Oral History Interview of Catherine Caraher Finnegan (SOH-015, audio recording and transcript)

Oral History Interview of Catherine Caraher Finnegan (SOH-015, audio recording and transcript)

1979

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 working at Suffolk from 1919 to 1939; the roles and responsibilities she had in her various positions; and the school’s expansion over the years. She also recounts her first interview with Dean Archer, what it was like to work with him, and her personal memories of the Dean.

Suffolk University Oral History Project

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SOH-015

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