Faculty Papers. Rev. Gerald E. Dupont, SSE., 1931-1973 | Saint Michael's College Archives & Special Collections

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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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Folder 1: Academic Papers 1940-41 Analogy
Folder 2: Academic Papers 1940-41 Canon Law Notes, etc...
Folder 3: Academic Papers 1940 "The Guilds-Medieval and Modern" Published by Marygrove College
Folder 4: Academic Papers 1940-41 History-Vernacular Literature notes
Folder 5: Academic Papers 1940 Notebook-Notes from Readers Digest
Folder 6: Academic Papers 1941 Analogy
Folder 7: Academic Papers 1941 Early Christian Art, Byzantine Mosaics
Folder 8: Academic Papers 1941-42 Feudalism
Folder 9: Academic Papers 1941-42 Historiography Seminar Paper: "Roman History in the 'De Civitate Dei' " by Gerald E. Dupont, SSE
Folder 10: Academic Papers 1941-42 History Seminar Paper: "The Capetian Monarchy and Feudalism from 987 to 1180" by Gerald E. Dupont, SSE
Folder 11: Academic Papers 1941 Latin-Medieval and Biblical, notes and writings
Folder 12: Academic Papers 1941-42 Modern History
Folder 13: Academic Papers 1941 Vernacular Literature Paper, "The Origin of 'La Chanson De Roland', Theories and Hypothesis"
Folder 14: Academic Papers 1942-43 Ancient Medieval History-"Medieval History: Charlemagne to Boniface VIII (800-1300) by Gerald E. Dupont, SSE
Folder 15: Academic Papers 1942 Feudal Period, Summer
Folder 16: Academic Papers 1942 German and Celtic Art
Folder 17: Academic Papers 1942 History of Medieval Philosophy-notes and lectures
Folder 18: Academic Papers 1942, 1949 Medieval History
Folder 19: Academic Papers 1942 Metaphysics
Folder 20: Academic Papers 1942, 1943 Philosophy Seminar: "Boethius' De Consolatione Philosophiae, Book IV" by Gerald E. Dupont, Boethius Notes
Folder 21: Academic Papers 1942-43 Pontificial Institute of Medieval Studies-Notes on Aristotle
Folder 22: Academic Papers 1942-43 Pontificial Institute of Medieval Studies-Notes-Philosophy, History, Archaeology Seminar
Folder 23: Academic Papers 1942 "Stoic and Christian Sources in Medieval Social Doctrine", Lecture
Folder 24: Academic Papers 1943 Historiography Parts I and II
Folder 25: Academic Papers 1943 Draft: Pontificial Institute of Medieval Studies Thesis-Classification of Citations
Folder 26: Academic Papers 1943 Draft: Pontificial Institute of Medieval Studies Thesis-"Habitus as a Perfection of Potency in the Philosophy of Saint Thomas"
Folder 27: Academic Papers 1943 Pontificial Institute of Medieval Studies Thesis-"St. Thomas Aquinas and the Politics of Aristotle"
Folder 28: Academic Papers 1943-44 Pontificial Institute of Medieval Studies Correspondence
Folder 29: Academic Papers 1943 Thesis "Ralph Niger as a Critic of His Time" by Gerald E. Dupont, SSE
Folder 30: Academic Papers 1944-45 Medieval History
Folder 31: Academic Papers 1944 Newspaper Articles on Religious Art (French)
Folder 32: Academic Papers 1945 History of Philosophy
Folder 33: Academic Papers 1945 Lectures, Europe in the 19th Century
Folder 34: Academic Papers 1945 Lectures, History of Philosophy
Folder 35: Academic Papers 1945 Lectures, Medieval History
Folder 36: Academic Papers 1945 (?) Notes on Art, Architecture
Folder 37: Academic Papers 1945 Renaissance and the Reformation
Folder 38: Academic Papers 1946-47 Pontificial Institute of Medieval Studies-Provisional Constitution
Folder 39: Academic Papers 1947 Delta Epsilon Sigma-Certificate, Father Dupont
Folder 40: Academic Papers 1947 History-Student Assignments
Folder 41: Academic Papers 1947 Providence College Publication "Notes on Epistemology"
Folder 42: Academic Papers 1947-48 Correspondence
Folder 43: Academic Papers 1948 History Teaching Notes
Folder 44: Academic Papers 1948 Medieval Studies, Vol. X reprint
Folder 45: Academic Papers 1949-51 Correspondence
Folder 46: Academic Papers 1949 Medieval Europe-Notes by Jeremiah O'Sullivan and John F. Burns
Folder 47: Academic Papers 1949 The Register Newspaper, February 13

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