Established in 1994, the Women and Leadership Archives (WLA) collects, preserves, and makes available permanently valuable records of women and women’s organizations which document women’s lives, roles, and contributions.

The WLA grew out of the need to care for the records of Mundelein College and expanded to collect papers of women leaders and women’s organizations. Collection strengths include the subject areas of activism and women’s issues; authors; education; environmental issues; public service; social justice; women religious; and the fine, performance, and visual arts.

WLA is part of the Gannon Center and Loyola University Libraries and serves a wide variety of users, ranging from students and scholars to the general public. The WLA makes records available at the Archives in Loyola’s Piper Hall, offers remote reference services, presents programs, and provides online resources. Staff includes a Director, Assistant Director, Archives Associate, and graduate student workers attending Loyola.

Image: Mundelein College students outside the Learning Resource Center, later known as Sullivan Center, near Lake Michigan, 1990. Mundelein College Photograph Collection.

 

Image: Women and Leadership Archives at Loyola University Chicago's Facebook Page

For further information:

If you would like additional information, please contact WLA Director Emily Reiher at ereiher@luc.edu or 773-508-8432.

For Mundelein College student records and transcripts, please contact Loyola's Office of Registration and Records.

For Immaculata High School records, please contact Mount Carmel Archives, BVM Center, Dubuque, Iowa, 563-588-2351, Jennifer Head, Archivist, archives@bvmsisters.org