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By Elizabeth B. Scott
Collection Overview
Title: Superior General Rev. Victor Nicolle, 1930-1936
ID: SSE 2/SSE 2.6/SSE 2.6
Extent: 4.0 Folders
Arrangement: The material is arranged chronologically.
Languages: French, English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This subgroup is primarily correspondence. Of particular interest is correspondence in which Nicolle seeks sites for new missions. An English calendar is available for the correspondence, although the correspondence itself is primarily in French.
Collection Historical Note
Fr. Victor Nicolle was born in Tanis, Manche, France and studied at Mont-Saint-Michel and Laval before beginning his novitiate in Winooski, Vermont. After his ordination, he served at Saint Michael’s College in a number of different positions. He was the American Provincial from 1919-1930 and the1930 General Chapter elected him Superior General, although Apostolic Visitor Dom Etcheverry continued to oversee much of the work of Nicolle for the next six years. One of Nicolle's first acts as Superior General was to move the General Administration of the Society to Vermont. Members of the Society continued to serve in Pontigny, but new members increasingly came from America. Fr. Nicolle set up a new house of Theology in Putney, Vermont (Theologate, Saint Mary’s). At the invitation of Francis Cardinal Bourne, the Society began a new foundation in England at Whitton under the direction of Fr. Louis Cheray.
Administrative Information
Repository:
Saint Michael's College Archives & Special Collections
Related Materials:
Historical Files
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Folder:
[Folder 1: Correspondence 1930-1934],
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Folder 2: Correspondence 1935-June 1936],
[
Folder 3: Correspondence Re: La Cantoria],
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Folder 4: Privileges and Dispensations],
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- Folder 1: Correspondence 1930-1934
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