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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 Postcard Collection, boxed (undated)
- Folder 2: Personal Papers Religious Retreat-Notes 1940, 1942, and undated
- Folder 3: Personal Papers Religious/Spiritual Quotes, Notes, etc.. (undated)
- Folder 4: Personal Papers Reports on Higher Education 1957, 1958, 1966
- Folder 5: Personal Papers Saint Michael's College Transcript-Gerald Dupont 1941
- Folder 6: Personal Papers Sermon Material (undated)
- Folder 7: Personal Papers Sheet Music-Cole's Library of Familiar Music-Piano Compositions by F. Chopin Book No. 20 (undated)
- Folder 8: Personal Papers Sheet Music- "The Michaelman March" 1937, "The Right Kind of Man" 1929, "Sacerdos et Pontifex" 1942
- Folder 9: Personal Papers Sheet Music-Variety (undated)
- Folder 10: Personal Papers Sheet Music-Variety (undated)
- Folder 11: Personal Papers TimeLife Magazine Article (undated)
- Folder 12: Personal Papers Watercolor by Gerald E. Dupont-One picture of 3 pieces, one piece missing (undated)
- Folder 13: Personal Papers Watercolor by Gerald E. Dupont-One picture of 4 pieces (undated)
- Folder 14: Personal Papers Watercolor by Gerald E. Dupont-One picture 4 pieces (undated)
- Folder 15: Personal Papers Watercolor by Gerald E. Dupont-One picture of 4 pieces (undated)
- Folder 16: Personal Papers Watercolor by Gerald E. Dupont-One picture of 4 pieces (undated)
- Folder 17: Society of Saint Edmund Papers Chapter News 1970
- Folder 18: Society of Saint Edmund Papers Correspondence-General Business
- Folder 19: Society of Saint Edmund Papers Correspondence-Office of the Superior General, Very Rev. Jeremiah Purtill, SSE 1945-51
- Folder 20: Society of Saint Edmund Papers Directives of the Superior General, Very Rev. Jeremiah Purtill 1961
- Folder 21: Society of Saint Edmund Papers Edmundite Generalate-Minutes, By-Laws 1970, 1972, 1973
- Folder 22: Society of Saint Edmund Papers Edmundite Generalate-Wills and Trusts, Social Security 1972-73
- Folder 23: Society of Saint Edmund Papers "For and Against Swanton as a Lay Retreat House" 1st and 2nd Plans 1951
- Folder 24: Society of Saint Edmund Papers General Coutumier 1959
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