Collections : [Albertus Magnus College]

The Albertus Magnus College Archives documents and preserves the College's social, cultural, and administrative history. Dating from the College's founding in 1925 to the present day, the archive is home to yearbooks, scrapbooks, alumni and faculty publications, official memoranda, meeting minutes, photographs, and more.

The Albertus Magnus College Yearbook, today's "Prospect", has been in near constant publication since the first graduating class in 1928. These yearbooks focus on the graduating seniors from the traditional undergraduate class, and features highlights from their four years at Albertus Magnus College.

This collection contains archetectural and historical information pertaining to the buildings of Albertus Magnus College.

Dr. Dorothea Rudnick (1907-1990) was a professor of Biology at Albertus Magnus College from 1940 until her retirement in 1977. During her time as professor, Dr. Rudnick was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in Organismic Biology and Ecology, published numerous articles and books, and translated Fritz Baltzer's Theodor Boveri: Life and Work of a Great Biologist. This collection includes Dr. Rudnick's many scientific publications, correspondence and speeches, and some personal papers.

The Founding Papers of Albertus Magnus College collection contains information concerning the foundation and early days of Albertus Magnus College. Included within the collection is correspondence, legal manuscripts, course catalogs, and historical oveviews of Albertus Magnus College.

Marcella O'Grady Boveri was born on October 7, 1863 in Boston, Massachusetts to Anne Mahan O'Grady and Thomas O'Grady. Marcella was the youngest of three children. In 1885, Marcella became the first woman to graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a concentration in biology. The collection includes approximately 1,000 pieces of correspondence, a handwritten and illustrated Zoology textbook, photographs, ephemera, various publications and articles written about Boveri and her scientific research, and books that Boveri owned. Two oversized boxes contain a microscope and a microtome, both used by Boveri while at Albertus Magnus College.

"The Silver Horn" or "Silver Horn" for short, is the student-run campus newspaper of Albertus Magnus College. A biweekly publication from 1947 until 1970, the Silver Horn records campus news, events, activities, opinions, and voices of Albertus Magnus College students. The last issue was in November, 1995.