Guide to the Christopher Kiernan Papers, 1975-2009


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

Published in 2020

Collection Overview

Title: Christopher Kiernan papers, 1975-2009
Date range: 1975-2009
Creator: Kiernan, Christopher, 1943-2009
Extent: 2.625 linear feet
6 boxes
Abstract: This collection contains documentation of the life and teaching of Christopher Kiernan, faculty member and administrator at Salve Regina from 1980 to 2009.
Language of materials: English
Repository: Salve Regina University Archives
Collection number: RG21.6

Scope & content

Access Points

Subject Topics Document Types Geographical Names Subject Names

Arrangement

Materials are arranged in five series:

  • I. Administrative
  • II. Biographical and personal
  • III. Correspondence
  • IV. Research
  • V. Teaching

Biographical Note

Christopher Michael Kiernan (October 10, 1943- August 10, 2009) was a longtime administrator, staff member, and faculty member at Salve Regina University. He attended Assumption College for his Bachelor's (1965) and Master's (1970) degrees in history, and received his Doctorate of Education from Boston College.

After working at St. Joseph's College in Standish, Maine, Kiernan came to Salve Regina College in 1980 to work as as Assistant to the President for Development of Enrollment. Over his tenure at the isntitution, he also served as Dean of Admissions, Vice President of Student Services, and Vice President for Academic Affairs/Academic Dean and Academic Vice President. His work included transitioning from college to university, maintaining accreditation, developing the Ph. D program, and creating an American Studies undergraduate program. An avid basketball player in his youth, he also coached basketball at various points in his career. He served as Academic Vice President and occasionally as a men's basketball coach. In 1995, he ended his administrative role and served as full-time faculty, teaching in history, education, and American studies.

Kiernan married Margaret Livingstone and they had four daughters: Kathleen, Coleen, Marlene, and Christine. He served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. St. Augustin Church's in Newport was his parish and he was a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He was inducted into the Salve Regina University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015.

Access & Use

Access to the collection: The collection is open for research. Select materials, marked in the inventory, are restricted in compliance with FERPA.
Use of the materials: Various copying restrictions apply, according to the Archives' use policy. Salve Regina University owns the copyright to material produced by employees and trustees of the University and work for hire. Requests for permission to publish material from the University Archives should be directed to the Archivist. See also the Archives' copyright and publication statement.
Preferred citation: [Identification of item], in RG 21.6: Christopher Kiernan Papers, [Box #], [Folder #], Salve Regina University Archives, McKillop Library, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
Contact information: Salve Regina University Archives
McKillop Library
100 Ochre Point Ave.
Newport, RI, 02840
401-341-2276
archives@salve.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: The collection was transferred to the Archives after Dr. Kiernan's death in 2009.
Processing information: Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Maria Bernier performed an initial sort of the collection. Later Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Genna Duplisea arranged and described the collection.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Duplisea, Genna, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian
Encoding: This finding aid was produced on February 12, 2020.
Descriptive rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Additional Information

Related material: RG 6.1.: Records of the Vice President of Academic Affairs, Christopher Kiernan
Separated material: Salve Regina publications, including yearbooks and a promotional video, were removed from the collection when they duplicated other Archives holdings. Student work, exams, and grades were destroyed in compliance with FERPA.

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