American Association of University Professors, Correspondence, 1948-50

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 interests: 15th and 16th century English literature and history, the history of Renaissance Anglo-Italian and Anglo-Papal relations, and the history of the English community in Rome during the Renaissance. The story of St. Thomas Military Academy, which was associated with the College until 1964, is well documented in the Flynn papers for the years 1944-1956. Flynn was also the President of the Academy as were all College of St. Thomas presidents until 1964.  Flynn's many activities outside the St. Thomas community as scholar, educator and citizen are reflected in Section III.