The University of St. Thomas

Robert Fogerty Papers

 Robert P. Fogerty Collection
RS 07/14/11

 

Biographical Note:

Robert Paul Fogerty (1905-1994) was born in Elwood,Indiana and educated at the University of Notre Dame (A.B.,1928), College of St. Thomas (L.L.B, 1933) and the University of Minnesota (M.A., 1936, Ph.D, 1942).  Fogerty joined the faculty of the College of St. Thomas as an Instructor in the Department of History in 1928; in 1936 he rose to the rank of Assistant Professor. From 1942-46, he served in the U.S. Air Force completing his service as Captain and Chief, Historical Division, Continental Air Forces, Washington, D. C. After his military service, Fogerty returned to the College of St. Thomas as Professor of History. Fogerty retired in 1975.

Fogerty served on a number of committees at the College of St. Thomas, including, the Committee on Post-College Studies, Educational Policy, Liberal Arts and the Committee on Superior Students. He was Chairman of the Department of History and the Division of Social Sciences for many years.  Fogerty was the first recipient of the Professor of the Year Award, in 1961.

Fogerty was a member of a number of professional organizations, including Phi Alpha Theta, Delta Epsilon Sigma, the Upper Midwest History Conference and the Mississippi Valley History Association. He served for many years on the National Register of Historic Places State Review Board.

In his retirement Fogerty was appointed Oral Historian of the College, to create an oral history of the College preparatory to the publication of a written history. The program, Memories of St. Thomas, includes taped interviews with many long time faculty and staff of the College.

Scope and Content:
The Robert P. Fogerty papers include correspondence, class notes and reports relating to his service at the College of St. Thomas,the U.S. Air Force, professional, educational and community organizations. Also in the collection are tapes and transcripts of the Memories of St. Thomas oral history program. 

Processed By :  Leslie Kallas,  1999 - 2000

 

Inventory:

Box/Folder

Series I.  Biographical Materials

1/1                    Biographical information,  nd, 1982, 1994
1/2                    Elwood High School Indiana (1924), 1974 - 82
1/3                    University of Notre Dame (1928), [1948 - 86]
1/4                    College of St. Thomas (1932), [1974 - 82]
1/5                    University of Minnesota (1936,1942),1934 - 42
1/6 - 1/9             U.S. Air Force, Correspondence, 1944 - 51
1/10                  Church of St. Gregory the Great,  [1961 - 77]
1/11                  Church of the Convent of the Visitation, 1961  - 67
1/12                  Ephemera,   nd
5/24                  Law School Notes, 1931 - 33
5                      Day Calendars, 1945 - 57
   
Series II. Correspondence

1/13                  DuLac, Henri, Fr.,  1965 - 78
1/14                  Fogerty, Maidy, 1980
1/15                  Fogerty, Michael, 1974 - 78
1/16                  Heininger, Joseph F,  1968
1/17                  McCarthy, Eugene,[1949 - 55]
1/18                  Shannon, James, 1962 - 65
1/19                  Umphress, William,  1979
1/20                  General Correspondence, 1931
1/21                  General Correspondence, 1944 - 46
1/22                  General Correspondence, 1947 - 52
1/23                  General Correspondence, 1954 - 55
1/24                  General Correspondence, 1956 - 57
1/25                  General Correspondence,  1958
1/26                  General Correspondence, 1959
1/27                  General Correspondence, 1960
1/28                  General Correspondence, 1961
1/29                  General Correspondence, 1962
1/30                  General Correspondence, 1963
1/31                  General Correspondence, 1964
1/32                  General Correspondence, 1965
1/33                  General Correspondence,  1966
1/34                  General Correspondence, 1967
1/35                  General Correspondence,  1968
1/36                  General Correspondence, 1969
1/37                  General Correspondence, 1970
1/38                  General Correspondence, 1971
1/39                  General Correspondence, 1972-73
1/40                  General Correspondence,  1974
1/41                  General Correspondence,  1975
1/42                  General Correspondence, 1976
2/1                    General Correspondence, 1977-78
2/2                    General Correspondence, 1979-81
2/3                    General Correspondence, 1982-83
 
