/her heirs, assigns, or executors.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University. Please note: Records of the Board of Trustees and Board of Regents are restricted from researcher use.

    Biographical / Historical

    Loyola Marymount University (LMU), located in Los Angeles, California, was founded as Loyola College of Los Angeles in 1911 by members of the Society of Jesus after the closure of St. Vincent’s College, a school for boys created by Vincentian Fathers in 1865. Loyola College grew quickly and a new campus was selected in 1917. In 1920, Loyola College began offering graduate level education by founding a separate law school. Official establishment of a graduate division would not occur until June 1950 even though the law school continued to thrive and after a Teacher Education Program at Loyola College had been created in 1948. Continued growth of the college prompted a second move for Loyola College in 1929 to the current campus in Westchester. Incorporated as Loyola College in 1918, the school achieved official university status in 1930. While Loyola University was experiencing a high growth rate in the early 20th century, so was the education program offered by the Religious of Sacred Heart of Mary for young women that had begun in 1923. In 1933, Marymount Junior College was opened in Westwood, Los Angeles. The college continued to grow; in 1948 the Junior College became a four-year university and granted its first baccalaureate degrees in 1948. In 1960, Marymount College moved to a campus on the Palos Verdes Peninsula to accommodate its growing student body. In 1968, Marymount College moved one last time to share the Loyola University campus. Although the two schools shared a physical space, Marymount College and Loyola University were still two separate schools and remain so for five years. Loyola Marymount University was officially named in 1973 after Loyola University and Marymount College merged.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    All material in this collection has been transferred to University Archives from Loyola Marymount University.

    Arrangement

    This collection is broken down by year, ranging from 1965 when discussions regarding the affiliation between Loyola University and Marymount College began, to the merger of the two schools in 1973. Contents of each year are briefly described in the Scope and Contents note, including document type and individuals involved.

    Scope and Contents

    This collection documents the affiliation and eventual merger of Marymount College and Loyola University. Items in this collection include correspondence from Loyola University presidents Rev. Charles S. Cassasa, S.J. and Rev. Donald P. Merrifield, S.J. as well as Marymount College president Sister M. Raymunde McKay, R.S.H.M. with associates of the university. News clippings, promotional brochures, reports, contracts, and legal documents are also included in the collection.
    Individuals represented in correspondence include:
    John C. Arndt, S.J., Athletic Director, Loyola University
    Ken Carreiro, Director of Public Relations
    Rev. John W. Clark, S.J., Academic Vice President, Loyola University
    Doris S. Chasin, Academic Dean
    John E. Clewis, Director of Personnel Relations, Loyola University
    John C. Cosgrove
    Rodney Coulson, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Marymount College
    Sister Peter Damian, R.S.H.M.
    Jerome K. Doolan of Bechtel Corporation; Chairman of Board of Regents
    Catherine F. Emenaker, University Registrar
    Rev. Darrell F. X. Finnegan, S.J.
    Sister Renee Harrangue, R.S.H.M, Vice President, Marymount College
    H. R. Kells, Associate Provost, Rutgers University
    Father Kilp, Director of Alumni Relations
    Albert A. Lemieux, S.J., President of Seattle University
    M. E. L'Heureux, Director of Admissions
    Gale Livingston
    Terrance L. Mahan S.J., Dean of Arts & Sciences
    Most Reverend Timothy Manning, D.D., Archbishop of Los Angeles
    Theodore J. Marshall, S.J., Director of Libraries, Loyola University
    Richard N. Mason, Vice President for University Relations, Loyola University
    Robert W. McEwen, President of Hamilton College
    John A. Pfaffinger, Vice President for Business Affairs
    Jack Przygoda; President of Loyola University chapter of American Association of University Professors
    John K. Riley; Vice President of Development
    Richard W. Rolfs, Dean of Students
    C. Easton Rothwell, President of Mills College
    Bruce Russell
    Ernest E. Sanchez, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Loyola University
    Father C. J. Schneider, S.J.
    Denise L. Scott, Chairman, Department of English
    Thomas J. Scully, Vice President for Student Affairs, Loyola University and Marymount College
    Clifford T. Stewart, Director, Office of Institutional Research, The Claremont Colleges
    Thomas D. Terry, S.J., Academic Vice President
    Anthony F. Turhollow, Academic Assembly of Loyola University
    Rev. Richard P. Vaughan, S.J., Jesuit Provincial Office
    John Von Bargen, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds
    Carlo A. Weber, S.J., Dept of Philosophy
    Robert C. Wiggers, President of Litton Industries

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Loyola University (Los Angeles, Calif.)
    Marymount College (Los Angeles, Calif.)
    Loyola Marymount University
    Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange