This collection was received from Eugene Kennedy in 1982, after having been transferred from the Archives of Rosary College. Additional accessions were made from 1984 to November 1986. The collection was processed from June, 1986 to December, 1986. There have been many later accessions.
Contractual restrictions may apply.
Because of the nature of Kennedy's work as a counselor, certain correspondence has been placed under a seventy-five year restriction.
Eugene C. Kennedy Papers (KNN), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Correspondence, subject files, photographs, lectures, notes, and drafts of books, articles, and speeches; with material on the Association of Chicago Priests, American bishops, counseling, and politics.
The arrangement of the collection prior to processing is similar to the existing arrangement; original order has been respected, albeit redefined. Because files were generated by type of writing and included all supporting material, a folder for any particular work may contain up to four document types: printed copy, manuscript, notes, and correspondence. The correspondence files represent any correspondence which Kennedy did not directly relate to a particular work.
The collection is arranged according to the files generated by the type of writing. There are five such series: publication files, unpublished materials files, correspondence files, subject files, and a duplicate manuscript series. Each series is further broken down into sub-series.
Original order has been respected where office and personal files were evident and defined; otherwise, order has been imposed. The arrangement of series according to type of writing is an order imposed by the archivist.
Eugene Cullen Kennedy (August 28, 1928 - June 3, 2015) was a psychologist, award-winning writer, syndicated columnist, and professor emeritus of Loyola University Chicago -- a laicized Catholic priest and a long-time observer of the Catholic Church. The work of Eugene Cullen Kennedy spans many genres. He has published over 50 books that include two biographies, three novels, and a play, as well as books on psychology, on the Roman Catholic Church and on the relationship between psychology and religion.
Eugene Cullen Kennedy was born in Syracuse, New York, on August 28, 1928, to second-generation Irish parents, James Donald Kennedy and Gertrude Veronica Cullen. His father was an executive with the King Kullen Grocery Company, the family-owned supermarket chain founded by Kennedy's uncle, Michael J. Cullen, and his mother was a homemaker. During the 1980s, Kennedy became a consultant to King Kullen and a member of the Board of Directors, positions he held until his death.
Raised in Long Island, Kennedy graduated from Chaminade High School in Mineola, NY, in 1946, after which he entered the Maryknoll Seminary in Maryknoll, NY. From that institution, Kennedy received a B.A. (1950), S.T.B (1953) and M.R.E. (1954). Following his ordination to the priesthood on June 11, 1955, he was instructor in psychology at the Maryknoll Seminary in Clarks Summit, PA, before beginning graduate studies in psychology at The Catholic University of America where he obtained an M.A. (1958) and Ph.D. (1962).
Kennedy was professor of psychology and counselor at Maryknoll College, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, from 1960 until 1971. He was Professor of Psychology at Loyola University of Chicago from 1969 until his retirement as Professor Emeritus in 1995. Kennedy was a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and served as President of Division 36 (1975-1976) where he led a resurgence of the phenomenologically based research into religion. His
Kennedy left the priesthood in 1977 and married Sara Charles, M.D. They had homes in Chicago and Michigan.
Kennedy first gained renown among Catholic audiences in 1965 with the publication of his first book,
During the 1980s, Kennedy co-authored
During the 1990s and into the new century, Kennedy, continued to publish including a biography of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin,
In addition to publishing a number of books, Kennedy also lectured widely and wrote articles in numerous publications, newsletters, and columns for the
At the time of his death, Kennedy was working with co-author Sara Charles on the 4th edition of