Series III.  History Department

2/4                    Administration,   1966, 1974 - 75
2/5                    Annual Reports, 1949 - 75
2/6                    Awards, 1959
2/7                    Budget, 1952 - 53
2/8                    Class Schedules,  1956, 1975
2/9                    Correspondence – Students – Dickinson, Denis, 1955 - 72
2/10                  Course Development,1967 - 74
2/11                  Course Development – Summer Session, [1949 - 74]
2/12                  Course Enrollment, 1960 - 73
2/13                  Course Enrollment – Minorities, 1968 - 72
2/14                  Course Evaluation,  1966
2/15                  Course Materials – Lecture Notes,  nd
2/16                  Course Materials – American Colonial Period to 1763 (Hist. 311), nd.
2/17                  Course Materials – American Constitutional History (Hist. 64), nd
2/18                  Course Materials – American Constitutional History (Hist 98), nd
2/19                  Course Materials – American History to 1789 (Hist.501), nd
2/20                  Course Materials – American Revolution, 1763-1789 (Hist. 312),  nd
2/21                  Course Materials – American Revolution, 1763-1789 (Hist. 341), nd
2/22                  Course Materials – Colonial Period to 1763 (Hist 340), nd
2/23                  Course Materials – Economic History of America (Hist 342), nd
2/24                  Course Materials – Economic History of Europe (Econ 12),  nd
2/25                  Course Materials – Economic History of Europe, nd
2/26                  Course Materials – English Constitutional History II (Hist 318),  nd
2/27                  Course Materials – English Constitutional and Legal Hist (Hist 428), nd          
2/28                  Course Materials – English History I (Hist 317), nd                                            
2/29                  Course Materials – Europe in Conflict (Hist 332ct), nd
2/30                  Course Materials – History of Western Civilization, III (Hist 103), nd         
2/31                  Course Materials – Local History Seminar (Hist 486), nd             
2/32                  Course Materials – Minnesota History (Hist 490, 497), nd                   
2/33                  Course Materials – Minnesota Territorial History (Hist 485), nd
2/34                  Course Materials – Mississippi Valley History (Hist 424), nd
2/35                  Course Materials – Mississippi Valley History (Hist. 431),  nd
2/36                  Course Materials – Readings in European Economic Hist (Hist. 181), nd
2/37                  Course Materials – U.S. Constitutional History (Hist. 319), nd
2/38                  Course Materials – U.S. Constitutional History II (Hist. 320), nd
2/39                  Course Materials – U.S. Constitutional History  (Hist.428), nd
2/40                  Course Materials – U.S. Constitutional Hist. Since 1865 (Hist 429), nd
2/41                  Course Materials – United States History Survey (Hist. 201), nd
2/42                  Course Materials – United States History Survey II (Hist 202,203), nd
2/43                  Course Materials – United States History to 1877(Hist 121), 1949-69
2/44                  Course Materials – United States History to 1877 (Hist 121), 1970-75
2/45                  Course Materials – United States since 1877 (Hist 122 ), 1949-69
2/46                  Course Materials – United States since 1877 (Hist 341), 1970-75
2/47                  Course Materials – Western Civilization  I (Hist. 101), nd
2/48                  Course Materials – lecture notes, misc.,  nd
2/49                  Departmental Meetings, 1964-74
3/1                    Faculty – Chrislock, C. Winston,  1971 - 76
3/2                    Faculty – Delehanty, William,  1958 - 79
3/3                    Faculty – Fitzharris, Joseph C.,  1967 - 76
3/4                    Faculty – Martin, George V., 1966, 1975
3/5                    Faculty – McChrystal, J A.,  1951 - 53
3/6                    Faculty – Mueller, Franz, 1967 - 80
3/7                    Faculty -  O’Connell, Marvin, 1965 - 74
3/8                    Faculty – Schauinger, Herman, 1958 - 71
3/9                    Faculty – Wright, Scott, 1973 - 75
3/10                  Faculty Promotions, rank and salaries, 1966 - 74
3/11                  Grade Surveys, 1960, 1972
3/12                  Guests, Visiting Lecturers, 1967 - 74
3/13                  History Club, 1971 - 77
3/14                  Offices, equipment, 1970 - 80
3/15                  Student matters, 1945 - 59
3/16                  Student matters, 1960 - 79
6 - 9                  Class Records,  1942 - 76
                                   
Series IV. College of St. Thomas

3/17                  Awards – Professor of the Year, 1961
3/18                  Commencement Address, 1975
3/19                  Delta Epsilon Sigma, 1962 - 72
3/20                  General Education Workshop,  1956
3/21                  Lecture Series – Aquin Lectures, 1948
3/22                  Lecture Series – Vincent Flynn Lectures, 1960 - 61
3/23                  Meet our Professors/Evening with a Professor, 1980 - 81
3/24                  Phi Alpha Theta, 1948 - 74
3/25                  Rhodes Scholarship Program, [1957 - 73]
 
