St. Thomas Military Academy (Saint Paul, Minn.) -- Administration

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence and subject files primarily from the years James Shannon was president of the College of Saint Thomas (1956-1966).  The records document both the operation of the College of St. Thomas and St. Thomas Academy as well Shannon’s interaction with regional and national educational organizations.

Scope and Contents The papers in the Flynn collection are primarily from the period of the Flynn tenure as College President. The remarkable post-war growth of the College and its rapidly changing character are fully reflected in the Flynn papers, particularly in Section II. of the inventory ("College of St. Thomas") which consists of official files of the President's office. A second major group of documents in the collection is Flynn's file of working scholarly papers. These reflect his special academic...