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Christopher Kiernan papers, 1975-2009 (RG21.6)

Salve Regina University Archives

McKillop Library
100 Ochre Point Ave.
Newport, RI, 02840
401-341-2276
archives@salve.edu

Inventory

Series 1. Administrative, 1994-2007
This series includes administrative materials related to Dr. Kiernan's role as a faculty member, such as faculty meeting materials and the planning or development of programs. Kiernan served as speaker of the faculty, liaison to the Board of Trustees, and was a leader in the establishment of several academic programs.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 Ad Hoc Committee on Historic and Cultural Preservation
1997, 1999
Box 1, Folder 2 American Studies concentration in Cultural and Historic Preservation
1996-1999, ca. 2000, undated
Box 1, Folder 3 American Studies courses taught by C. David Carlos and development of AST 210
1995-1998
Box 1, Folder 4 American Studies information, planning, and correspondence
undated
Box 1, Folder 5 American Studies presentation and background information
1996
Box 1, Folder 6 American Studies program review notes
2002-2003
1, Folder 7 Board of Trustees meeting materials and notes
1999
Box 1, Folder 8 Contracts
2001
Box 1, Folder 9 Core Curriculum materials and notes
2001
Box 1, Folder 10 European Studies program in Dublin, Ireland
1996
Box 1, Folder 11 Faculty Assembly Minutes and Notes
2001
Box 1, Folder 12 Faculty Development Seminar in Japan
1998
Box 1, Folder 13 Faculty manual with notes and edits by Kiernan
1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 14 Faculty Meeting -- Executive Committee/Speaker of the Faculty Materials
1999-2001
Box 1, Folder 15 Faculty Meeting Minutes and Notes
1994-1995
Box 1, Folder 16 Faculty Meeting Minutes and Notes
1995-1996
Box 1, Folder 17 Faculty Meeting Minutes and Notes
1997-1998
Box 2, Folder 1 Faculty Meeting Minutes and Notes
1998-1999
Box 2, Folder 2 Faculty Meeting Minutes and Notes
1999-2000
Box 2, Folder 3 Faculty Meeting Minutes and Notes
2001
Box 2, Folder 4 Faculty Meeting Minutes and Notes
2002-2003
Box 2, Folder 5 Faculty mentoring
1999
Box 2, Folder 6 Faculty Point System
1999
Box 2, Folder 7 Faculty Workshops -- Mission Statement
1995-1996
Box 2, Folder 8 Graduate Surveys
1991-1999
Box 2, Folder 9 "Guidelines for Papers" by John Quinn with Kiernan comments
2000
Box 2, Folder 10 Notes, ephemera
undated
Box 2, Folder 11 Retention Committee
1995-1997, undated
Box 2, Folder 12 Undergraduate Council
1995-1997

Biographical and personal, 1982-2009
This series contains materials related to Kiernan's life outside of Salve Regina, including personal correspondence and employment or service at other institutions.

Container Description Date
Box 2, Folder 13 Academic career
1982-1983
Box 2, Folder 14 Board of Trustees, Regis College
1999
Box 2, Folder 15 Correspondence
1984, ca. 1986
Box 2, Folder 16 Correspondence and notes -- Kiernan, Hugh
1992
Box 2, Folder 17 Day planner pages
1985-1986
Box 2, Folder 18 Director of Athletics, St. Joseph's College
1975-1979, 1997-1998, undated
Box 2, Folder 19 Liturgy in Memory of Dr. Christopher Kiernan
2009
Box 2, Folder 20 Men's Basketball Golf Tournament
2001
Box 2, Folder 21 Obituary for Sister Sarah Page, OSJ
2004
Box 2, Folder 22 Service, Volunteering
2004

Correspondence, 1988-2006
Correspondence in this series relates to Kiernan's work at Salve Regina, rather than personal correspondence.

