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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: Personal Papers Art-Cathedral Art in the Middle Ages (magazine pull-out) (undated)
- Folder 2: Personal Papers Art-Cathedrale d'Amiens de la France 1955
- Folder 3: Personal Papers Art-Roman Sculpture, Encyclopedie Alpina Illustree 1937
- Folder 4: Personal Papers Art-St. Francis of Assisi (magazine pull-out) (undated)
- Folder 5: Personal Papers Book: Dossier on Douglas: Impeach or Acquit: the Case Against Justice William O. Douglas by Allan C. Brownfeld 1970
- Folder 6: Personal Papers Book: Father Connell's The New Baltimore Catechism no. 3 by Rev. Francis J. Connell 1943
- Folder 7: Personal Papers Book: History of England by F. York Powell 1906
- Folder 8: Personal Papers Book: Memoirs of the Catholic University of America 1918-1960 by Roy J. Deferrari 1962
- Folder 9: Personal Papers Book: Money! Questions and Answers by Rev. Chas. E. Coughlin 1937
- Folder 10: Personal Papers Book: A Short History of Civilization by Henry S. Lucas 1943
- Folder 11: Personal Papers Book: Sixteen Radio Lectures 1938 by Rev. Chas. E. Coughlin 1938
- Folder 12: Personal Papers Citation-United States Air Force/ROTC Service Award and Plaque 1969 (?)
- Folder 13: Personal Papers Correspondence-Congratulatory Messages on Presidency July-August 1958
- Folder 14: Personal Papers Correspondence Congratulatory Messages on Presidency A-L, 1958
- Folder 15: Personal Papers Correspondence Congratulatory Messages on Presidency M-W, 1958
- Folder 16: Personal Papers Correspondence-Dr. Earl J. McGrath 1970
- Folder 17: Personal Papers Correspondence Family (Parents) 1939-44
- Folder 18: Personal Papers Correspondence-Family (Siblings) 1940-44, 1962
- Folder 19: Personal Papers Correspondence-Family (Cousins) 1943-44, 1973
- Folder 20: Personal Papers Correspondence-Society of Saint Edmund, Mission House, St. Joseph's Novitiate, Saint Michael's College 1940-44
- Folder 21: Personal Papers CorrespondenceRev. Ignatius Eschmann, O.P. 1956-58
- Folder 22: Personal Papers Correspondence-Various(alpha-numeric) 1941-44
- Folder 23: Personal Papers Correspondence-Various 1958-59
- Folder 24: Personal Papers Correspodence-Various A-Z 1970, 1973
- Folder 25: Personal Papers Dedication from Grant Stinchfield Family (undated)
- Folder 26: Personal Papers Dupont Family Coat of Arms and Letters 1976
- Folder 27: Personal Papers Family-Grace Dupont (Sister) Yearbook 1941
- Folder 28: Personal Papers Honorary Doctorate Degree-University of Vermont May 1969
- Folder 29: Personal Papers LeMieux Trust Papers 1964-70
- Folder 30: Personal Papers LeMieux Trust Papers 1971-72
- Folder 31: Personal Papers LeMieux Trust Papers-Last Will and Testament of Yvette LeMieux 1972
- Folder 32: Personal Papers LeMieux Trust Papers-Trust Accounts of Victor LeMieux 1973
- Folder 33: Personal Papers Manuscript "The Fundamentals of Religion" by John F. Ryan, Providence College 1947
- Folder 34: Personal Papers Map-World War II 1940-42
- Folder 35: Personal Papers Miscellaneous-Booklets-Ely Cathedral 1959
- Folder 36: Personal Papers Miscellaneous-Booklets-"For You with Love" "Priests New Ritual" 1926, 1961
- Folder 37: Personal Papers Miscellaneous-Cards-Birthday, Christmas 1930's and 40's
- Folder 38: Personal Papers Miscellaneous-Cards-Birthday, Christmas, etc 1930's and 40's
- Folder 39: Personal Papers Miscellaneous-Newsletters 1973
- Folder 40: Personal Papers Miscellaneous-Notes (undated)
- Folder 41: Personal Papers Miscellaneous-Periodical-Rhode Island: The Great Hurricane and Tidal Wave September 21, 1938
- Folder 42: Personal Papers Miscellaneous-Pocket Planners 1967-73
- Folder 43: Personal Papers Newspaper Clippings and Notes-Germany, Hitler, War, Spain, and Italy 1933-40
- Folder 44: Personal Papers Newspaper Clippings and Notes-History-General 1939
- Folder 45: Personal Papers Newspaper Clippings-Miscellaneous 1931-39
- Folder 46: Personal Papers Notes 1958-59
- Folder 47: Personal Papers Ph.D. Regalia-University of Montreal, Doctor of Law Hood, University of Vermont May 1969
- Folder 48: Personal Papers Photograph-Patriarch Athenagoras of Constantinople
- Folder 49: Personal Papers Photographs-Family and Friends, and Scrapbook (undated)
- Folder 50: Personal Papers Play (based on history) by Gerald E. Dupont (undated)
- Folder 51: Personal Papers Poems (1957?)
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