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Collection Overview
Title: Faculty Papers. Rev. Gerald E. Dupont, SSE., 1931-1973
ID: SMC 21/21.2
Extent: 15.0 Boxes
Arrangement: 15 boxes, including 3 for photos and postcards, 4 Oversize and 1 Confidential.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This series is an excellent collection that provides an in-depth look at the academic career of Rev. Gerald E. Dupont. A true scholar and academic, the collection provides insight into his astute philosophical intellect and includes the work he generated from his time at Saint Michael’s College as a student, priest, administrator, and professor.
The collection is separated into four sub-series: Academic Files, Academic Papers, Personal Papers, and Society of Saint Edmund Papers.
The Academic Files are comprised of administrative paperwork, arranged in numerical order by year.
The Academic Papers are comprised of the bulk of his academic work as student, teacher, graduate and doctoral candidate, arranged in numerical order by year, with undated files following in alphabetical order.
The Personal Papers reflect Father Dupont’s collection of everything that had meaning to him; notes and cards from family and friends, poems scribbled on scrap paper, and newspaper clippings. It includes a well-preserved collection of vintage greeting cards, a play he wrote based on world history, family photos and letters, and his personal watercolors. It is arranged alpha-numerically.
Finally, the Society of Saint Edmund Papers contain administrative business for the Edmundite society, arranged alpha-numerically.
Collection Historical Note
Originally from Providence, Rhode Island, the Reverend Gerald E. Dupont attended and spent all of his priestly life at Saint Michael’s. Following his ordination in 1939, his service and leadership as Academic Dean and as President fostered tremendous growth and expansion for the college, both philosophically and physically. While attending graduate school in Toronto and Montreal, where he obtained a Doctorate in Philosophy, Father Dupont took over as the 10th President of Saint Michael's in August 1958, being the last Edmundite to serve as president of the college. During his tenure, he oversaw the continued construction of buildings on campus, including Saint Michael the Archangel Chapel, the Durick Library, Alliot Hall, and the final two quad residence halls. Meanwhile, students continued to attend at record rates. Student life changed as the makeup of the student body changed from returning GI’s to primarily 18-22 year olds. Financial growth did not follow the other trends however, and fiscal problems grew throughout his term. Of most importance however, was the groundwork he laid for the eventual switch to lay leadership. Father Dupont was not unaware of the impact such a change was likely to have and there is some evidence that he planned significantly for something he saw as inevitable.
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Academic Files 1942 Faculty Memo re: Middlebury staff members
- Folder 2: Academic Files 1945, 1950-51 Correspondence
- Folder 3: Academic Files 1949 Sub-Committee Report on Calendar for Academic Year 1950-51
- Folder 4: Academic Files 1949-50 Advisory Committee-Minutes and Memos
- Folder 5: Academic Files 1949-62 Miscellaneous: Saint Michael's College Academic Advertising Results, August Advertising Schedule for SMC, Student Activities Council, undated French Notes, Application Statistics for 1956
- Folder 6: Academic Files 1950-60 College Christmas Card Orders and Samples
- Folder 7: Academic Files 1951 Act to Authorize the Conveyance of Part of Camp Johnson to Saint Michael's College
- Folder 8: Academic Files 1954 "Small College Annual" Magazine, including Saint Michael's College ads pages 4 and 25
- Folder 9: Academic Files 1954, 1959, 1961 Personnel Administration, Salary and Wage Rates
- Folder 10: Academic Files 1955-62 (As President) Fundraising, Parents Program
- Folder 11: Academic Files 1956 Drafts of Job Descriptions/Functions
- Folder 12: Academic Files 1956 December (as Dean) Report on Business Organization and Operation
- Folder 13: Academic Files 1958-59 Department of Education Excise Taxes
- Folder 14: Academic Files 1959 Correspondence-Rev. Jeremiah Purtill, Presidential Business
- Folder 15: Academic Files 1961-65 (as President) Articles Written for the New Catholic Encyclopedia and the Catholic Youth Encyclopedia
- Folder 16: Academic Files 1963 Tribute to John F. Kennedy
- Folder 17: Academic Files 1964-71 Chapter Memorial Plaques
- Folder 18: Academic Files 1965 November 15 "Congressional Legislation Affecting Higher Education and Saint Michael's College in Particular" by Gerald E. Dupont, SSE
- Folder 19: Academic Files 1965 "The Curriculum in 1965", "Modus Operandi Curriculum Studies", "Aims of the Curriculum" (undated)
- Folder 20: Academic Files 1966-70 Chapel Memorial Lists
- Folder 21: Academic Files 1967, 1971 Act to Incorporate Saint Michael's College, Option Grant Between Saint Michael's and CPI Burlington Company and FM Burlington Compnay
- Folder 22: Academic Files 1970-73 Correspondence-Miscellaneous
- Folder 23: Academic Files 1970-72 Opening Fall Enrollment Admissions
- Folder 24: Academic Files 1971-72 Board of Trustees-Educational Policy Committee
- Folder 25: Academic Files 1971, 1972 Board of Trustees-Miscellaneous Reports to Trustees
- Folder 26: Academic Files 1971-73 Budget Income and Expenses
- Folder 27: Academic Files 1971 Development Drive
- Folder 28: Academic Files 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976 Faculty Welfare Committee, Faculty Meeting Memos and Notices, Misc...
- Folder 29: Academic Files 1971, 1972 Organizational Chart
- Folder 30: Academic Files 1971 Summer School Sessions Summaries (1945-1971, 1965-71)
- Folder 31: Academic Files 1972, 1973 American Association of University Professors
- Folder 32: Academic Files 1972 Board of Trustees Letter from Paul T. Fitzgerald
- Folder 33: Academic Files 1971-73 Budget (Proposed 1972-73)
- Folder 34: Academic Files 1972, 1973 Correspondence-Letters of Recommendation
- Folder 35: Academic Files 1972, 1973 Department Reports
- Folder 36: Academic Files 1972 Faculty Regulations-Proposed Changes
- Folder 37: Academic Files Public Relations Releases-Sports-Freshmen Class Statistics
- Folder 38: Academic Files 1972 Re-Accreditation Report "Programs in Education"
- Folder 39: Academic Files 1973 (1959, 1971) Board of Trustees-Miscellaneous
- Folder 40: Academic Papers 1930 (1930s) Shakespeare Notes
- Folder 41: Academic Papers 1931-34 College Essays by Gerald Dupont
- Folder 42: Academic Papers 1932-33 Novitiate Notes
- Folder 43: Academic Papers 1933 Pontificial Institute of Mediaeval Studies-Pamphlet no. 3-27
- Folder 44: Academic Papers 1936-37 Cours de Criteriologie
- Folder 45: Academic Papers 1937-38 Cours de Psychologie
- Folder 46: Academic Papers 1937 L'Opuscule de Siger de Brabant "De Aeternitate Mundi" W.J. Dwyer
- Folder 47: Academic Papers 1937, 1938 "Plan for an Institute for Applied Social Studies at Saint Michael's College", "Proposal for an Institute of Social Studies at Saint Michael's College" (undated)
- Folder 48: Academic Papers 1938 Initiation aux Sources Philosophiques
- Folder 49: Academic Papers 1939 "Church and State" Notes
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