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Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970

 Person

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: 1895-08-24 - 1970-11-02

Biographical note

Richard James Cushing was born in 1895 in South Boston, Massachusetts. In 1913, he studied at Boston College for two years and in 1915, began his studies for the priesthood at St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts. He was ordained in 1921 by Cardinal William Henry O’Connell and his first assignment was as curate at St. Patrick Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts. In 1939, Cardinal O’Connell, Archbishop of Boston, elevated Cushing to the role of Auxiliary Archbishop of Boston. In 1944, Pope Pius XII named Cushing the sixth bishop and third Archbishop of Boston. In 1958, Pope John XXIII elevated Cushing to the cardinalate. As Archbishop of Boston, Cushing was committed to bettering relations between the Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish communities of Boston. Cushing retired as Archbishop of Boston in 1970 and died on November 2, 1970.

Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

W. Seavey Joyce, SJ, President’s Office records

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2013-029
Abstract The W. Seavey Joyce, SJ, President’s Office records document Joyce’s tenure as twenty-third president of Boston College, 1968-1972. This collection consists largely of administrative records and contains building plans, committee records, correspondence, departmental records, development records, and faculty and subject files. Subject files contain personal materials, inaugural materials, and materials focusing on student and faculty relations with the administration. The collection also...
Access Note

Collection is closed. Access with permission of office. Departmental records and faculty files containing student records, faculty tenure and promotion files, and other records containing personally identifiable information are closed due to privacy restrictions.

Dates: 1944 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1972

Michael P. Walsh, SJ, President's Office records

 Collection
Identifier: BC-2013-028
Abstract The Michael P. Walsh, SJ, President’s Office Records document Walsh’s tenure as twenty-second president of Boston College, 1958-1968. This collection consists largely of administrative records and contains committee, departmental, and faculty files as well as admission records, building plans, correspondence, subject files, and materials relating to the University's centennial celebrations in 1963. Subject files contain biographical information in addition to other topics of interest to...
Access Note

Collection is open for research. Series I. Admissions is closed in its entirety due to privacy restrictions, and is stored off-site. A small amount of material in other series is also closed due to privacy restrictions.

Dates: 1933 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1958 - 1968

Alice M. Grady collection of the Boston and Maine Railroad Group's Fund for the Archbishop's Charities correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2016-033
Abstract

Correspondence kept by Alice M. Grady, representative for the Boston and Maine Railroad Group's Fund for the Archbishop's Charities, between the Fund and Archbishop Richard Cushing's office.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1947-1958, 1964

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