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Mercy Archives Finding Aids

These documents provide a basic description and arrangement of the archival material in our repository.

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Albany Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the Albany, NY; St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; Beirut, Lebanon, and Alaska areas. Dates: 1863-2006.


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Auburn Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the Auburn, CA; Sacramento, CA; and Ireland areas. Dates: 1857-2012.


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Baltimore Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the Maryland; Florida; Alabama; Mississippi; Washington, DC; Guyana; Belize; El Salvador; Peru; Trinidad; and Honduras areas. Dates: 1855-2008.


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Brooklyn Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the Brooklyn, NYC, NY and Panama areas. Dates: 1846-2008.


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Buffalo Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the areas of the Philippines; Buffalo, NY; Batavia, NY; and other parts of south western New York. Dates: 1858-2009.


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Burlingame Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the San Francisco, CA; Rio Vista, CA; Los Angles, CA; San Diego, CA; Arizona; New Mexico; and Peru areas. Dates: 1854-2013.


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Cedar Rapids Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the Minnesota; Montana; Arizona; and Cedar Rapids, IA areas. Dates: 1875-2010.


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Chicago Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the Chicago, IL; Ottawa, IL; Aurora, IL; Davenport, IA; Iowa City, IA; Janesville, WI; Milwaukee, WI; and Peru areas. Dates: 1846-2011.


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Cincinnati Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the Cincinnati, OH area. Dates: 1858-2008.


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Cincinnati Regional Community Collection

Includes the administrative and ministerial activities of the entire Regional Community of Cincinnati, established as the Cincinnati Province in 1929. Areas include: Ohio; Kentucky; Tennessee; Michigan; and Jamaica. Dates: 1932-2008.


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Connecticut Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the Connecticut; Kentucky; Orland, ME; Owego, NY; Pocahontas, VA; Africa; Guatemala; Nicaragua; Belize; Peru; Honduras; Haiti; and Puerto Rico areas. Dates: 1863-2006.


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Dallas Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the Dallas, PA; Harrisburg, PA; Hazleton, PA; Wilkes-Barre, PA; Towanda, PA; Cresson, PA; Scranton, PA; Long Island, NYC, NY; and Guyana areas. Dates: 1848-2012.


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Detroit Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the Iowa; north eastern Indiana; Michigan; New Mexico; Tennessee; and Argentina areas. Dates: 1873-2011.


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Erie Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the Erie, PA; Ethiopia; Tanzania; and Mexico areas. Dates: 1887-2012.


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Fremont Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the north and northwest areas of Ohio. Dates: 1912-2011.


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Institute Collection



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Jamaica Community Collection



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Louisville Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the Kentucky and Columbus, OH areas. Dates: 1869-2008.


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Mercy Federation Collection

Documents the Federation of the Sisters of Mercy, a governance structure for the leadership of Sister of Mercy congregations in the Americas to involve their communities in shared programs, initiatives, gatherings, and other activities. Dates: 1965-1991.


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Mercy Hospital Portland Maine Collection

Includes the historic records of Mercy Hospital in Portland, ME, along with that of it’s School of Nursing. Dates: 1918-2019.


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Mercy Oral History Program Collection



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Mercy Union Collection

Documents the Sisters of Mercy of the Union, a governance structure for nine unified provinces (Omaha, Providence, St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Scranton/Dallas, New York, Baltimore, and Detroit), made up of over 60 formerly independent motherhouses. Headquartered in Washington, DC. Dates: 1929-1991. 


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Merion Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in areas of eastern Pennsylvania; Virginia; Arizona; Louisiana; North Carolina; New Jersey; Peru; and India. Dates: 1861-2009.


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Mid-Atlantic Community Collection

Includes the records of the Sisters of Mercy from the Mid-Atlantic Community, formed in 2007 and comprised of the former regional communities of Merion, Dallas, Brooklyn, New York, and New Jersey. Dates: 2007-2021


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Nashville and Knoxville Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in Tennessee. Dates: 1866-2011.


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New Hampshire Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the New Hampshire; Massachusetts; South Carolina; California; Colombia; Tanzania; and Central America areas. Dates: 1858-2006.


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New Jersey Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in areas of New Jersey; Washington, DC; Florida; Maryland; North Carolina; and Costa Rica. Dates: 1911-2008.


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New York Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the New York City, NY; Worcester, MA; and upstate and central New York areas. Dates: 1845-2011.


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North Carolina Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the North Carolina and Guam areas. Dates: 1872-2008.


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NyPPaW Community Collection



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Omaha Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the areas of California; Nebraska; Colorado; Oregon; Missouri; Iowa; North Dakota; Idaho; New Mexico; and Mexico. Dates: 1864-2008.


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Pittsburgh Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the western Pennsylvania; Virginia; Florida; Puerto Rico; and Peru areas. Dates: 1843-2009.


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Portland Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in areas of Maine and Bahamas. Dates: 1873-2006.


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Providence Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the Rhode Island; Massachusetts; New York; Honduras; and Belize areas. Dates: 1868-2006.


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Rochester Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in areas of Rochester, NY and Chile. Dates: 1857-2011.



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Sister Christine Schenk CSJ Research Collection

Includes interviews of Sister Theresa Kane, RSM and her family, friends and colleagues for the book To Speak the Truth in Love: A Biography of Theresa Kane, RSM by: Sister Christine Schenk, CSJ.


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South Central Community Collection

Includes the records of the Sisters of Mercy from the South Central Community, formed in 2008 and comprised of the former regional communities of St. Louis, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and North Carolina. Dates: 2008-2021


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St. Louis Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the Kansas; Missouri; Arkansas; Mississippi; Oklahoma; Texas; and Louisiana areas. Dates: 1851-2008.


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Vermont Regional Community Collection

Includes Sister of Mercy activities in the areas of Vermont, Saipan, Taiwan, and Peru. Dates: 1874-2007.


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West Midwest Community Collection



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