SOCIETY OF SAINT EDMUND ARCHIVES
LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE
1902-

 Arrangement
Material is arranged into series.

 History
The Society of Saint Edmund created a canonical house at Winooski Park in 1902 when they resolved to start a novitiate in North America.  After one year, the Edmundites started a traditional educational institution on the site and moved the novitiate to Swanton, VT.  Members of the House ran Saint Michael’s Institute.  Students came from around the area and attended courses in either classical or practical studies, and until 1931, high school studies.  Some went on to become priests but most did not. 
The separation of the college and house is quite clear today, and has been for some time.  In the earliest years of the college this was not necessarily so, particularly regarding the administration of the college.  In the early days, most of the faculty and all of the administrators were members of the Society, and the Society was responsible for all aspects of the college.  Edmundites served in most key administrative positions.  The Superior of the SMC House served as president of the college and chair of the Board of Trustees.  While serving as President and chair, the superior would also be responsible for the management of the college.  The Superior exercised authority over not only resident priests, but also the students and lay faculty of the college.  Members of the house generally had one or more responsibilities at the college--teaching, overseeing clubs, and acting as prefects.  They also lived in community at the college, where they were governed by rules similar to those at other Edmundite houses.  The House Superior was responsible for the spiritual life of the house members, assigned members to placements, and oversaw financial decisions.  Rising, prayers, mealtimes, conduct, reading materials, personal finances, and attire were all governed according to the rules of the community.  
In 1958, the office of House Superior and the office of college president were separated.  A few years later, the rules again changed and a layperson became Chair of the Board.  Edmundites continued to serve on the Board of Trustees and as faculty and administrators.  Since the 1960s, though, the number of positions filled by Edmundites has been in decline.  The Saint Michael’s House continued to exist, but separate from the college.  Its members include Edmundites who reside at the college, but not all house members are employed at the college.  The House’s affairs and finances are governed by councils and rules, and are subject to canon law.  The affairs and finances of the college are governed by civil law. 

NOTE:  In financial and legal matters, the distinction between the House and College was quite clear from the outset.  Property and fiscal matters relating to the college were handled by the college corporation and the Board of Trustees, while matters relating to the Edmundites were handled by the Saint Michael’s House Council.     

Scope
This subgroup contains the records of the Saint Michael’s College House.  The earliest materials, such as the chronicles and ledgers, do include information about the college, but most items dated after 1920 are house related, not college related.  Where possible, records directly related to the governance of the college are in the Saint Michael’s College Archives.  Materials such as the House Chronicle, the minutes of the council and correspondence are scattered with information about life at Saint Michael’s College, even as they deal with topics of concern to the house or members of it.  Financial materials give a great deal of information about running a religious house in 20^th century America.  The earliest records are in French. 
Records are arranged into series.   

Related Materials
Superior General record group, Society of Saint Edmund Archives
President’s Office record group, Saint Michael’s College Archives
Saint Michael’s College Council minutes, Saint Michael’s College Archives
Dupont, Gerald, The History of Saint Michael's College
Geno, Thomas, From Le Mont Saint-Michel to Saint Michael's College: early Edmundite years in Vermont, 1892-1904, 2004
Maloney, Vincent and Jeremiah K. Durick, Saint Michael’s College through the years, Saint Michael’s College Press, Winooski Park, VT, 1955.
McLaughlin, Joseph, The Acquisition of the core property of Saint Michael's College, 1895-1904, 1998.
------The Limerick lad, the Burlington lady, and the founding of Saint Michael's College, 1998.
Silver jubilee:  Saint Michael's College, Winooski Park, Vermont, 1929.

Created by: Elizabeth B. Scott
Date: April 13, 2006 

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Container List
Box 1
Associate program
Brochures
Chapel materials
Chapel sacristry regulations
Charity
Chronicle 1904-23
Chronicle 1924-42
Chronicle 1945-63
Chronicle 1955-58
Correspondence General
Correspondence House with Superior General Galligan 1964-74
Correspondence House with Superior General Gokey
Correspondence House with Superior General Leary
Correspondence House with Superior General McLaughlin
Correspondence Superior Maloney 1958-64 with Superior General
Correspondence Superior Gosselin 1934-40
Box 2
Correspondence Superior Gosselin with Superior General
Correspondence Superior Petty 1940-46
Correspondence Superior Moriarty 1952-58
Correspondence Superior Morin 1964-70
Correspondence Superior Morin with Superior General
Correspondence Superior Paulin 1970-74 with Superior General
Correspondence Superior Doherty 1974-80
Correspondence Superior Doherty with Superior General
Correspondence Superior McLaughlin 1980-82
Correspondence Superior McLaughlin with Superior General
Correspondence Superior LaBrake 1982-86 with Superior General
Correspondence Superior Cronogue 1988-92
Correspondence Superior Cronogue 1993-95
Documents re: board changes
Daybook 1902-1907
Diocesan day 1987
Explanation of the Diocesan faculties
Edmundite Advisory Board
Box 3
Edmundite Center for Catholic Studies
Edmundite Trust Funds administrators
Edmundite Trust Fund for Catholic Studies and Ministry (Edmundite Trust)
Edmundite Trust Fund for Catholic Studies (Purtill chair)
Financial and budgets    1947-1951
Financial and budgets    1969-1979
Financial and budgets    1980-1984
Financial and budgets    1985-1987 Financial and budgets 1988-1990
Box 4
Financial and Budget 1989-90
Financial and Budget FY91-FY96
Financial and Budget SMC capital campaign
General files of community—supplement
House council minutes 1952-1963 with summary of meetings 1921-1948
House council minutes 1958-1972
House council minutes 1981-1983
House council minutes 1986-1995

Box 5
House meeting minutes 1971-73
House meeting minutes 1975-79
House meeting minutes 1981-84
House meeting minutes 1985-93
Investment policy 1987
Junior clergy exams
House subcommittees
House subcommittees House Apostolate Committee Goals and Objectives 1983
Ledgers Mass Foundations       1908-1957
Ledgers Mass intentions            1926-28
Ledgers Mass intentions  29-30
Ledgers Mass intentions 39-40
Ledgers Mass intentions 44-46
Ledgers Mass intentions 1944-1950
Ledgers Mass intentions 1956
Ledgers Ministries        1950-56
Ledgers Procurator
Ledgers Record of baptisms confirmation first communion         1921-39
Ledgers Rules and regulations
Box 6
SMC mass intentions 1944-1950
Missions and goals of the Edmundite community at SMC
Parish reports
Partners in ministry
Planning
Policies
Renovation
Retreats
St. Edmund’s day material
SSE agreement
SSE lease of St Joseph’s Hall
Scholastics marks
Status Domus   1926-27/n.d.
Status Domus   1940-1950
Status Domus   1950-1955
Status Domus   1956-1960
Status Domus1960-1964
Status Domus1964-1967
Status Domus1970-1976
Subject graduate theology
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