Historical Context
"In 1946, with the influx of veterans taking advantage of the G.I. Bill, Niagara University had to refuse 120 women applicants. The President of the University, the Rev. Francis L. Meade, in a conversation with Sister Antionette Reinhart, deplored the situation and urged the Sisters to enter the field of higher education at Stella Niagara" (Dunn, 6). Soon after this conversation, a "diligent and driving" correspondence was initiated by Sister Antoinette, accompanied by Sister Gonzaga Miller, with the NYS Commissioner of Education resulting in a charter for Rosary Hill College on July 31, 1947 (Dunn, 7-11).
Dunn, Georgia. Hillsides A Memoir: The First Twenty-Four Years of Rosary Hill College. Society of St. Paul. 1973.
What People Were Reading in 1947
Diary of Ann Frank - Most Popular Title
The Diary of a Young Girl is the record of two years in the life of a remarkable Jewish girl and one of the most moving and eloquent accounts of the Holocaust. Frank's triumphant humanity in the face of unfathomable deprivation and fear has made the book one of the most enduring documents of our time.
All The King's Men - Pulitzer Prize Winner
A dynamic backwoods lawyer batters his way into the governor's mansion, where he uses his unprincipled charm to become a brutal dictator.
Man for Himself : An Inquiry into the Psychology of Ethics
In Man for Himself, Erich Fromm examines the confusion of modern women and men who, because they lack faith in any principle by which life ought to be guided, become the helpless prey forces both within and without.
Other Voices, Other Rooms
In this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel, thirteen-year-old Joel Knox, after losing his mother, is sent from New Orleans to live with the father who abandoned him at birth. But when Joel arrives at Skully's Landing, the decaying mansion in rural Alabama, his father is nowhere to be found.
A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams' sensuous, atmospheric plays transformed the American stage with their passion, exoticism and vibrant characters who rage against their personal demons and the modern world. In 'A Streetcar Named Desire' fading southern belle Blanche Dubois finds her romantic illusions brutally shattered.
The Plague
Chaos prevails when the bubonic plague strikes the Algerian coastal city of Oran. A haunting tale of human resilience in the face of unrelieved horror, Camus' novel about a bubonic plague ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature.
Miracles
An impeccable inquiry into the proposition that supernatural events can happen in this world. C.S. Lewis uses his remarkable logic to build a solid argument for the existence of divine intervention.
All My Sons
Winner of the Drama Critics' Award for Best New Play in 1947, All My Sons established Arthur Miller as a leading voice in the American theater. All My Sons introduced themes that thread through Miller's work as a whole: the relationship between fathers and sons, and the conflict between business and personal ethics.
Marian Library - Construction & Dedication, 1954-1955
Marian Library - Mid-Century Design
Faces of Marian Library, 1960s - 2000s
RIC Construction & Opening, 2007-2009
Scenes and Faces of the RIC, 2010-2022