Container Description Date
Box 2, Folder 23 Antone, George P.
undated
Box 2, Folder 24 Antone, M. Therese, Sister, RSM
undated
Box 2, Folder 25 Burrell, William
1995
Box 2, Folder 26 Burry, Casey A.
2002
Box 2, Folder 27 de la Motte, Dean
2006
Box 2, Folder 28 Dolan, Michael J.
undated
Box 2, Folder 29 Eveleth, Lois
2000
Box 2, Folder 30 General
1995-1996, 2008, undated, ca. 2002
Box 2, Folder 31 Grandchamp, Michael
undated
Box 2, Folder 32 Kathe, Barbara
undated
Box 2, Folder 33 Kriso, David
2001
Box 2, Folder 34 Letters of recommendation (colleagues/faculty)
1988-1995
Box 2, Folder 35 Letters of recommendation (colleagues/faculty)
1996-2006, undated
Box 2, Folder 36 Madonna, Theresa I.
undated
Box 2, Folder 37 Massaro, John
1995
Box 2, Folder 38 Massaro, John re: NEH application
1999
Box 2, Folder 39 Mater Ecclesiae
2002
Box 2, Folder 40 McKillop Library
1997
Box 3, Folder 1 Mills, Judith
undated
Box 6, Folder 1 Rok, John [RESTRICTED]
1997
Box 3, Folder 2 Rok, John
1998
Box 3, Folder 3 Scholarships
1995
Box 3, Folder 4 Split Screen Productions, re: "Endeavour" documentary
1999
Box 3, Folder 5 Terry, James
2001-2002
Box 3, Folder 6 Testa, Richard -- Studio Era Productions
1999, undated
Box 3, Folder 7 Trainor, Stephen
2004
Box 3, Folder 8 Varisco, Dominic C.
1996
Box 3, Folder 9 Varisco, Suzanne - WRAD
1995-1996
Box 3, Folder 10 Wolanin, Thomas
1998
Box 3, Folder 11 Other
2002, undated

Research, 1996-2002
Included in this series are materials that Kiernan collected to support his teaching and administrative work.

Container Description Date
Box 3, Folder 12 American Studies and Women's Studies Programs at University of Massachusetts-Boston
1993-1994, undated
Box 3, Folder 13 College Administrator Salaries
2001
Box 3, Folder 14 Newspaper and magazine articles
2001-2002, undated
Box 3, Folder 15 Notes from Post-Its
undated, ca. 1996?
Box 3, Folder 16 Sources -- "Annals of America, Volume 3, 1784-1796: Organizing the New Nation" copies
undated
Box 3, Folder 17 Sources -- The Ordinances of 1784 and 1787
undated
Box 3, Folder 18 Sources -- "The Raising of Funds by Colonial Colleges," B. McAnear
undated
Box 3, Folder 19 Sources -- Washington's Words on a National University; works by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Rush, Noah Webster
undated

Teaching, 1992-2007
Arranged much the way in which Kiernan himself originally organized it, this series contains course materials created by Kiernan for his classes, listed by course number and semester. Also included in this series are more general documents related to his teaching.

