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Antonian Hall at Carlow College

1940/1960

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Antonian Hall at Carlow College
  • Title
  • Antonian Hall at Carlow College
  • Creator
  • Jonas Studio
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B004.F08.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B004.F08.I01
  • Description
  • Mount Mercy College, located in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, opened in 1929 as a four-year college for women with seven teachers and 24 students. Mother M. Irenaeus Dougherty was the Sister of Mercy who founded the college in that same year. The college changed its name to Carlow College in 1969. The new name was derived from the village of Carlow in Ireland’s southeast Leinster province, home o the Sisters of Mercy. Today, the school offers more than 50 majors in business, education, nursing, management, natural sciences, mathematics, and technology.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Carlow College.Antonian Hall.
    Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Colleges for women--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    College buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
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