Browse Items (39 total)
- Collection: Suffolk University Oral History Project, 1961, 1991-
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Oral History Interview of Catherine Caraher Finnegan (SOH-015, audio recording and transcript)
Catherine Caraher Finnegan discusses her twenty year career at Suffolk University, during which she served as stenographer, secretary to Dean Gleason Archer, secretary of the law school, and assistant treasurer. Finnegan describes her experiences…
Oral History Interview of Donald Goodrich (SOH-016, audio recording and transcript)
Donald Goodrich recalls his twenty-two year career at Suffolk University, which began in 1947 when he was hired as the university registrar; he was appointed dean of the colleges in 1956, then university vice president in 1966, before his retirement…
Oral History Interview of Dorothy M. McNamara (OH-014, audio recording and transcript)
Dorothy M. McNamara reflects on her forty-seven year career at Suffolk University, during which she served as stenographer, law school recorder, bursar, and finally as alumni secretary until her retirement in 1974. McNamara discusses her experiences…
Oral History Interview of Edward Hartmann (SOH-013, audio recording and transcript)
Edward G. Hartmann, former director of libraries and professor of history, reflects on his thirty-year career at Suffolk University. The interview covers his experiences at Suffolk; his teaching career and methods; his thoughts on the university’s…
Oral History Interview of Edward Hartmann (SOH-013, audio recording and transcript)
Edward G. Hartmann, former director of libraries and professor of history, reflects on his thirty-year career at Suffolk University. The interview covers his experiences at Suffolk; his teaching career and methods; his thoughts on the university’s…
Oral History Interview with Beatrice Snow (SOH-027, audio recording and transcript)
Beatrice Snow, a former professor and chairperson in Suffolk University’s biology department discusses her early life, educational background, and her teaching career at Suffolk. She describes Suffolk’s evolution over the past four decades including…
Oral history interview with Bernard Ortwein (SOH-020, audio recording and transcript)
In this interview, Bernard M. Ortwein, professor of law at Suffolk University Law School and graduate of Suffolk Law, discusses his educational background and career as a legal educator. He also reflects on his research interests, his tenure as an…
Oral history interview with Carolina Garcia (SOH-038, audio recording and transcript)
Carolina Garcia, the director of S.O.U.L.S. (Suffolk Organization for Uplifting Lives Through Service) Center for Community Engagement, discusses her involvement with service, service learning, and the development of her department at Suffolk…
Oral history interview with Charles Kindregan (SOH-019, audio recording and transcript)
In this interview, Charles Kindregan, Jr., distinguished research professor of law at Suffolk Law School, discusses his educational background and professional career as an educator. Mr. Kindregan also reflects on his research interests, published…
Oral history interview with Dorothy M. McNamara (SOH-009, audio recording and transcript, audio recording and transcript)
Dorothy M. McNamara reflects on her forty-seven year career at Suffolk University, during which she served as stenographer, law school recorder, bursar, and finally as alumni secretary until her retirement in 1974. McNamara discusses her experiences…
Oral history interview with Edward Bander (SOH-003, audio recording and transcript)
In this interview, Edward J. Bander, librarian emeritus of Suffolk University Law School, discusses his career as a librarian. He reflects on his educational background, his numerous publications, his work at Suffolk University Law School, and how…
Oral history interview with Francis X. Flannery (SOH-039, audio recording and transcript)
Francis X. Flannery reflects on his upbringing in Boston as well as his forty-seven year career at Suffolk, during which he served as vice president, treasurer, and trustee. He discusses the expansion and growth of the university, the need for and…
Oral History Interview with Fred Marchant (SOH-048 audio recording and transcript)
Fred Marchant, a professor emeritus in Suffolk University’s English Department and founder of the Poetry Center and Creative Writing Program, discusses his poetry, teaching, and continued involvement with the university post-retirement. He describes…
Oral History Interview with Gleason L. Archer (SOH-007, audio recording and transcript)
In this interview, conducted by his cousin, Ted Duncan, Suffolk University founder Gleason L. Archer (1880-1966) discusses the founding of the university and his other professional endeavors. The interview covers the founding of Suffolk Law School in…
Oral History Interview with Han Young Oh (SOH-030, audio recording and transcript)
Han Young Oh, a Korean-American student at Suffolk University, discusses his multicultural background and his experiences from Korea. He later compares his past to his present as he discusses the pros and cons of America. Oh expresses opinions about…
Oral history interview with Jack McCarthy (SOH-040, transcript)
In this interview, John J. “Jack” McCarthy, a 1949 graduate of Suffolk University reflects upon his experiences during World War II in the U.S. Navy as a naval quartermaster and his undergraduate days at Suffolk University as part of the first wave…
Oral history interview with James Nelson (SOH-006, audio recording and transcript)
In this interview, James E. Nelson, Director of Athletics at Suffolk University, discusses his educational background and his long career at Suffolk. Coach Nelson discusses his experiences growing up in Cambridge, Massachusetts; how his interest in…
Oral History Interview with James Nelson (SOH-047 audio recording and transcript)
James “Jim” Nelson, the former Athletic Director at Suffolk University, discusses his forty-seven years at the university. Coach Nelson describes his early life, including his time attending, and playing, basketball at Boston College with basketball…
Oral History Interview with John Berg (SOH-046 transcript)
John Berg, a Suffolk University professor emeritus of government and environmental studies, discusses his early career and activism, his teaching and research, his time as government department chair, and the development of Suffolk’s environmental…
Oral history interview with John Cavanagh (SOH-001, audio recording and transcript)
John C. Cavanagh, a professor in Suffolk University’s history department, discusses his educational experiences and his teaching career. The interview covers his educational background; his academic interests; his approach to teaching; and his…
Oral history interview with John Costello (SOH-042, audio recording and transcript)
In this interview, John W. Costello, a 1956 graduate of Suffolk University Law School reflects upon his experiences attending Suffolk University Law School, his family’s long-standing connection to Suffolk, and his life post-graduation. Costello…
Oral history interview with John Fenton, Jr. (SOH-024, audio recording and transcript)
In this interview, John Fenton, Jr., a distinguished professor of law at Suffolk University Law School, discusses his educational background, his family’s longstanding connection to Suffolk, his career in the court system and as a legal educator.…
Oral History Interview with John Griffin (SOH-017 audio recording and transcript)
John Griffin, a former Suffolk University faculty member and trustee, discusses his role in the establishment of the university’s undergraduate programs in the 1930s, including the creation of the business school and the school of journalism. Griffin…
Oral history interview with Joseph McCarthy (SOH-023, audio recording and transcript)
Joseph McCarthy, a Suffolk University professor for over thirty years, discusses his career at Suffolk and how the school, the student body, and the city of Boston have changed over time. A professor in the Department of History and the Department of…
Oral history interview with Judith R. Dushku (SOH-025, audio recording and transcript)
Judith Dushku, a professor in the Government Department, began her career at Suffolk University in 1966, and in the years since then, has witnessed many changes at Suffolk and in the city of Boston. In this interview, Dushku discusses the changes in…