The College of Saint Rose - Neil Hellman Library
Albany, New York 12203
Phone: 800-637-8556
The College of Saint Rose - Neil Hellman Library
About
The College of Saint Rose was founded in 1920 by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet as a Roman Catholic college for women. Its founders selected the name of Saint Rose to honor the first canonized saint in the Americas. An evening division was developed in 1946 to meet the needs of World War II veterans and, in 1949, a graduate school was added to provide master's degree programs. Men were admitted to both the original evening and graduate divisions, and in 1969 the College became fully co-educational. In 1970, the Board of Trustees was expanded to include laypersons in addition to the Sisters of Saint Joseph. Thus, The College of Saint Rose became an independent college.
The college ceased academic instruction in June 2024 and began the process of closing the school. The archival material is being transferred to a number of institutions, including the University at Albany and the Carondelet Consolidated Archives in St Louis, Missouri.
The College of Saint Rose - Neil Hellman Library is a member of the Capital District Library Council.
Collections
This collection contains images and video recordings related to events and the history of the College of Saint Rose.
This collection contains maps of the College of Saint Rose campus from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
This collections contains portraits, audio, and transcripts of oral histories given by faculty and students of the College of Saint Rose about the college and their experiences.
This collection contains photographs sharing the history of the College of Saint Rose, including its students and faculty.
This collection contains documents written by students of the College of Saint Rose.
This collection contains images of yearbooks from the 1920s at the College of Saint Rose.