Series V.  External affiliations and activities

3/26                  American Council of Learned Societies, 1957 - 60
3/27                  American Historical Association, History Education Project, nd
3/28                  Catholic Historical Society of St. Paul, 1977 - 78
3/29                  Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, 1950
3/30                  Governor’s Advisory Committee on Constitutional Reform, 1950 - 51
3/31                  History Day, 1979 - 83
3/32                  Minnesota Department of Education, Committee on Social Studies, 1955 - 56
3/33                  Mississippi River Towns – Mirrors of the Past, 1982
3/34                  NDEA History Institute, 1965
3/35                  National Register of Historic Places, State Review Board, 1970 - 72
3/36                  National Register of Historic Places, State Review Board, 1973
3/37                  National Register of Historic Places, State Review Board, 1974
3/38                  National Register of Historic Places, State Review Board, 1975 - 76
3/39                  National Register of Historic Places, State Review Board, 1977
3/40                  National Register of Historic Places, State Review Board, 1978
3/41                  National Register of Historic Places, State Review Board, 1979
3/42                  National Register of Historic Places, State Review Board, 1980
3/43                  National Register of Historic Places, State Review Board, 1981 - 82
3/44                  National Register of Historic Places, State Review Board, 1983 - 84
3/45                  National Register of Historic Places, State Review Board, 1985 - 86
3/46                  National Register of Historic Places, State Review Board, photos, nd
3/47                  UNESCO, 1945 - 46
3/48                  Upper Midwest History Conference, 1970 - 81
 
