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  Sister Mary John Michael Dee, BVM, Interview with Sister Mary DeCock, BVM, 1999

  Sister Mary John Michael Dee, BVM describes her childhood and education before arriving at Mundelein after profession with the BVMs. Sister Mary John Michael was one of the original five novitiates hand chosen by Sister Mary Justicia to join the faculty and undergo graduate studies in 1931. Sister Mary John Michael names the five: Sister Mary Columba Kriebs, Sister Irma Corcoran, Sister Mary Francine Gould, Sister Mary Sylvester Geisler, and Sister Mary John Michael Dee. Sister Mary John Michael was sent to the University of Michigan with Sister Mary Columba for one year to earn their master’s degrees.
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  Sister Mary Francine Gould, BVM, Interview with Sister Mary DeCock, BVM, 1999

  Sister Mary Francine Gould, BVM interviews with Sister Mary DeCock, BVM. She describes growing up in Chicago, and eventually entering the BVMs in 1929. Sister Mary Francine served as part of the first set of sisters to teach at Mundelein College. She encountered various pressures in the early years of Mundelein, working alongside and occasionally standing in for Sister Justicia Coffey, BVM. Her time at Clarke College was much more calm in comparison to Mundelein. She eventually retired from Clarke in 1972 before moving to the BVM Mother House in Dubuque, Iowa.
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  Sister Irma Corcoran, BVM, Interview with Sister Jeanie Moran, BVM, 1997

  Sister Irma Corcoran, BVM recollects her experiences in graduate school at Columbia University as the only sister on the entire campus. Sister Irma reflects on all of the presidents at Mundelein during her 61 years there, from the skyscraper’s dedication until Loyola took possession of the building in 1961. Asserts that Sister Mary Justicia was not just a builder but was a school woman as well. Discusses Mundelein’s mission as a “city college” for “work a day” city women. Sister Irma describes several of her colleagues on the Mundelein faculty and recalls several anecdotes which draw a rich portrait of the daily life of Mundelein in the 1930s and 1940s.
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  Sister Irma Corcoran, BVM, Interview with Joan Steinbrecher, 1996

  Sister Irma Corcoran, BVM describes her work as a Milton scholar with a focus on early seventeenth-century scholarship on Genesis. Sister Irma reflects on her formative childhood experiences and her friendships. Sister Irma was one of the “first five,” a group of academically inclined novitiates hand picked by Mundelein’s first president, Sister Justicia Coffey. The five young sisters were educated at various institutions and then returned to Mundelein to teach. Sister Irma discusses her daily duties as one of Mundelein’s first faculty members.