Container Description Date
Box 4, Folder 1 Academic Advising
1994-1997, 2002
Box 4, Folder 2 American Studies 5-Year Plans and notes
1992-1995
Box 4, Folder 3 AST 097 -- Artistic Country Seats
1998
Box 4, Folder 4 AST 097--Newport and the Art of Gardens and Landscapes
1999 Fall
Box 4, Folder 5 AST 100 -- Introduction to American Civilization
1994 Fall
Box 4, Folder 6 AST 100 -- Introduction to American Civilization
1995 Fall, undated
Box 4, Folder 7 AST 100 -- Introduction to American Civilization [?] guest lecture
1996 Spring
Box 4, Folder 8 AST 200 -- Introduction to American Civilization
1997 Fall
Box 4, Folder 9 AST 200 -- Introduction to American Civilization
1998 Fall
Box 4, Folder 10 AST 200 -- America's Identity: Introduction to American Civilization
1999 Summer
Box 4, Folder 11 AST 200 -- America's Identity: Introduction to American Civilization
1999 Fall
Box 4, Folder 12 AST 200 -- America's Identity: Introduction to American Civilization
2000 Fall
Box 4, Folder 13 AST 200 -- America's Identity: Introduction to American Civilization
2001 Fall
Box 4, Folder 14 AST 200 -- America's Identity: Introduction to American Civilization
2005 Fall
Box 4, Folder 15 AST 200 -- America's Identity: Introduction to American Civilization
2007 Fall
Box 4, Folder 16 AST 200 -- America's Identity: Introduction to American Civilization quizzes
undated
Box 4, Folder 17 AST 251 -- Sport in America
2003 Fall
Box 4, Folder 18 AST 251 -- Sport in America
2004 Spring
Box 4, Folder 19 AST 251 -- Sport in America
2006 Spring
Box 4, Folder 20 AST 251 -- Sport in America
2007 Fall
Box 4, Folder 21 AST 251 -- Sport in America sources and handouts
undated
Box 4, Folder 22 AST 300 -- Technology, Industrialization and Labor in America
1999 Fall, undated
Box 4, Folder 23 AST 310 -- American Civil War
2001 Summer
Box 4, Folder 24 AST 310 -- American Civil War
2002 Fall
Box 4, Folder 25 AST 310 -- American Civil War
undated
Box 4, Folder 26 AST 321 -- American Civil War
2003 Summer
Box 4, Folder 27 AST 321 -- American Civil War
2004 Summer
Box 4, Folder 28 AST 400 -- Senior Seminar
1994 Spring
Box 4, Folder 29 AST 400 -- Senior Seminar
1995 Spring
Box 4, Folder 30 AST 400 -- Coordinating Seminar
1996 Spring
Box 4, Folder 31 AST 400 -- Coordinating Seminar
1997-1998
Box 4, Folder 32 AST 400 -- Coordinating Seminar
1999 Spring
Box 4, Folder 33 AST 400 -- Coordinating Seminar
2000 Spring
Box 4, Folder 34 AST 400 -- Coordinating Seminar
2001 Spring
Box 4, Folder 35 AST 400 -- Coordinating Seminar
2002 Spring
Box 4, Folder 36 AST 400 -- Coordinating Seminar
2003 Spring
Box 4, Folder 37 AST 400 -- Coordinating Seminar
2004 Spring
Box 4, Folder 38 AST 400 -- Coordinating Seminar
undated
Box 4, Folder 39 Book Orders
1995
Box 6, Folder 2 Dissertation Defense -- Shirley Meckes [RESTRICTED]
2004
Box 4, Folder 40 EDC 399
2006 Spring
Box 4, Folder 41 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education
1995 Fall
Box 4, Folder 42 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education notes and planning materials
1995 Fall
Box 4, Folder 43 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education
1996 Spring
Box 4, Folder 44 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education
1996 Fall
Box 4, Folder 45 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education
1997 Spring
Box 4, Folder 46 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education
1997 Fall
Box 4, Folder 47 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education
1998 Spring
Box 4, Folder 48 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education
1998 Fall
Box 4, Folder 49 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education
1999 Spring
Box 4, Folder 50 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education
2000 Spring
Box 4, Folder 51 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education
2000 Fall
Box 4, Folder 52 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education
2001 Summer
Box 4, Folder 53 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education
2001 Fall
Box 4, Folder 54 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education notes and drafts from notepad
2001, undated
Box 4, Folder 55 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education
2002 Spring
Box 4, Folder 56 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education
2002 Fall
Box 4, Folder 57 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education
2003 Fall
Box 5, Folder 1 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education handouts and readings (1/2)
undated
Box 5, Folder 2 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education handouts and readings (2/2)
undated
Box 5, Folder 3 EDC 400 -- Philosophies of Education quizzes, tests, and assignments
undated
Box 5, Folder 4 Grading information and Registrar correspondence
1994-2001
Box 5, Folder 5 Grading rubric
undated
Box 5, Folder 6 HIS 110 -- Survey of American History
1995 Fall
Box 5, Folder 7 HIS 110 -- Survey of American History
1996 Fall
Box 5, Folder 8 HIS 110 -- Survey of American History
1997 Spring
Box 5, Folder 9 HIS 110 -- Survey of American History
1997 Fall
Box 5, Folder 10 HIS 110 -- Survey of American History (?)
1997
Box 5, Folder 11 HIS 110 -- Survey of American History
1998 Fall
Box 5, Folder 12 HIS 110 -- Survey of American History
1999 Spring
Box 5, Folder 13 HIS 110 -- Survey of American History
2001 Spring
Box 5, Folder 14 HIS 110 -- Survey of American History
2004 Spring
Box 5, Folder 15 HIS 110 -- Survey of American History
2008 Fall
Box 5, Folder 16 HIS 110 -- Survey of American History (1/2)
undated
Box 5, Folder 17 HIS 110 -- Survey of American History (2/2)
undated
Box 5, Folder 18 HIS 110 -- Survey of American History (Summer)
undated
Box 5, Folder 19 HIS 110 -- Survey of American History Curriculum Evaluation
undated
Box 5, Folder 20 HIS 111/112 -- Interpretations of American History
undated
Box 5, Folder 21 HIS 490 -- Senior Seminar
1995 Fall
Box 5, Folder 22 HIS 490 -- Senior Seminar
1996 Spring, undated
Box 5, Folder 23 History Department Evaluations and Class Visitations
1997-2000
Box 5, Folder 24 Notes and handouts -- unknown courses
undated
Box 5, Folder 25 Notes and handouts -- Philosophy; Roger Williams course descriptions
undated
Box 5, Folder 26 Reports
Box 5, Folder 27 Schedules
1996, undated
Box 5, Folder 28 US history handouts, "The Great West" video, notes
1996, undated
Box 5, Folder 29 Writing Across the Curriculum
undated