Series VI.  Memories of St. Thomas

4/1                    Biographical and Historical Notes, nd
4/2                    Correspondence, 1978 - 85
4/3                    Forms, Listing of Tapes and Transcripts,  nd
4/4                    Oral Historian of the College : Position Description,  1983
4/5                    Carney, James  --  Agreement and Administrative Materials,  1977
4/6                    Carney, James -- Transcript of Interview, 1977
10a & 10b            Carney, James -- Cassette Tapes (2) of Interview,  1977
4/7                    Coates, P. William (Msgr.) -- Transcript of Interview,  1977
10a & 10b            Coates, P. William (Msgr.) -- Cassette tapes (2) of Interview, 1977
10a                   Diroff, Joseph E. -- Cassette tapes (2) of Interview, 1986
4/8                    DuLac, Henri (Msgr.) -- Agreement and Administrative Materials, 1978
4/9                    DuLac, Henri (Msgr.) -- Transcript of Interview, 1977 - 78
10a & 10b            DuLac, Henri (Msgr.) -- Cassette Tapes (4) of Interview , 1977 - 78
4/10                  Fallon, William -- Agreement and Administrative Materials, 1978
4/11                  Fallon, William -- Transcript of Interview, 1976
10a & 10b            Fallon, William -- Cassette Tapes (4) of Interview, 1976
4/12                  Farley, John H. --  Administrative Materials, 1978
4/13                  Farley, John H. -- Transcript of Interview, 1978
10a & 10b            Farley, John H. -- Cassette Tapes (2) of Interview, 1978
4/14                  Flynn, Frederick --  Agreement and Administrative Materials, 1978
4/15                  Flynn, Frederick -- Transcript of Interview , 1978 
10a & 10b            Flynn, Frederick -- Cassette Tapes (4) of Interview, 1978
4/16                  Fogerty, Robert and Ralpha -- Transcript of Interview, 1976
10a                   Fogerty, Robert and Ralpha -- Cassette Tapes (2) of Interview, 1976
4/17                  Foran, James H. (Msgr.) -- Agreement & Administrative Materials, 1978
4/18                  Foran, James H. (Msgr.) -- Transcript of Interview, 1977
10a & 10b            Foran, James H. (Msgr.) -- Cassette Tape of Interview, 1977
4/19                  Gilligan, Francis (Msgr.)  -- Correspondence, 1983
4/20                  Gilligan, Francis (Msgr.) -- Transcript of Interview, 1983
10a & 10b            Gilligan, Francis (Msgr.) -- Cassette Tape of Interview, 1983
4/20b                Keenan, James A. Jr. --  Administrative Materials, nd
10a                   Keenan, James A Jr. -- Cassette Tapes (4) of Interview, 1984
4/21                  Kennedy, Paul -- Agreement and Administrative Materials, 1983
4/22                  Kennedy, Paul -- Transcript of Interview, 1981
10a & 10b            Kennedy, Paul -- Cassette Tapes (2) of Interview, 1981
4/23                  Kurtz, Walter -- Administrative Materials,  nd
4/24                  Kurtz, Walter -- Transcript of Interview, 1977
10a & 10b            Kurtz, Walter -- Cassette Tape of Interview, 1977
4/25                  Langeland, George -- Agreement and Administrative Materials, 1978
4/26                  Langeland, George -- Transcript of Interview, 1977
10a & 10b            Langeland, George -- Cassette Tapes (2) of Interview, 1977
4/27                  Larson, William --  Agreement and Administrative Materials, 1977
4/28                  Larson, William -- Transcript of Interviews, 1976 - 77
11a & 11            Larson, William --  Cassette Tapes (3) of Interviews, 1976 -77        
4/29                  Lavin, James (Msgr.) -- Agreement and Administrative Materials, 1978
4/30                  Lavin, James (Msgr.) -- Transcript of Interview, 1978
11a & 11b            Lavin, James (Msgr.) -- Cassette Tapes (5) of Inteview, 1978
4/31                  Leyden, Donald -- Administrative Materials, nd
4/32                  Leyden, Donald -- Transcript of Interview, 1979
11a & 11b            Leyden, Donald -- Cassette Tapes (5) of Interview,  1979
4/33                  Loftus, Mary Helen (Sr.) -- Administrative Materials, nd
4/34 - 4/37            Loftus, Mary Helen (Sr.) -- Transcript of Interview, 1982
11a & 11b            Loftus, Mary Helen (Sr.) -- Cassette Tapes (12) of Interview, 1982
11a                   Ma, Joseph (Fr.) -- Cassette Tape of Interview, nd
4/38                  Madigan, John -- Agreement and Administrative Materials, 1978
4/39                  Madigan, John -- Transcript of Interview, 1975
11a & 11b            Madigan, John -- Cassette Tapes (2) of Interview, 1975
4/40                  Malevich, William -- Administrative Materials,  1981
4/41- 4/45            Malevich, William -- Transcript of Interview, 1981
11a - 12a & 11b - 12b            Malevich, William -- Cassette Tapes (16) of Interview, 1981
4/46                  McCance, Murray -- Administrative Materials,  1979
4/47                  McCance, Murray -- Transcript of Interview, 1979
12a & 12b            McCance, Murray -- Cassette Tapes (2) of Interview, 1979
12a & 12b            McKiernan, John -- Cassette Tapes (2) of Interview, nd
4/48                  Moelter, Nicholas (Msgr.) -- Agreement & Administrative Materials, 1976
4/49                  Moelter, Nicholas (Msgr.) -- Transcript of Interview, 1976
12a & 12b            Moelter, Nicholas (Msgr.) -- Cassette Tape of Interview, 1976
4/50                  Murphy, Emmet -- Agreement and Administrative Materials, 1978
4/51                  Murphy, Emmet -- Transcript of Interview, 1977
12a & 12b            Murphy, Emmet -- Cassette Tapes (2) of Interview, 1977
5/1                    Murray, Maurice -- Administrative Materials, nd
5/2 - 5/6            Murray, Maurice -- Transcript of Interview, 1978
12a & 12b            Murray, Maurice -- Cassette Tapes (13) of Interview, 1978
5/7                    Probst, Robert (Msgr.) -- Administrative,  nd
5/8                    Probst, Robert (Msgr.) -- Transcript of Interview, 1977
12a & 12b             Probst, Robert (Msgr.) -- Cassette Tapes of Interview, 1977
5/9                    Ringbloom, Hjalmar -- Administrative Materials, nd
5/10                  Ringbloom, Hjalmar -- Transcript of Interview, 1978
12a & 12b            Ringbloom, Hjalmar -- Cassette Tape of Interview, 1978
5/11                  Rogge, Leonard --  Agreement and Administrative Materials, 1978
5/12                  Rogge, Leonard -- Transcript of Interview, 1977
13a & 13b            Rogge, Leonard --  Cassette Tapes (5) of Interview, 1977
5/13                  Shannon, James -- Administrative Materials, nd
5/14 - 5/17            Shannon, James -- Transcript of Interview, 1981
13a & 13b            Shannon, James -- Cassette Tapes (12) of Interview, 1981
5/18                  Taylor, Frederick -- Agreement and Administrative Materials, 1978
5/19                  Taylor, Frederick -- Transcript of Interview,  1975
13a & 13b            Taylor, Frederick -- Cassette Tapes (4) of Interview, 1975                
5/20                  Taylor, Robert -- Administrative Materials, 1979
5/21                  Taylor, Robert -- Transcript of Interview,  1979
13a & 13b            Taylor, Robert -- Cassette Tapes (2) of Interview, 1979
5/22                  Tenaglia, Leonard -- Administrative Materials,  nd
5/23                  Tenaglia, Leonard -- Transcript of Interview, 1979
13a                   Tenaglia, Leonard -- Cassette Tapes (2) of Interview, 1979