Salve Regina Memory is an oral history project featuring alumni and other members of the university community. Interviews range in length from 10 minutes to an hour and include stories about the student experience, professors and administrators, social life, and careers. The project was launched by the University Archivist at the 2008 Alumni Weekend and continues primarily during reunions.
Beginning in 2017, students from the Departments of History and Cultural and Historic Preservation have been conducting oral history interviews with alumni, current and former faculty and administrators.
Any alum who would like to give a longer interview or who has items to donate to the Archives is encouraged to contact the University Archivist at 401-341-2276.
This collection is a work in progress and not all oral history files may be available.
Submissions from 2024
Recollections of Sister Marypat Murphy RSM, Salve ’62, Marypat Murphy
Submissions from 2023
Erin Acciardo '23, Erin Acciardo and Dawn M. Emsellem
Recollections of Molly Annus ‘24, Molly Annus and Dawn M. Emsellem
Recollections of Heather Baker '93, Heather Baker and Dawn M. Emsellem
Interview with Jane (Brodie) Pelligrino '68, Jane (Brodie) Pelligrino and Dawn M. Emsellem
Recollections of Paul Cardoza, Paul Cardoza and Dawn M. Emsellem
Recollections of Gisela (Chandeck) Harkin '68, Gisela (Chandeck) Harkin and Dawn M. Emsellem
Recollections of Tim Coen, Tim Coen and Renee C. Dube
Recollections of Professor Christopher Carbone, Dawn M. Emsellem and Christopher Carbone
Recollections of Judith (Gray) Holcomb, '68, Judith Holcomb and Dawn M. Emsellem
Recollections of Elizabeth McAuliffe, R.S.M., Ed.D., '68 (known as Sister Mary Christella before graduation), Elizabeth McAuliffe and Dawn M. Emsellem
Memories of Mary Beth Pelletier '06, '12, Mary Beth Pelletier and Dawn M. Emsellem
Recollections of Dan Titus Class of 1994, Daniel P. Titus and Dawn M. Emsellem
Recollections of Salve Regina: A conversation with Kathleen Walgreen and Sister Therese Antone, Kathleen Walgreen, Sister Therese Antone, and Dawn M. Emsellem
Recollections of Mary Ellen (Woods) Atkins '68, Mary Ellen (Woods) Atkins and Dawn M. Emsellem
Submissions from 2022
Salve Regina Oral History Project: Ray McKenna [audio], Ray McKenna and Renee C. Dube
Salve Regina Oral HIstory Project: Clark Merrill [audio], Clark Merrill and Renee C. Dube
Salve Regina College Class of 1960 Recollections, Marypat Murphy, Deanna Nisbet (Encalata), Germaine Forest, Barbara Brady (Travers), and Dolores Miko (Poirier)
Recollections of Sister Sheila O’Brien and Sister Mary Pat Murphy, Sister Sheila O'Brien and Marypat Murphy
Recollections of the Parenti family (class of 1987, 1988, and 2022), Grace Parenti, Maria Parenti (Cocchiola), and Mathew Parenti
Salve Regina Oral History Project: William Stout [audio], William Stout and Renee C. Dube
Submissions from 2020
Salve Regina Oral History Project: Donna Radkovich '75 [audio], Isabelle Gillibrand and Donna Radkovich
Salve Regina Oral History Project: Dr. Stephen Trainor [audio], Isabelle Gillibrand and Stephen Trainor
Salve Regina Oral History Project: Jeanne Knox '70 [audio], Jeanne Knox and Lindsay Wright
Salve Regina Oral History Project: Jeanne Knox '70 [audio], Jeanne Knox and Lindsay E. Wright