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Mary Friel Dissertation and Research Materials Finding Aid: Collection Overview

Title: Mary Friel Dissertation and Research Materials

Date(s): Unknown Date (probably from the mid to late 1970s), 1978–1980

Repository I.D.: US: MBEmm: Al-2010-7

Collection Call No.: AI-2010-7

Author/Collector/Creator: Friel, Mary E.

Location: Emmanuel Archives – Cardinal Cushing Library 202

Extent: 0.938 linear feet and 2,303.57 megabytes (4 boxes)

Language(s): Materials are in English

Abstract: This collection contains Mary Friel’s research materials for her dissertation that was completed to earn her doctorate from Boston College.

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

Preferred Citation: [Item Title]. [Box Number, Folder Number]. Mary Friel Dissertation and Research Materials. Cardinal Cushing Library, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA.

Provenance: The collection was donated to Emmanuel College by Sr. Mary Friel, SND ’60 and was accessioned by the Archives in 2010.

Processed By: The collection was processed by the Archives Librarian, John P. Healey, Jr., in June 2018.

Biography/History: Sister Mary Friel grew up in Utica, New York and graduated from Emmanuel College in 1960 with a degree in Biology. After teaching in Alaska for a year Ms. Fiel entered Boston College’s graduate school where she wrote a dissertation on the first fifty-five (55) years of Emmanuel College by 1979. It was during the late 1970s that Mary Friel joined the Psychology Department of Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) and established, with Dr. Daniel Joynt, the Guidance and Counseling program that she helped run until her retirement from WCSU in 1998. It was during this time that Mary Friel entered the Congregation of Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. After retiring from WCSU Sr. Friel, SND became an adjunct professor of Psychology at Manchester Community College (Manchester, CT) where she worked with students of different ages and experiences. Through the course of her career Sr. Friel, SND has worked as a high school guidance counselor in Brockton, Massachusetts and as a tutor at Grace Academy, a middle school for underserved girls in Hartford, Connecticut.

Scope and Content: The collection contains the research materials (i.e. recorded interviews and research index cards) and the dissertation that was submitted to Boston College’s Department of Education for the conferral of Mary Friel’s doctorate. Material in this collection covers the social environment in which Emmanuel College was founded and developed in its first fifty-five (55) years of existence. The materials in the collection date from the mid to late 1970s.

Collection Arrangement: This collection is arranged in 2 series, Research Materials and Final Dissertation. The Research Materials series includes two subseries, Taped Interviews and research notes used for dissertation.