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The Chapel Speaks Pamphlet Finding Aid: Collection Overview

Title: The Chapel Speaks Pamphlet

Date(s): 2000

Repository I.D.: US: MBEmm: Al-2012-14

Collection Call No.: Al-2012-14

Author/Creator:
Kirby, Anastasia Joan

Location: Emmanuel Archives—Cardinal Cushing Library 202

Extent: .03 linear inches (1 item/ 1 folder/ 65 pages)

Language(s): English

Abstract: This collection contains the Pamphlet The Chapel Speaks that discusses the history of the Emmanuel College Chapel from c. 1917 to 1998.

Access Restrictions: 1) The collection is not restricted. 2) Material under copyright. 3) Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with the copyright holder or the College Archivist.

Preferred Citation: The Chapel Speaks Pamphlet. Cardinal Cushing Library, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA.

Related Collection(s):

Emmanuel College Oral Histories. Cardinal Cushing Library, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA.

Maginnis and Walsh Collection. Boston Public Library, Special Collections, Fine Arts Department. Boston, MA.

Provenance: The pamphlet was a gift from Anastasia Kirby Lundquist to Dorothy Coyne Fenwick in November 2000. It was accessioned by the Emmanuel College Archives in June 2012.

Processed By: John P. Healey Jr. in September 2012.

Biography/History: Anastasia Kirby Lundquist, member of the Emmanuel College Class of 1935, has written extensively for print, broadcast and performance, including a series of character sketches for radio and guest appearances on television shows, such as Swan Boat. Among her other publications is the Christmas Story A Dream of Christmas Eve (1937). During World War II she served as Assistant Director of the American Red Cross Blood Donor Center of Boston, while it was under contract to the U.S. Military. It was during this period that she wrote a series of radio documentaries. Ms. Lundquist has three children: Carl I. Lundquist, Marilyn Anderson and Edward H. Lundquist.

Ms. Lundquist was requested by Sr. Janet Eisner, SND, President of Emmanuel College at the time, and Mary Beatty Muse, ‘41, Chairman of the Chapel Restoration Steering Committee, to write a history of the College Chapel at the time of its restoration. The pamphlet was published by the College in 2000.  

Scope and Content: This collection contains the pamphlet The Chapel Speaks that discusses the history of the Emmanuel College Chapel from c. 1917 to 1998. The pamphlet contains twenty-four chapters that cover the social role, architecture and history of the chapel in the twentieth century.

Collection Arrangement: The collection is arranged in one (1) series that contains the pamphlet The Chapel Speaks.