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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 1950 General Ethics Summer Session
- Folder 2: Academic Papers 1950 History Notes and Miscellaneous
- Folder 3: Academic Papers 1951-67 Comprehensive History Exams
- Folder 4: Academic Papers 1952, 1954 Correspondence
- Folder 5: Academic Papers 1952 "Toward an Integrated Curriculum" by Gerald Dupont, Spring
- Folder 6: Academic Papers 1953 National Conference of Educators Association-Convention Speeches April 8
- Folder 7: Academic Papers 1953 (?) New York Times Article on Saint Michael's College "Balanced Liberal Arts", August
- Folder 8: Academic Papers 1953 Report on the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame "The Curriculum of a Catholic Liberal Arts College"
- Folder 9: Academic Papers 1953 Statement by Henning W. Prentis Jr., on the U.S. Tariff
- Folder 10: Academic Papers 1954 Diocese of Burlington Newspapers
- Folder 11: Academic Papers 1954-55 Theology 302 Evening Course
- Folder 12: Academic Papers 1955 Theology Evening Class
- Folder 13: Academic Papers 1955 Theology 302, 412E, Lectures
- Folder 14: Academic Papers 1956 Small College Annual "The Catholic College" by Rev. Gerald E. Dupont
- Folder 15: Academic Papers 1956 Virtues Evening Class-Lectures
- Folder 16: Academic Papers 1957 "Digest of Moral Philosophy in the Early Thomist School: The Summa De Virtutibus of Guido Vernani"
- Folder 17: Academic Papers 1957 Theology 204
- Folder 18: Academic Papers 1958 "Christian in Action: Let's Talk Sense About our Schools" by Rev. Gerald E. Dupont, September
- Folder 19: Academic Papers 1958 Photostat of Text Used in Doctorat Work in Philosophy
- Folder 20: Academic Papers 1958 "A Textbook of Moral Philosophy in the Early Dominican School" part I, by Gerald E. Dupont
- Folder 21: Academic Papers 1958 "A Textbook of Moral Philosophy in the Early Dominican School", II, by Gerald E. Dupont
- Folder 22: Academic Papers 1958 "A Textbook of Moral Philosophy in the Early Dominican School", III, by Gerald E. Dupont
- Folder 23: Academic Papers 1958 "A Textbook of Moral Philosophy in the Early Dominican School" IV, by Gerald E. Dupont
- Folder 24: Academic Papers 1958 "A Textbook of Moral Philosophy in the Early Dominican School", Notes
- Folder 25: Academic Papers 1958 Thesis Notes
- Folder 26: Academic Papers 1958 Thesis Notes
- Folder 27: Academic Papers 1959 Philosophy/Theology Seminar I, Sessions I & II, April 17-18
- Folder 28: Academic Papers 1959 Philosophy/Theology Seminar II, Sessions I & II, May 8-9
- Folder 29: Academic Papers 1960-61 Theology 102, 2nd Revised Edition, Part I: Syllabus, Part II: The Kingdom of God
- Folder 30: Academic Papers 1963-65 Philosophy/Theology Program, James G. Case
- Folder 31: Academic Papers 1969-70 Catholic Higher Education, Notes
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