Inventory of the Mark Arduini Collection, 2002-2003

Collection Number 20381

Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Contact Information:

Manuscripts Department

CB#3926, Wilson Library

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890

Phone: 919/962-1345

Fax: 919/962-3594

Email: mss@email.unc.edu

URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/

Descriptive Summary

Repository

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.

Creator

Arduini, Mark.

Title

Mark Arduini Collection, 2002-2003

Call Number

20381

Language of Materials

Materials in English

Extent

19 items

Linear Feet: 0.5

Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access

This collection has restrictions to access. Please see details below or contact the Manuscripts Department for more information.

Usage Restrictions

Use of audio recordings may require production of listening copies.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Mark Arduini of Newport News, Va., in June 2003 (Acc. 99544).

Processing Information

Processed by: Elizabeth Matson, June 2003.

Encoded by: Elizabeth Matson, June 2003, and by Alison Waldenberg, July 2006.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Mark Arduini Collection #20381, Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Arduini, Mark.

Arduini, Mark. I'm home! This is where I belong: narratives of conversion in a Roman Catholic community.

Catholics--North Carolina--Chapel Hill.

Catholic converts.

Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Religion.

Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Social life and customs.

Conversion--Catholic Church.

Newman Catholic Student Center (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

North Carolina--Religion.

Biographical Note

Mark Arduini was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003 with a B.A. in American Studies. He was drawn to the topic of Catholic conversion narratives after taking several classes that addressed Protestant conversion narratives. As a Catholic, he wondered whether there was a similar tradition of stories within his own faith. The topic was of particular personal interest as his mother, a lifelong Episcopalian, converted to Catholicism at the same time he was conducting his fieldwork for his thesis.

Collection Overview

Mark Arduini conducted field interviews with members of his church, the Newman Catholic Student Center Parish in Chapel Hill, N.C., on the topic of their personal conversions to Catholicism. The recorded interviews became the basis for his honors thesis, "I'm Home! This is Where I Belong: Narratives of Conversion in a Roman Catholic Community," in the Curriculum of Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Both the thesis and the field interviews are included in this collection. The thesis compares the Catholic conversion narratives with the body of theoretical and ethnographic works on Protestant conversion narratives. The individuals interviewed ranged in age from 30 to 85. Most were academics, other professionals or retired. Before converting to Catholicism, the consultants came from a variety of different religious backgrounds, though primarily from Protestant Christian traditions.

Arrangement of Collection

1. Written Materials, 2003
2. Audio Recordings, 2002-2003

Items Separated

Audio Recordings (FT-6559 - FS-6576)

Detailed Description of the Collection